diff --git a/metasyn/distribution/faker.py b/metasyn/distribution/faker.py
index d3b87306..e7a821a3 100644
--- a/metasyn/distribution/faker.py
+++ b/metasyn/distribution/faker.py
@@ -2,16 +2,18 @@
 from typing import Iterable, Optional
 
 from faker import Faker
-from lingua import LanguageDetectorBuilder
-from lingua._constant import LETTERS, PUNCTUATION
-
-# LETTERS: Pattern = regex.compile(r"\p{Han}|\p{Hangul}|\p{Hiragana}|\p{Katakana}|\p{L}+")
-# PUNCTUATION: Pattern = regex.compile(r"\p{P}")
+from lingua import LanguageDetectorBuilder  # pylint: disable=no-name-in-module
+# from lingua._constant import LETTERS, PUNCTUATION
+import regex
 from scipy.stats import poisson
 
 from metasyn.distribution.base import BaseDistribution, UniqueDistributionMixin, metadist
 
 
+LETTERS = regex.compile(r"\p{Han}|\p{Hangul}|\p{Hiragana}|\p{Katakana}|\p{L}+")
+PUNCTUATION = regex.compile(r"\p{P}")
+
+
 @metadist(implements="core.faker", var_type="string")
 class FakerDistribution(BaseDistribution):
     """Distribution for the faker package.