diff --git a/flaskext/api.py b/flaskext/api.py
index df96412..babec78 100644
--- a/flaskext/api.py
+++ b/flaskext/api.py
@@ -11,11 +11,21 @@
 
 from __future__ import absolute_import
 
-from flask import Response, request
+from functools import wraps
 from time import time
 import traceback
+
+try:
+    import simplejson as json
+except ImportError:
+    import json
+
+from flask import Response, request
 from flask import current_app
 
+from apibee import Client as ApiBeeClient
+
+
 class ArgumentError(Exception):pass
 
 def _get_args(required, optional):
@@ -35,7 +45,6 @@ def _get_args(required, optional):
             apiargs[arg] = optional[arg]
     return apiargs
 
-from functools import wraps
 def api(required=None, optional=None):
     if required is None:
         required = {}
@@ -67,10 +76,6 @@ def decorated_function(*args, **kwargs):
 #
 # Api Client
 #
-
-from apibee import Client as ApiBeeClient
-import json
-
 class ApiError(Exception): pass
 
 class Http404(Exception): pass