diff --git a/src/colormaps.jl b/src/colormaps.jl
index a12079b..4a2ccdc 100644
--- a/src/colormaps.jl
+++ b/src/colormaps.jl
@@ -54,8 +54,8 @@ function init_colormaps()
 
     copy!(LinearSegmentedColormap, colorsm."LinearSegmentedColormap")
 
-    copy!(cm_get_cmap, haskey(plt, "get_cmap") ? plt."get_cmap" : cm."get_cmap")
-    copy!(cm_register_cmap, haskey(matplotlib, "colormaps") && haskey(matplotlib."colormaps", "register") ? matplotlib."colormaps"."register" : cm."register_cmap")
+    copy!(cm_get_cmap, hasproperty(plt, "get_cmap") ? plt."get_cmap" : cm."get_cmap")
+    copy!(cm_register_cmap, hasproperty(matplotlib, "colormaps") && hasproperty(matplotlib."colormaps", "register") ? matplotlib."colormaps"."register" : cm."register_cmap")
 
     copy!(ScalarMappable, cm."ScalarMappable")
     copy!(Normalize01, pycall(colorsm."Normalize",PyAny,vmin=0,vmax=1))