diff --git a/src/bootsupport/modules/punk/ansi-0.1.1.tm b/src/bootsupport/modules/punk/ansi-0.1.1.tm
index 04767a22..45f53981 100644
--- a/src/bootsupport/modules/punk/ansi-0.1.1.tm
+++ b/src/bootsupport/modules/punk/ansi-0.1.1.tm
@@ -681,12 +681,16 @@ tcl::namespace::eval punk::ansi {
         }
         set opt_crm_mode [dict get $opts -crm_mode]
 
-        #if SAUCE data is present - it may give an indication of encoding as well as number of columns/lines
-        package require punk::ansi::sauce
         set binarytext ""
-        if {[catch {punk::ansi::sauce::from_file $fname} sdict]} {
-            #no 128 Byte SAUCE record at end of file
-            set sdict [dict create]
+        set sdict [dict create]
+        #if SAUCE data is present - it may give an indication of encoding as well as number of columns/lines
+        if {![catch {package require punk::ansi::sauce}]} {
+            if {[catch {punk::ansi::sauce::from_file $fname} sdict]} {
+                #no 128 Byte SAUCE record at end of file
+                set sdict [dict create]
+            }
+        } else {
+            puts stderr "Warning punk::ansi::sauce package not loaded - unable to detect or use any SAUCE data to aid in display"
         }
         if {![dict size $sdict]} {
             if {[string tolower [file extension $fname]] eq ".bin"} {
diff --git a/src/modules/punk/ansi-999999.0a1.0.tm b/src/modules/punk/ansi-999999.0a1.0.tm
index 5d43253e..fde23a3e 100644
--- a/src/modules/punk/ansi-999999.0a1.0.tm
+++ b/src/modules/punk/ansi-999999.0a1.0.tm
@@ -681,12 +681,16 @@ tcl::namespace::eval punk::ansi {
         }
         set opt_crm_mode [dict get $opts -crm_mode]
 
-        #if SAUCE data is present - it may give an indication of encoding as well as number of columns/lines
-        package require punk::ansi::sauce
         set binarytext ""
-        if {[catch {punk::ansi::sauce::from_file $fname} sdict]} {
-            #no 128 Byte SAUCE record at end of file
-            set sdict [dict create]
+        set sdict [dict create]
+        #if SAUCE data is present - it may give an indication of encoding as well as number of columns/lines
+        if {![catch {package require punk::ansi::sauce}]} {
+            if {[catch {punk::ansi::sauce::from_file $fname} sdict]} {
+                #no 128 Byte SAUCE record at end of file
+                set sdict [dict create]
+            }
+        } else {
+            puts stderr "Warning punk::ansi::sauce package not loaded - unable to detect or use any SAUCE data to aid in display"
         }
         if {![dict size $sdict]} {
             if {[string tolower [file extension $fname]] eq ".bin"} {