diff --git a/lamindb/_view.py b/lamindb/_view.py
index fa82bf9e0..e0775a169 100644
--- a/lamindb/_view.py
+++ b/lamindb/_view.py
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
 import inspect
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING
 
-from IPython.display import HTML, display
 from lamin_utils import colors, logger
 from lamindb_setup import settings
 from lamindb_setup._init_instance import get_schema_module_name
@@ -24,6 +23,8 @@
 def display_df_with_descriptions(
     df: pd.DataFrame, descriptions: dict[str, str] | None = None
 ):
+    from IPython.display import HTML, display
+
     if descriptions is None:
         display(df)
         return None