diff --git a/gnuviechadmin/backend/BackendTo.py b/gnuviechadmin/backend/BackendTo.py
index 1e46058..3fb5b5d 100644
--- a/gnuviechadmin/backend/BackendTo.py
+++ b/gnuviechadmin/backend/BackendTo.py
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 #
 # Version: $Id$
 
-from sqlalchemy import object_mapper
+from sqlalchemy.orm import object_mapper
 
 from tables import *
 
diff --git a/gnuviechadmin/backend/tables.py b/gnuviechadmin/backend/tables.py
index 6c8f9f9..0f7e1e6 100644
--- a/gnuviechadmin/backend/tables.py
+++ b/gnuviechadmin/backend/tables.py
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 # Version: $Id$
 
 from sqlalchemy import *
+from sqlalchemy.exceptions import NoSuchTableError
 import sys
 import migrate.versioning.api
 from settings import *
@@ -37,7 +38,7 @@ to fix this.""" %
               (dbversion, required_version, config.get('database', 'uri'),
                config.get('database', 'repository')))
         sys.exit(1)
-except exceptions.NoSuchTableError, nste:    
+except NoSuchTableError, nste:    
     print nste
     sys.exit(1)
 
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 9890ee0..b5e99ae 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # -*- python -*-
-# -*- coding: UTF-8 -*-
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 #
 # Copyright (C) 2007 by Jan Dittberner.
 #
@@ -28,8 +28,8 @@ setup(
     packages = find_packages(),
     scripts = ['bin/gva'],
 
-    install_requires = ['sqlalchemy >= 0.3.10',
-                        'migrate >= 0.3' ],
+    install_requires = ['sqlalchemy >= 0.4',
+                        'sqlalchemy-migrate >= 0.4' ],
     setup_requires = [],
 
     include_package_data = True,