diff --git a/ants/__init__.py b/ants/__init__.py
index 3458583c..9ecccac6 100644
--- a/ants/__init__.py
+++ b/ants/__init__.py
@@ -6,4 +6,6 @@
 from .segmentation import *
 from .registration import *
 from .learn import *
-from .viz import *
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+from .viz import *
+
+from . import contrib
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diff --git a/ants/contrib/__init__.py b/ants/contrib/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e69de29b