diff --git a/frontend/src/ts/test/funbox/funbox-functions.ts b/frontend/src/ts/test/funbox/funbox-functions.ts
index c320ae401..7c1ca4ce0 100644
--- a/frontend/src/ts/test/funbox/funbox-functions.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/ts/test/funbox/funbox-functions.ts
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ import { getSection } from "../wikipedia";
 import * as WeakSpot from "../weak-spot";
 import * as IPAddresses from "../../utils/ip-addresses";
 import * as TestState from "../test-state";
-import { WordGenError } from "../words-generator";
+import { WordGenError } from "../../utils/word-gen-error";
 
 export type FunboxFunctions = {
   getWord?: (wordset?: Wordset, wordIndex?: number) => string;
diff --git a/frontend/src/ts/test/test-logic.ts b/frontend/src/ts/test/test-logic.ts
index 074bb73e8..86f3c42be 100644
--- a/frontend/src/ts/test/test-logic.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/ts/test/test-logic.ts
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ import {
 import { getFunboxesFromString } from "@monkeytype/funbox";
 import * as CompositionState from "../states/composition";
 import { SnapshotResult } from "../constants/default-snapshot";
+import { WordGenError } from "../utils/word-gen-error";
 
 let failReason = "";
 const koInputVisual = document.getElementById("koInputVisual") as HTMLElement;
@@ -469,7 +470,7 @@ export async function init(): Promise<void> {
     wordsHaveNewline = gen.hasNewline;
   } catch (e) {
     console.error(e);
-    if (e instanceof WordsGenerator.WordGenError) {
+    if (e instanceof WordGenError) {
       if (e.message.length > 0) {
         Notifications.add(e.message, 0, {
           important: true,
diff --git a/frontend/src/ts/test/words-generator.ts b/frontend/src/ts/test/words-generator.ts
index 440e562ee..7803e8632 100644
--- a/frontend/src/ts/test/words-generator.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/ts/test/words-generator.ts
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import {
   getActiveFunboxesWithFunction,
   isFunboxActiveWithFunction,
 } from "./funbox/list";
+import { WordGenError } from "../utils/word-gen-error";
 
 function shouldCapitalize(lastChar: string): boolean {
   return /[?!.؟]/.test(lastChar);
@@ -475,13 +476,6 @@ export function getLimit(): number {
   return limit;
 }
 
-export class WordGenError extends Error {
-  constructor(message: string) {
-    super(message);
-    this.name = "WordGenError";
-  }
-}
-
 async function getQuoteWordList(
   language: LanguageObject,
   wordOrder?: FunboxWordOrder
diff --git a/frontend/src/ts/utils/word-gen-error.ts b/frontend/src/ts/utils/word-gen-error.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0e87ae3f4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontend/src/ts/utils/word-gen-error.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+export class WordGenError extends Error {
+  constructor(message: string) {
+    super(message);
+    this.name = "WordGenError";
+  }
+}