diff --git a/tinygrad/runtime/ops_remote.py b/tinygrad/runtime/ops_remote.py
index 560ee99c4f..531bbb2537 100644
--- a/tinygrad/runtime/ops_remote.py
+++ b/tinygrad/runtime/ops_remote.py
@@ -366,7 +366,7 @@ class RemoteDevice(Compiled):
     if DEBUG >= 1: print(f"remote has device {self.properties.real_device}")
     # TODO: how to we have BEAM be cached on the backend? this should just send a specification of the compute. rethink what goes in Renderer
     renderer = self.properties.renderer
-    if not renderer[0].startswith("tinygrad.renderer.") or not renderer[1].endswith("Renderer"): raise RuntimeError(f"bad renderer {renderer}")
+    if not renderer[0].startswith("tinygrad.") or not renderer[1].endswith("Renderer"): raise RuntimeError(f"bad renderer {renderer}")
     renderer_class = fromimport(renderer[0], renderer[1])  # TODO: is this secure?
     if not issubclass(renderer_class, Renderer): raise RuntimeError(f"renderer isn't a Renderer {renderer}")
     renderer_instance = renderer_class(*renderer[2])