diff --git a/gitinspector/localization.py b/gitinspector/localization.py
index 3fe1697..7bec0a3 100644
--- a/gitinspector/localization.py
+++ b/gitinspector/localization.py
@@ -19,7 +19,12 @@
 
 from __future__ import print_function
 from __future__ import unicode_literals
-import basedir
+
+try:
+	import basedir
+except:
+	import gitinspector.basedir as basedir
+
 import gettext
 import locale
 import os