diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 6422fd0..e69fdbf 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -2,3 +2,4 @@ django<2
 python-dateutil
 beautifulsoup4
 translitcodec
+# ipdb
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diff --git a/utils/templatetags/debug_utils.py b/utils/templatetags/debug_utils.py
index 62c3bf8..bd2ac8f 100644
--- a/utils/templatetags/debug_utils.py
+++ b/utils/templatetags/debug_utils.py
@@ -2,19 +2,23 @@
 from __future__ import unicode_literals
 # Erik Stein <code@classlibrary.net>, 2009-2017
 
-import ipdb
-from django import template
+try:
+    import ipdb
+    from django import template
 
 
-register = template.Library()
+    register = template.Library()
 
 
-@register.filter
-def ipdb_inspect(value):
-    ipdb.set_trace()
-    return value
+    @register.filter
+    def ipdb_inspect(value):
+        ipdb.set_trace()
+        return value
 
 
-@register.simple_tag
-def ipdb_set_breakpoint():
-    ipdb.set_trace()
+    @register.simple_tag
+    def ipdb_set_breakpoint():
+        ipdb.set_trace()
+
+except:
+    pass
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