diff --git a/docling/models/base_ocr_model.py b/docling/models/base_ocr_model.py
index 46e5ef7a..dfad8fd2 100644
--- a/docling/models/base_ocr_model.py
+++ b/docling/models/base_ocr_model.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import logging
 from abc import abstractmethod
 from collections.abc import Iterable
 from pathlib import Path
-from typing import List, Optional, Type
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, List, Optional, Type
 
 import numpy as np
 from docling_core.types.doc import BoundingBox, CoordOrigin
@@ -20,6 +20,9 @@ from docling.models.base_model import BaseModelWithOptions, BasePageModel
 
 _log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
+if TYPE_CHECKING:
+    from scipy.ndimage import binary_dilation, find_objects, label
+
 
 class BaseOcrModel(BasePageModel, BaseModelWithOptions):
     def __init__(
diff --git a/docling/models/plugins/defaults.py b/docling/models/plugins/defaults.py
index 3fcb8b5f..87798478 100644
--- a/docling/models/plugins/defaults.py
+++ b/docling/models/plugins/defaults.py
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-
-
 def ocr_engines():
     from docling.models.easyocr_model import EasyOcrModel
     from docling.models.ocr_mac_model import OcrMacModel
diff --git a/docling/utils/accelerator_utils.py b/docling/utils/accelerator_utils.py
index d7551827..826b3657 100644
--- a/docling/utils/accelerator_utils.py
+++ b/docling/utils/accelerator_utils.py
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ def decide_device(
     2. User-defined: Check if the device actually exists, otherwise fall-back to CPU
     """
     import torch
+
     device = "cpu"
 
     has_cuda = torch.backends.cuda.is_built() and torch.cuda.is_available()