diff --git a/merlin/study/celerymanager.py b/merlin/study/celerymanager.py
index ebc1924f..6f2e697a 100644
--- a/merlin/study/celerymanager.py
+++ b/merlin/study/celerymanager.py
@@ -35,8 +35,6 @@
 import psutil
 import redis
 
-from merlin.config.results_backend import get_backend_password
-
 
 class WorkerStatus:
     running = "Running"
@@ -89,6 +87,7 @@ def get_redis_connection(db_num):
         :return Redis:          Redis connections object that can be used to access values for the manager.
         """
         from merlin.config.configfile import CONFIG
+        from merlin.config.results_backend import get_backend_password
 
         password_file = CONFIG.results_backend.password
         try: