diff --git a/executorlib/shared/cache.py b/executorlib/shared/cache.py
index 07fb36eb..13f493b6 100644
--- a/executorlib/shared/cache.py
+++ b/executorlib/shared/cache.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 from concurrent.futures import Future
 from typing import Any, Tuple
 
-from executorlib.shared.executor import get_command_path
+from executorlib.shared.command import get_command_path
 from executorlib.shared.hdf import dump, get_output, load
 from executorlib.shared.serialize import serialize_funct_h5
 
diff --git a/executorlib/shared/command.py b/executorlib/shared/command.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8dfa8e83
--- /dev/null
+++ b/executorlib/shared/command.py
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+import os
+
+
+def get_command_path(executable: str) -> str:
+    """
+    Get path of the backend executable script
+
+    Args:
+        executable (str): Name of the backend executable script, either mpiexec.py or serial.py
+
+    Returns:
+        str: absolute path to the executable script
+    """
+    return os.path.abspath(os.path.join(__file__, "..", "..", "backend", executable))
diff --git a/executorlib/shared/executor.py b/executorlib/shared/executor.py
index b49c55f0..24c0c613 100644
--- a/executorlib/shared/executor.py
+++ b/executorlib/shared/executor.py
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 import importlib.util
 import inspect
-import os
 import queue
 import sys
 from concurrent.futures import (
@@ -14,6 +13,7 @@
 
 import cloudpickle
 
+from executorlib.shared.command import get_command_path
 from executorlib.shared.communication import interface_bootup
 from executorlib.shared.inputcheck import (
     check_resource_dict,
@@ -465,19 +465,6 @@ def execute_tasks_with_dependencies(
             sleep(refresh_rate)
 
 
-def get_command_path(executable: str) -> str:
-    """
-    Get path of the backend executable script
-
-    Args:
-        executable (str): Name of the backend executable script, either mpiexec.py or serial.py
-
-    Returns:
-        str: absolute path to the executable script
-    """
-    return os.path.abspath(os.path.join(__file__, "..", "..", "backend", executable))
-
-
 def _get_backend_path(
     cores: int,
 ) -> list: