diff --git a/InvenTree/InvenTree/config.py b/InvenTree/InvenTree/config.py
index 54973abb9d..27722435f3 100644
--- a/InvenTree/InvenTree/config.py
+++ b/InvenTree/InvenTree/config.py
@@ -7,8 +7,6 @@ import shutil
 import string
 from pathlib import Path
 
-import yaml
-
 logger = logging.getLogger('inventree')
 
 
@@ -61,6 +59,8 @@ def get_config_file(create=True) -> Path:
 def load_config_data() -> map:
     """Load configuration data from the config file."""
 
+    import yaml
+
     cfg_file = get_config_file()
 
     with open(cfg_file, 'r') as cfg: