diff --git a/tests/cli/test_total.py b/tests/cli/test_total.py
index a8145f04..e69696df 100644
--- a/tests/cli/test_total.py
+++ b/tests/cli/test_total.py
@@ -24,12 +24,12 @@
 from unittest.mock import MagicMock, call, patch
 
 from scribe_data.cli.total import (
-    check_qid_is_language,
     get_datatype_list,
     get_qid_by_input,
     get_total_lexemes,
     total_wrapper,
 )
+from scribe_data.utils import check_qid_is_language
 
 
 class TestTotalLexemes(unittest.TestCase):
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ def test_get_datatype_list_no_data_types(self, mock_dir):
 
 
 class TestCheckQidIsLanguage(unittest.TestCase):
-    @patch("scribe_data.cli.total.requests.get")
+    @patch("scribe_data.utils.requests.get")
     def test_check_qid_is_language_valid(self, mock_get):
         mock_response = MagicMock()
         mock_response.json.return_value = {
@@ -228,7 +228,7 @@ def test_check_qid_is_language_valid(self, mock_get):
         self.assertEqual(result, "English")
         mock_print.assert_called_once_with("English (Q1860) is a language.\n")
 
-    @patch("scribe_data.cli.total.requests.get")
+    @patch("scribe_data.utils.requests.get")
     def test_check_qid_is_language_invalid(self, mock_get):
         mock_response = MagicMock()
         mock_response.json.return_value = {