diff --git a/modules/base/pymod/__init__.py b/modules/base/pymod/__init__.py
index 08f9f9ca50b6e334878ebf3ae9466b38cd54c3ac..3d2137f7e76f6a66a8cf2041319d801742fafedf 100644
--- a/modules/base/pymod/__init__.py
+++ b/modules/base/pymod/__init__.py
@@ -18,6 +18,11 @@
 #------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 from _base import *
 
+from ost import geom
+from ost import io
+from ost import mol
+from ost import seq
+
 try:
   from ost import gfx
   scene = gfx.Scene()
@@ -29,3 +34,4 @@ try:
   from ost import img
 except ImportError:
   pass
+
diff --git a/modules/mol/base/pymod/export_residue_view.cc b/modules/mol/base/pymod/export_residue_view.cc
index 54780c0d3b123787ffaeb8e053c9921d40dfaa23..29943f54a99392eb06afce6d84d91ffe9e0d4da6 100644
--- a/modules/mol/base/pymod/export_residue_view.cc
+++ b/modules/mol/base/pymod/export_residue_view.cc
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ void export_ResidueView()
     .def("GetChain",&ResidueView::GetChain)
     .def("GetAtomList", &ResidueView::GetAtomList,
          return_value_policy<copy_const_reference>())
+    .def("GetAtomCount", &ResidueView::GetAtomCount)
     .add_property("atoms",
                   make_function(&ResidueView::GetAtomList,
                                 return_value_policy<copy_const_reference>()))