diff --git a/src/axolotl/cli/inference.py b/src/axolotl/cli/inference.py
index 1a5a1a2be..f3daac83d 100644
--- a/src/axolotl/cli/inference.py
+++ b/src/axolotl/cli/inference.py
@@ -23,4 +23,5 @@ def do_cli(config: Path = Path("examples/"), **kwargs):
     do_inference(cfg=parsed_cfg, cli_args=parsed_cli_args)
 
 
-fire.Fire(do_cli)
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    fire.Fire(do_cli)
diff --git a/src/axolotl/cli/merge_lora.py b/src/axolotl/cli/merge_lora.py
index 473aa8260..79b7112b5 100644
--- a/src/axolotl/cli/merge_lora.py
+++ b/src/axolotl/cli/merge_lora.py
@@ -23,4 +23,5 @@ def do_cli(config: Path = Path("examples/"), **kwargs):
     do_merge_lora(cfg=parsed_cfg, cli_args=parsed_cli_args)
 
 
-fire.Fire(do_cli)
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    fire.Fire(do_cli)
diff --git a/src/axolotl/cli/shard.py b/src/axolotl/cli/shard.py
index ad7d9a136..85901b0f2 100644
--- a/src/axolotl/cli/shard.py
+++ b/src/axolotl/cli/shard.py
@@ -38,4 +38,5 @@ def do_cli(config: Path = Path("examples/"), **kwargs):
     shard(cfg=parsed_cfg, cli_args=parsed_cli_args)
 
 
-fire.Fire(do_cli)
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    fire.Fire(do_cli)
diff --git a/src/axolotl/cli/train.py b/src/axolotl/cli/train.py
index 166af2595..72a9250c8 100644
--- a/src/axolotl/cli/train.py
+++ b/src/axolotl/cli/train.py
@@ -32,4 +32,5 @@ def do_cli(config: Path = Path("examples/"), **kwargs):
     train(cfg=parsed_cfg, cli_args=parsed_cli_args, dataset_meta=dataset_meta)
 
 
-fire.Fire(do_cli)
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    fire.Fire(do_cli)