diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..27ffc2f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+*.pyc
+build
diff --git a/cheat b/cheat
index a41c375..1017b14 100755
--- a/cheat
+++ b/cheat
@@ -1,11 +1,16 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python
 import os
 import sys
-import cheatsheets
 
 def cheat_directories():
-    default = [ default_dir for default_dir in [os.path.expanduser('~/.cheat'),
-            cheatsheets.cheat_dir] if os.path.isdir(default_dir) ]
+    default_directories = [os.path.expanduser('~/.cheat')]
+    try:
+        import cheatsheets
+        default_directories.append(cheatsheets.cheat_dir)
+    except ImportError:
+        pass
+
+    default = [ default_dir for default_dir in default_directories if os.path.isdir(default_dir) ]
     if 'CHEATPATH' in os.environ and os.environ['CHEATPATH']:
         return [ path for path in os.environ['CHEATPATH'].split(os.pathsep)\
                 if os.path.isdir(path) ] + default
diff --git a/cheatsheets/__init__.py b/cheatsheets/__init__.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 8a9b797..0000000
--- a/cheatsheets/__init__.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-import os
-
-cheat_dir, __init = os.path.split(__file__)
diff --git a/cheatsheets/__init__.pyc b/cheatsheets/__init__.pyc
deleted file mode 100644
index 0f202b5..0000000
Binary files a/cheatsheets/__init__.pyc and /dev/null differ