diff --git a/apps/dynamic_search/managers.py b/apps/dynamic_search/managers.py
index 57a4ad30ab..556d535a1a 100644
--- a/apps/dynamic_search/managers.py
+++ b/apps/dynamic_search/managers.py
@@ -9,11 +9,11 @@ from django.contrib.auth.models import AnonymousUser
 from django.contrib.contenttypes.models import ContentType
 from django.utils.encoding import smart_str
 
-from .conf.settings import RECENT_COUNT
-
 
 class RecentSearchManager(Manager):
     def add_query_for_user(self, search_view):
+        from .settings import RECENT_COUNT
+
         query_dict = parse_qs(unquote_plus(smart_str(urlparse(search_view.request.get_full_path()).query)))
 
         if query_dict and not isinstance(search_view.request.user, AnonymousUser):
diff --git a/apps/dynamic_search/templatetags/search_tags.py b/apps/dynamic_search/templatetags/search_tags.py
index a8a2b6c46b..0459c5638f 100644
--- a/apps/dynamic_search/templatetags/search_tags.py
+++ b/apps/dynamic_search/templatetags/search_tags.py
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ from django.utils.translation import ugettext as _
 from haystack.forms import SearchForm
 
 from ..models import RecentSearch
-from ..conf.settings import RECENT_COUNT
+from ..settings import RECENT_COUNT
 from ..icons import icon_search
 
 register = Library()