diff --git a/pecan/core.py b/pecan/core.py
index 3c23a7e..16f0279 100644
--- a/pecan/core.py
+++ b/pecan/core.py
@@ -10,9 +10,9 @@ from paste.recursive    import ForwardRequestException
 
 
 try:
-    from json import loads
-except ImportError:
     from simplejson import loads
+except ImportError:
+    from json import loads
 
 
 state = local()
diff --git a/pecan/jsonify.py b/pecan/jsonify.py
index c47a31a..300666b 100644
--- a/pecan/jsonify.py
+++ b/pecan/jsonify.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 try:
-    from json import JSONEncoder
-except ImportError:
     from simplejson import JSONEncoder
+except ImportError:
+    from json import JSONEncoder
 
 from datetime               import datetime, date
 from decimal                import Decimal
@@ -65,4 +65,4 @@ _instance = GenericFunctionJSON()
 def encode(obj):
     if isinstance(obj, basestring):
         return _instance.encode(obj)
-    return _instance.encode(obj)
\ No newline at end of file
+    return _instance.encode(obj)
diff --git a/tests/test_validation.py b/tests/test_validation.py
index 353605b..1d268f1 100644
--- a/tests/test_validation.py
+++ b/tests/test_validation.py
@@ -5,9 +5,9 @@ from formencode import validators, Schema
 
 
 try:
-    from json import dumps
-except ImportError:
     from simplejson import dumps
+except ImportError:
+    from json import dumps
 
 
 class TestValidation(object):