diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index 2d71457e..6c3036b5 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ repos:
       #   name: Spellcheck
       - id: deps-in-desc
         name: Ensure that DESCRIPTION lists all dependencies
+        args: [--allow_private_imports, --root=R]
       - id: use-tidy-description
         name: Format DESCRIPTION
     #   - id: lintr
diff --git a/vignettes/odata-api.Rmd b/vignettes/odata-api.Rmd
index 05ebf8aa..63a04089 100644
--- a/vignettes/odata-api.Rmd
+++ b/vignettes/odata-api.Rmd
@@ -355,7 +355,7 @@ This section provides some examples of standard data visualisations.
 ## Datatable
 The package `DT` provides an interactive (and searchable) datatable.
 
-```{r vis_data}
+```{r vis_data, eval = requireNamespace("DT")}
 DT::datatable(fq_data)
 DT::datatable(fq_data_taxa)
 DT::datatable(fq_data_strata)