diff --git a/src/python/msspec_dfm/__init__.py b/src/python/msspec_dfm/__init__.py
index d52165f..a3a6446 100644
--- a/src/python/msspec_dfm/__init__.py
+++ b/src/python/msspec_dfm/__init__.py
@@ -21,4 +21,7 @@
 # Committed by : Sylvain Tricot <sylvain.tricot@univ-rennes1.fr> 1645806435 +0100
 
 from msspec_dfm.version import __version__
-from msspec_dfm.compute import compute
+try:
+    from msspec_dfm.compute import compute
+except ModuleNotFoundError as err:
+    pass