diff --git a/OscCommentMacroListener.py b/OscCommentMacroListener.py
index fea2bc7..f0b00cd 100644
--- a/OscCommentMacroListener.py
+++ b/OscCommentMacroListener.py
@@ -16,11 +16,18 @@ __status__ = "Prototype"
 
 
 import logging
-from .CommentMacroParser import CommentMacroParser
-from .CommentMacroListener import CommentMacroListener
 from pythonosc import osc_message_builder
 from time import sleep
 
+try:
+    # include reletive path imports when a module
+    from .CommentMacroParser import CommentMacroParser
+    from .CommentMacroListener import CommentMacroListener
+except ImportError:
+    # include directly when called directly
+    from CommentMacroParser import CommentMacroParser
+    from CommentMacroListener import CommentMacroListener
+
 logger = logging.getLogger('__main__')
 
 
diff --git a/comment.py b/comment.py
index 1841d1b..41a01be 100755
--- a/comment.py
+++ b/comment.py
@@ -23,11 +23,19 @@ from antlr4 import CommonTokenStream
 from antlr4 import InputStream
 from antlr4 import ParseTreeWalker
 from antlr4.error.ErrorListener import ErrorListener
-from .CommentMacroLexer import CommentMacroLexer
-from .CommentMacroParser import CommentMacroParser
-from .OscCommentMacroListener import OscCommentMacroListener
 from pythonosc import udp_client
 
+try:
+    # include reletive path imports when a module
+    from .CommentMacroLexer import CommentMacroLexer
+    from .CommentMacroParser import CommentMacroParser
+    from .OscCommentMacroListener import OscCommentMacroListener
+except ImportError:
+    # include directly when called directly
+    from CommentMacroLexer import CommentMacroLexer
+    from CommentMacroParser import CommentMacroParser
+    from OscCommentMacroListener import OscCommentMacroListener
+
 
 # define an error listener that raises SyntaxError exceptions
 class SyntaxErrorListener(ErrorListener):