diff --git a/src/metadata/compileView.ts b/src/metadata/compileView.ts
index e0fd81f..b055e40 100644
--- a/src/metadata/compileView.ts
+++ b/src/metadata/compileView.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-import { PathLike } from 'fs'
 import fs from 'fs/promises'
 import path from 'path'
 import { TEMPLATES, VIEWS } from './constants'
+import { Template } from './getTemplates'
 
 const IMPORT_REGEX = /--\s*#import\s+(\S+\.sql)/g
 
@@ -69,34 +69,4 @@ export const prepareQuery = (str: string) => {
   return cleaned
 }
 
-export const getTemplates = async (templatesPath: PathLike) => {
-  const templates = new Map<string, Template>()
-
-  try {
-    const dir = await fs.opendir(templatesPath, { recursive: true })
-    for await (const dirent of dir)
-      if (dirent.isFile()) {
-        const filePath = dirent.path
-        if (path.extname(filePath) !== '.sql') continue
-        const content = await fs.readFile(filePath, 'utf-8')
-        templates.set(path.relative(templatesPath.toString(), filePath), {
-          filePath,
-          content
-        })
-      }
-  } catch (err) {
-    // FIXME: catch different error types
-    console.warn(err)
-  }
-
-  return templates
-}
-
-type Template = {
-  filePath: string
-  content: string
-  root?: string
-  lastProccessedBy?: string
-}
-
 export default compileView
diff --git a/src/metadata/extractMetadata.ts b/src/metadata/extractMetadata.ts
index 8ff9b79..9401b94 100644
--- a/src/metadata/extractMetadata.ts
+++ b/src/metadata/extractMetadata.ts
@@ -4,8 +4,9 @@ import { PathReporter } from 'io-ts/lib/PathReporter'
 import path from 'path'
 import yaml from 'yaml'
 import { EntityConfig, Schema } from '.'
-import compileView, { getTemplates } from './compileView'
+import compileView from './compileView'
 import { CONFIGS, QUERY, TEMPLATES, VIEWS } from './constants'
+import getTemplates from './getTemplates'
 
 async function processMetadata(directory: string): Promise<Schema> {
   const schema: Schema = new Map()
diff --git a/src/metadata/getTemplates.ts b/src/metadata/getTemplates.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..dfe853a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/metadata/getTemplates.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+import { PathLike } from 'fs'
+import fs from 'fs/promises'
+import path from 'path'
+
+const getTemplates = async (templatesPath: PathLike) => {
+  const templates = new Map<string, Template>()
+
+  try {
+    const dir = await fs.opendir(templatesPath, { recursive: true })
+    for await (const dirent of dir)
+      if (dirent.isFile()) {
+        const filePath = dirent.path
+        if (path.extname(filePath) !== '.sql') continue
+        const content = await fs.readFile(filePath, 'utf-8')
+        templates.set(path.relative(templatesPath.toString(), filePath), {
+          filePath,
+          content
+        })
+      }
+  } catch (err) {
+    // FIXME: catch different error types
+    console.warn(err)
+  }
+
+  return templates
+}
+
+export type Template = {
+  filePath: string
+  content: string
+  root?: string
+  lastProccessedBy?: string
+}
+
+export default getTemplates
diff --git a/tests/metadata/compileView.test.ts b/tests/metadata/compileView.test.ts
index f8680b5..bc4de37 100644
--- a/tests/metadata/compileView.test.ts
+++ b/tests/metadata/compileView.test.ts
@@ -1,31 +1,4 @@
-import fs from 'fs/promises'
-import { getTemplates, prepareQuery } from '../../src/metadata/compileView'
-
-describe('getTemplates', () => {
-  beforeAll(() => {
-    jest.mock('fs')
-  })
-
-  beforeEach(() => {
-    jest.clearAllMocks()
-  })
-
-  it('returns an empty map if the path does not exist', async () => {
-    fs.stat = jest.fn().mockRejectedValueOnce(new Error('Path not accessible'))
-
-    const result = await getTemplates('/tmp/metadata/templates')
-    expect(result.size).toBe(0)
-  })
-
-  it('returns an empty map if the path is not a directory', async () => {
-    fs.stat = jest
-      .fn()
-      .mockResolvedValueOnce({ isDirectory: () => false } as any)
-
-    const result = await getTemplates('/tmp/metadata/templates')
-    expect(result.size).toBe(0)
-  })
-})
+import { prepareQuery } from '../../src/metadata/compileView'
 
 describe('prepareQuery', () => {
   it('appends a semicolon if not present', () => {
diff --git a/tests/metadata/getTemplates.test.ts b/tests/metadata/getTemplates.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7c723c8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/metadata/getTemplates.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+import fs from 'fs/promises'
+import getTemplates from '../../src/metadata/getTemplates'
+
+describe('getTemplates', () => {
+  beforeAll(() => {
+    jest.mock('fs')
+  })
+
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    jest.clearAllMocks()
+  })
+
+  it('returns an empty map if the path does not exist', async () => {
+    fs.stat = jest.fn().mockRejectedValueOnce(new Error('Path not accessible'))
+
+    const result = await getTemplates('/tmp/metadata/templates')
+    expect(result.size).toBe(0)
+  })
+
+  it('returns an empty map if the path is not a directory', async () => {
+    fs.stat = jest
+      .fn()
+      .mockResolvedValueOnce({ isDirectory: () => false } as any)
+
+    const result = await getTemplates('/tmp/metadata/templates')
+    expect(result.size).toBe(0)
+  })
+})