diff --git a/apps/data_cube_manager/tasks.py b/apps/data_cube_manager/tasks.py
index 852fecdb..b2f449ca 100644
--- a/apps/data_cube_manager/tasks.py
+++ b/apps/data_cube_manager/tasks.py
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+# To avoid conflict with existing app.py inside this dir 
+from __future__ import absolute_import 
 from django.conf import settings
 from django.db import connections
 from django.forms.models import model_to_dict