diff --git a/src/material_hasher/hasher/__init__.py b/src/material_hasher/hasher/__init__.py
index f360aad..760edca 100644
--- a/src/material_hasher/hasher/__init__.py
+++ b/src/material_hasher/hasher/__init__.py
@@ -1,11 +1,7 @@
 # Copyright 2025 Entalpic
-import warnings
-
 from material_hasher.hasher.bawl import BAWLHasher, ShortBAWLHasher
 from material_hasher.hasher.pdd import PointwiseDistanceDistributionHasher
 
-warnings.filterwarnings("always")
-
 __all__ = ["BAWLHasher"]
 
 HASHERS = {
@@ -16,11 +12,12 @@
 
 
 try:
-    from material_hasher.hasher.slices import SLICESHasher
+    import warnings
+
+    with warnings.catch_warnings():
+        warnings.filterwarnings("ignore", category=ImportWarning)
+        from material_hasher.hasher.slices import SLICESHasher
 
     HASHERS.update({"SLICES": SLICESHasher})
 except ImportError:
-    warnings.warn(
-        "Failed to import SLICES. If you would like to use this module, please consider running uv pip install -r requirements_slices.txt",
-        ImportWarning,
-    )
+    pass
diff --git a/src/material_hasher/hasher/slices.py b/src/material_hasher/hasher/slices.py
index 69ddc3c..79a19ad 100644
--- a/src/material_hasher/hasher/slices.py
+++ b/src/material_hasher/hasher/slices.py
@@ -5,7 +5,14 @@
 
 
 from pymatgen.core.structure import Structure
-from slices.core import SLICES
+
+try:
+    from slices.core import SLICES
+except ImportError:
+    raise ImportError(
+        "Failed to import SLICES. If you would like to use this module, please consider running uv pip install -r requirements_slices.txt"
+    )
+
 
 from material_hasher.hasher.base import HasherBase
 
@@ -32,4 +39,3 @@ def get_material_hash(self, structure: Structure) -> str:
             The SLICES string representation of the structure.
         """
         return self.backend.structure2SLICES(structure)
-
diff --git a/src/material_hasher/similarity/__init__.py b/src/material_hasher/similarity/__init__.py
index f06c452..7111d00 100644
--- a/src/material_hasher/similarity/__init__.py
+++ b/src/material_hasher/similarity/__init__.py
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
 # Copyright 2025 Entalpic
-import logging
-
 from .structure_matchers import PymatgenStructureSimilarity
 
 __all__ = ["PymatgenStructureSimilarity"]
@@ -10,15 +8,13 @@
 }
 
 try:
-    from .eqv2 import EquiformerV2Similarity
+    import warnings
+
+    with warnings.catch_warnings():
+        warnings.filterwarnings("ignore", category=ImportWarning)
+        from .eqv2 import EquiformerV2Similarity
 
-    __all__.append("EquiformerV2Similarity")
-    SIMILARITY_MATCHERS["eqv2"] = EquiformerV2Similarity  # type: ignore
-except ImportError as e:
-    logging.warning(
-        "EquiformerV2Similarity is not available. You need to install fairchem-core and its dependencies. "
-        "This issue is known to affect MacOS systems. "
-        "If you're not using MacOS, please ensure the optional dependencies required for this feature are installed. uv sync --extra fairchem and uv sync --extra geometric"
-        "For more information, refer to issue #4: https://github.com/Entalpic/material-hasher/issues/4",
-        f"Error: {e}",
-    )
+        __all__.append("EquiformerV2Similarity")
+        SIMILARITY_MATCHERS["eqv2"] = EquiformerV2Similarity  # type: ignore
+except ImportError:
+    pass
diff --git a/src/material_hasher/similarity/eqv2.py b/src/material_hasher/similarity/eqv2.py
index e3b31be..c6a378a 100644
--- a/src/material_hasher/similarity/eqv2.py
+++ b/src/material_hasher/similarity/eqv2.py
@@ -9,7 +9,18 @@
 import yaml
 from ase.filters import FrechetCellFilter
 from ase.optimize import FIRE
-from fairchem.core import OCPCalculator
+
+# fmt: off
+try:
+    from fairchem.core import OCPCalculator
+except ImportError:
+    raise ImportError(
+        "EquiformerV2Similarity is not available. You need to install fairchem-core and its dependencies. "
+        "Please ensure the optional dependencies required for this feature are installed. uv sync --extra fairchem and uv sync --extra geometric"
+        "For more information, refer to issue #4: https://github.com/Entalpic/material-hasher/issues/4",
+    )
+# fmt: on
+
 from huggingface_hub import hf_hub_download
 from pymatgen.core import Structure
 from pymatgen.io.ase import AseAtomsAdaptor