diff --git a/.pylintrc b/.pylintrc
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index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..0b39a7bbb506aa7953d4a46ba3f69c1f06e98631
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+[MASTER]
+init-hook='import sys; sys.path.append("./src/plotid")' 
diff --git a/src/plotid/.pylintrc b/src/plotid/.pylintrc
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index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..0b39a7bbb506aa7953d4a46ba3f69c1f06e98631
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/plotid/.pylintrc
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+[MASTER]
+init-hook='import sys; sys.path.append("./src/plotid")'