diff --git a/paddleocr.py b/paddleocr.py
index 96a641bb774152b26aa7a0d4f206403368e7f257..9ad8f578087a786978919edc2de35f5aa18258a3 100644
--- a/paddleocr.py
+++ b/paddleocr.py
@@ -30,12 +30,17 @@ import base64
 from io import BytesIO
 from PIL import Image
 
-tools = importlib.import_module('.', 'tools')
-ppocr = importlib.import_module('.', 'ppocr')
-ppstructure = importlib.import_module('.', 'ppstructure')
-
-from tools.infer import predict_system
-from ppocr.utils.logging import get_logger
+def _import_file(module_name, file_path, make_importable=False):
+    spec = importlib.util.spec_from_file_location(module_name, file_path)
+    module = importlib.util.module_from_spec(spec)
+    spec.loader.exec_module(module)
+    if make_importable:
+        sys.modules[module_name] = module
+    return module
+
+tools = _import_file('tools', os.path.join(__dir__, 'tools/__init__.py'), make_importable=True)
+ppocr = importlib.import_module('ppocr', 'paddleocr')
+ppstructure = importlib.import_module('ppstructure', 'paddleocr')
 
 logger = get_logger()
 from ppocr.utils.utility import check_and_read, get_image_file_list