diff --git a/src/abstinent.py b/src/abstinent.py
index 067d09cc5b962242d6505f370357c17cce46087a..ca76dae932a8cf822f0e2452e9cbc5735defd29c 100644
--- a/src/abstinent.py
+++ b/src/abstinent.py
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ Modifiers:
 import sys
 print('[a] Loading ' + sys.argv[0] + '.\n')
 import config
+import json
 import networkx as nx # for visualisation
 import numpy as np
 import os # for reading files