diff --git a/codex/rest/api.nim b/codex/rest/api.nim
index 97e29a0a..46afbfdb 100644
--- a/codex/rest/api.nim
+++ b/codex/rest/api.nim
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ import ../conf
 import ../contracts
 import ../manifest
 import ../streams/asyncstreamwrapper
+import ../stores/blockstore
 
 import ./coders
 import ./json