diff --git a/linkbikenet/functions.py b/linkbikenet/functions.py
index eb5fa8f..d584b22 100644
--- a/linkbikenet/functions.py
+++ b/linkbikenet/functions.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 from scipy.spatial import cKDTree
 from shapely.geometry import LineString
 
-def import_network(street_network, import_path=settings.import_path):
+def import_network(street_network):
     """Import and project a street network from gpkg file
 
     For all edges between a pair of nodes u and v there must be one edge with key 0.
@@ -19,8 +19,6 @@ def import_network(street_network, import_path=settings.import_path):
         The street network will be loaded from this file. Must be a gpkg file in unprojected crs EPSG:4326 with layers nodes and edges, with the structure that a osmnx street network g has after saving its undirected version via ox.io.save_graph_geopackage(). For example:
         >>> g = ox.graph_from_place("Barcelona", network_type='all_public', simplify=False, retain_all=True)
         >>> ox.io.save_graph_geopackage(g, "Barcelona_streets.gpkg")
-    import_path : str, default settings.import_path
-        Path to import files.
 
     Returns
     -------
@@ -34,8 +32,8 @@ def import_network(street_network, import_path=settings.import_path):
         Convex hull of the street network
     """
 
-    nodes = gpd.read_file(import_path+street_network, layer='nodes')
-    edges = gpd.read_file(import_path+street_network, layer='edges')
+    nodes = gpd.read_file(settings.import_path+street_network, layer='nodes')
+    edges = gpd.read_file(settings.import_path+street_network, layer='edges')
 
     # Set indices as required by osmnx.convert.graph_from_gdfs
     # See: https://osmnx.readthedocs.io/en/stable/user-reference.html#osmnx.utils_graph.graph_from_gdfs