diff --git a/mdevaluate/reader.py b/mdevaluate/reader.py
index 1eb3cab..f2405df 100755
--- a/mdevaluate/reader.py
+++ b/mdevaluate/reader.py
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import numpy as np
 import MDAnalysis as mdanalysis
 from scipy import sparse
 from dask import delayed, __version__ as DASK_VERSION
+import pandas as pd
 
 
 class NojumpError(Exception):