diff --git a/autogpt/utils.py b/autogpt/utils.py
index e93d5ac7..1b4fa204 100644
--- a/autogpt/utils.py
+++ b/autogpt/utils.py
@@ -5,6 +5,12 @@ import yaml
 from colorama import Fore
 from git import Repo
 
+# Use readline if available (for clean_input)
+try:
+    import readline
+except:
+    pass
+
 
 def clean_input(prompt: str = ""):
     try: