diff --git a/archivist/apps/files/views.py b/archivist/apps/files/views.py
index 6d042e5..3a96eba 100644
--- a/archivist/apps/files/views.py
+++ b/archivist/apps/files/views.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ from django.http import FileResponse, HttpResponse, HttpResponseRedirect
 from django.shortcuts import get_object_or_404, render
 
 import os
-import blake3
+from blake3 import blake3
 
 from .forms import UploadFileForm
 from .models import  User_Banner_Images, User_Profile_Images, Metadata_Files, Submission_File
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ def compute_file_hash(file):
     Compute BLAKE3 hash of the file
     '''
     try:
-        hasher = blake3.blake3()
+        hasher = blake3()
         for chunk in file.chunks(chunk_size=65536):
             hasher.update(chunk)
         return hasher.hexdigest()