diff --git a/mlair/data_handler/data_handler_wrf_chem.py b/mlair/data_handler/data_handler_wrf_chem.py
index 679218941ea531f479c135a3c8e32100f5c45147..db204836afa5b22f922f40df233d0c2ee811e85a 100644
--- a/mlair/data_handler/data_handler_wrf_chem.py
+++ b/mlair/data_handler/data_handler_wrf_chem.py
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ import logging
 
 # ToDo
 # test imports for circle plots
-from cartopy.geodesic import Geodesic
 import shapely
 
 float_np_xr = Union[float, np.ndarray, xr.DataArray, xr.Dataset]
@@ -787,6 +786,8 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
     import cartopy.crs as ccrs
     from shapely.geometry import Point, Polygon
     import math
+    from cartopy.geodesic import Geodesic
+
 
     def plot_map_proj(data, xlim=None, ylim=None, filename=None, point=None, radius=None, **kwargs):
         cmap = kwargs.pop('cmap', plt.cm.Reds)