diff --git a/src/builder/builder_factory.ts b/src/builder/builder_factory.ts
index b69df72..420d939 100644
--- a/src/builder/builder_factory.ts
+++ b/src/builder/builder_factory.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import QueryBuilder from "./query_builder";
 import TRAPIQueryBuilder from "./trapi_query_builder";
 import TemplateQueryBuilder from "./template_query_builder";
-import Debug from "debug";
+import { Debug } from "@biothings-explorer/utils";
 const debug = Debug("bte:call-apis:query");
 import type { APIEdge } from "../types";
 import { QueryHandlerOptions } from "@biothings-explorer/types";
diff --git a/src/dispatcher.ts b/src/dispatcher.ts
index 6e3b665..b8edceb 100644
--- a/src/dispatcher.ts
+++ b/src/dispatcher.ts
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import {
   Telemetry,
   RedisClient,
 } from "@biothings-explorer/utils";
-import Debug from "debug";
+import { Debug } from "@biothings-explorer/utils";
 const debug = Debug("bte:call-apis:query");
 
 export default class SubQueryDispatcher {
diff --git a/src/index.ts b/src/index.ts
index e2ee4a4..8c43d9e 100644
--- a/src/index.ts
+++ b/src/index.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import { LogEntry, StampedLog, RedisClient } from "@biothings-explorer/utils";
 import { APIEdge, UnavailableAPITracker } from "./types";
 import { QueryHandlerOptions } from "@biothings-explorer/types";
-import Debug from "debug";
+import { Debug } from "@biothings-explorer/utils";
 const debug = Debug("bte:call-apis:query");
 import queryBuilder from "./builder/builder_factory";
 import TRAPIQueryBuilder from "./builder/trapi_query_builder";
diff --git a/src/query_pool.ts b/src/query_pool.ts
index c919d0e..97a0334 100644
--- a/src/query_pool.ts
+++ b/src/query_pool.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import BaseQueryBuilder from "./builder/base_query_builder";
 import { UnavailableAPITracker } from "./types";
 import os from "os";
 import axios, { AxiosRequestConfig, AxiosResponse } from "axios";
-import Debug from "debug";
+import { Debug } from "@biothings-explorer/utils";
 const debug = Debug("bte:call-apis:query");
 import { Telemetry, LogEntry, StampedLog } from "@biothings-explorer/utils";
 import axiosRetry from "axios-retry";
diff --git a/src/query_queue.ts b/src/query_queue.ts
index 62df649..c4b12f2 100644
--- a/src/query_queue.ts
+++ b/src/query_queue.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import BaseQueryBuilder from "./builder/base_query_builder";
 import RateCounter from "./rate_limiter";
 import { RedisClient } from "@biothings-explorer/utils";
-import Debug from "debug";
+import { Debug } from "@biothings-explorer/utils";
 const debug = Debug("bte:call-apis:query");
 
 export default class APIQueryQueue {
diff --git a/src/rate_limiter.ts b/src/rate_limiter.ts
index fea2fd0..a309464 100644
--- a/src/rate_limiter.ts
+++ b/src/rate_limiter.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import BaseQueryBuilder from "./builder/base_query_builder";
 import { RedisClient } from "@biothings-explorer/utils";
-import Debug from "debug";
+import { Debug } from "@biothings-explorer/utils";
 const debug = Debug("bte:call-apis:query");
 
 // Default rate limit of 100 queries per second, which shouldn't ever be reached