diff --git a/horizon/conf/__init__.py b/horizon/conf/__init__.py
index ad5d51dad..b34b4f512 100644
--- a/horizon/conf/__init__.py
+++ b/horizon/conf/__init__.py
@@ -2,12 +2,11 @@ import copy
 
 from django.utils.functional import LazyObject, empty
 
-from .default import HORIZON_CONFIG as DEFAULT_CONFIG
-
 
 class LazySettings(LazyObject):
     def _setup(self, name=None):
         from django.conf import settings
+        from .default import HORIZON_CONFIG as DEFAULT_CONFIG
         HORIZON_CONFIG = copy.copy(DEFAULT_CONFIG)
         HORIZON_CONFIG.update(settings.HORIZON_CONFIG)