diff --git a/roles/badges-backend/files/cron/award-mirror-badge b/roles/badges-backend/files/cron/award-mirror-badge
index 1522214cad..9eb4bb8d37 100755
--- a/roles/badges-backend/files/cron/award-mirror-badge
+++ b/roles/badges-backend/files/cron/award-mirror-badge
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ __main__.__requires__ = __requires__ = ["tahrir-api", "sqlalchemy>=0.7"]
 import pkg_resources
 pkg_resources.require(__requires__)
 
+import requests
 import time
 
 from tahrir_api.dbapi import TahrirDatabase