diff --git a/imagekit/imagecache/async.py b/imagekit/imagecache/async.py
index 213e679..f5dc7a2 100644
--- a/imagekit/imagecache/async.py
+++ b/imagekit/imagecache/async.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 from celery.task import task
 
-from imagekit.imagecache.base import PessimisticImageCacheBackend
+from imagekit.imagecache import PessimisticImageCacheBackend
 
 
 @task
diff --git a/imagekit/settings.py b/imagekit/settings.py
index ca6f4c8..d84030d 100644
--- a/imagekit/settings.py
+++ b/imagekit/settings.py
@@ -2,4 +2,4 @@ from django.conf import settings
 
 DEFAULT_IMAGE_CACHE_BACKEND = getattr(settings,
         'IMAGEKIT_DEFAULT_IMAGE_CACHE_BACKEND',
-        'imagekit.imagecache.base.PessimisticImageCacheBackend')
+        'imagekit.imagecache.PessimisticImageCacheBackend')