diff --git a/examples/demos/basic.js b/examples/demos/basic.js
index 3dbd1d324..d0b4e7445 100644
--- a/examples/demos/basic.js
+++ b/examples/demos/basic.js
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import React from 'react'
 import { Calendar, Views } from 'react-big-calendar'
 import events from '../events'
-import dates from '../../src/utils/dates'
+import * as dates from '../../src/utils/dates'
 
 let allViews = Object.keys(Views).map(k => Views[k])
 
diff --git a/examples/demos/customView.js b/examples/demos/customView.js
index ebd5d3997..6aa7468d7 100644
--- a/examples/demos/customView.js
+++ b/examples/demos/customView.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import React from 'react'
 
-import dates from 'date-arithmetic'
+import * as dates from 'date-arithmetic'
 import events from '../events'
 import { Calendar, Views, Navigate } from 'react-big-calendar'
 import TimeGrid from 'react-big-calendar/lib/TimeGrid'