diff --git a/cypress/integration/common/steps.js b/cypress/integration/common/steps.js
index 98e2d862b..4387feeaf 100644
--- a/cypress/integration/common/steps.js
+++ b/cypress/integration/common/steps.js
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { Given, When, Then } from "cypress-cucumber-preprocessor/steps";
-import { getLangByName } from "../../support/helpers";
+import helpers from "../../support/helpers";
 import slugify from "slug";
 
 /* global cy  */
@@ -131,14 +131,17 @@ Then("I am still logged in", () => {
 When("I select {string} in the language menu", name => {
   cy.switchLanguage(name, true);
 });
+
 Given("I previously switched the language to {string}", name => {
   cy.switchLanguage(name, true);
 });
+
 Then("the whole user interface appears in {string}", name => {
-  const lang = getLangByName(name);
-  cy.get(`html[lang=${lang.code}]`);
-  cy.getCookie("locale").should("have.property", "value", lang.code);
+  const { code } = helpers.getLangByName(name);
+  cy.get(`html[lang=${code}]`);
+  cy.getCookie("locale").should("have.property", "value", code);
 });
+
 Then("I see a button with the label {string}", label => {
   cy.contains("button", label);
 });
diff --git a/cypress/support/commands.js b/cypress/support/commands.js
index e69d296dc..630b52935 100644
--- a/cypress/support/commands.js
+++ b/cypress/support/commands.js
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 
 /* globals Cypress cy */
 import "cypress-file-upload";
-import { getLangByName } from "./helpers";
+import helpers from "./helpers";
 import users from "../fixtures/users.json";
 
 const switchLang = name => {
@@ -22,8 +22,9 @@ const switchLang = name => {
   cy.contains(".locale-menu-popover a", name).click();
 };
 
+
 Cypress.Commands.add("switchLanguage", (name, force) => {
-  const code = getLangByName(name).code;
+  const { code } = helpers.getLangByName(name);
   if (force) {
     switchLang(name);
   } else {
diff --git a/cypress/support/helpers.js b/cypress/support/helpers.js
index 4a8376ec0..7d66af5d6 100644
--- a/cypress/support/helpers.js
+++ b/cypress/support/helpers.js
@@ -1,10 +1,8 @@
 import find from 'lodash/find'
+import locales from '../../webapp/locales'
 
-const helpers = {
-  locales: require('../../webapp/locales'),
-  getLangByName: name => {
-    return find(helpers.locales, { name })
+export default {
+  getLangByName(name) {
+    return find(locales, { name })
   }
 }
-
-export default helpers