diff --git a/openlibrary/plugins/upstream/account.py b/openlibrary/plugins/upstream/account.py
index 31d82fecea0..513dbf50cd7 100644
--- a/openlibrary/plugins/upstream/account.py
+++ b/openlibrary/plugins/upstream/account.py
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@
 )
 from openlibrary.core.observations import Observations
 from openlibrary.core.ratings import Ratings
-from openlibrary.plugins.openlibrary.sentry import sentry
 from openlibrary.core.follows import PubSub
 
 from openlibrary.plugins.recaptcha import recaptcha
@@ -326,6 +325,8 @@ def POST(self):
                 )
             except OLAuthenticationError as e:
                 f.note = get_login_error(e.__str__())
+                from openlibrary.plugins.openlibrary.sentry import sentry
+
                 if sentry.enabled:
                     sentry.capture_exception(e)