diff --git a/src/ifcbimtester/bimtester/features/steps/attributes_eleclasses.py b/src/ifcbimtester/bimtester/features/steps/attributes_eleclasses.py
index 0112e170a9..d63ca60d2f 100644
--- a/src/ifcbimtester/bimtester/features/steps/attributes_eleclasses.py
+++ b/src/ifcbimtester/bimtester/features/steps/attributes_eleclasses.py
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ from behave import step
 from attributes_eleclasses_methods import all_element_attribs_have_a_value
 from attributes_eleclasses_methods import no_element_class_ele
 from utils import IfcFile
+from utils import switch_locale
 
 
 @step("there are no {ifc_class} elements because {reason}")