diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 8710508..8265de0 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 fastapi>=0.115.0
 uvicorn>=0.30.0
+httpx>=0.27.0
 sqlalchemy>=2.0.0
 psycopg[binary]>=3.2.0
 pandas>=2.0.0
diff --git a/scripts/start_netx.ps1 b/scripts/start_netx.ps1
index 4a0f135..702af6d 100644
--- a/scripts/start_netx.ps1
+++ b/scripts/start_netx.ps1
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ if (-not $SkipInstall) {
     Write-Host "==> Installing dependencies"
     & $pythonExe -m pip install -r (Join-Path $projectRoot "requirements.txt")
 } else {
-    Write-Host "==> Skip dependency install"
+    Write-Host "==> Skip dependency install (if API fails with ModuleNotFoundError, run once without -SkipInstall)"
 }
 
 $env:NETX_HOST = $BindHost