diff --git a/AUTHORS.md b/AUTHORS.md
index ee4154574945cabc41a8676f36a343797fc06547..feb872f288f6268f4b049bf70fc3a5c257b0a6ce 100644
--- a/AUTHORS.md
+++ b/AUTHORS.md
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ Roberto Cotesta
 Rory Smith
 S. H. Oh
 Sacha Husa
+Sama Al-Shammari
 Samson Leong
 Scott Coughlin
 Serguei Ossokine
diff --git a/bilby/gw/detector/__init__.py b/bilby/gw/detector/__init__.py
index b3f8c2fe1d4c928e127cf88c782e0976bb882a65..3c7e9ad955e2c9e732ea922cd98f2880128247a0 100644
--- a/bilby/gw/detector/__init__.py
+++ b/bilby/gw/detector/__init__.py
@@ -239,7 +239,7 @@ def load_data_from_cache_file(
         An initialised interferometer object with strain data set to the
         appropriate data in the cache file and a PSD.
     """
-
+    import lal
     data_set = False
     psd_set = False