diff --git a/lib/vmpooler.rb b/lib/vmpooler.rb
index bef010f..610f78d 100644
--- a/lib/vmpooler.rb
+++ b/lib/vmpooler.rb
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ module Vmpooler
   require 'rbvmomi'
   require 'redis'
   require 'sinatra/base'
-  require "statsd-ruby"
   require 'time'
   require 'timeout'
   require 'yaml'
diff --git a/lib/vmpooler/statsd.rb b/lib/vmpooler/statsd.rb
index 2bcb047..bb71101 100644
--- a/lib/vmpooler/statsd.rb
+++ b/lib/vmpooler/statsd.rb
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 require 'rubygems' unless defined?(Gem)
+require 'statsd-ruby'
 
 module Vmpooler
   class Statsd