diff --git a/src/falconpy/_auth_object/_falcon_interface.py b/src/falconpy/_auth_object/_falcon_interface.py
index 943e5581c..f71cf2e3a 100644
--- a/src/falconpy/_auth_object/_falcon_interface.py
+++ b/src/falconpy/_auth_object/_falcon_interface.py
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
 from json import loads
 try:
     from simplejson import JSONDecodeError
-except ImportError:
+except (ImportError, ModuleNotFoundError):  # Support import as a module
     from json.decoder import JSONDecodeError
 from logging import Logger, getLogger
 from typing import Dict, Optional, Union
diff --git a/src/falconpy/_util/_functions.py b/src/falconpy/_util/_functions.py
index 3107e62ee..83fcec8a7 100644
--- a/src/falconpy/_util/_functions.py
+++ b/src/falconpy/_util/_functions.py
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
 from json import loads
 try:
     from simplejson import JSONDecodeError
-except ImportError:
+except (ImportError, ModuleNotFoundError):  # Support import as a module
     from json.decoder import JSONDecodeError
 from typing import Dict, Any, Union, Optional, List
 from copy import deepcopy