diff --git a/src/tagstudio/qt/previews/renderer.py b/src/tagstudio/qt/previews/renderer.py
index d6546325..30c06a40 100644
--- a/src/tagstudio/qt/previews/renderer.py
+++ b/src/tagstudio/qt/previews/renderer.py
@@ -66,12 +66,6 @@ Image.MAX_IMAGE_PIXELS = None
 logger = structlog.get_logger(__name__)
 
 
-try:
-    import pillow_jxl  # noqa: F401 # pyright: ignore
-except ImportError as e:
-    logger.error('[ThumbRenderer] Could not import the "pillow_jxl" module', error=e)
-
-
 class ThumbRenderer(QObject):
     """A class for rendering image and file thumbnails."""
 
diff --git a/src/tagstudio/renderers/raster_image.py b/src/tagstudio/renderers/raster_image.py
index 40b0445d..654a2d15 100644
--- a/src/tagstudio/renderers/raster_image.py
+++ b/src/tagstudio/renderers/raster_image.py
@@ -20,11 +20,16 @@ from rawpy import (
 
 from tagstudio.core.utils.types import unwrap
 
+logger = structlog.get_logger(__name__)
+
+try:
+    import pillow_jxl  # noqa: F401 # pyright: ignore
+except ImportError as e:
+    logger.error('[ThumbRenderer] Could not import the "pillow_jxl" module', error=e)
+
 register_heif_opener()
 os.environ["OPENCV_IO_ENABLE_OPENEXR"] = "1"
 
-logger = structlog.get_logger(__name__)
-
 
 def image_thumb(filepath: Path) -> Image.Image | None:
     """Render a thumbnail for a standard image type.