diff --git a/generate_environment_variables.py b/generate_environment_variables.py
index dbe317e3ea93960c38cb8793e6b365764463ef4f..94a36b375a9cc27a9e0c85227c2343407342d36d 100755
--- a/generate_environment_variables.py
+++ b/generate_environment_variables.py
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 import os
 import argparse
+import codecs
 
 CATKIN_MARKER_FILE = '.catkin'
 
@@ -142,6 +143,7 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
                 home = os.path.join(workspaces[0], 'share', 'maven')
         print(home)
     elif args.create_maven_settings:
-        print((MAVEN_HEADER + get_repositories_xml() + MAVEN_FOOTER).encode('string_escape'))
+        s = (MAVEN_HEADER + get_repositories_xml() + MAVEN_FOOTER)
+        print(repr(s)[1:-1].replace("'", "\\'"))
     else:
         print("Nothing to see here - please provide one of the valid command switches.")
diff --git a/src/rosjava_build_tools/__init__.py b/src/rosjava_build_tools/__init__.py
index 827706bdbe12f563481e841dfda34c0cfa8c5a5c..e83f4da5642603c10d4533f062d00005f428754c 100644
--- a/src/rosjava_build_tools/__init__.py
+++ b/src/rosjava_build_tools/__init__.py
@@ -4,10 +4,10 @@
 # Imports
 ##############################################################################
 
-import console
-from create_package import init_android_package, init_rosjava_package
-from create_android_project import create_android_project
-from create_rosjava_project import create_rosjava_project, create_rosjava_msg_project, create_rosjava_library_project
-from utils import which
-from release import scrape_for_release_message_packages
-import catkin
+from rosjava_build_tools import console
+from rosjava_build_tools.create_package import init_android_package, init_rosjava_package
+from rosjava_build_tools.create_android_project import create_android_project
+from rosjava_build_tools.create_rosjava_project import create_rosjava_project, create_rosjava_msg_project, create_rosjava_library_project
+from rosjava_build_tools.utils import which
+from rosjava_build_tools.release import scrape_for_release_message_packages
+from rosjava_build_tools import catkin
diff --git a/src/rosjava_build_tools/create_android_project.py b/src/rosjava_build_tools/create_android_project.py
index d31d2dc28d794094cb3c5a679bc9022320b41711..7662ca37f0582ee6aca57081334982d90d61ca12 100644
--- a/src/rosjava_build_tools/create_android_project.py
+++ b/src/rosjava_build_tools/create_android_project.py
@@ -13,8 +13,8 @@ import subprocess
 import shutil
 
 # local imports
-import utils
-import console
+from rosjava_build_tools import utils
+from rosjava_build_tools import console
 
 ##############################################################################
 # Methods
diff --git a/src/rosjava_build_tools/create_package.py b/src/rosjava_build_tools/create_package.py
index a5e19e8a16352f4d0c6e96b4fac0f9a36eaaae28..b3ce6ce446b2281370685eea37d29be5c2d7a836 100644
--- a/src/rosjava_build_tools/create_package.py
+++ b/src/rosjava_build_tools/create_package.py
@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@ import catkin_pkg
 from catkin_pkg.package_templates import create_package_xml, PackageTemplate
 
 # local imports
-import utils
-import console
+from rosjava_build_tools import utils
+from rosjava_build_tools import console
 
 ##############################################################################
 # Methods
diff --git a/src/rosjava_build_tools/create_rosjava_project.py b/src/rosjava_build_tools/create_rosjava_project.py
index 25e1b2122c3bca908640f117263d519837e4af16..2c0ec19548039baf065650e409ecbc444dff5555 100644
--- a/src/rosjava_build_tools/create_rosjava_project.py
+++ b/src/rosjava_build_tools/create_rosjava_project.py
@@ -13,8 +13,8 @@ import argparse
 import xml.etree.ElementTree as ElementTree
 
 # local imports
-import utils
-import console
+from rosjava_build_tools import utils
+from rosjava_build_tools import console
 
 ##############################################################################
 # Methods
diff --git a/src/rosjava_build_tools/release.py b/src/rosjava_build_tools/release.py
index 8b4435cd4b411b0ff6f7f0cb6581ce13bc1d10d6..073f08d3f591a1847cb4301c56d1e2216c5c4d72 100644
--- a/src/rosjava_build_tools/release.py
+++ b/src/rosjava_build_tools/release.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
 import rosdistro
 import catkin_pkg
-from . import catkin
+from rosjava_build_tools import catkin
 
 ##############################################################################
 # Imports
diff --git a/src/rosjava_build_tools/utils.py b/src/rosjava_build_tools/utils.py
index 92a35ff866e881507e6217da591a21f0c151c3f1..757a76ee940daf2e5441b020b6a51e014b1a6f91 100644
--- a/src/rosjava_build_tools/utils.py
+++ b/src/rosjava_build_tools/utils.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import os
 import sys
 import errno
 import pwd
-import console
+from rosjava_build_tools import console
 
 ##############################################################################
 # Methods