diff --git a/nest_crawler/alert_trigger.py b/nest_crawler/alert_trigger.py
index c8536c8..cc648f4 100644
--- a/nest_crawler/alert_trigger.py
+++ b/nest_crawler/alert_trigger.py
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ def send_notification_email(alert):
     for condition in alert.conditions:
         conditions_string += condition.condition.content + ','
     conditions_string = conditions_string[:-1]
+    smtpObj = None
     try:
         smtpObj = smtplib.SMTP('localhost')
         smtpObj.sendmail("alert@nest.com", owner_repo.email, "Alert triggered")
diff --git a/nest_crawler/repo_search.py b/nest_crawler/repo_search.py
index 5b94350..30f7bc5 100644
--- a/nest_crawler/repo_search.py
+++ b/nest_crawler/repo_search.py
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 from nest_backend.database import *
-import authentication
+import nest_crawler.authentication as authentication
 from datetime import datetime, timedelta
 import tweepy as tw
-from associate_condition_tweet import associate_condition_tweet
+from nest_crawler.associate_condition_tweet import associate_condition_tweet
 
 def search_repo_conditions(repository_id):