diff --git a/app/glob.py b/app/glob.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..dbdcbb3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/glob.py
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+from flask import g
+
+from app.config import load_config, config_location
+from app.manager import PublicationManager
+
+
+def get_config():
+    if 'config' not in g:
+        g.config = load_config(config_location())
+
+    return g.config
+
+
+def get_manager():
+    if 'manager' not in g:
+        g.manager = PublicationManager(get_config())
+
+    return g.manager
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diff --git a/app/utils.py b/app/utils.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3d7f52c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/utils.py
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+from typing import Optional
+
+from flask_restful import abort
+from pathvalidate import is_valid_filepath
+
+
+def validate_url(url: Optional[str]):
+    if url is not None:
+        if not is_valid_filepath(url, platform='posix'):
+            abort(400, message='invalid url')
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diff --git a/pub1c-rest.py b/pub1c-rest.py
index 79daa8b..389188b 100644
--- a/pub1c-rest.py
+++ b/pub1c-rest.py
@@ -1,14 +1,14 @@
 import os
-from typing import List, Optional, Dict
+from typing import List, Dict
 import traceback
 
-from flask import Flask, g, render_template
+from flask import Flask, render_template
 from flask_restful import Resource, Api, reqparse, abort
 from flask_cors import CORS
-from pathvalidate import is_valid_filepath
 
-from app.config import load_config, config_location
-from app.manager import infobase_data_blank, PublicationManager
+from app.glob import get_config, get_manager
+from app.manager import infobase_data_blank
+from app.utils import validate_url
 from brackets import get_infobases as br_get_infobases
 
 apache_restart_flagfile = 'restart_apache'
@@ -28,20 +28,6 @@ remove_parser = reqparse.RequestParser()
 remove_parser.add_argument('force', type=bool, default=False)
 
 
-def get_config():
-    if 'config' not in g:
-        g.config = load_config(config_location())
-
-    return g.config
-
-
-def get_manager():
-    if 'manager' not in g:
-        g.manager = PublicationManager(get_config())
-
-    return g.manager
-
-
 def load_infobases(config) -> List[str]:
     result = []
     if 'infobases' in config and 'server_file' in config['infobases']:
@@ -49,12 +35,6 @@ def load_infobases(config) -> List[str]:
     return result
 
 
-def validate_url(url: Optional[str]):
-    if url is not None:
-        if not is_valid_filepath(url, platform='posix'):
-            abort(400, message='invalid url')
-
-
 class InfobasesAvailable(Resource):
     def get(self) -> List[str]:
         cfg = get_config()