Modifying the conf.app.modules in the template pecan project to use the module itself (rather than a string).

templates/project/config.py_tmpl

@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-from ${egg}.controllers.root import RootController
-
+import ${egg}
 
 # Server Specific Configurations
 server = {
@@ -9,8 +8,8 @@ server = {
 
 # Pecan Application Configurations
 app = {
-    'root' : RootController(),
-    'modules' : ['${egg}'],
+    'root' : ${egg}.controllers.root.RootController(),
+    'modules' : [${egg}],
     'static_root' : 'public', 
     'template_path' : '${egg}/templates',
     'reload': True,