diff --git a/typesense_client.py b/typesense_client.py
index bd0f640ffc58d34bff1d7041f0d9a33093393516..2eaaf5f75ee6cb23ae270ff73cbf0352c63c9fd2 100644
--- a/typesense_client.py
+++ b/typesense_client.py
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+import os
+
 from typesense.client import Client
 
 # thin wrapper to simplify main and testing code