diff --git a/src/doctree.py b/src/doctree.py
index 531c7c4..2923f89 100644
--- a/src/doctree.py
+++ b/src/doctree.py
@@ -4,11 +4,10 @@ from pathlib import Path
 from typing import Tuple, Generator
 
 from src.git_ignored_files import git_ignored_files
-from src.py_comment_extractor import module_docstring, package_docstring
+from src.py_comment_extractor import docstring
 from src.dfs import dfs, safe_iterdir
 
 BACKSLASH = '\\'
-SLASH = '/'
 
 
 def ignored(filename: Path, starting_dir: Path, ignored_globs: Tuple[Path, ...]):
@@ -40,8 +39,8 @@ def tree_dir(starting_dir: Path, ignored_globs=DEFAULT_IGNORE, max_depth=None) -
     for item, depth in dfs_walk:
         # item is all the things in the directory that does not ignored
         full_path = Path.resolve(item)
-        docstring = module_docstring(full_path) + package_docstring(full_path)
-        doc = f'  # {module_docstring(full_path)}' if docstring else ''
+        doc = docstring(full_path)
+        doc = f'  # {doc}' if doc else ''
         yield item, doc, depth
 
 
diff --git a/src/py_comment_extractor.py b/src/py_comment_extractor.py
index 17be1fc..9d31209 100644
--- a/src/py_comment_extractor.py
+++ b/src/py_comment_extractor.py
@@ -1,35 +1,36 @@
 """Extracts comments from python files"""
-from pathlib import Path
-import importlib.util
-from types import ModuleType
-from typing import Any
-import os
 import logging
-INIT_FILE = '__init__.py'
-
-
-def import_module(module_path: os.PathLike) -> ModuleType:
-    module_pathlib_path = Path(module_path)
-    spec:Any = importlib.util.spec_from_file_location(
-        module_pathlib_path.name, str(module_pathlib_path))
-    module:Any = importlib.util.module_from_spec(spec)
-    spec.loader.exec_module(module)
-    logging.debug(module)
-    return module
+import os
+from pathlib import Path
 
+INIT_FILE = '__init__.py'
 
 def module_docstring(module_path: os.PathLike) -> str:
-    logging.debug(module_path)
+    import ast
+    import inspect
+    module_path = Path(module_path)
     try:
-        return import_module(module_path).__doc__ or ''
-    except Exception:  # pylint: disable=broad-except
+        module_ast = ast.parse(module_path.read_text(),filename=module_path.name)
+    except SyntaxError:
         return ''
+    module_doc = ast.get_docstring(module_ast)
+    non_import_body = module_ast.body
+    non_import_body = [ node for node in module_ast.body if not isinstance(node, (ast.Import, ast.ImportFrom)) ]
+    if not module_doc and len( non_import_body ) == 1 and isinstance(non_import_body[0], (ast.ClassDef,ast.FunctionDef,ast.AsyncFunctionDef)):
+        module_doc = ast.get_docstring(non_import_body[0])
+    if not module_doc:
+        return ''
+    return inspect.cleandoc(module_doc).splitlines()[0]
 
-
-def package_docstring(package_path: Path)->str:
+def package_docstring(package_path: Path) -> str:
     """Returns the packages docstring, extracted by its `__init__.py` file"""
     logging.debug(package_path)
-    init_file =package_path/ INIT_FILE
+    init_file = package_path / INIT_FILE
     if package_path.is_dir() and init_file.exists():
         return module_docstring(init_file)
     return ''
+def docstring(path:Path):
+    try:
+        return package_docstring(path) if path.is_dir() else module_docstring(path)
+    except UnicodeDecodeError: # just in case. probably better to check that path is a python file with `inspect`
+        return ''

diff --git a/tests/test_py_comment_extractor.py b/tests/test_py_comment_extractor.py
index 2a50820..9ffb2e6 100644
--- a/tests/test_py_comment_extractor.py
+++ b/tests/test_py_comment_extractor.py
@@ -3,18 +3,11 @@ from pathlib import Path
 
 import pytest
 
-from src.py_comment_extractor import (import_module, module_docstring,
-                                      package_docstring)
+from src.py_comment_extractor import module_docstring, package_docstring
 
 FILE_DIR = Path(__file__).parent
 FILE_PATH = Path(__file__)
 
-
-def test_import_module():
-    this_module = import_module(FILE_PATH)
-    assert 'test_import_module' in dir(this_module)
-
-
 def test_module_docstring():
     assert __doc__ == module_docstring(FILE_PATH)
 

Extract package docstring
If a dir is a python package i.e. it has an `__init__.py__` file, The docstring of `__init__.py` should be used as a doc
tests/test_py_comment_extractor.py::test_package_docstring[path1-Creates
tests/test_py_comment_extractor.py::test_module_docstring tests/test_py_comment_extractor.py::test_non_module_docstring tests/test_py_comment_extractor.py::test_package_docstring[path0-Example