diff --git a/gatorgrouper/utils/group_random.py b/gatorgrouper/utils/group_random.py
index 9c62943e..1109f751 100644
--- a/gatorgrouper/utils/group_random.py
+++ b/gatorgrouper/utils/group_random.py
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@
 import copy
 import logging
 import itertools
-from random import shuffle
-from group_scoring import score_groups
+import random
+import group_scoring
 
 
 def group_random_group_size(responses, grpsize):
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ def group_random_group_size(responses, grpsize):
 
     # scoring and return
     scores, ave = [], 0
-    scores, ave = score_groups(groups)
+    scores, ave = group_scoring.score_groups(groups)
     logging.info("scores: %d", scores)
     logging.info("average: %d", ave)
     return groups
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ def group_random_num_group(responses, numgrp):
 
     # scoring and return
     scores, ave = [], 0
-    scores, ave = score_groups(groups)
+    scores, ave = group_scoring.score_groups(groups)
     logging.info("scores: %d", scores)
     logging.info("average: %d", ave)
     return groups
@@ -71,5 +71,5 @@ def group_random_num_group(responses, numgrp):
 def shuffle_students(responses):
     """ Shuffle the responses """
     shuffled_responses = responses[:]
-    shuffle(shuffled_responses)
+    random.shuffle(shuffled_responses)
     return shuffled_responses