diff --git a/inventory/distribution/systemd.service b/inventory/distribution/systemd.service
index 11ed13c..16766c3 100644
--- a/inventory/distribution/systemd.service
+++ b/inventory/distribution/systemd.service
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ Type=simple
 User=odigos
 Group=odigos
 Environment="PORT=8082"
+# Not required, but here for testing PYTONPATH detection in the future(not in effect)
 Environment="PYTHONPATH=/opt/odigos-demo-inventory/site-packages"
 Environment="PYTHONDONTWRITEBYTECODE=1"
 Environment="PYTHONUNBUFFERED=1"
diff --git a/inventory/inventory/main.py b/inventory/inventory/main.py
index 3d37e53..45a6bea 100644
--- a/inventory/inventory/main.py
+++ b/inventory/inventory/main.py
@@ -1,8 +1,13 @@
+import os
+import sys
+
+# append known location for deps in distributed packages
+dep_location = os.path.normpath(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), '..', 'site-packages'))
+sys.path.append(dep_location)
+
 from flask import Flask, request, jsonify
 import time
 import signal
-import sys
-import os
 
 PORT = os.environ["PORT"] if "PORT" in os.environ else 8080