diff --git a/src/gh/diffCheck/diffCheck/__init__.py b/src/gh/diffCheck/diffCheck/__init__.py
index 9285b46c..cf7c1647 100644
--- a/src/gh/diffCheck/diffCheck/__init__.py
+++ b/src/gh/diffCheck/diffCheck/__init__.py
@@ -3,6 +3,10 @@
 
 __version__ = "0.0.24"
 
+# make the dlls available to the python interpreter
 PATH_TO_DLL = "dlls"
 extra_dll_dir = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), PATH_TO_DLL)
-os.add_dll_directory(extra_dll_dir)
\ No newline at end of file
+os.add_dll_directory(extra_dll_dir)
+
+# import the bindings
+from . import diffcheck_bindings