diff --git a/middleware/httpsnoop_test.go b/middleware/httpsnoop_test.go
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+++ b/middleware/httpsnoop_test.go
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+package middlware
+
+import (
+	// without that line, go mod tidy might remove httpsnoop in student repository
+	_ "github.com/felixge/httpsnoop"
+)