diff --git a/tests/openbb_terminal/test_keys_model.py b/tests/openbb_terminal/test_keys_model.py
index a786ec6e813..6d40b1f0a48 100644
--- a/tests/openbb_terminal/test_keys_model.py
+++ b/tests/openbb_terminal/test_keys_model.py
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import pandas as pd
 import pytest
 
 from openbb_terminal import keys_model
+from openbb_terminal.core.session import env_handler
 from openbb_terminal.core.session.current_user import (
     PreferencesModel,
     copy_user,
@@ -52,7 +53,7 @@ def set_naive_environment(var_name_list: List[str]) -> None:
         tmp_env.unlink(missing_ok=True)
 
     # Set new temporary .env
-    keys_model.SETTINGS_ENV_FILE = tmp_env
+    env_handler.SETTINGS_ENV_FILE = tmp_env
 
 
 # Alphavantage api is working with any key you pass, so expected is 1 with dummy keys
diff --git a/tests/openbb_terminal/test_settings_controller.py b/tests/openbb_terminal/test_settings_controller.py
index 4491998cf53..d86e29a3c19 100644
--- a/tests/openbb_terminal/test_settings_controller.py
+++ b/tests/openbb_terminal/test_settings_controller.py
@@ -26,6 +26,9 @@ def controller(mocker):
     mocker.patch(
         target="openbb_terminal.settings_controller.set_preference",
     )
+    mocker.patch(
+        target="openbb_terminal.settings_controller.write_to_dotenv",
+    )
 
     mocker.patch("openbb_terminal.settings_controller.session", True)
     return SettingsController()