diff --git a/flash_examples/question_answering.py b/flash_examples/question_answering.py
index beb2a7add8..ab2448fa09 100644
--- a/flash_examples/question_answering.py
+++ b/flash_examples/question_answering.py
@@ -13,8 +13,15 @@
 # limitations under the License.
 from flash import Trainer
 from flash.core.data.utils import download_data
+from flash.core.utilities.imports import example_requires
 from flash.text import QuestionAnsweringData, QuestionAnsweringTask
 
+example_requires("text")
+
+import nltk  # noqa: E402
+
+nltk.download("punkt")
+
 # 1. Create the DataModule
 download_data("https://pl-flash-data.s3.amazonaws.com/squad_tiny.zip", "./data/")