diff --git a/packages/ozone/src/mod-service/lang.ts b/packages/ozone/src/mod-service/lang.ts
index 08cb6f69d87..6c17f11ad1e 100644
--- a/packages/ozone/src/mod-service/lang.ts
+++ b/packages/ozone/src/mod-service/lang.ts
@@ -1,10 +1,3 @@
-import lande from 'lande'
-
-import { ModerationService } from '.'
-import { ModSubject } from './subject'
-import { ModerationSubjectStatusRow } from './types'
-import { langLogger as log } from '../logger'
-import { code3ToCode2 } from './lang-data'
 import {
   AppBskyActorProfile,
   AppBskyFeedGenerator,
@@ -12,6 +5,12 @@ import {
   AppBskyGraphList,
 } from '@atproto/api'
 
+import { ModerationService } from '.'
+import { ModSubject } from './subject'
+import { ModerationSubjectStatusRow } from './types'
+import { langLogger as log } from '../logger'
+import { code3ToCode2 } from './lang-data'
+
 export class ModerationLangService {
   constructor(private moderationService: ModerationService) {}
 
@@ -102,6 +101,8 @@ export class ModerationLangService {
           .map((lang) => lang.split('-')[0])
           .forEach((lang) => langs.add(lang))
       } else if (recordText) {
+        // 'lande' is an esm module, so we need to import it dynamically
+        const { default: lande } = await import('lande')
         const detectedLanguages = lande(recordText)
         if (detectedLanguages.length) {
           const langCode = code3ToCode2(detectedLanguages[0][0])