diff --git a/AUTHORS b/AUTHORS
index da0538a..f9e8817 100644
--- a/AUTHORS
+++ b/AUTHORS
@@ -50,4 +50,5 @@ Thanks To
 * Slant, better iterator implementation in tpool
 * Ambroff, nice pygtk hub example
 * Michael Carter, and Marcin Bachry, nice repro of a bug and good diagnosis leading to the fix
-* David Ziegler, reporting issue #53
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+* David Ziegler, reporting issue #53
+* Favo Yang, twisted hub patch
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diff --git a/eventlet/twistedutil/join_reactor.py b/eventlet/twistedutil/join_reactor.py
index 4e9ccc2..5964cbf 100644
--- a/eventlet/twistedutil/join_reactor.py
+++ b/eventlet/twistedutil/join_reactor.py
@@ -4,9 +4,8 @@ You generally don't have to use it unless you need to call reactor.run()
 yourself.
 """
 from eventlet.hubs.twistedr import BaseTwistedHub
-from eventlet import use_hub
 from eventlet.support import greenlets as greenlet
-from eventlet.hubs import _threadlocal
+from eventlet.hubs import _threadlocal, use_hub
 
 use_hub(BaseTwistedHub)
 assert not hasattr(_threadlocal, 'hub')