diff --git a/facedb/db.py b/facedb/db.py
index 9878d0e..eebb12d 100644
--- a/facedb/db.py
+++ b/facedb/db.py
@@ -5,10 +5,22 @@
 import warnings
 import threading
 
-
-DeepFace = None
-deepface_distance = None
-face_recognition = None
+# Attempt to import deepface and face_recognition at the top level
+try:
+    from deepface import DeepFace
+    from deepface.commons import distance as deepface_distance
+    DEEPFACE_AVAILABLE = True
+except ImportError:
+    DEEPFACE_AVAILABLE = False
+    DeepFace = None
+    deepface_distance = None
+
+try:
+    import face_recognition
+    FACE_RECOGNITION_AVAILABLE = True
+except ImportError:
+    FACE_RECOGNITION_AVAILABLE = False
+    face_recognition = None
 
 from facedb.db_tools import (
     get_embeddings,
@@ -32,38 +44,17 @@
 )
 
 from facedb.db_models import FaceResults, PineconeDB, ChromaDB
-
 from pathlib import Path
 
-import_lock = threading.Lock()
-
 
-def load_module(module: Literal["deepface", "face_recognition"]):
-    with import_lock:
-        if module == "deepface":
-            global DeepFace
-            global deepface_distance
-            if DeepFace is None:
-                try:
-                    from deepface import DeepFace
-                    from deepface.commons import distance as deepface_distance
-                except ImportError:
-                    raise ImportError(
-                        "Please install `deepface` to use `deepface` module."
-                    )
-        elif module == "face_recognition":
-            global face_recognition
-            if face_recognition is None:
-                try:
-                    import face_recognition
-                except ImportError:
-                    raise ImportError(
-                        "Please install `face_recognition` to use `face_recognition` module."
-                    )
-        else:
-            raise ValueError(
-                "Currently only `deepface` and `face_recognition` are supported."
-            )
+def load_module(self, module: Literal["deepface", "face_recognition"]):
+    """Function to check if a module is loaded and available."""
+    if module == "deepface" and not DEEPFACE_AVAILABLE:
+        raise ImportError("Please install `deepface` to use `deepface` module.")
+    elif module == "face_recognition" and not FACE_RECOGNITION_AVAILABLE:
+        raise ImportError("Please install `face_recognition` to use `face_recognition` module.")
+    elif module not in ["deepface", "face_recognition"]:
+        raise ValueError("Currently only `deepface` and `face_recognition` are supported.")
 
 
 def create_deepface_embedding_func(