diff --git a/src/openbox.cc b/src/openbox.cc
index 7a025242..aa61a313 100644
--- a/src/openbox.cc
+++ b/src/openbox.cc
@@ -148,9 +148,8 @@ Openbox::Openbox(int argc, char **argv)
   Py_Initialize();
   init_otk();
   init_openbox();
-  // i wish...
-  //PyRun_String("from _otk import *; from _openbox import *;", Py_file_input,
-  //             Py_None, Py_None);
+  PyRun_SimpleString("from _otk import *; from _openbox import *;");
+  PyRun_SimpleString("openbox = Openbox_instance()");
   FILE *rcpyfd = fopen(_scriptfilepath.c_str(), "r");
   if (!rcpyfd) {
     printf("failed to load python file %s\n", _scriptfilepath.c_str());