diff --git a/NAMESPACE b/NAMESPACE
index 0f0f16dd..3880ac6a 100644
--- a/NAMESPACE
+++ b/NAMESPACE
@@ -169,6 +169,7 @@ importFrom(DBI,dbExistsTable)
 importFrom(DBI,dbFetch)
 importFrom(DBI,dbGetQuery)
 importFrom(DBI,dbSendQuery)
+importFrom(aqp,"initSpatial<-")
 importFrom(aqp,SoilTextureLevels)
 importFrom(aqp,checkHzDepthLogic)
 importFrom(aqp,col2Munsell)
diff --git a/R/fetchSoilGrids.R b/R/fetchSoilGrids.R
index 4af334cb..75b0f822 100644
--- a/R/fetchSoilGrids.R
+++ b/R/fetchSoilGrids.R
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@
 #' 
 #' @return A _SoilProfileCollection_ or _SpatRaster_ when `grid=TRUE`. Returns `try-error` if all requests fail. Any error messages resulting from parsing will be echoed when `verbose=TRUE`.
 #' @export fetchSoilGrids
-#' 
+#' @importFrom aqp initSpatial<-
 #' @author Andrew G. Brown
 #' @examplesIf curl::has_internet()
 #' \dontrun{