diff --git a/test/scripts/run_doctest.py b/test/scripts/run_doctest.py
index 5e8b3d76a96d534ead59ad94f9979f4177b9cb78..d70c8c783b07def5e905fceee1b6a97be31d4335 100755
--- a/test/scripts/run_doctest.py
+++ b/test/scripts/run_doctest.py
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
 
-import os
 from flask import Flask
 from flask_sqlalchemy import SQLAlchemy
 
@@ -11,6 +10,6 @@ app.config['SQLALCHEMY_TRACK_MODIFICATIONS'] = False
 import labelstower
 labelstower.bp.db = SQLAlchemy(app)
 
-import doctest
+import sys, doctest
 (failure_count, test_count) = doctest.testmod(labelstower.getter,verbose=True)
 failure_count == 0