diff --git a/processor/org_mode/org_to_jsonl.py b/processor/org_mode/org_to_jsonl.py
index 016435d3..9e786abb 100644
--- a/processor/org_mode/org_to_jsonl.py
+++ b/processor/org_mode/org_to_jsonl.py
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 # Import Modules
 import processor.org_mode.orgnode
+from utils.helpers import get_absolute_path, is_none_or_empty
 import json
 import argparse
 import pathlib
@@ -119,14 +120,6 @@ def convert_org_entries_to_jsonl(entries, verbose=0):
     return jsonl
 
 
-def is_none_or_empty(item):
-    return item == None or (hasattr(item, '__iter__') and len(item) == 0)
-
-
-def get_absolute_path(filepath):
-    return str(pathlib.Path(filepath).expanduser().absolute())
-
-
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     # Setup Argument Parser
     parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description="Map Org-Mode notes into (compressed) JSONL format")
diff --git a/search_type/asymmetric.py b/search_type/asymmetric.py
index ddcd526e..74078563 100644
--- a/search_type/asymmetric.py
+++ b/search_type/asymmetric.py
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import re
 import torch
 import argparse
 import pathlib
-
+from utils.helpers import get_absolute_path
 
 def initialize_model():
     "Initialize model for assymetric semantic search. That is, where query smaller than results"
@@ -140,10 +140,6 @@ def collate_results(hits, entries, count=5):
         in hits[0:count]]
 
 
-def get_absolute_path(filepath):
-    return str(pathlib.Path(filepath).expanduser().absolute())
-
-
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     # Setup Argument Parser
     parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description="Map Org-Mode notes into (compressed) JSONL format")
diff --git a/utils/__init__.py b/utils/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e69de29b
diff --git a/utils/helpers.py b/utils/helpers.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..64902835
--- /dev/null
+++ b/utils/helpers.py
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+import pathlib
+
+
+def is_none_or_empty(item):
+    return item == None or (hasattr(item, '__iter__') and len(item) == 0)
+
+
+def get_absolute_path(filepath):
+    return str(pathlib.Path(filepath).expanduser().absolute())