diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 8637b38d..e3f1e2f5 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@ setup_requires=setuptools>=42; setuptools_scm[toml]>=3.4
 python_requires=>=2.7, !=3.0.*, !=3.1.*, !=3.2.*, !=3.3.*
 install_requires=
     colorama; platform_system == 'Windows'
+    importlib_resources; python_version < "3.7"
 tests_require=tox
 include_package_data=True
 packages=find:
diff --git a/tests/tests_tqdm.py b/tests/tests_tqdm.py
index b70146fe..bba457aa 100644
--- a/tests/tests_tqdm.py
+++ b/tests/tests_tqdm.py
@@ -1987,9 +1987,9 @@ def test_reversed(capsys):
 
 def test_contains(capsys):
     """Test __contains__ doesn't iterate"""
-    with tqdm(_range(9)) as t:
+    with tqdm(list(range(9))) as t:
         assert 9 not in t
-        assert all(i in t for i in range(9))
+        assert all(i in t for i in _range(9))
     out, err = capsys.readouterr()
     assert not out
     assert '  0%' in err
diff --git a/tqdm/cli.py b/tqdm/cli.py
index 02653b2c..6cf24d43 100644
--- a/tqdm/cli.py
+++ b/tqdm/cli.py
@@ -245,15 +245,15 @@ Options:
         if manpath or comppath:
             from os import path
             from shutil import copyfile
-            try:
-                from importlib import resources
-            except ImportError:  # py<3.9
+            try:  # py<3.7
                 import importlib_resources as resources
+            except ImportError:
+                from importlib import resources
 
             def cp(name, dst):
                 """copy resource `name` to `dst`"""
                 with resources.path('tqdm', name) as src:
-                    copyfile(src, dst)
+                    copyfile(str(src), dst)
                 log.info("written:%s", dst)
             if manpath is not None:
                 cp('tqdm.1', path.join(manpath, 'tqdm.1'))