diff --git a/ayct_backend/__init__.py b/ayct_backend/__init__.py
index 7b60880..6e73766 100644
--- a/ayct_backend/__init__.py
+++ b/ayct_backend/__init__.py
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 import os
-from flask import Flask
-from flask_sqlalchemy import SQLAlchemy
+from flask import Flask, request
 from ayct_backend.twitter import twitter
 from ayct_backend.twitter.models import twitter_db
 from ayct_backend.campaign import campaign