diff --git a/src/Site/BlockLayout/TechDocument.php b/src/Site/BlockLayout/TechDocument.php
index 1ed7097..5cd19b2 100644
--- a/src/Site/BlockLayout/TechDocument.php
+++ b/src/Site/BlockLayout/TechDocument.php
@@ -12,15 +12,23 @@ use Omeka\Stdlib\ErrorStore;
 use Laminas\Form\FormElementManager;
 use TechDocument\Form\TechDocumentBlockForm;
 
-
 //require_once(dirname(__DIR__, 3) . '/vendor/erusev/parsedown/Parsedown.php');
 //require_once(dirname(__DIR__, 3) . '/vendor/mpdf/mpdf/src/Mpdf.php');
-require_once(dirname(__DIR__, 3) . '/vendor/autoload.php');
-use Parsedown;
-
 //use Module\vendor\parsedown\Parsedown;
 //use Module\vendor\mpdf\Mpdf;
 
+$list_of_includes = get_included_files();
+$parsedown_included=false;
+foreach ($list_of_includes as $file_path) {
+  if (false !== strpos($file_path, "Parsedown.php")) {
+    $parsedown_included=true;
+  }
+}
+if ($parsedown_included == false){
+  require_once(dirname(__DIR__, 3) . '/vendor/autoload.php');
+}
+use Parsedown;
+
 
 class TechDocument extends AbstractBlockLayout
 {