diff --git a/src/ClimaLand.jl b/src/ClimaLand.jl
index e4999dc1e3..898ab4f478 100644
--- a/src/ClimaLand.jl
+++ b/src/ClimaLand.jl
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ using DocStringExtensions
 using ClimaCore
 import ClimaCore: Fields, Spaces
 
+include("shared_utilities/utils.jl")
+
 include("shared_utilities/Parameters.jl")
 import .Parameters as LP
 
@@ -19,7 +21,6 @@ import NCDatasets # Needed to load the ClimaUtilities.*VaryingInput
 using .Domains
 include("Artifacts.jl")
 include("shared_utilities/checkpoints.jl")
-include("shared_utilities/utils.jl")
 include("shared_utilities/models.jl")
 include("shared_utilities/drivers.jl")
 include("shared_utilities/boundary_conditions.jl")