diff --git a/src/d2r_image/bnip_helpers.py b/src/d2r_image/bnip_helpers.py
index 6e6f032..0362930 100644
--- a/src/d2r_image/bnip_helpers.py
+++ b/src/d2r_image/bnip_helpers.py
@@ -5,7 +5,8 @@ from d2r_image.processing_data import Runeword
 try:
     from rapidfuzz.string_metric import levenshtein
 except ImportError:
-    from rapidfuzz.distance import Levenshtein as levenshtein
+    from rapidfuzz.distance import Levenshtein as _Levenshtein_mod
+    levenshtein = _Levenshtein_mod.distance
 from bnip.NTIPAliasType import NTIPAliasType as NTIP_TYPES
 from bnip.NTIPAliasStat import NTIPAliasStat as NTIP_STATS
 from logger import Logger