diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
index d86dd0b1..96e97975 100644
--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ URL: https://epiverse-trace.github.io/readepi,
 BugReports: https://github.com/epiverse-trace/readepi/issues
 Imports: 
     checkmate,
-    data.table,
     DBI,
     dplyr,
     fingertipsR (>= 1.0.10.9001),
diff --git a/R/show_example_file.R b/R/show_example_file.R
index f1c3e908..e31ad3f1 100644
--- a/R/show_example_file.R
+++ b/R/show_example_file.R
@@ -4,9 +4,11 @@
 #'   show_example_file()
 #' }
 #' @export
-#'
+#' @importFrom utils read.table
 show_example_file <- function() {
-  example_data <- data.table::fread(system.file("extdata", "test.ini",
-                                                package = "readepi"))
+  example_data <- read.table(
+    system.file("extdata", "test.ini", package = "readepi"),
+    header = TRUE
+  )
   print(example_data)
 }