diff --git a/cognee/tasks/web_scraper/__init__.py b/cognee/tasks/web_scraper/__init__.py
index 26c3e68cf..d52129c05 100644
--- a/cognee/tasks/web_scraper/__init__.py
+++ b/cognee/tasks/web_scraper/__init__.py
@@ -6,9 +6,24 @@ BeautifulSoup or Tavily, defining data models, and handling scraping configurati
 """
 
 from .utils import fetch_page_content
-from .web_scraper_task import cron_web_scraper_task, web_scraper_task
 from .default_url_crawler import DefaultUrlCrawler
 
+# Lazy import for web_scraper_task to avoid requiring apscheduler
+# Import these directly if needed: from cognee.tasks.web_scraper.web_scraper_task import ...
+
+
+def __getattr__(name):
+    """Lazy load web scraper task functions that require apscheduler."""
+    if name == "cron_web_scraper_task":
+        from .web_scraper_task import cron_web_scraper_task
+
+        return cron_web_scraper_task
+    elif name == "web_scraper_task":
+        from .web_scraper_task import web_scraper_task
+
+        return web_scraper_task
+    raise AttributeError(f"module {__name__!r} has no attribute {name!r}")
+
 
 __all__ = [
     "BeautifulSoupCrawler",