diff --git a/deluge/ui/gtkui/edittrackersdialog.py b/deluge/ui/gtkui/edittrackersdialog.py
index 82e7fb6f7..d09603918 100644
--- a/deluge/ui/gtkui/edittrackersdialog.py
+++ b/deluge/ui/gtkui/edittrackersdialog.py
@@ -176,9 +176,9 @@ class EditTrackersDialog:
         
     def on_button_add_ok_clicked(self, widget):
         log.debug("on_button_add_ok_clicked")
-        import re
+        from re import as re_search
         tracker = self.glade.get_widget("entry_tracker").get_text()
-        if not re.search("https?://", tracker):
+        if not re_search("https?://", tracker):
             # Bad url.. lets prepend http://
             tracker = "http://" + tracker