diff --git a/archivebox/core/settings.py b/archivebox/core/settings.py
index 3c2c40f0..76bb134d 100644
--- a/archivebox/core/settings.py
+++ b/archivebox/core/settings.py
@@ -410,7 +410,7 @@ SHELL_PLUS_PRINT_SQL = False
 IPYTHON_ARGUMENTS = ['--no-confirm-exit', '--no-banner']
 IPYTHON_KERNEL_DISPLAY_NAME = 'ArchiveBox Django Shell'
 if IS_SHELL:
-    os.environ['PYTHONSTARTUP'] = str(PACKAGE_DIR / 'core' / 'shell_welcome_message.py')
+    os.environ['PYTHONSTARTUP'] = str(PACKAGE_DIR / 'misc' / 'shell_welcome_message.py')
 
 
 ################################################################################
diff --git a/archivebox/core/urls.py b/archivebox/core/urls.py
index e9eb4bca..6143e566 100644
--- a/archivebox/core/urls.py
+++ b/archivebox/core/urls.py
@@ -5,9 +5,10 @@ from django.views import static
 from django.conf import settings
 from django.views.generic.base import RedirectView
 
-from .admin import archivebox_admin
-from .views import HomepageView, SnapshotView, PublicIndexView, AddView, HealthCheckView
-from .serve_static import serve_static
+from archivebox.misc.serve_static import serve_static
+
+from core.admin_site import archivebox_admin
+from core.views import HomepageView, SnapshotView, PublicIndexView, AddView, HealthCheckView
 
 # GLOBAL_CONTEXT doesn't work as-is, disabled for now: https://github.com/ArchiveBox/ArchiveBox/discussions/1306
 # from archivebox.config import VERSION, VERSIONS_AVAILABLE, CAN_UPGRADE
diff --git a/archivebox/core/views.py b/archivebox/core/views.py
index 001449ac..68d9bbb6 100644
--- a/archivebox/core/views.py
+++ b/archivebox/core/views.py
@@ -30,8 +30,8 @@ from queues.tasks import bg_add
 from archivebox.config import CONSTANTS_CONFIG, DATA_DIR, VERSION
 from archivebox.config.common import SHELL_CONFIG, SERVER_CONFIG
 from archivebox.misc.util import base_url, htmlencode, ts_to_date_str
+from archivebox.misc.serve_static import serve_static_with_byterange_support
 
-from .serve_static import serve_static_with_byterange_support
 from ..plugins_extractor.archivedotorg.apps import ARCHIVEDOTORG_CONFIG
 from ..logging_util import printable_filesize
 from ..search import query_search_index
diff --git a/archivebox/core/serve_static.py b/archivebox/misc/serve_static.py
similarity index 100%
rename from archivebox/core/serve_static.py
rename to archivebox/misc/serve_static.py
diff --git a/archivebox/core/shell_welcome_message.py b/archivebox/misc/shell_welcome_message.py
similarity index 100%
rename from archivebox/core/shell_welcome_message.py
rename to archivebox/misc/shell_welcome_message.py