diff --git a/pytorch_lightning/__init__.py b/pytorch_lightning/__init__.py
index ce4b32be27..5893eb4a97 100644
--- a/pytorch_lightning/__init__.py
+++ b/pytorch_lightning/__init__.py
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
-from .models import Trainer
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+from .models import Trainer
+from .root_module.root_module import LightningModule
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