diff --git a/pykoi/application.py b/pykoi/application.py
index 13fb29c..32072ce 100644
--- a/pykoi/application.py
+++ b/pykoi/application.py
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@
 from pydantic import BaseModel
 from pyngrok import ngrok
 from starlette.middleware.cors import CORSMiddleware
-from pykoi.component.base import Dropdown
 from pykoi.interactives.chatbot import Chatbot
 from pykoi.telemetry.telemetry import Telemetry
 from pykoi.telemetry.events import AppStartEvent, AppStopEvent
@@ -157,6 +156,9 @@ def add_component(self, component: Any):
         Args:
             component (Any): The component to be added.
         """
+        # TODO (Jojo): remove component Dropdown check
+        from pykoi.component.base import Dropdown
+
         if component.data_source:
             self.data_sources[component.id] = component.data_source
             # set data_endpoint if it's a Dropdown component