diff --git a/mpmaps/__init__.py b/mpmaps/__init__.py
index 396e16c..aabc738 100644
--- a/mpmaps/__init__.py
+++ b/mpmaps/__init__.py
@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@
 import urllib.request
 import os
 
+from .mpmaps import MPMap
+
+
 data_dir = os.path.join(user_data_dir(), "mpmaps")
 
 grids = [
@@ -29,5 +32,3 @@
             os.mkdir(data_dir)
         print(f"file {dlpath} does not exist, downloading {url} --> {dlpath}\n")
         urllib.request.urlretrieve(url, dlpath)
-
-    
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