diff --git a/examples/graph_visual_with_neo4j.py b/examples/graph_visual_with_neo4j.py
index 35ef85a8..637cb36d 100644
--- a/examples/graph_visual_with_neo4j.py
+++ b/examples/graph_visual_with_neo4j.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import os
 import json
-from lightrag.utils import xml_to_json
+import xml.etree.ElementTree as ET
 from neo4j import GraphDatabase
 
 # Constants
@@ -13,6 +13,66 @@ NEO4J_URI = "bolt://localhost:7687"
 NEO4J_USERNAME = "neo4j"
 NEO4J_PASSWORD = "your_password"
 
+def xml_to_json(xml_file):
+    try:
+        tree = ET.parse(xml_file)
+        root = tree.getroot()
+
+        # Print the root element's tag and attributes to confirm the file has been correctly loaded
+        print(f"Root element: {root.tag}")
+        print(f"Root attributes: {root.attrib}")
+
+        data = {"nodes": [], "edges": []}
+
+        # Use namespace
+        namespace = {"": "http://graphml.graphdrawing.org/xmlns"}
+
+        for node in root.findall(".//node", namespace):
+            node_data = {
+                "id": node.get("id").strip('"'),
+                "entity_type": node.find("./data[@key='d1']", namespace).text.strip('"')
+                if node.find("./data[@key='d1']", namespace) is not None
+                else "",
+                "description": node.find("./data[@key='d2']", namespace).text
+                if node.find("./data[@key='d2']", namespace) is not None
+                else "",
+                "source_id": node.find("./data[@key='d3']", namespace).text
+                if node.find("./data[@key='d3']", namespace) is not None
+                else "",
+            }
+            data["nodes"].append(node_data)
+
+        for edge in root.findall(".//edge", namespace):
+            edge_data = {
+                "source": edge.get("source").strip('"'),
+                "target": edge.get("target").strip('"'),
+                "weight": float(edge.find("./data[@key='d5']", namespace).text)
+                if edge.find("./data[@key='d5']", namespace) is not None
+                else 0.0,
+                "description": edge.find("./data[@key='d6']", namespace).text
+                if edge.find("./data[@key='d6']", namespace) is not None
+                else "",
+                "keywords": edge.find("./data[@key='d7']", namespace).text
+                if edge.find("./data[@key='d7']", namespace) is not None
+                else "",
+                "source_id": edge.find("./data[@key='d8']", namespace).text
+                if edge.find("./data[@key='d8']", namespace) is not None
+                else "",
+            }
+            data["edges"].append(edge_data)
+
+
+        # Print the number of nodes and edges found
+        print(f"Found {len(data['nodes'])} nodes and {len(data['edges'])} edges")
+
+        return data
+    except ET.ParseError as e:
+        print(f"Error parsing XML file: {e}")
+        return None
+    except Exception as e:
+        print(f"An error occurred: {e}")
+        return None
+
 
 def convert_xml_to_json(xml_path, output_path):
     """Converts XML file to JSON and saves the output."""
diff --git a/lightrag/utils.py b/lightrag/utils.py
index 7ecb11e3..4a3378db 100644
--- a/lightrag/utils.py
+++ b/lightrag/utils.py
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ from dataclasses import dataclass
 from functools import wraps
 from hashlib import md5
 from typing import Any, Protocol, Callable, TYPE_CHECKING, List
-import xml.etree.ElementTree as ET
 import numpy as np
 from lightrag.prompt import PROMPTS
 from dotenv import load_dotenv