diff --git a/.github/workflows/coverage.yml b/.github/workflows/coverage.yml
index a36d2f1e..e2570637 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/coverage.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/coverage.yml
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ jobs:
           path: coverage.xml
           repo_token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
           pull_request_number: ${{ steps.get-pr.outputs.PR }}
-          minimum_coverage: 75
+          minimum_coverage: 78
           show_missing: True
           fail_below_threshold: True
           link_missing_lines: True
diff --git a/src/pytom_tm/__init__.py b/src/pytom_tm/__init__.py
index bf84efe3..056880e0 100644
--- a/src/pytom_tm/__init__.py
+++ b/src/pytom_tm/__init__.py
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
+import logging
 from importlib import metadata
 __version__ = metadata.version('pytom-match-pick')
 
+
 try:
     import cupy
 except (ModuleNotFoundError, ImportError):
-    print('Error for template matching: cupy installation not found or not functional.')
+    logging.warning('Error for template matching: cupy installation not found or not functional.')
diff --git a/src/pytom_tm/extract.py b/src/pytom_tm/extract.py
index 4fd9fda3..a8efebf1 100644
--- a/src/pytom_tm/extract.py
+++ b/src/pytom_tm/extract.py
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@
 
 plotting_available = False
 try:
-    import matplotlib
     import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
     import seaborn as sns
     sns.set(context='talk', style='ticks')
diff --git a/src/pytom_tm/plotting.py b/src/pytom_tm/plotting.py
index cdbebc7e..6ef44f28 100644
--- a/src/pytom_tm/plotting.py
+++ b/src/pytom_tm/plotting.py
@@ -5,13 +5,13 @@
 from scipy.optimize import curve_fit
 from scipy.special import erf
 
-if find_spec("matplotlib") is None or find_spec("seaborn") is None:
+try:
+    import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
+    import seaborn as sns
+except ModuleNotFoundError:
     raise RuntimeError(
         "ROC estimation can only be done when matplotlib and seaborn are installed."
     )
-else:
-    import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
-    import seaborn as sns
 sns.set(context="talk", style="ticks")
 
 
diff --git a/tests/test_broken_imports.py b/tests/test_broken_imports.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a4fca053
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_broken_imports.py
@@ -0,0 +1,85 @@
+# No imports of pytom_tm outside of the methods
+import unittest
+from importlib import reload
+# Mock out installed dependencies
+orig_import = __import__
+
+def module_not_found_mock(missing_name):
+    def import_mock(name, *args):
+        if name == missing_name:
+            raise ModuleNotFoundError(f"No module named '{name}'")
+        return orig_import(name, *args)
+    return import_mock
+
+def cupy_import_error_mock(name, *args):
+    if name == 'cupy':
+        raise ImportError("Failed to import cupy")
+    return orig_import(name, *args)
+
+
+class TestMissingDependencies(unittest.TestCase):
+
+    def test_missing_cupy(self):
+        # assert working import
+        with self.assertNoLogs(level='WARNING'):
+            import pytom_tm
+        cupy_not_found = module_not_found_mock('cupy')
+        # Test missing cupy
+        with unittest.mock.patch('builtins.__import__', side_effect=cupy_not_found):
+            with self.assertLogs(level='WARNING') as cm:
+                reload(pytom_tm)
+            self.assertEqual(len(cm.output), 1)
+            self.assertIn("cupy installation not found or not functional", cm.output[0])
+
+    def test_broken_cupy(self):
+        # assert working import
+        with self.assertNoLogs(level='WARNING'):
+            import pytom_tm
+        # Test cupy ImportError
+        with unittest.mock.patch('builtins.__import__', side_effect=cupy_import_error_mock):
+            with self.assertLogs(level='WARNING') as cm:
+                reload(pytom_tm)
+            self.assertEqual(len(cm.output), 1)
+            self.assertIn("cupy installation not found or not functional", cm.output[0])
+
+    def test_missing_matplotlib(self):
+        # assert working import
+        import pytom_tm
+
+        matplotlib_not_found = module_not_found_mock('matplotlib.pyplot')
+        with unittest.mock.patch('builtins.__import__', side_effect=matplotlib_not_found):
+            with self.assertRaisesRegex(ModuleNotFoundError, 'matplotlib'):
+                # only pyplot is directly imported so this should be tested
+                import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
+            # force reload 
+            # check if we can still import pytom_tm
+            reload(pytom_tm)
+            
+            # check if plotting is indeed disabled after reload
+            # (reload is needed to prevent python import caching)
+            self.assertFalse(reload(pytom_tm.template).plotting_available)
+            self.assertFalse(reload(pytom_tm.extract).plotting_available)
+            # assert that importing the plotting module fails completely
+            with self.assertRaisesRegex(RuntimeError, "matplotlib and seaborn"):
+                reload(pytom_tm.plotting)
+
+    def test_missing_seaborn(self):
+        # assert working import
+        import pytom_tm
+        
+        seaborn_not_found = module_not_found_mock('seaborn')
+        with unittest.mock.patch('builtins.__import__', side_effect=seaborn_not_found):
+            with self.assertRaisesRegex(ModuleNotFoundError, 'seaborn'):
+                import seaborn
+            # check if we can still import pytom_tm
+            reload(pytom_tm)
+            # check if plotting is indeed disabled
+            # (reload is needed to prevent python import caching)
+            self.assertFalse(reload(pytom_tm.template).plotting_available)
+            self.assertFalse(reload(pytom_tm.extract).plotting_available)
+            # assert that importing the plotting module fails completely
+            with self.assertRaisesRegex(RuntimeError, "matplotlib and seaborn"):
+                reload(pytom_tm.plotting)
+
+
+