diff --git a/app/__init__.py b/app/__init__.py
index a83405bce..2b1a168b7 100644
--- a/app/__init__.py
+++ b/app/__init__.py
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ from app.clients.sms.loadtesting import LoadtestingClient
 from app.clients.email.aws_ses import AwsSesClient
 from app.clients.statsd.statsd_client import StatsdClient
 from app.encryption import Encryption
-from config import configs
 
 
 DATETIME_FORMAT = "%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S.%f"
@@ -40,6 +39,7 @@ api_user = LocalProxy(lambda: _request_ctx_stack.top.api_user)
 def create_app(app_name=None):
     application = Flask(__name__)
 
+    from config import configs
     application.config.from_object(configs[os.environ['NOTIFY_ENVIRONMENT']])
 
     if app_name: