diff --git a/src/centpkg/__init__.py b/src/centpkg/__init__.py
index 9c59eb7..bcddd98 100644
--- a/src/centpkg/__init__.py
+++ b/src/centpkg/__init__.py
@@ -16,10 +16,10 @@
 
 
 
-import pyrpkg
 import os
 import re
 
+from pyrpkg import Commands, rpkgError
 from . import centos_cert
 from . import cli
 
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ class Commands(pyrpkg.Commands):
         try:
             osver = re.search(r'\d.*$', self.branch_merge).group()
         except AttributeError:
-            raise pyrpkg.rpkgError('Could not find the base OS ver from branch name'
+            raise rpkgError('Could not find the base OS ver from branch name'
                             ' %s' % self.branch_merge)
         self._distval = osver
         self._distval = self._distval.replace('.', '_')
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ class Commands(pyrpkg.Commands):
                 self._spec = os.path.join('SPECS', __f)
                 return
 
-        raise pyrpkg.rpkgError('No spec file found.')
+        raise rpkgError('No spec file found.')
 
     def load_target(self):
         """ This sets the target attribute (used for mock and koji) """
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ class Commands(pyrpkg.Commands):
                                          '.{0}.metadata'.format(self.module_name)),
                             'r').readlines()
         except IOError, e:
-            raise pyrpkg.rpkgError('%s is not a valid repo: %s' % (self.path, e))
+            raise rpkgError('%s is not a valid repo: %s' % (self.path, e))
         # Default to putting the files where the module is
         if not outdir:
             outdir = self.path
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ class Commands(pyrpkg.Commands):
                 # future
                 csum, file = archive.strip().split(None, 1)
             except ValueError:
-                raise pyrpkg.rpkgError('Malformed sources file.')
+                raise rpkgError('Malformed sources file.')
 
             # The default lookaside hash is stored in centpkg.conf, but there is
             # a mix of md5 and sha sums in the CentOS lookaside, here we divine
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ class Commands(pyrpkg.Commands):
             command.append(url)
             self._run_command(command)
             if not self._verify_file(outfile, csum, self.lookasidehash):
-                raise pyrpkg.rpkgError('%s failed checksum' % file)
+                raise rpkgError('%s failed checksum' % file)
 
         return