--- a/gsup_utils.py
+++ b/gsup_utils.py
@@ -193,7 +193,12 @@
 except ImportError:
     fpdf = None
     FPDF = None

+try:
+    import playsound
+except ImportError:
+    playsound = None
+
 #
 # modules - requiring installation via pip
 #
@@ -205,7 +210,6 @@
     import scipy.signal                 # a subpackage of scipy; needs separate import
     import scipy.stats                  # a subpackage of scipy; needs separate import
     import scipy.optimize               # needed for deadtime correction with paralysation
-    import playsound                    # play any sound file using the original playsound
     # import playsound3                   # play any sound file; fork of 'playsound':  https://pypi.org/project/playsound3/
     # from play_sounds import play_file   # sound playing
     import cpuinfo                      # cmd: cpuinfo.get_cpu_info()
@@ -1455,5 +1459,5 @@

     try:
-        if os.path.exists(wavfile): playsound.playsound(wavfile)
+        if playsound and os.path.exists(wavfile): playsound.playsound(wavfile)
     except Exception as e:
         exceptPrint(e, defname + f"playing WAV file '{wavfile}' failed")