diff --git a/aider/io.py b/aider/io.py
index 89f43a7d7..04bd9f64b 100644
--- a/aider/io.py
+++ b/aider/io.py
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ from prompt_toolkit.shortcuts import CompleteStyle, PromptSession
 from prompt_toolkit.styles import Style
 from pygments.lexers import MarkdownLexer, guess_lexer_for_filename
 from pygments.token import Token
+from rich.columns import Columns
 from rich.console import Console
 from rich.markdown import Markdown
 from rich.style import Style as RichStyle
@@ -716,8 +717,6 @@ class InputOutput:
         # Use rich Columns for pretty output
         from io import StringIO
 
-        from rich.columns import Columns
-
         output = StringIO()
         console = Console(file=output, force_terminal=False)