diff --git a/hw_customer_display/controllers/main.py b/hw_customer_display/controllers/main.py
index e2184f7b..831dc2be 100644
--- a/hw_customer_display/controllers/main.py
+++ b/hw_customer_display/controllers/main.py
@@ -26,15 +26,18 @@ import simplejson
 import time
 from threading import Thread, Lock
 from Queue import Queue
-from unidecode import unidecode
-from serial import Serial
 import openerp.addons.hw_proxy.controllers.main as hw_proxy
 from openerp import http
 from openerp.tools.config import config
 
-
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
+try:
+    from serial import Serial
+    from unidecode import unidecode
+except (ImportError, IOError) as err:
+    logger.debug(err)
+
 
 class CustomerDisplayDriver(Thread):
     def __init__(self):