diff --git a/wiki_postbot/templates/wiki.py b/wiki_postbot/templates/wiki.py
index 05fcda1..bac0df9 100644
--- a/wiki_postbot/templates/wiki.py
+++ b/wiki_postbot/templates/wiki.py
@@ -4,16 +4,20 @@ Templates for representing different kinds of messages on mediawiki
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING
 from wiki_postbot.formats.wiki import WikiPage
 from abc import abstractmethod
-from discord.message import Message
+
 import warnings
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
     from wiki_postbot.clients.slack import SlackMessage
+    try:
+        from discord.message import Message
+    except ImportError:
+        Message = None
 
 class WikiTemplate(WikiPage):
 
     @abstractmethod
-    def format_discord(self, msg:Message) -> str:
+    def format_discord(self, msg:'Message') -> str:
         """
         Format a discord message into a template string
         """
@@ -21,7 +25,7 @@ class WikiTemplate(WikiPage):
 class TemplateMessage(WikiTemplate):
 
     @classmethod
-    def format_discord(self, msg:Message) -> str:
+    def format_discord(self, msg:'Message') -> str:
         # try/catch the avatar URL
         try:
             avatar = msg.author.avatar.url