diff --git a/.github/workflows/main.yml b/.github/workflows/main.yml
index b6cc6b3..b93e6c2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/main.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/main.yml
@@ -27,7 +27,8 @@ jobs:
         echo "pip list:"
         pip list
         echo "check requests"
-        pip show requests
+        #pip show requests   <- throws error if not installed
+        pip install requests
         echo "brew install ninja"
         brew install ninja
         #$CONDA/bin/python setup.py -n all