diff --git a/lbrynet/core/HashBlob.py b/lbrynet/core/HashBlob.py
index 52ef6c645..0a90dea2f 100644
--- a/lbrynet/core/HashBlob.py
+++ b/lbrynet/core/HashBlob.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-from io import BytesIO, StringIO
+from StringIO import StringIO
+from io import BytesIO
 import logging
 import os
 import tempfile