1 files changed, 6 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/later b/later
index a6ad804..12a6aa4 100755
--- a/later
+++ b/later
@@ -87,9 +87,12 @@ class TitleMap:
             return self.extract(key)
 
     def extract(self, key):
-        # Make painstakingly sure that we only do this when absolutely
-        # necessary: importing yt_dlp is noticeably slow :(
-        import yt_dlp
+        try:
+            # Make painstakingly sure that we only do this when absolutely
+            # necessary: importing yt_dlp is noticeably slow :(
+            import yt_dlp
+        except ModuleNotFoundError:
+            sys.exit("later: yt-dlp was requested, but yt_dlp python module not found")
 
         if not self.ytdl:
             self.ytdl = yt_dlp.YoutubeDL({"logger": YTDLPLogger()})