diff --git a/EDMarketConnector.py b/EDMarketConnector.py
index 094a6015..21edf222 100755
--- a/EDMarketConnector.py
+++ b/EDMarketConnector.py
@@ -56,7 +56,6 @@ import killswitch
 from config import appversion, appversion_nobuild, config, copyright
 # isort: on
 
-from companion import CAPIData, index_possibly_sparse_list
 from EDMCLogging import edmclogger, logger, logging
 from journal_lock import JournalLock, JournalLockResult
 
@@ -366,7 +365,6 @@ import tkinter.messagebox
 from tkinter import ttk
 
 import commodity
-import companion
 import plug
 import prefs
 import stats
@@ -881,7 +879,7 @@ class AppWindow(object):
 
         self.cooldown()
 
-    def export_market_data(self, data: CAPIData) -> bool:  # noqa: CCR001
+    def export_market_data(self, data: 'CAPIData') -> bool:  # noqa: CCR001
         """
         Export CAPI market data.
 
@@ -1895,6 +1893,11 @@ sys.path: {sys.path}'''
             else:
                 log_locale('After switching to UTF-8 encoding (same language)')
 
+    # HACK: n/a | 2021-11-24: --force-localserver-auth does not work if companion is imported early -cont.
+    # HACK: n/a | 2021-11-24: as we modify config before this is used.
+    import companion
+    from companion import CAPIData, index_possibly_sparse_list
+
     # Do this after locale silliness, just in case
     if args.forget_frontier_auth:
         logger.info("Dropping all fdev tokens as --forget-frontier-auth was passed")