diff --git a/server.py b/server.py
index 996400d..e0d64fc 100755
--- a/server.py
+++ b/server.py
@@ -17,9 +17,13 @@
 import struct
 import subprocess
 import copy
+import sys
 
 from typing import Any, Dict, List, Tuple, Iterable
 
+sys.path.append(os.path.dirname(__file__)) # for finding our files
+import util
+
 logging.basicConfig(filename='server.log',level=logging.DEBUG)
 
 # big-endian
diff --git a/server_wrapper.py b/server_wrapper.py
index 0d19653..ce078c5 100755
--- a/server_wrapper.py
+++ b/server_wrapper.py
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
 import urllib.parse
 import numpy as np  # type:ignore
 import opuslib  # type:ignore
-import util
 import time
 import struct
 
@@ -17,9 +16,10 @@
 
 import SharedArray  # pip install SharedArray
 
-sys.path.append(os.path.dirname(__file__)) # for finding server
+sys.path.append(os.path.dirname(__file__)) # for finding our files
 import server
 import shm
+import util
 
 from typing import Any, Dict, List, Tuple