diff --git a/.config/quickshell/modules/common/functions/file_utils.js b/.config/quickshell/modules/common/functions/file_utils.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..281921da1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.config/quickshell/modules/common/functions/file_utils.js
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+function trimFileProtocol(str) {
+    return str.startsWith("file://") ? str.slice(7) : str;
+}
+
diff --git a/.config/quickshell/modules/common/functions/string_utils.js b/.config/quickshell/modules/common/functions/string_utils.js
index e52f167dc..3251b4574 100644
--- a/.config/quickshell/modules/common/functions/string_utils.js
+++ b/.config/quickshell/modules/common/functions/string_utils.js
@@ -89,10 +89,6 @@ function splitMarkdownBlocks(markdown) {
     return result;
 }
 
-function trimFileProtocol(str) {
-    return str.startsWith("file://") ? str.slice(7) : str;
-}
-
 function escapeBackslashes(str) {
     return str.replace(/\\/g, '\\\\');
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.config/quickshell/modules/sidebarLeft/AiChat.qml b/.config/quickshell/modules/sidebarLeft/AiChat.qml
index 167cc7322..0c32d8cde 100644
--- a/.config/quickshell/modules/sidebarLeft/AiChat.qml
+++ b/.config/quickshell/modules/sidebarLeft/AiChat.qml
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import "root:/modules/common/widgets"
 import "./aiChat/"
 import "root:/modules/common/functions/fuzzysort.js" as Fuzzy
 import "root:/modules/common/functions/string_utils.js" as StringUtils
+import "root:/modules/common/functions/file_utils.js" as FileUtils
 import Qt.labs.platform
 import QtQuick
 import QtQuick.Controls
@@ -20,7 +21,7 @@ Item {
     property var inputField: messageInputField
     readonly property var messages: Ai.messages
     property string commandPrefix: "/"
-    property string faviconDownloadPath: StringUtils.trimFileProtocol(`${StandardPaths.standardLocations(StandardPaths.CacheLocation)[0]}/media/favicons`)
+    property string faviconDownloadPath: FileUtils.trimFileProtocol(`${StandardPaths.standardLocations(StandardPaths.CacheLocation)[0]}/media/favicons`)
 
     property var suggestionQuery: ""
     property var suggestionList: []
diff --git a/.config/quickshell/services/LatexRenderer.qml b/.config/quickshell/services/LatexRenderer.qml
index 2c0b7f3d3..edeaccb00 100644
--- a/.config/quickshell/services/LatexRenderer.qml
+++ b/.config/quickshell/services/LatexRenderer.qml
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ pragma Singleton
 pragma ComponentBehavior: Bound
 
 import "root:/modules/common/functions/string_utils.js" as StringUtils
+import "root:/modules/common/functions/file_utils.js" as FileUtils
 import "root:/modules/common"
 import QtQuick
 import Quickshell
@@ -25,7 +26,7 @@ Singleton {
     property var processedExpressions: ({})
     property var renderedImagePaths: ({})
     property string microtexBinaryPath: Qt.resolvedUrl("/opt/MicroTeX/LaTeX")
-    property string latexOutputPath: StringUtils.trimFileProtocol(`${StandardPaths.standardLocations(StandardPaths.CacheLocation)[0]}/latex`)
+    property string latexOutputPath: FileUtils.trimFileProtocol(`${StandardPaths.standardLocations(StandardPaths.CacheLocation)[0]}/latex`)
 
     signal renderFinished(string hash, string imagePath)