diff --git a/docs/conf.py b/docs/conf.py
index 4714e0a..923068b 100644
--- a/docs/conf.py
+++ b/docs/conf.py
@@ -12,13 +12,13 @@
 # serve to show the default.
 
 import sys, os
-from flask_security import __version__
 
 # If extensions (or modules to document with autodoc) are in another directory,
 # add these directories to sys.path here. If the directory is relative to the
 # documentation root, use os.path.abspath to make it absolute, like shown here.
+sys.path.insert(0, os.path.abspath('..'))
 sys.path.append(os.path.abspath('_themes'))
-sys.path.append(os.path.abspath('..'))
+from flask_security import __version__
 
 # -- General configuration -----------------------------------------------------