diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 85596cef..2d5a2f7f 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ CHANGELOG for FlatCAM beta
 - in Geometry object the default self.options dictionary is updated with keys that reflect new data structure
 - added comments in the `default` preprocessors which will help other people create their own preprocessors
 - remade the Image Import plugin in an attempt to fix issues with the latest packages of Gdal and Rasterio but it looks that it is a conflict between the Rasterio 1.2.10, Gdal 3.4.1 and Shapely 1.8.0
-
+- made a hack so if the Image Import plugin can't be loaded due of dependencies errors the app will not crash but this plugin will no longer be available
 
 18.01.2022
 
diff --git a/appPlugins/ToolImage.py b/appPlugins/ToolImage.py
index 3059db95..d92cc40f 100644
--- a/appPlugins/ToolImage.py
+++ b/appPlugins/ToolImage.py
@@ -4,10 +4,8 @@
 # Date: 3/10/2019                                          #
 # MIT Licence                                              #
 # ##########################################################
-import sys
-
 from PyQt6 import QtGui, QtWidgets
-import os
+import os, sys
 
 from shapely.geometry import shape
 from shapely.ops import unary_union
@@ -15,7 +13,7 @@ from shapely.affinity import scale, translate
 
 import numpy as np
 
-# import rasterio
+import rasterio
 from rasterio import open as rasterio_open
 from rasterio.features import shapes
 
diff --git a/appPlugins/__init__.py b/appPlugins/__init__.py
index 2986064a..98bce482 100644
--- a/appPlugins/__init__.py
+++ b/appPlugins/__init__.py
@@ -7,7 +7,10 @@ from appPlugins.ToolAlignObjects import AlignObjects
 
 from appPlugins.ToolFilm import Film
 
-from appPlugins.ToolImage import ToolImage
+try:
+    from appPlugins.ToolImage import ToolImage
+except ImportError:
+    pass
 
 from appPlugins.ToolDistance import Distance
 from appPlugins.ToolObjectDistance import ObjectDistance
diff --git a/app_Main.py b/app_Main.py
index f51edcb6..5a587f90 100644
--- a/app_Main.py
+++ b/app_Main.py
@@ -1998,10 +1998,13 @@ class App(QtCore.QObject):
                               pos=self.ui.menufileimport,
                               separator=True)
 
-        self.image_tool = ToolImage(self)
-        self.image_tool.install(icon=QtGui.QIcon(self.resource_location + '/image32.png'),
-                                pos=self.ui.menufileimport,
-                                separator=True)
+        try:
+            self.image_tool = ToolImage(self)
+            self.image_tool.install(icon=QtGui.QIcon(self.resource_location + '/image32.png'),
+                                    pos=self.ui.menufileimport,
+                                    separator=True)
+        except Exception:
+            self.image_tool = lambda x: None
 
         self.pcb_wizard_tool = PcbWizard(self)
         self.pcb_wizard_tool.install(icon=QtGui.QIcon(self.resource_location + '/drill32.png'),