diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 9cfaa8e..567d72e 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 from setuptools import setup, find_packages
-import tableprint
 
 setup(
     name='tableprint',
diff --git a/tableprint.py b/tableprint.py
index 728f0ab..d96584e 100644
--- a/tableprint.py
+++ b/tableprint.py
@@ -6,7 +6,10 @@ A module to print and display ASCII formatted tables of data
 """
 
 from __future__ import print_function
-import numpy as np
+try:
+    import numpy as np
+except ImportError:
+    pass
 
 # exports
 __all__ = ['table', 'row', 'header', 'hr', 'humantime', 'frame']