diff --git a/NAMESPACE b/NAMESPACE
index ff334091..b7394fa6 100644
--- a/NAMESPACE
+++ b/NAMESPACE
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 # Generated by roxygen2: do not edit by hand
 
+S3method(knitr::knit_print, tinytable)
 S3method(print,tinytable)
 export(format_tt)
 export(group_tt)
diff --git a/R/print.R b/R/print.R
index e0a712f0..4a5f0f8c 100644
--- a/R/print.R
+++ b/R/print.R
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 #' Print a tinytable object in knitr
 #'
 #' @keywords internal
+#' @rawNamespace S3method(knitr::knit_print, tinytable)
 #' @return A string with class `knit_asis` to be printed in Rmarkdown or Quarto documents.
 #' @export
 knit_print.tinytable <- function(x,
diff --git a/R/zzz.R b/R/zzz.R
index 76f5d54a..d4564bd9 100644
--- a/R/zzz.R
+++ b/R/zzz.R
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
-.onLoad <- function(libname, pkgname) {
-  if (requireNamespace("knitr", quietly = TRUE)) {
-    registerS3method("knit_print", "tinytable", knit_print.tinytable, envir = asNamespace("knitr"))
-  }
-}
+# replaced this with @rawNamespace S3method(knitr::knit_print, tinytable) in print.R
+
+
+# .onLoad <- function(libname, pkgname) {
+#   if (requireNamespace("knitr", quietly = TRUE)) {
+#     registerS3method("knit_print", "tinytable", knit_print.tinytable, envir = asNamespace("knitr"))
+#   }
+# }