diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 26674721e..fe0a823bf 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
           'windows-curses; platform_system == "Windows"',
           'importlib-metadata >= 3.6',
       ],
-      packages=['visidata', 'visidata.loaders', 'visidata.vendor', 'visidata.tests', 'visidata.ddw', 'visidata.man', 'visidata.themes', 'visidata.features', 'visidata.experimental'],
+      packages=['visidata', 'visidata.loaders', 'visidata.vendor', 'visidata.tests', 'visidata.ddw', 'visidata.man', 'visidata.themes', 'visidata.features', 'visidata.experimental', 'visidata.apps'],
       data_files=[('share/man/man1', ['visidata/man/vd.1', 'visidata/man/visidata.1'])],
       package_data={'visidata.man': ['vd.1', 'vd.txt'], 'visidata.ddw': ['input.ddw'], 'visidata.tests': ['sample.tsv']},
       license='GPLv3',
diff --git a/visidata/__init__.py b/visidata/__init__.py
index c02276848..593e0e44c 100644
--- a/visidata/__init__.py
+++ b/visidata/__init__.py
@@ -108,6 +108,7 @@ def getGlobals():
 import visidata.plugins
 
 import visidata.theme
+import visidata.apps
 '''.splitlines():
     if not line: continue
     assert line.startswith('import visidata.'), line