def get_alg_module(alg, submodule=None):
    submodule = submodule or alg
    try:
        # first try to import the alg module from baselines
        alg_module = import_module('.'.join(['baselines', alg, submodule]))
    except ImportError:
        # then from rl_algs
        alg_module = import_module('.'.join(['rl_' + 'algs', alg, submodule]))

    return alg_module