diff --git a/scripts/geodata/polygons/reverse_geocode.py b/scripts/geodata/polygons/reverse_geocode.py
index 2393c4cb..41065674 100644
--- a/scripts/geodata/polygons/reverse_geocode.py
+++ b/scripts/geodata/polygons/reverse_geocode.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ this_dir = os.path.realpath(os.path.dirname(__file__))
 sys.path.append(os.path.realpath(os.path.join(os.pardir, os.pardir)))
 
 from geodata.polygons.index import *
-
+from geodata.encoding import safe_decode
 
 class ReverseGeocoder(RTreePolygonIndex):
     COUNTRIES_FILENAME = 'qs_adm0.shp'