diff --git a/src/centpkg/__init__.py b/src/centpkg/__init__.py
index 86a306f..edf1bfe 100644
--- a/src/centpkg/__init__.py
+++ b/src/centpkg/__init__.py
@@ -18,10 +18,11 @@
 
 import os
 import re
+import sys
 import warnings
 
 from pyrpkg import Commands, rpkgError
-from . import centos_cert
+from centos import centos_cert
 from . import cli
 
 class DistGitDirectory(object):
@@ -152,8 +153,9 @@ class Commands(Commands):
 
     def load_user(self):
         try:
-            self._user = centos_cert.read_user_cert()
-        except Exception, e:
+            self._user = centos_cert.CentOSUserCert().CN
+        except:
+            print >>sys.stderr, "Could not load user from cert file"
             super(Commands, self).load_user()
 
     # These are the commands defined in the base pyrpkg.Commands class