diff --git a/src/env_manager.py b/src/env_manager.py
index 6857293..cfc81fb 100644
--- a/src/env_manager.py
+++ b/src/env_manager.py
@@ -3,10 +3,9 @@ from pathlib import Path
 from typing import NamedTuple
 
 from dotenv import dotenv_values
-from loguru import logger
 
 from src.dir_manager import DirManager
-from src.runner import RUNNER_DICT
+from src.runner_dict import RUNNER_DICT
 
 
 class EnvFile(NamedTuple):
@@ -23,55 +22,14 @@ class DependencyRule(NamedTuple):
     dependency: str
 
 
-def _get_indices_with_string(in_list: list[EnvFile], string: str) -> list[int]:
-    """returns all indices of items in in_list, where item.env_type matches string"""
-    return [index for index, element in enumerate(in_list) if element.env_type == string]
-
-
-def _swap_item_with_previous(in_list: list[EnvFile], index: int):
-    """swaps item at index N with item at index N-1"""
-    assert index > 0, "cannot swap with negative index"
-    in_list[index], in_list[index - 1] = in_list[index - 1], in_list[index]
-
-
-def is_rule_satisfied(in_list: list[EnvFile], rule: DependencyRule, swap=False) -> bool:
-    """returns if the ordering in in_list is compliant with the given rule
-
-    if swap=True, some reordering will happen in case of a violated rule"""
-
-    child_indices = _get_indices_with_string(in_list, rule.child)
-    parent_indices = _get_indices_with_string(in_list, rule.dependency)
-    for child_index in child_indices:
-        for parent_index in parent_indices:
-            if not parent_index < child_index:
-                if swap:
-                    _swap_item_with_previous(in_list, parent_index)
-                return False
-    return True
-
-
-def sort_env_files_by_rule(env_list: list[EnvFile], rules: list[DependencyRule]) -> list[EnvFile]:
-    in_list = env_list.copy()
-
-    for _ in range(10_000):
-        rule_satisfied: list[bool] = []
-        for rule in rules:
-            rule_satisfied.append(is_rule_satisfied(in_list, rule, swap=True))
-
-        if all(rule_satisfied):
-            return in_list
-    raise ValueError(
-        "Could not resolve test order. This is possibly due to a circular dependency (a on b, b on c, c on a)"
-    )
-
-
 class EnvManager:
     def __init__(self, env_paths_list: list[Path]):
-        self.env_files: list[EnvFile] = self._getn_env_files_list(env_paths_list)
+        self.env_files: list[EnvFile] = self._get_env_files(env_paths_list)
         self.dependency_rules: list[DependencyRule] = self._get_dependency_rules(self.env_files)
+        self.env_files = self.sort_env_files_by_rule(self.env_files, self.dependency_rules)
 
     @staticmethod
-    def _getn_env_files_list(env_paths: list[Path]) -> list[EnvFile]:
+    def _get_env_files(env_paths: list[Path]) -> list[EnvFile]:
         """Returns a list of EnvFile objects created from the given env files"""
         env_files: list[EnvFile] = []
         for env_path in env_paths:
@@ -92,6 +50,48 @@ class EnvManager:
                 dependency_rules.append(dependency_rule)
         return dependency_rules
 
+    @staticmethod
+    def _get_indices_by_string(in_list: list[EnvFile], string: str) -> list[int]:
+        """returns all indices of items in in_list, where item.env_type matches string"""
+        return [index for index, element in enumerate(in_list) if element.env_type == string]
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def _swap_item_with_previous(in_list: list[EnvFile], index: int):
+        """swaps item at index N with item at index N-1"""
+        assert index > 0, "cannot swap with negative index"
+        in_list[index], in_list[index - 1] = in_list[index - 1], in_list[index]
+
+    @classmethod
+    def is_rule_satisfied(cls, env_list: list[EnvFile], rule: DependencyRule, swap=False) -> bool:
+        """returns if the ordering in in_list is compliant with the given rule
+
+        if swap=True, some reordering will happen in case of a violated rule"""
+
+        child_indices = cls._get_indices_by_string(env_list, rule.child)
+        parent_indices = cls._get_indices_by_string(env_list, rule.dependency)
+        for child_index in child_indices:
+            for parent_index in parent_indices:
+                if not parent_index < child_index:
+                    if swap:
+                        cls._swap_item_with_previous(env_list, parent_index)
+                    return False
+        return True
+
+    @classmethod
+    def sort_env_files_by_rule(cls, env_list: list[EnvFile], rules: list[DependencyRule]) -> list[EnvFile]:
+        out_list = env_list.copy()
+
+        for _ in range(10_000):
+            rule_satisfied: list[bool] = []
+            for rule in rules:
+                rule_satisfied.append(cls.is_rule_satisfied(out_list, rule, swap=True))
+
+            if all(rule_satisfied):
+                return out_list
+        raise ValueError(
+            "Could not resolve test order. This is possibly due to a circular dependency (a on b, b on c, c on a)"
+        )
+
     def copy_env_files(self, DIR: DirManager) -> None:
         """Copies all env files to STATES/env_files. Files will be renamed to their own TYPE value."""
         env_files_dir = DIR.STATES / "env_files"