diff --git a/tablib/formats/_html.py b/tablib/formats/_html.py
index 222c589..2a76638 100644
--- a/tablib/formats/_html.py
+++ b/tablib/formats/_html.py
@@ -11,10 +11,10 @@ if sys.version_info[0] > 2:
     from tablib.packages import markup3 as markup
 else:
     from cStringIO import StringIO
-    import codecs
     from tablib.packages import markup
 
 import tablib
+import codecs
 
 BOOK_ENDINGS = 'h3'