diff --git a/Inst_eddies/inst_eddies_in.py b/Inst_eddies/inst_eddies_in.py
index 1f52acf2a18fa00de7e69215e776911582d52dbf..cfdf58c988ad3e0111d56267e0572beab3137dc3 100755
--- a/Inst_eddies/inst_eddies_in.py
+++ b/Inst_eddies/inst_eddies_in.py
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ the file perf_report.csv.
 
 """
 
-import argparse
 import datetime
 import shutil
 import nco
@@ -85,10 +84,12 @@ def loop_inst_eddies(files, bbox, d):
     if bbox: os.remove("cropped.nc")
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
+    import argparse
+    
     argparser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
     argparser.add_argument("file", nargs = "+",
-                           help = "NetCDF file containing SSH and velocity at a "
-                           "single date")
+                           help = "NetCDF file containing SSH and velocity "
+                           "at a single date")
     argparser.add_argument("-b", "--bbox", nargs=4, type = float,
                            metavar = ("xmin", "xmax", "ymin", "ymax"))
     args = argparser.parse_args()