diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index 0e44c9f..cb9b22f 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
     }
   ],
   "require": {
-    "php": ">=7.1.0",
+    "php": ">=7.3.0",
     "fuzeworks/core": "~1.2.0"
   },
   "require-dev": {
diff --git a/src/FuzeWorks/Controllers.php b/src/FuzeWorks/Controllers.php
index e05c677..2d54308 100644
--- a/src/FuzeWorks/Controllers.php
+++ b/src/FuzeWorks/Controllers.php
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ class Controllers
         // If the class already exists, return a new instance directly
         $class = ucfirst($class);
         $className = $namespace . $class . 'Controller';
-        if (class_exists($className, false))
+        if (class_exists($className, true))
         {
             $controller = new $className(...$arguments);
             if (!$controller instanceof Controller)
diff --git a/src/FuzeWorks/Models.php b/src/FuzeWorks/Models.php
index 02e5a5e..3ccad6b 100644
--- a/src/FuzeWorks/Models.php
+++ b/src/FuzeWorks/Models.php
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ class Models
         // If the class already exists, return a new instance directly
         $class = ucfirst($class);
         $className = $namespace . $class . 'Model';
-        if (class_exists($className, false)) {
+        if (class_exists($className, true)) {
             $model = new $className(...$arguments);
             if (!$model instanceof Model)
                 throw new ModelException("Could not load model. Provided modelName is not instance of \FuzeWorks\Model");
diff --git a/src/FuzeWorks/Views.php b/src/FuzeWorks/Views.php
index b38c968..80638d9 100644
--- a/src/FuzeWorks/Views.php
+++ b/src/FuzeWorks/Views.php
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ class Views
         // If the class already exists, return a new instance directly
         $class = ucfirst($class);
         $className = $namespace . $class . $viewType . 'View';
-        if (class_exists($className, false)) {
+        if (class_exists($className, true)) {
             /** @var View $view */
             $view = new $className(...$arguments);
             if (!$view instanceof  View)