diff --git a/etrago/tools/utilities.py b/etrago/tools/utilities.py
index 82abc665..77ac45d3 100755
--- a/etrago/tools/utilities.py
+++ b/etrago/tools/utilities.py
@@ -37,8 +37,8 @@
 
 if "READTHEDOCS" not in os.environ:
     from egoio.tools import db
-    import geopandas as gpd
     from shapely.geometry import Point
+    import geopandas as gpd
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)