diff --git a/kallithea/lib/paster_commands/ishell.py b/kallithea/lib/paster_commands/ishell.py
--- a/kallithea/lib/paster_commands/ishell.py
+++ b/kallithea/lib/paster_commands/ishell.py
@@ -32,8 +32,8 @@ import sys
 from kallithea.lib.utils import BasePasterCommand
 
 # Add location of top level folder to sys.path
-from os.path import dirname as dn
-rc_path = dn(dn(dn(os.path.realpath(__file__))))
+from os.path import dirname
+rc_path = dirname(dirname(dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__))))
 sys.path.append(rc_path)