diff --git a/Project.toml b/Project.toml
index 147e2a7ae545eaabe60e7d32f8a03d90a322c741..fdc60516a6c954f6d98de405298f9e4f81be9993 100644
--- a/Project.toml
+++ b/Project.toml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 name = "TaggingBackends"
 uuid = "e551f703-3b82-4335-b341-d497b48d519b"
 authors = ["François Laurent", "Institut Pasteur"]
-version = "0.18.1"
+version = "0.18.2"
 
 [deps]
 Dates = "ade2ca70-3891-5945-98fb-dc099432e06a"
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index aba7c5410192513bc6ebdccc8940f631a1a9d5ce..0a496d08f08f6b019f18ec1fd05bed8570701937 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [tool.poetry]
 name = "TaggingBackends"
-version = "0.18.1"
+version = "0.18.2"
 description = "Backbone for LarvaTagger.jl tagging backends"
 authors = ["François Laurent"]
 
diff --git a/src/taggingbackends/explorer.py b/src/taggingbackends/explorer.py
index ff726b88eaafd022ab9225649c93fa1ac31bc5fd..40644c839ee66ecd13b5d5aeea409fd236224085 100644
--- a/src/taggingbackends/explorer.py
+++ b/src/taggingbackends/explorer.py
@@ -11,22 +11,26 @@ import tempfile
 from collections import defaultdict
 
 JULIA_PROJECT = os.environ.get('JULIA_PROJECT', '')
+DISABLE_JULIA = os.environ.get('DISABLE_JULIA', '')
 
 try:
     from julia import Julia
 except:
-    logging.warning(f"PyCall not found in JULIA_PROJECT={JULIA_PROJECT}; \
+    if not DISABLE_JULIA:
+        logging.warning(f"PyCall not found in JULIA_PROJECT={JULIA_PROJECT}; \
 please see https://gitlab.pasteur.fr/nyx/TaggingBackends#recommended-installation")
 else:
     try:
         Julia(compiled_modules=False)
     except:
-        logging.warning("Failed to set PyCall with compiled_modules=False")
+        if not DISABLE_JULIA:
+            logging.warning("Failed to set PyCall with compiled_modules=False")
     try:
         from julia import TaggingBackends
         from julia import PlanarLarvae
-    except ImportError:
-        logging.warning(f"TaggingBackends not found in JULIA_PROJECT={JULIA_PROJECT}; \
+    except:
+        if not DISABLE_JULIA:
+            logging.warning(f"TaggingBackends not found in JULIA_PROJECT={JULIA_PROJECT}; \
 please see https://gitlab.pasteur.fr/nyx/TaggingBackends#recommended-installation")
 
 def getlogger(name):
@@ -213,6 +217,10 @@ Cannot find any Python package in project root directory:
             # typically follows:
             # UserWarning: CUDA initialization: CUDA unknown error
             print(line)
+        elif line == '  return F.conv2d(input, weight, bias, self.stride,':
+            # typically follows:
+            # UserWarning: Plan failed with a cudnnException: CUDNN_BACKEND_EXECUTION_PLAN_DESCRIPTOR: cudnnFinalize Descriptor Failed cudnn_status: CUDNN_STATUS_NOT_SUPPORTED ...
+            print(line)
         # tensorflow logs
         elif 26 < len(line):
             # assume line[:26] to be e.g.: 2022-05-17 18:48:15.120981