diff --git a/middleware.py b/middleware.py
index a7f1e1c..b7186c2 100644
--- a/middleware.py
+++ b/middleware.py
@@ -18,6 +18,10 @@
 except:
     import StringIO
 
+try:
+    from BeautifulSoup import BeautifulSoup
+except ImportError, e:
+    pass
 
 import logging
 logger = logging.getLogger()