diff --git a/icepyx/core/query.py b/icepyx/core/query.py
index 87b9cc2cf..07714dc3d 100644
--- a/icepyx/core/query.py
+++ b/icepyx/core/query.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import geopandas as gpd
 import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
+from pathlib import Path  # used in docstring tests
 import pprint
 import warnings