diff --git a/src/caosadvancedtools/loadFiles.py b/src/caosadvancedtools/loadFiles.py
index eb40f5c654993a846b43df728ef201f8c3596be3..cedef3673f510d1fd9666cfd0f4b4909a4f6087f 100755
--- a/src/caosadvancedtools/loadFiles.py
+++ b/src/caosadvancedtools/loadFiles.py
@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@ example because it is defined as ``extroot`` in the LinkAhead profile).
 
 """
 
+from __future__ import annotations
+
 import argparse
 import logging
 import os