diff --git a/tests/test_config.py b/tests/test_config.py
index 726f542..2b510d6 100644
--- a/tests/test_config.py
+++ b/tests/test_config.py
@@ -6,9 +6,8 @@ from unittest.mock import patch
 def test_config_loads_defaults():
     with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory() as tmpdir:
         cfg_path = os.path.join(tmpdir, "config.toml")
+        import config
         with patch("config.CONFIG_PATH", cfg_path):
-            import importlib, config
-            importlib.reload(config)
             cfg = config.load()
             assert cfg["ollama"]["model"] == "gemma3:12b"
             assert cfg["whisper"]["model"] == "large-v3"