diff --git a/deluge/ui/webui/json_api.py b/deluge/ui/webui/json_api.py
index 5f7c85c74..6a30bf7a1 100644
--- a/deluge/ui/webui/json_api.py
+++ b/deluge/ui/webui/json_api.py
@@ -47,12 +47,7 @@ from deluge.ui.client import sclient,aclient
 from deluge.log import LOG as log
 from deluge import component
 from utils import dict_cb
-
-from page_decorators import check_session
-try:
-    import json #it's early enough to force people to install this
-except:
-    raise Exception("please install python-json")
+from lib import json
 
 class json_rpc:
     """
diff --git a/deluge/ui/webui/json.py b/deluge/ui/webui/lib/json.py
similarity index 99%
rename from deluge/ui/webui/json.py
rename to deluge/ui/webui/lib/json.py
index cf4b6ae4c..9bb33d23d 100644
--- a/deluge/ui/webui/json.py
+++ b/deluge/ui/webui/lib/json.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#mvoncken 2008: added complete LGPL licesnse to this file to ease distribution
+#mvoncken 2008: added complete LGPL to this file to ease distribution
 import string
 import types