diff --git a/src/backends/widget.js b/src/backends/widget.js
index 6c6cfa23a85859d008f918073d9f8c4ba4850f26..ea6bbab23b9d8d2400e7fcb99d7d95c6c4f3201b 100644
--- a/src/backends/widget.js
+++ b/src/backends/widget.js
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
  */
 
 import { BaseBackend, EventTypes } from './base';
-import WidgetApi from 'matrix-widget-api';
+import { WidgetApi } from 'matrix-widget-api';
 
 class WidgetBackend extends BaseBackend {
   constructor(widgetId, userId) {