diff --git a/electrum b/electrum
index c1d7dde6..32b5388d 100755
--- a/electrum
+++ b/electrum
@@ -18,6 +18,19 @@
 
 import re, sys, getpass
 
+try:
+    import ecdsa  
+except:
+    print "python-ecdsa does not seem to be installed. Try 'sudo pip install ecdsa'"
+    sys.exit(1)
+
+try:
+    import aes
+except:
+    print "AES does not seem to be installed. Try 'sudo pip install slowaes'"
+    sys.exit(1)
+
+
 import electrum
 from optparse import OptionParser
 from decimal import Decimal
diff --git a/lib/wallet.py b/lib/wallet.py
index 5bf3cd47..d6570439 100644
--- a/lib/wallet.py
+++ b/lib/wallet.py
@@ -18,20 +18,8 @@
 
 
 import sys, base64, os, re, hashlib, copy, operator, ast, threading, random
-
-try:
-    import ecdsa  
-    from ecdsa.util import string_to_number, number_to_string
-except:
-    print "python-ecdsa does not seem to be installed. Try 'sudo pip install ecdsa'"
-    sys.exit(1)
-
-try:
-    import aes
-except:
-    print "AES does not seem to be installed. Try 'sudo pip install slowaes'"
-    sys.exit(1)
-
+import slowaes, ecdsa
+from ecdsa.util import string_to_number, number_to_string
 
 ############ functions from pywallet #####################