diff --git a/app/controllers/admin/dfc_product_imports_controller.rb b/app/controllers/admin/dfc_product_imports_controller.rb
index d5d2699808..30964fa313 100644
--- a/app/controllers/admin/dfc_product_imports_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/admin/dfc_product_imports_controller.rb
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ module Admin
 
     def index
       # Fetch DFC catalog JSON for preview
-      api = DfcRequest.new(spree_current_user)
       @catalog_url = params.require(:catalog_url).strip
       @catalog_json = api.call(@catalog_url)
       catalog = DfcCatalog.from_json(@catalog_json)
@@ -67,6 +66,10 @@ module Admin
 
     private
 
+    def api
+      @api ||= DfcRequest.new(spree_current_user)
+    end
+
     def load_enterprise
       @enterprise = OpenFoodNetwork::Permissions.new(spree_current_user)
         .managed_product_enterprises.is_primary_producer