diff --git a/.github/workflows/post-commit.yaml b/.github/workflows/post-commit.yaml
index 0f3ec4ce..9e982308 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/post-commit.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/post-commit.yaml
@@ -27,4 +27,4 @@ jobs:
         python setup.py develop
     - name: Run tests
       run: |
-        DEBUG=1 HEGELAI_API_KEY=1 python examples/prompttests/example.py
\ No newline at end of file
+        DEBUG=1 python examples/prompttests/example.py
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/prompttools/experiment/openai_chat_experiment.py b/prompttools/experiment/openai_chat_experiment.py
index 1450aea4..eb826650 100644
--- a/prompttools/experiment/openai_chat_experiment.py
+++ b/prompttools/experiment/openai_chat_experiment.py
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@
 
 from prompttools.mock.mock import mock_chat_completion_fn
 from prompttools.experiment.experiment import Experiment
-from hegel.scribe import HegelScribe 
 
 
 class OpenAIChatExperiment(Experiment):
@@ -54,6 +53,7 @@ def __init__(
     ):
         self.use_scribe = use_scribe
         if use_scribe:
+            from hegel.scribe import HegelScribe 
             self.completion_fn = HegelScribe(
                 name=scribe_name, completion_fn=openai.ChatCompletion.create
             )
diff --git a/prompttools/experiment/openai_completion_experiment.py b/prompttools/experiment/openai_completion_experiment.py
index 098017d2..b5d2c5ae 100644
--- a/prompttools/experiment/openai_completion_experiment.py
+++ b/prompttools/experiment/openai_completion_experiment.py
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@
 
 from prompttools.mock.mock import mock_completion_fn
 from prompttools.experiment.experiment import Experiment
-from hegel.scribe import HegelScribe
 
 
 class OpenAICompletionExperiment(Experiment):
@@ -61,6 +60,7 @@ def __init__(
     ):
         self.use_scribe = use_scribe
         if use_scribe:
+            from hegel.scribe import HegelScribe
             self.completion_fn = HegelScribe(
                 name=scribe_name, completion_fn=openai.Completion.create
             )