diff --git a/src/commands/cmdsethandler.py b/src/commands/cmdsethandler.py
index 285504ff14..a32ebf859e 100644
--- a/src/commands/cmdsethandler.py
+++ b/src/commands/cmdsethandler.py
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ can then implement separate sets for different situations. For
 example, you can have a 'On a boat' set, onto which you then tack on
 the 'Fishing' set. Fishing from a boat? No problem!
 """
+from django.conf import settings
 from src.utils import logger, utils
 from src.commands.cmdset import CmdSet
 from src.server.models import ServerConfig
@@ -71,7 +72,7 @@ from django.utils.translation import ugettext as _
 __all__ = ("import_cmdset", "CmdSetHandler")
 
 _CACHED_CMDSETS = {}
-
+_CMDSET_PATHS = utils.make_iter(settings.CMDSET_PATHS)
 
 class _ErrorCmdSet(CmdSet):
     "This is a special cmdset used to report errors"
@@ -84,12 +85,12 @@ class _EmptyCmdSet(CmdSet):
     priority = -101
     mergetype = "Union"
 
-def import_cmdset(python_path, cmdsetobj, emit_to_obj=None, no_logging=False):
+def import_cmdset(path, cmdsetobj, emit_to_obj=None, no_logging=False):
     """
     This helper function is used by the cmdsethandler to load a cmdset
     instance from a python module, given a python_path. It's usually accessed
     through the cmdsethandler's add() and add_default() methods.
-    python_path - This is the full path to the cmdset object.
+    path - This is the full path to the cmdset object on python dot-form
     cmdsetobj - the database object/typeclass on which this cmdset is to be
             assigned (this can be also channels and exits, as well as players
             but there will always be such an object)
@@ -101,7 +102,10 @@ def import_cmdset(python_path, cmdsetobj, emit_to_obj=None, no_logging=False):
     function returns None if an error was encountered or path not found.
     """
 
-    try:
+    python_paths = [path] + ["%s.%s" % (prefix, path)
+                                    for prefix in _CMDSET_PATHS]
+    errstring = ""
+    for python_path in python_paths:
         try:
             #print "importing %s: _CACHED_CMDSETS=%s" % (python_path, _CACHED_CMDSETS)
             wanted_cache_key = python_path
@@ -120,22 +124,20 @@ def import_cmdset(python_path, cmdsetobj, emit_to_obj=None, no_logging=False):
             return cmdsetclass
 
         except ImportError:
-            errstring = _("Error loading cmdset: Couldn't import module '%s'.")
+            errstring += _("Error loading cmdset: Couldn't import module '%s'.")
             errstring = errstring % modulepath
-            raise
         except KeyError:
-            errstring = _("Error in loading cmdset: No cmdset class '%(classname)s' in %(modulepath)s.")
+            errstring += _("Error in loading cmdset: No cmdset class '%(classname)s' in %(modulepath)s.")
             errstring = errstring % {"classname": classname,
                                      "modulepath": modulepath}
-            raise
         except Exception:
-            errstring = _("Compile/Run error when loading cmdset '%s'. Error was logged.")
+            errstring += _("Compile/Run error when loading cmdset '%s'. Error was logged.")
             errstring = errstring % (python_path)
-            raise
-    except Exception:
+
+    if errstring:
         # returning an empty error cmdset
         if not no_logging:
-            logger.log_trace(errstring)
+            logger.log_errmsg(errstring)
             if emit_to_obj and not ServerConfig.objects.conf("server_starting_mode"):
                 emit_to_obj.msg(errstring)
         err_cmdset = _ErrorCmdSet()