diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 723ef36f4e4f32c4560383aa5987c575a30c6535..a47fb1d220a9e03b1282dc4d4300a7c6317011ba 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
-.idea
\ No newline at end of file
+.idea
+__pycache__
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/git_lfs_utils/__init__.py b/git_lfs_utils/__init__.py
index eca5d41f97b39b90867843c05b9eb637e1be43f5..2666ce3c0e0bc8ed8359207bee490301677fd468 100644
--- a/git_lfs_utils/__init__.py
+++ b/git_lfs_utils/__init__.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-from utils import GitRepo
\ No newline at end of file
+from git_lfs_utils.git_lfs_utils.utils import GitRepo
diff --git a/git_lfs_utils/utils.py b/git_lfs_utils/utils.py
index 14e6163efb742ed132722b65f00d336823af62fe..0dabd02e4db34bdb2685b3351d5218d08d4e813a 100644
--- a/git_lfs_utils/utils.py
+++ b/git_lfs_utils/utils.py
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ def update_package_list():
 
 class GitRepo(git.Repo):
     def __init__(self, repository_path=None, *args, **kwargs):
-        if repository_path is None:
+        if repository_path is None or repository_path == ".":
             starting_path = os.getcwd()
             path = starting_path
         else: