diff --git a/src/backend/base/langflow/components/tools/PythonREPLTool.py b/src/backend/base/langflow/components/tools/PythonREPLTool.py
index f2f3b4b52..914b6b965 100644
--- a/src/backend/base/langflow/components/tools/PythonREPLTool.py
+++ b/src/backend/base/langflow/components/tools/PythonREPLTool.py
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ class PythonREPLToolComponent(CustomComponent):
                 imported_module = importlib.import_module(module)
                 global_dict[imported_module.__name__] = imported_module
             except ImportError:
-                print(f"Could not import module {module}")
+                raise ImportError(f"Could not import module {module}")
         return global_dict
 
     def build(