diff --git a/hns/cli.py b/hns/cli.py
index 479ee75..f963cac 100644
--- a/hns/cli.py
+++ b/hns/cli.py
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@
 import numpy as np
 import pyperclip
 import sounddevice as sd
-from faster_whisper import WhisperModel
 from rich.console import Console
 from rich.progress import Progress, SpinnerColumn, TextColumn, TimeElapsedColumn
 
@@ -187,7 +186,9 @@ def _get_model_name(self, model_name: Optional[str]) -> str:
 
         return model
 
-    def _load_model(self) -> WhisperModel:
+    def _load_model(self):
+        from faster_whisper import WhisperModel
+
         try:
             return WhisperModel(self.model_name, device="cpu", compute_type="int8")
         except Exception as e:
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 50292f9..0bd8044 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [project]
 name = "hns"
-version = "1.0.5"
+version = "1.0.6"
 description = "A simple, privacy-focused speech-to-text CLI tool"
 readme = "README.md"
 requires-python = ">=3.10"
diff --git a/uv.lock b/uv.lock
index 2ce1255..1579e18 100644
--- a/uv.lock
+++ b/uv.lock
@@ -304,7 +304,7 @@ wheels = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "hns"
-version = "1.0.5"
+version = "1.0.6"
 source = { editable = "." }
 dependencies = [
     { name = "click" },