diff --git a/bin/importSqlFile.js b/bin/importSqlFile.js
index 4e9b1f3ed..b1642288b 100644
--- a/bin/importSqlFile.js
+++ b/bin/importSqlFile.js
@@ -1,44 +1,46 @@
 var startTime = new Date().getTime();
-var fs = require("fs");
-var db = require("../src/node/db/DB");
-//var async = require("../src/node_modules/async");
 
-var sqlFile = process.argv[2];
+require("ep_etherpad-lite/node_modules/npm").load({}, function(er,npm) {
 
-//stop if the settings file is not set
-if(!sqlFile)
-{
-  console.error("Use: node importSqlIntoRedis.js $SQLFILE");
-  process.exit(1);
-}
+  var fs = require("fs");
+  var db = require("ep_etherpad-lite/node/db/DB");;
 
-log("initializing db");
-db.init(function(){
-  log("done");
+  var sqlFile = process.argv[2];
 
-  log("open output file...");
-  var file = fs.readFileSync(sqlFile, 'utf8');
+  //stop if the settings file is not set
+  if(!sqlFile)
+  {
+    console.error("Use: node importSqlFile.js $SQLFILE");
+    process.exit(1);
+  }
 
-  var keyNo = 0;
+  log("initializing db");
+  db.init(function(){
+    log("done");
 
-  file.split("\n").forEach(function(l) {
-    if (l.substr(0, 27) == "REPLACE INTO store VALUES (") {
-      var pos = l.indexOf("', '");
-      var key = l.substr(28, pos - 28);
-      var value = l.substr(pos + 4);
-      value = value.substr(0, value.length - 3);
-      db.db.set(key, value, null);
-      keyNo++;
-    }
-  });
+    log("open output file...");
+    var file = fs.readFileSync(sqlFile, 'utf8');
 
-  db.db.doShutdown(function() {
-    log("finished, imported " + keyNo + " keys.");
-    process.exit(0);
+    var keyNo = 0;
+
+    file.split("\n").forEach(function(l) {
+      if (l.substr(0, 27) == "REPLACE INTO store VALUES (") {
+        var pos = l.indexOf("', '");
+        var key = l.substr(28, pos - 28);
+        var value = l.substr(pos + 4);
+        value = value.substr(0, value.length - 3);
+        db.db.set(key, value, null);
+        keyNo++;
+      }
+    });
+
+    db.db.doShutdown(function() {
+      log("finished, imported " + keyNo + " keys.");
+      process.exit(0);
+    });
   });
 });
 
-
 function log(str)
 {
   console.log((new Date().getTime() - startTime)/1000 + "\t" + str);