diff --git a/buzz/model_loader.py b/buzz/model_loader.py
index 2be14e1b84..2eaedac742 100644
--- a/buzz/model_loader.py
+++ b/buzz/model_loader.py
@@ -15,6 +15,9 @@
 from platformdirs import user_cache_dir
 from tqdm.auto import tqdm
 
+whisper = None
+faster_whisper = None
+huggingface_hub = None
 if sys.platform != "linux":
     import faster_whisper
     import whisper