diff --git a/swarms/utils/apa.py b/swarms/utils/apa.py
index 680f7e1c..55e4e8c4 100644
--- a/swarms/utils/apa.py
+++ b/swarms/utils/apa.py
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ from enum import Enum, unique, auto
 import abc
 from typing import List, Optional
 import json
+from json.decoder import JSONDecodeError
 from dataclasses import dataclass, field