diff --git a/app/__init__.py b/app/__init__.py
index f17f538c..0f64a7fd 100644
--- a/app/__init__.py
+++ b/app/__init__.py
@@ -19,7 +19,8 @@ from flask import current_app, g, request
 from flask import Flask
 from flask import abort, flash, has_request_context, jsonify
 from flask import render_template
-from flask.json import JSONEncoder
+
+# from flask.json import JSONEncoder
 from flask.logging import default_handler
 
 from flask_bootstrap import Bootstrap
@@ -144,7 +145,7 @@ def handle_invalid_usage(error):
 
 
 # JSON ENCODING
-class ScoDocJSONEncoder(JSONEncoder):
+class ScoDocJSONEncoder(json.JSONEncoder):
     def default(self, o):  # pylint: disable=E0202
         if isinstance(o, (datetime.date, datetime.datetime)):
             return o.isoformat()