diff --git a/js/perf/viewer/stage.py b/js/perf/viewer/stage.py
index 0a66743458..0018ee0687 100644
--- a/js/perf/viewer/stage.py
+++ b/js/perf/viewer/stage.py
@@ -4,9 +4,9 @@
 # Licensed under the Apache License, version 2.0:
 # http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 
+sys.path.append(os.path.abspath('../../../tools'))
 import noms.staging as staging
 
-
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     staging.Main('perf', staging.GlobCopier(
         'index.html',
diff --git a/samples/js/splore/stage.py b/samples/js/splore/stage.py
index 87b01f0ce1..c84fdcd0db 100644
--- a/samples/js/splore/stage.py
+++ b/samples/js/splore/stage.py
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@
 # Licensed under the Apache License, version 2.0:
 # http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 
+sys.path.append(os.path.abspath('../../../tools'))
 import noms.staging as staging
 
-
 if __name__ == '__main__':
 	staging.Main('splore', staging.GlobCopier('out.js', 'index.html', 'styles.css'))
diff --git a/tools/noms/staging_test.py b/tools/noms/staging_test.py
index 73a4a6b8c1..f3e558ad87 100644
--- a/tools/noms/staging_test.py
+++ b/tools/noms/staging_test.py
@@ -16,32 +16,32 @@ class TestStaging(unittest.TestCase):
 		shutil.rmtree(self.tempdir, ignore_errors=True)
 
 	def test_Nested(self):
-		self.assertTrue(staging._isSubDir(self.nested, self.tempdir))
+		self.assertTrue(staging._is_sub_dir(self.nested, self.tempdir))
 
 	def test_NotNested(self):
 		otherNested = tempfile.mkdtemp(dir=self.tempdir)
-		self.assertFalse(staging._isSubDir(self.nested, otherNested))
+		self.assertFalse(staging._is_sub_dir(self.nested, otherNested))
 
 	def test_DotDotNotReallyNested(self):
 		notReallyNested = os.path.join(self.tempdir, 'foo', os.pardir, 'bar')
-		self.assertFalse(staging._isSubDir(self.nested, notReallyNested))
+		self.assertFalse(staging._is_sub_dir(self.nested, notReallyNested))
 
 	def test_LinkNotReallyNested(self):
 		otherNested = tempfile.mkdtemp(dir=self.tempdir)
 		linkName = os.path.join(self.nested, 'link')
 		os.symlink(otherNested, linkName)
-		self.assertFalse(staging._isSubDir(linkName, self.nested))
+		self.assertFalse(staging._is_sub_dir(linkName, self.nested))
 
 	def test_DirPath(self):
 		linkName = os.path.join(self.tempdir, 'link')
 		os.symlink(self.nested, linkName)
-		norm = staging._dirPath(linkName)
+		norm = staging._dir_path(linkName)
 		self.assertEqual(self.nested, norm)
 
 	def test_DirPathFails(self):
 		f = tempfile.NamedTemporaryFile(dir=self.tempdir)
 		try:
-			staging._dirPath(f.name)
+			staging._dir_path(f.name)
 		except ValueError:
 			pass