diff --git a/src/backend/langflow/settings.py b/src/backend/langflow/settings.py
index 9eea696b4..521f2be77 100644
--- a/src/backend/langflow/settings.py
+++ b/src/backend/langflow/settings.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import contextlib
+import json
 import orjson
 import os
 from typing import Optional, List