diff --git a/ohmpi/ohmpi.py b/ohmpi/ohmpi.py
index a717972e081e109a233dbd26c4e66779bd1e339c..a0b252b08c9e0a3d576a1b49103bd945263945cb 100644
--- a/ohmpi/ohmpi.py
+++ b/ohmpi/ohmpi.py
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ from ohmpi.logging_setup import setup_loggers
 from ohmpi.config import MQTT_CONTROL_CONFIG, OHMPI_CONFIG, EXEC_LOGGING_CONFIG
 import ohmpi.deprecated as deprecated
 from ohmpi.hardware_system import OhmPiHardware
-import tqdm
+from tqdm         import tqdm
 
 # finish import (done only when class is instantiated as some libs are only available on arm64 platform)
 try: