diff --git a/bids/config.py b/bids/config.py
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/bids/config.py
+++ b/bids/config.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import os
 from io import open
 import warnings
 
-from utils import listify
+from .utils import listify
 
 __all__ = ['set_option', 'set_options', 'get_option']
[fix] precede modules by a dot when importing

PyCharm does some unncecessary magic so it works locally with just `from utils import listify`.