diff --git a/slic/utils/ioc/__init__.py b/slic/utils/ioc/__init__.py
index e69de29b..4bfc5e3f 100644
--- a/slic/utils/ioc/__init__.py
+++ b/slic/utils/ioc/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+
+from .ioc import IOC
+
+