diff --git a/src/caoscrawler/crawl.py b/src/caoscrawler/crawl.py
index 19ecc19f5a4a3dc5e1df6ced87b846a416888eac..9abbd80cb378cac38f014f5ea065358bd3c1cac3 100644
--- a/src/caoscrawler/crawl.py
+++ b/src/caoscrawler/crawl.py
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ Crawl a file structure using a yaml cfood definition and synchronize
 the acuired data with CaosDB.
 """
 
+from __future__ import annotations
 import importlib
 from caosadvancedtools.cache import UpdateCache, Cache
 import uuid
diff --git a/src/caoscrawler/identifiable_adapters.py b/src/caoscrawler/identifiable_adapters.py
index 8e609c46167fa35885c72f81d4502239cabf92ae..73ce38fb593f321f9f80cc6c06034c7df0f14c76 100644
--- a/src/caoscrawler/identifiable_adapters.py
+++ b/src/caoscrawler/identifiable_adapters.py
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@
 # ** end header
 #
 
-from __future__ import annotations
 import yaml
 
 from datetime import datetime