diff --git a/jrnl/Journal.py b/jrnl/Journal.py
index 4da5821a..d4b38ec7 100644
--- a/jrnl/Journal.py
+++ b/jrnl/Journal.py
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ from . import time
 import codecs
 import re
 from datetime import datetime
+import dateutil.parser
 import sys
 try:
     from Crypto.Cipher import AES