diff --git a/tubearchivist/home/tests/__init__.py b/tubearchivist/common/tests/__init__.py
similarity index 100%
rename from tubearchivist/home/tests/__init__.py
rename to tubearchivist/common/tests/__init__.py
diff --git a/tubearchivist/home/tests/conftest.py b/tubearchivist/common/tests/conftest.py
similarity index 100%
rename from tubearchivist/home/tests/conftest.py
rename to tubearchivist/common/tests/conftest.py
diff --git a/tubearchivist/home/tests/test_ta/__init__.py b/tubearchivist/common/tests/test_src/__init__.py
similarity index 100%
rename from tubearchivist/home/tests/test_ta/__init__.py
rename to tubearchivist/common/tests/test_src/__init__.py
diff --git a/tubearchivist/home/tests/test_ta/test_helper.py b/tubearchivist/common/tests/test_src/test_helper.py
similarity index 98%
rename from tubearchivist/home/tests/test_ta/test_helper.py
rename to tubearchivist/common/tests/test_src/test_helper.py
index 7c1c4bbf..e99808cd 100644
--- a/tubearchivist/home/tests/test_ta/test_helper.py
+++ b/tubearchivist/common/tests/test_src/test_helper.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 """tests for helper functions"""
 
 import pytest
-from home.src.ta.helper import (
+from common.src.helper import (
     date_parser,
     get_duration_str,
     get_mapping,
diff --git a/tubearchivist/home/tests/test_ta/test_urlparser.py b/tubearchivist/common/tests/test_src/test_urlparser.py
similarity index 99%
rename from tubearchivist/home/tests/test_ta/test_urlparser.py
rename to tubearchivist/common/tests/test_src/test_urlparser.py
index 6d4ab2f4..f25f3ca9 100644
--- a/tubearchivist/home/tests/test_ta/test_urlparser.py
+++ b/tubearchivist/common/tests/test_src/test_urlparser.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 """tests for url parser"""
 
 import pytest
-from home.src.ta.urlparser import Parser
+from common.src.urlparser import Parser
 
 # video id parsing
 VIDEO_URL_IN = [