diff --git a/tethys_compute/models/dask/dask_scheduler.py b/tethys_compute/models/dask/dask_scheduler.py
index 441df0471..6019c86cc 100644
--- a/tethys_compute/models/dask/dask_scheduler.py
+++ b/tethys_compute/models/dask/dask_scheduler.py
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 from tethys_portal.optional_dependencies import optional_import
 
 # optional imports
-Client = optional_import("client", from_module="dask.distributed")
+Client = optional_import("Client", from_module="dask.distributed")
 
 log = logging.getLogger("tethys." + __name__)