diff --git a/django_sortable/helpers.py b/django_sortable/helpers.py
index 49355e9..d7558aa 100644
--- a/django_sortable/helpers.py
+++ b/django_sortable/helpers.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-from sortable import Sortable
+from .sortable import Sortable
 
 
 def sortable_helper(request, objects, fields=None):
diff --git a/django_sortable/templatetags/sortable.py b/django_sortable/templatetags/sortable.py
index 4effdff..41acd5e 100755
--- a/django_sortable/templatetags/sortable.py
+++ b/django_sortable/templatetags/sortable.py
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ def parse_tag_token(token):
   """Parses a tag that's supposed to be in this format: {% sortable_link field title %}  """
   bits = [b.strip('"\'') for b in token.split_contents()]
   if len(bits) < 2:
-    raise TemplateSyntaxError, "anchor tag takes at least 1 argument"
+    raise template.TemplateSyntaxError("anchor tag takes at least 1 argument")
   try:
     title = bits[2]
   except IndexError: