diff --git a/github_ratelimit/github_ratelimit_test/go.mod b/github_ratelimit/github_ratelimit_test/go.mod
index 4f4ea9f..4bc712f 100644
--- a/github_ratelimit/github_ratelimit_test/go.mod
+++ b/github_ratelimit/github_ratelimit_test/go.mod
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 module github.com/gofri/go-github-ratelimit/github-ratelimit-test
 
+// make sure to test the local version of the ratelimit package
+replace github.com/gofri/go-github-ratelimit => ../..
+
 go 1.19
 
 require (