diff --git a/scripts/obwatch/ob-watcher.py b/scripts/obwatch/ob-watcher.py
index 9b7f662..2732154 100755
--- a/scripts/obwatch/ob-watcher.py
+++ b/scripts/obwatch/ob-watcher.py
@@ -20,16 +20,17 @@ from twisted.internet import reactor
 from jmbase.support import EXIT_FAILURE
 
 
-# https://stackoverflow.com/questions/2801882/generating-a-png-with-matplotlib-when-display-is-undefined
 try:
     import matplotlib
-    matplotlib.use('Agg')
-    import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
 except:
     print("matplotlib not found; do `pip install matplotlib` "
           "in the joinmarket virtualenv.")
     sys.exit(EXIT_FAILURE)
 
+# https://stackoverflow.com/questions/2801882/generating-a-png-with-matplotlib-when-display-is-undefined
+matplotlib.use('Agg')
+import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
+
 from jmbase import get_log
 from jmclient import jm_single, load_program_config, calc_cj_fee, \
      get_irc_mchannels, add_base_options