diff --git a/server/text_generation_server/utils/gptq/quant_linear.py b/server/text_generation_server/utils/gptq/quant_linear.py
index b01788bb..f7c06e0f 100644
--- a/server/text_generation_server/utils/gptq/quant_linear.py
+++ b/server/text_generation_server/utils/gptq/quant_linear.py
@@ -4,6 +4,15 @@ import torch
 import torch.nn as nn
 from torch.cuda.amp import custom_bwd, custom_fwd
 
+import torch
+
+from loguru import logger
+
+try:
+    from custom_kernels.exllama import make_q4, q4_matmul
+except Exception as e:
+    logger.error(f"The CUDA kernels custom_kernels.exllama not installed, got the error: {e}")
+
 try:
     import triton
     import triton.language as tl
@@ -359,9 +368,6 @@ class QuantLinear(nn.Module):
         out = out + self.bias if self.bias is not None else out
         return out.reshape(out_shape)
 
-import torch
-from custom_kernels.exllama import make_q4, q4_matmul
-
 # Dummy tensor to pass instead of g_idx since there is no way to pass "None" to a C++ extension
 none_tensor = torch.empty((1, 1), device = "meta")