diff --git a/fanficfare/writers/writer_epub.py b/fanficfare/writers/writer_epub.py
index 6a9cc02d..e24299db 100644
--- a/fanficfare/writers/writer_epub.py
+++ b/fanficfare/writers/writer_epub.py
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ from xml.dom.minidom import getDOMImplementation
 
 import bs4
 
-from .base_writer import *
+from .base_writer import BaseStoryWriter
 from ..htmlcleanup import stripHTML,removeEntities
 from ..story import commaGroups
 
diff --git a/fanficfare/writers/writer_html.py b/fanficfare/writers/writer_html.py
index 27fdd115..86ebece8 100644
--- a/fanficfare/writers/writer_html.py
+++ b/fanficfare/writers/writer_html.py
@@ -18,13 +18,14 @@
 from __future__ import absolute_import
 import logging
 import string
+import re
 
 # py2 vs py3 transition
 from ..six import text_type as unicode
 
 import bs4
 
-from .base_writer import *
+from .base_writer import BaseStoryWriter
 class HTMLWriter(BaseStoryWriter):
 
     @staticmethod
diff --git a/fanficfare/writers/writer_mobi.py b/fanficfare/writers/writer_mobi.py
index 83c3e897..98fd0964 100644
--- a/fanficfare/writers/writer_mobi.py
+++ b/fanficfare/writers/writer_mobi.py
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ from io import BytesIO
 import logging
 import string
 
-from .base_writer import *
+from .base_writer import BaseStoryWriter
 from ..mobi import Converter
 from ..exceptions import FailedToWriteOutput