diff --git a/bioframe/sandbox/clients.py b/bioframe/sandbox/clients.py
index bdebb1d6..fc8c54f2 100644
--- a/bioframe/sandbox/clients.py
+++ b/bioframe/sandbox/clients.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 import base64
 import glob
 
-from .fileops import read_table
+from ..io.fileops import read_table
 
 
 class EncodeClient: