diff --git a/mclevelbase.py b/mclevelbase.py
index 2910a1d..7a27e20 100644
--- a/mclevelbase.py
+++ b/mclevelbase.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ Created on Jul 22, 2011
 import os
 import traceback
 from datetime import datetime
-from StringIO import StringIO
+from cStringIO import StringIO
 from copy import deepcopy
 import itertools
 from contextlib import closing, contextmanager
diff --git a/nbt.py b/nbt.py
index 290b551..ea679a4 100644
--- a/nbt.py
+++ b/nbt.py
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ import collections
 import itertools
 import struct
 import gzip
-import StringIO;
+from cStringIO import StringIO;
 import os;
 from contextlib import closing
 from numpy import array, zeros, uint8, fromstring
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ class TAG_Value(object):
         self.write_value(buf)
 
     def saveGzipped(self, filename, compresslevel=1):
-        sio = StringIO.StringIO();
+        sio = StringIO();
         #atomic write
         try: os.rename(filename, filename + ".old");
         except Exception, e:
@@ -489,10 +489,8 @@ def gunzip(data):
     return zlib.decompress(data[10:], -zlib.MAX_WBITS)
 
 def loadFile(filename):
-    #sio = StringIO.StringIO();
     with file(filename, "rb") as f:
         inputdata = f.read()
-    #inputGz = gzip.GzipFile(filename, mode="rb")
     data = inputdata
     try:
         data = gunzip(inputdata)
@@ -535,6 +533,6 @@ def load(filename="", buf=None):
 
 
 
-__all__ = [a.__name__ for a in tag_classes.itervalues()] + ["loadFile", "gunzip"]
+__all__ = [a.__name__ for a in tag_classes.itervalues()] + ["load", "loadFile", "gunzip"]
 
 
diff --git a/yaml/__init__.py b/yaml/__init__.py
index 4c555c7..c4b948d 100644
--- a/yaml/__init__.py
+++ b/yaml/__init__.py
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ def emit(events, stream=None, Dumper=Dumper,
     """
     getvalue = None
     if stream is None:
-        from StringIO import StringIO
+        from cStringIO import StringIO
         stream = StringIO()
         getvalue = stream.getvalue
     dumper = Dumper(stream, canonical=canonical, indent=indent, width=width,
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ def serialize_all(nodes, stream=None, Dumper=Dumper,
     getvalue = None
     if stream is None:
         if encoding is None:
-            from StringIO import StringIO
+            from cStringIO import StringIO
         else:
             from cStringIO import StringIO
         stream = StringIO()
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ def dump_all(documents, stream=None, Dumper=Dumper,
     getvalue = None
     if stream is None:
         if encoding is None:
-            from StringIO import StringIO
+            from cStringIO import StringIO
         else:
             from cStringIO import StringIO
         stream = StringIO()