diff --git a/taskman.inc.php b/taskman.inc.php
index 569b258..2cf526e 100644
--- a/taskman.inc.php
+++ b/taskman.inc.php
@@ -33,8 +33,9 @@ function _taskman_default_usage($script_name = "<taskman-script>")
 } //namespace global
 
 namespace taskman {
+use Exception;
 
-class TaskmanException extends \Exception
+class TaskmanException extends Exception
 {}
 
 class TaskmanTask
@@ -205,7 +206,7 @@ class TaskmanTask
     return array();
   }
 
-  private function _parseProps(ReflectionFunction $refl)
+  private function _parseProps(\ReflectionFunction $refl)
   {
     if(preg_match_all('~@(\S+)([^\n]+)?\n~', $refl->getDocComment(), $matches))
     {