diff --git a/scraibe/app/global_var.py b/scraibe/app/global_var.py
index 99f6eea..5599320 100644
--- a/scraibe/app/global_var.py
+++ b/scraibe/app/global_var.py
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ Stores global variables for the app.
 import multiprocessing
 import os
 import time
-import yaml
 
 REQUEST_QUEUE = multiprocessing.Queue() # audio file path as string 
 RESPONSE_QUEUE = multiprocessing.Queue() # transcription as string
@@ -22,3 +21,4 @@ LAST_USED = time.time()
 TIMEOUT = None #seconds
 
 DEFAULT_APP_CONIFG_PATH = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__)), "config.yml")
+