diff --git a/packages/markitdown/pyproject.toml b/packages/markitdown/pyproject.toml
index a321fee..3343eae 100644
--- a/packages/markitdown/pyproject.toml
+++ b/packages/markitdown/pyproject.toml
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ dependencies = [
   "mammoth",
   "markdownify~=0.14.1",
   "numpy",
-  "python-pptx",
   "pandas",
   "openpyxl",
   "xlrd",
@@ -46,6 +45,10 @@ dependencies = [
   "azure-identity"
 ]
 
+[project.optional-dependencies]
+all = ["python-pptx"]
+pptx = ["python-pptx"]
+
 [project.urls]
 Documentation = "https://github.com/microsoft/markitdown#readme"
 Issues = "https://github.com/microsoft/markitdown/issues"
@@ -57,6 +60,12 @@ path = "src/markitdown/__about__.py"
 [project.scripts]
 markitdown = "markitdown.__main__:main"
 
+[tool.hatch.envs.default]
+features = ["all"]
+
+[tool.hatch.envs.hatch-test]
+features = ["all"]
+
 [tool.hatch.envs.types]
 extra-dependencies = [
   "mypy>=1.0.0",
diff --git a/packages/markitdown/src/markitdown/_markitdown.py b/packages/markitdown/src/markitdown/_markitdown.py
index e80e089..8f1bd46 100644
--- a/packages/markitdown/src/markitdown/_markitdown.py
+++ b/packages/markitdown/src/markitdown/_markitdown.py
@@ -354,7 +354,6 @@ class MarkItDown:
                 try:
                     res = converter.convert(local_path, **_kwargs)
                 except Exception:
-                    print("HERE!")
                     failed_attempts.append(
                         FailedConversionAttempt(
                             converter=converter, exc_info=sys.exc_info()