diff --git a/modules/deploy.py b/modules/deploy.py
index 4996c05..8862511 100644
--- a/modules/deploy.py
+++ b/modules/deploy.py
@@ -7,12 +7,28 @@ from fabric.operations import local
 
 from .utils import virtualenv_source, booleanize, loggify
 from .utils import print_console
+from .utils import link_create
+
+from .nginx import upload as upload_nginx
+from .nginx import remove as nginx_remove
+from .supervisor import upload as upload_supervisor
+from .supervisor import remove as supervisor_remove
+
 
 from .pip import setup_virtualenv
 from .pip import bootstrap_pip
+from .pip import install as pip_install
+
+from .django import create_project
+from .django import generate as django_generate
+from .django import collectstatic as django_collectstatic
+
+from . import initialize
+from . import docker
+from . import database as db
+
 
 import os
-
 import logging
 
 
@@ -82,7 +98,6 @@ def bootstrap():
     bootstrap_pip()
 
     # create the django project
-    from django import create_project
     create_project()
 
     #
@@ -109,8 +124,6 @@ def bootstrap():
     # links before creating them, otherwise you get really weird errors
     # where the a link is recreated within the destination link
 
-    from utils import link_create
-
     if env.debug:
         logger.debug("virtualenv.root      : %s"
                      % configuration.virtualenv.paths.root)
@@ -154,10 +167,6 @@ def bootstrap():
     # create and link the scripts that manage the server
     # e.g. nginx, supervisor, gunicorn
 
-    from nginx import upload as upload_nginx
-    from supervisor import upload as upload_supervisor
-    from django import generate as django_generate
-
     print_console("creating gunicorn script")
     django_generate('gunicorn', True)
     django_generate('local', True)
@@ -171,8 +180,6 @@ def bootstrap():
     #
     # instantiate docker containers if any
 
-    import docker
-
     print_console("check to see if docker containers are used")
 
     if hasattr(configuration, "docker"):
@@ -219,15 +226,12 @@ def bootstrap_part1():
 
 @task
 def bootstrap_part2():
-    import database as db
-
     configuration = env.config
 
     if env.debug:
         logger = loggify('deploy', 'bootstrap')
 
     # create the django project
-    from django import create_project
     create_project()
 
     #
@@ -254,8 +258,6 @@ def bootstrap_part2():
     # links before creating them, otherwise you get really weird errors
     # where the a link is recreated within the destination link
 
-    from utils import link_create
-
     if env.debug:
         logger.debug("virtualenv.root      : %s"
                      % configuration.virtualenv.paths.root)
@@ -299,10 +301,6 @@ def bootstrap_part2():
     # create and link the scripts that manage the server
     # e.g. nginx, supervisor, gunicorn
 
-    from nginx import upload as upload_nginx
-    from supervisor import upload as upload_supervisor
-    from django import generate as django_generate
-
     print_console("creating gunicorn script")
     django_generate('gunicorn', True)
     django_generate('local', True)
@@ -316,8 +314,6 @@ def bootstrap_part2():
     #
     # instantiate docker containers if any
 
-    import docker
-
     print_console("check to see if docker containers are used")
 
     if hasattr(configuration, "docker"):
@@ -453,7 +449,6 @@ def sync(full=True, extras=False):
                       exclude=excludeitems)
 
         if full:
-            from pip import install as pip_install
             pip_install('--all')
 
     # overrides()
@@ -463,15 +458,10 @@ def sync(full=True, extras=False):
     # NOTE: if using full synch
 
     if full:
-        from nginx import upload as upload_nginx
-        from supervisor import upload as upload_supervisor
-        from django import generate as django_generate
-
         upload_supervisor()
         django_generate('gunicorn', True)
         upload_nginx()
 
-        from django import collectstatic as django_collectstatic
         django_collectstatic()
 
 
@@ -484,8 +474,6 @@ def media(source_branch):
     """
     configuration = env.config
 
-    import initialize
-
     print("project.branch: %s" % configuration.project.branch)
 
     #
@@ -693,14 +681,10 @@ def remove(full=True):
         # because otherwise they interfere with this modules version
         # of "remove"
 
-        from nginx import remove as nginx_remove
-        from supervisor import remove as supervisor_remove
-
         nginx_remove()
         supervisor_remove()
 
-        from database import drop_all as db_drop_all
-        db_drop_all()
+        db.drop_all()
 
         #
         # check to see if the parent directory contains anything else