diff --git a/__init__.py b/__init__.py
index 1467ba4..bfed725 100644
--- a/__init__.py
+++ b/__init__.py
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ except:
     print(f"[WARN] ComfyUI-Manager: Your ComfyUI version is outdated. Please update to the latest version.")
 
 
-version = [2, 13]
+version = [2, 13, 1]
 version_str = f"V{version[0]}.{version[1]}" + (f'.{version[2]}' if len(version) > 2 else '')
 print(f"### Loading: ComfyUI-Manager ({version_str})")
 
diff --git a/prestartup_script.py b/prestartup_script.py
index cd32358..b3fba3f 100644
--- a/prestartup_script.py
+++ b/prestartup_script.py
@@ -7,9 +7,15 @@ import threading
 import re
 import locale
 import platform
-from distutils.version import StrictVersion
 
 
+try:
+    from distutils.version import StrictVersion
+except:
+    print(f"[ComfyUI-Manager] Missing `distutils`. Try install...")
+    subprocess.check_output([sys.executable, '-m', 'pip', 'install', 'distutils'])
+    from distutils.version import StrictVersion
+
 glob_path = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), "glob")
 sys.path.append(glob_path)
 
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 08c31a6..70a430f 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -2,5 +2,4 @@ GitPython
 PyGithub
 matrix-client==0.4.0
 transformers
-huggingface-hub>0.20
-distutils
\ No newline at end of file
+huggingface-hub>0.20
\ No newline at end of file