diff --git a/ascii/ascii_convert.py b/ascii/ascii_convert.py
index ffdf0161..d0c9070c 100644
--- a/ascii/ascii_convert.py
+++ b/ascii/ascii_convert.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import PIL
+from PIL import Image
 
 # ascii characters used to build the output text
 ASCII_CHARS = ["@", "#", "S", "%", "?", "*", "+", ";", ":", ",", "."]
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ def main(new_width=100):
     # attempt to open image from user-input
     path = input("Enter a valid pathname to an image:\n")
     try:
-        image = PIL.Image.open(path)
+        image = Image.open(path)
     except:
         print(path, " is not a valid pathname to an image.")
         return