diff --git a/src/aare/daq/operations/__init__.py b/src/aare/daq/operations/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e69de29b
diff --git a/src/aare/daq/operations/face_detection/service.py b/src/aare/daq/operations/face_detection/service.py
index 31941523..eafe0f9c 100644
--- a/src/aare/daq/operations/face_detection/service.py
+++ b/src/aare/daq/operations/face_detection/service.py
@@ -1,10 +1,9 @@
 import time
 
-import aare.common.face_detection as fd
+import aare.daq.operations.face_detection.utils as fd
 from aare.common.coordinate import Coordinate, SmargonCoordinate
 from aare.common.logger_events import log_duration, log_ml_bundle_meta
 from aare.common.models import MLBoxModel, ZoomModeEnum
-from aare.daq.config import BeamlineStateEnum
 from aare.daq.mlbox import MLBoxPredictionResult
 from aare.daq.operations.face_detection.models import (
     FaceDetectionContext,
diff --git a/src/aare/common/face_detection.py b/src/aare/daq/operations/face_detection/utils.py
similarity index 100%
rename from src/aare/common/face_detection.py
rename to src/aare/daq/operations/face_detection/utils.py
diff --git a/tests/unit/common/test_face_detection.py b/tests/unit/daq/operations/face_detection/test_face_detection_logic.py
similarity index 98%
rename from tests/unit/common/test_face_detection.py
rename to tests/unit/daq/operations/face_detection/test_face_detection_logic.py
index e21f1c95..a4b8f571 100644
--- a/tests/unit/common/test_face_detection.py
+++ b/tests/unit/daq/operations/face_detection/test_face_detection_logic.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import numpy as np
 import pytest
-from aare.common.face_detection import (
+from aare.daq.operations.face_detection.utils import (
     box_height_from_tuple,
     box_area_from_tuple,
     prepare_samples,