diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
index 4bf5e4c0..2d193066 100644
--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -16,10 +16,12 @@ Imports:
     stats,
     survival,
     DescTools,
-    MASS
+    MASS,
+    boot
 Suggests:
     knitr,
-    testthat (>= 2.0)
+    testthat (>= 2.0),
+    ggplot2
 VignetteBuilder:
     knitr
 biocViews:
diff --git a/R/bucher.R b/R/bucher.R
index 8d8fd88a..c0b2e02a 100644
--- a/R/bucher.R
+++ b/R/bucher.R
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@
 #'   \item{pval}{p-value of Z-test, with null hypothesis that \code{est} is zero}
 #' }
 #' @export
-#' @import stats
 
 bucher <- function(trt, com, conf_lv = 0.95) {
   est <- trt$est - com$est
diff --git a/R/maic_unanchored_tte.R b/R/maic_unanchored_tte.R
index 674cdfd6..9e0fd91d 100644
--- a/R/maic_unanchored_tte.R
+++ b/R/maic_unanchored_tte.R
@@ -17,8 +17,6 @@
 #' }
 #'
 #' @return A list of KM plot, analysis table, and diagnostic plot
-#' @importFrom survival Surv survfit coxph cox.zph
-#' @importFrom graphics par axis lines points legend abline
 #' @export
 
 maic_tte_unanchor <- function(useWt, dat, dat_ext, trt, trt_ext,
diff --git a/R/maicplus.R b/R/maicplus.R
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..67fefe2b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/R/maicplus.R
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+#' maicplus: open source R package for MAIC
+#'
+#' A package for running matching adjusted indirect comparison
+#'
+#' This package facilitates performing matching adjusted indirect comparison
+#' (MAIC) analysis where the endpoint of interest is either time-to-event 
+#' (e.g. overall survival) or binary (e.g. objective tumor response).
+#'
+#' @docType package
+#' @name maicplus-package
+#' 
+#' 
+
+#' @import graphics
+NULL
+
+#' @import stats
+NULL
+
+#' @import survival
+NULL
+
+#' @import DescTools
+NULL
+
+#' @import MASS
+NULL
+
+#' @import boot
+NULL
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/R/matching.R b/R/matching.R
index 858208a9..5b0e03c7 100644
--- a/R/matching.R
+++ b/R/matching.R
@@ -113,7 +113,6 @@ estimate_weights <- function(data, centered_colnames = NULL, start_val = 0, meth
 #' @param main_title a character string, main title of the plot
 #'
 #' @return a plot of unscaled or scaled weights
-#' @importFrom graphics hist
 #' @export
 
 plot_weights <- function(wt, bin_col = "#6ECEB2", vline_col = "#688CE8", main_title = "Unscaled Individual Weights") {