diff --git a/backend/src/apiserver/visualization/exporter.py b/backend/src/apiserver/visualization/exporter.py
index 2fe7c55e46b..c5cc3d0f8cc 100644
--- a/backend/src/apiserver/visualization/exporter.py
+++ b/backend/src/apiserver/visualization/exporter.py
@@ -66,7 +66,10 @@ def create_cell_from_file(filepath: Text) -> NotebookNode:
         NotebookNode with specified file as code within node.
 
     """
-    return new_code_cell("%run {}".format(filepath))
+    with open(filepath, 'r') as f:
+        code = f.read()	
+
+    return new_code_cell(code)
 
 
 def create_cell_from_custom_code(code: list) -> NotebookNode:
diff --git a/backend/src/apiserver/visualization/snapshots/snap_test_exporter.py b/backend/src/apiserver/visualization/snapshots/snap_test_exporter.py
index 6d71aa258a5..b5ee9a514af 100644
--- a/backend/src/apiserver/visualization/snapshots/snap_test_exporter.py
+++ b/backend/src/apiserver/visualization/snapshots/snap_test_exporter.py
@@ -40,7 +40,26 @@
 snapshots['TestExporterMethods::test_create_cell_from_custom_code 1'] = '''x = 2
 print(x)'''
 
-snapshots['TestExporterMethods::test_create_cell_from_file 1'] = '%run types/tfdv.py'
+snapshots['TestExporterMethods::test_create_cell_from_file 1'] = '''"""
+test.py provides a basic predefined visualization that can be used for testing
+because it does not have dependencies and had a low chance of being updated.
+"""
+
+# Copyright 2019 Google LLC
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+print(2)'''
 
 snapshots['TestExporterMethods::test_generate_custom_visualization_html_from_notebook 1'] = '''
 <div class="output_wrapper">
@@ -65,24 +84,4 @@
 
 
 
-'''
-
-snapshots['TestExporterMethods::test_generate_test_visualization_html_from_notebook 1'] = '''
-<div class="output_wrapper">
-<div class="output">
-
-
-<div class="output_area">
-
-    <div class="prompt"></div>
-
-
-
-</div>
-
-</div>
-</div>
-
-
-
 '''
diff --git a/backend/src/apiserver/visualization/test_exporter.py b/backend/src/apiserver/visualization/test_exporter.py
index 8022d76cfba..c869fec88e8 100644
--- a/backend/src/apiserver/visualization/test_exporter.py
+++ b/backend/src/apiserver/visualization/test_exporter.py
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ def test_create_cell_from_args_with_multiple_args(self):
         self.assertMatchSnapshot(html)
 
     def test_create_cell_from_file(self):
-        cell = exporter.create_cell_from_file("types/tfdv.py")
+        cell = exporter.create_cell_from_file("types/test.py")
         self.assertMatchSnapshot(cell.source)
 
     def test_create_cell_from_custom_code(self):
@@ -66,13 +66,6 @@ def test_create_cell_from_custom_code(self):
         cell = exporter.create_cell_from_custom_code(code)
         self.assertMatchSnapshot(cell.source)
 
-    # Tests to ensure output is generated for predefined visualizations.
-    def test_generate_test_visualization_html_from_notebook(self):
-        nb = new_notebook()
-        nb.cells.append(exporter.create_cell_from_file("types/test.py"))
-        html = self.exporter.generate_html_from_notebook(nb)
-        self.assertMatchSnapshot(html)
-
     # Tests to ensure output is generated for custom visualizations.
     def test_generate_custom_visualization_html_from_notebook(self):
         nb = new_notebook()
diff --git a/backend/src/apiserver/visualization/types/test.py b/backend/src/apiserver/visualization/types/test.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..b9eca40d04f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/src/apiserver/visualization/types/test.py
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+"""
+test.py provides a basic predefined visualization that can be used for testing
+because it does not have dependencies and had a low chance of being updated.
+"""
+
+# Copyright 2019 Google LLC
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+print(2)
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