diff --git a/Overlap/Analysis/plot_components.py b/Overlap/Analysis/plot_components.py
index 76e2b2469dcbbf0631ce1a0430aadc7245df323d..4413b856902af519d39e8d2460781863ce5c1225 100755
--- a/Overlap/Analysis/plot_components.py
+++ b/Overlap/Analysis/plot_components.py
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ import numpy as np
 from matplotlib import patches
 import cartopy.crs as ccrs
 
-import report_graph
 import util_eddies
 import extract_component_nx
 
@@ -152,6 +151,8 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
     from os import path
     import time
 
+    import report_graph
+
     parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description=__doc__)
     parser.add_argument("edgelist", help="path to input CSV file")
     parser.add_argument("shpc_dir", help="directory containing SHPC")