diff --git a/client/src/core/client/count/index.ts b/client/src/core/client/count/index.ts
index 669cda06f3..08be562fb5 100644
--- a/client/src/core/client/count/index.ts
+++ b/client/src/core/client/count/index.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-import { TextEncoder } from "util";
-
 import { COUNT_SELECTOR } from "coral-framework/constants";
 import {
   bytesToBase64,
diff --git a/client/src/core/client/test/setupTestFramework.ts b/client/src/core/client/test/setupTestFramework.ts
index 47c4b922ba..4821eee2c5 100644
--- a/client/src/core/client/test/setupTestFramework.ts
+++ b/client/src/core/client/test/setupTestFramework.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import "@testing-library/jest-dom";
 import { toHaveNoViolations } from "jest-axe";
+import { TextEncoder } from "util";
 
 import expectAndFail from "./expectAndFail";
 
@@ -14,6 +15,9 @@ import "./setupConsole";
 // to get around: https://github.com/facebook/jest/issues/3917
 (global as any).expectAndFail = expectAndFail;
 
+// we need to have this for count script
+(global as any).TextEncoder = TextEncoder;
+
 // Log unhandled rejections.
 // eslint-disable-next-line no-console
 process.on("unhandledRejection", (err) => {