diff --git a/src/canopy_cli/__init__.py b/src/canopy_cli/__init__.py
index a4791643..8b137891 100644
--- a/src/canopy_cli/__init__.py
+++ b/src/canopy_cli/__init__.py
@@ -1,27 +1 @@
-HTML_TEMPLATE = """<!DOCTYPE html>
-<html>
-<head>
-    <meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8">
-    <title>Canopy API Spec</title>
-    <meta charset="utf-8">
-    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
-    <link rel="shortcut icon" href="https://polybit-apps.s3.amazonaws.com/stdlib/users/pinecone/profile/image.png">
-    <style>
-        body {
-            margin: 0;
-            padding: 0;
-        }
-    </style>
-    <style data-styled="" data-styled-version="4.4.1"></style>
-</head>
-<body>
-    <div id="redoc-container"></div>
-    <title>Redoc</title>
-    <script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/redoc/bundles/redoc.standalone.js"> </script>
-    <script>
-        var spec = %s;
-        Redoc.init(spec, {}, document.getElementById("redoc-container"));
-    </script>
-</body>
-</html>
-"""  # noqa: E501
+
diff --git a/src/canopy_cli/cli.py b/src/canopy_cli/cli.py
index ecd691c7..5a181a5c 100644
--- a/src/canopy_cli/cli.py
+++ b/src/canopy_cli/cli.py
@@ -593,7 +593,7 @@ def api_docs(url):
 
     if generated_docs:
         import json
-        from canopy_cli import HTML_TEMPLATE
+        from canopy_server._redocs_template import HTML_TEMPLATE
         from canopy_server.app import app
         # generate docs
 
diff --git a/src/canopy_server/_redocs_template.py b/src/canopy_server/_redocs_template.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a4791643
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/canopy_server/_redocs_template.py
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+HTML_TEMPLATE = """<!DOCTYPE html>
+<html>
+<head>
+    <meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8">
+    <title>Canopy API Spec</title>
+    <meta charset="utf-8">
+    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
+    <link rel="shortcut icon" href="https://polybit-apps.s3.amazonaws.com/stdlib/users/pinecone/profile/image.png">
+    <style>
+        body {
+            margin: 0;
+            padding: 0;
+        }
+    </style>
+    <style data-styled="" data-styled-version="4.4.1"></style>
+</head>
+<body>
+    <div id="redoc-container"></div>
+    <title>Redoc</title>
+    <script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/redoc/bundles/redoc.standalone.js"> </script>
+    <script>
+        var spec = %s;
+        Redoc.init(spec, {}, document.getElementById("redoc-container"));
+    </script>
+</body>
+</html>
+"""  # noqa: E501
