diff --git a/my/core/compat.py b/my/core/compat.py
index 3c825f2..72970e3 100644
--- a/my/core/compat.py
+++ b/my/core/compat.py
@@ -125,3 +125,35 @@ else:
     else:
         from typing import Dict
         TypedDict = Dict
+
+
+# bisect_left doesnt have a 'key' parameter (which we use)
+# till python3.10
+if sys.version_info[:2] < (3, 9):
+    from typing import List, TypeVar, Any, Optional
+    X = TypeVar('X')
+    # copied from python src
+    def bisect_left(a: List[Any], x: Any, lo: int=0, hi: Optional[int]=None, *, key: Optional[Callable]=None) -> int:
+        if lo < 0:
+            raise ValueError('lo must be non-negative')
+        if hi is None:
+            hi = len(a)
+        # Note, the comparison uses "<" to match the
+        # __lt__() logic in list.sort() and in heapq.
+        if key is None:
+            while lo < hi:
+                mid = (lo + hi) // 2
+                if a[mid] < x:
+                    lo = mid + 1
+                else:
+                    hi = mid
+        else:
+            while lo < hi:
+                mid = (lo + hi) // 2
+                if key(a[mid]) < x:
+                    lo = mid + 1
+                else:
+                    hi = mid
+        return lo
+else:
+    from bisect import bisect_left  # type: ignore[misc]
diff --git a/my/location/fallback/via_ip.py b/my/location/fallback/via_ip.py
index e4c35a8..1da2315 100644
--- a/my/location/fallback/via_ip.py
+++ b/my/location/fallback/via_ip.py
@@ -23,11 +23,11 @@ class ip_config(location.via_ip):
 config = make_config(ip_config)
 
 
-import bisect
 from functools import lru_cache
 from typing import Iterator, List
 
 from my.core.common import LazyLogger
+from my.core.compat import bisect_left
 from my.ip.all import ips
 from my.location.common import Location
 from my.location.fallback.common import FallbackLocation, DateExact, _datetime_timestamp
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ def estimate_location(dt: DateExact) -> Iterator[FallbackLocation]:
 
     # search to find the first possible location which contains dt (something that started up to
     # config.for_duration ago, and ends after dt)
-    idx = bisect.bisect_left(fl, dt_ts - config.for_duration.total_seconds(), key=lambda l: l.dt.timestamp())  # type: ignore[operator,call-arg,type-var]
+    idx = bisect_left(fl, dt_ts - config.for_duration.total_seconds(), key=lambda l: l.dt.timestamp())  # type: ignore[operator,call-arg,type-var]
 
     # all items are before the given dt
     if idx == len(fl):