diff --git a/assets/hooks/hook-rt-utils.py b/assets/hooks/hook-rt-utils.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fb896c1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/assets/hooks/hook-rt-utils.py
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+from PyInstaller.utils.hooks import collect_submodules
+from PyInstaller.utils.hooks import collect_data_files, copy_metadata
+
+hiddenimports = collect_submodules("rt_utils")
+
+datas = copy_metadata("rt_utils")
+datas += collect_data_files("rt_utils")
diff --git a/assets/main.spec b/assets/main.spec
index 9d36cd3..27ca77d 100644
--- a/assets/main.spec
+++ b/assets/main.spec
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ print("PLATFORM:", sys.platform)
 # fix hidden imports
 hidden_imports = loadtxt(cwd + "/assets/requirements.txt", comments="#", delimiter=",", unpack=False, dtype=str)
 hidden_imports = [x.split("=")[0] for x in hidden_imports] + ["medpy", "ants", "sklearn", "scikit-learn",
- "statsmodels", "gevent", "distutils", "PySide6", "gdown", "raidionicsrads", "raidionicsseg"]
+ "statsmodels", "gevent", "distutils", "PySide6", "gdown", "rt_utils", "raidionicsrads", "raidionicsseg"]
 hidden_imports = [x.lower() for x in hidden_imports]
 
 # copy dependencies and images, remove if folder already exists
diff --git a/assets/main_arm.spec b/assets/main_arm.spec
index a7a9bac..3a1ae80 100644
--- a/assets/main_arm.spec
+++ b/assets/main_arm.spec
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ print("PLATFORM:", sys.platform)
 # fix hidden imports
 hidden_imports = loadtxt(cwd + "/assets/requirements.txt", comments="#", delimiter=",", unpack=False, dtype=str)
 hidden_imports = [x.split("=")[0] for x in hidden_imports] + ["medpy", "sklearn", "scikit-learn",
- "statsmodels", "gevent", "distutils", "PySide6", "gdown", "raidionicsrads", "raidionicsseg"]
+ "statsmodels", "gevent", "distutils", "PySide6", "gdown", "rt_utils", "raidionicsrads", "raidionicsseg"]
 hidden_imports = [x.lower() for x in hidden_imports]
 
 # copy dependencies and images, remove if folder already exists