diff --git a/jrnl/plugins/markdown_exporter.py b/jrnl/plugins/markdown_exporter.py
index 305a9d73..b1198f2b 100644
--- a/jrnl/plugins/markdown_exporter.py
+++ b/jrnl/plugins/markdown_exporter.py
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 
 from .text_exporter import TextExporter
 import re
+import os
 import sys
 from ..util import WARNING_COLOR, RESET_COLOR
 
diff --git a/jrnl/plugins/yaml_exporter.py b/jrnl/plugins/yaml_exporter.py
index 5af19585..4d4ce03d 100644
--- a/jrnl/plugins/yaml_exporter.py
+++ b/jrnl/plugins/yaml_exporter.py
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 # encoding: utf-8
 
 from .text_exporter import TextExporter
+import os
 import re
 import sys
 from ..util import WARNING_COLOR, ERROR_COLOR, RESET_COLOR