diff --git a/src/GEOReverse/__init__.py b/src/GEOReverse/__init__.py
index e69de29b..3d9862c7 100644
--- a/src/GEOReverse/__init__.py
+++ b/src/GEOReverse/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+# this try except attempts to import freecad (lowercase) which is the conda
+# package name for FreeCAD (mixed case) upon import the conda package appends
+# the sys path for Conda installed FreeCAD, consequently FreeCAD can then be
+# found by subsequent import statements through out the code base
+try:
+    import freecad
+except:
+    pass
diff --git a/src/GEOUNED/__init__.py b/src/GEOUNED/__init__.py
index 062e1300..693b0077 100644
--- a/src/GEOUNED/__init__.py
+++ b/src/GEOUNED/__init__.py
@@ -3,6 +3,14 @@
 
 # We load the STEP and the materials
 import sys
+# this try except attempts to import freecad (lowercase) which is the conda
+# package name for FreeCAD (mixed case) upon import the conda package appends
+# the sys path for Conda installed FreeCAD, consequently FreeCAD can then be
+# found by subsequent import statements through out the code base
+try:
+    import freecad
+except:
+    pass
 import FreeCAD,Part
 import configparser