diff --git a/cps/about.py b/cps/about.py
index 7e839520..54f0eb91 100644
--- a/cps/about.py
+++ b/cps/about.py
@@ -58,10 +58,14 @@ try:
 except ImportError:
     greenlet_Version = None
 
+try:
+    from fake_useragent.errors import FakeUserAgentError
+except (ImportError):
+    FakeUserAgentError = BaseException
 try:
     from scholarly import scholarly
     scholarly_version = _(u'installed')
-except ImportError:
+except (ImportError, FakeUserAgentError):
     scholarly_version = _(u'not installed')
 
 from . import services
diff --git a/cps/editbooks.py b/cps/editbooks.py
index f0b8fb41..2f3b1b88 100755
--- a/cps/editbooks.py
+++ b/cps/editbooks.py
@@ -33,13 +33,6 @@ try:
 except ImportError:
     pass
 
-# Improve this to check if scholarly is available in a global way, like other pythonic libraries
-try:
-    from scholarly import scholarly
-    have_scholar = True
-except ImportError:
-    have_scholar = False
-
 from flask import Blueprint, request, flash, redirect, url_for, abort, Markup, Response
 from flask_babel import gettext as _
 from flask_login import current_user, login_required
diff --git a/cps/metadata_provider/scholar.py b/cps/metadata_provider/scholar.py
index df387831..2a8d3cca 100644
--- a/cps/metadata_provider/scholar.py
+++ b/cps/metadata_provider/scholar.py
@@ -16,7 +16,14 @@
 #  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 #  along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 
-from scholarly import scholarly
+try:
+    from fake_useragent.errors import FakeUserAgentError
+except (ImportError):
+    FakeUserAgentError = BaseException
+try:
+    from scholarly import scholarly
+except FakeUserAgentError:
+    raise ImportError("No module named 'scholarly'")
 
 from cps.services.Metadata import Metadata