diff --git a/memgpt/functions/function_sets/base.py b/memgpt/functions/function_sets/base.py
index 39c43a92..c44da324 100644
--- a/memgpt/functions/function_sets/base.py
+++ b/memgpt/functions/function_sets/base.py
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 import datetime
-import json
 import math
 from typing import Optional
 
 from memgpt.agent import Agent
 from memgpt.constants import MAX_PAUSE_HEARTBEATS, RETRIEVAL_QUERY_DEFAULT_PAGE_SIZE
+from memgpt.utils import json_dumps
 
 ### Functions / tools the agent can use
 # All functions should return a response string (or None)
diff --git a/memgpt/functions/function_sets/extras.py b/memgpt/functions/function_sets/extras.py
index 007f346b..aa083ec3 100644
--- a/memgpt/functions/function_sets/extras.py
+++ b/memgpt/functions/function_sets/extras.py
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-import json
 import os
 import uuid
 from typing import Optional
@@ -11,6 +10,7 @@ from memgpt.constants import (
 )
 from memgpt.llm_api.llm_api_tools import create
 from memgpt.schemas.message import Message
+from memgpt.utils import json_dumps, json_loads
 
 
 def message_chatgpt(self, message: str):
diff --git a/memgpt/server/rest_api/utils.py b/memgpt/server/rest_api/utils.py
index 79bfcb16..dc448a17 100644
--- a/memgpt/server/rest_api/utils.py
+++ b/memgpt/server/rest_api/utils.py
@@ -1,14 +1,11 @@
-import json
 import traceback
 from enum import Enum
 from typing import AsyncGenerator, Union
 
 from pydantic import BaseModel
 
-from memgpt.orm.user import User
-from memgpt.orm.utilities import get_db_session
-from memgpt.server.rest_api.interface import StreamingServerInterface
-from memgpt.server.server import SyncServer
+# from memgpt.orm.user import User
+# from memgpt.orm.utilities import get_db_session
 from memgpt.utils import json_dumps
 
 SSE_PREFIX = "data: "