diff --git a/2-Working-With-Data/08-data-preparation/notebook.ipynb b/2-Working-With-Data/08-data-preparation/notebook.ipynb
index 2a3ef0fe..22c9a757 100644
--- a/2-Working-With-Data/08-data-preparation/notebook.ipynb
+++ b/2-Working-With-Data/08-data-preparation/notebook.ipynb
@@ -3815,8 +3815,10 @@
       "metadata": {},
       "outputs": [],
       "source": [
-        "# Note: You may need to install rapidfuzz: pip install rapidfuzz\n",
-        "from rapidfuzz import process, fuzz\n",
+        "try:\n",
+        "    from rapidfuzz import process, fuzz\n",
+        "except ImportError:\n",
+        "    raise ImportError(\"The 'rapidfuzz' library is required for fuzzy matching. Please install it with 'pip install rapidfuzz' and rerun this cell.\")\n",
         "\n",
         "# Get unique countries\n",
         "unique_countries = dirty_data['country'].unique()\n",