diff --git a/beat/core/bcpapi/execution.py b/beat/core/bcpapi/execution.py
index 774f310afb00e5a9bcc047cd72848cc97767fd84..a82d8f7ed0f843105d167a375dcb4efa76acacc5 100644
--- a/beat/core/bcpapi/execution.py
+++ b/beat/core/bcpapi/execution.py
@@ -44,8 +44,8 @@ Execution utilities
 import logging
 import multiprocessing
 import signal
-import json
 import zmq
+import simplejson as json
 
 from ..dock import Host
 from ..execution.local import LocalExecutor