diff --git a/PythonAPI/agents/navigation/global_route_planner.py b/PythonAPI/agents/navigation/global_route_planner.py
index 94c1c0c10..c153b59a0 100644
--- a/PythonAPI/agents/navigation/global_route_planner.py
+++ b/PythonAPI/agents/navigation/global_route_planner.py
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ import numpy as np
 import networkx as nx
 
 import carla
-from local_planner import RoadOption
+from agents.navigation.local_planner import RoadOption
 
 
 class GlobalRoutePlanner(object):
diff --git a/PythonAPI/automatic_control.py b/PythonAPI/automatic_control.py
index ccc01a104..29515e781 100755
--- a/PythonAPI/automatic_control.py
+++ b/PythonAPI/automatic_control.py
@@ -73,6 +73,14 @@ try:
 except IndexError:
     pass
 
+# ==============================================================================
+# -- add PythonAPI for release mode --------------------------------------------
+# ==============================================================================
+try:
+    sys.path.append(glob.glob('PythonAPI')[0])
+except IndexError:
+    pass
+
 import carla
 from carla import ColorConverter as cc
 from agents.navigation.roaming_agent import *