diff --git a/src/helpers/misc/edit_bot_status.ts b/src/helpers/misc/edit_bot_status.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7a1917492
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/helpers/misc/edit_bot_status.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+import { eventHandlers } from "../../bot.ts";
+import { DiscordGatewayOpcodes } from "../../types/codes/gateway_opcodes.ts";
+import { StatusUpdate } from "../../types/gateway/status_update.ts";
+import { ws } from "../../ws/ws.ts";
+
+export function editBotStatus(data: Omit<StatusUpdate, "afk" | "since">) {
+  ws.shards.forEach((shard) => {
+    eventHandlers.debug?.(
+      "loop",
+      `Running forEach loop in editBotStatus function.`
+    );
+    shard.ws.send(
+      JSON.stringify({
+        op: DiscordGatewayOpcodes.StatusUpdate,
+        d: {
+          since: null,
+          afk: false,
+          ...data,
+        },
+      })
+    );
+  });
+}
diff --git a/src/util/utils.ts b/src/util/utils.ts
index c47e6d266..2a87114a1 100644
--- a/src/util/utils.ts
+++ b/src/util/utils.ts
@@ -1,36 +1,11 @@
 import { encode } from "../../deps.ts";
 import { eventHandlers } from "../bot.ts";
-import { DiscordGatewayOpcodes } from "../types/codes/gateway_opcodes.ts";
-import { StatusUpdate } from "../types/gateway/status_update.ts";
 import { DiscordApplicationCommandOptionTypes } from "../types/interactions/application_command_option_types.ts";
 import { Errors } from "../types/misc/errors.ts";
 import { DiscordImageFormat } from "../types/misc/image_format.ts";
 import { DiscordImageSize } from "../types/misc/image_size.ts";
-import { ws } from "../ws/ws.ts";
 import { SLASH_COMMANDS_NAME_REGEX } from "./constants.ts";
 
-// TODO: move this function to helpers
-export function editBotStatus(
-  data: Omit<StatusUpdate, "afk" | "since">,
-) {
-  ws.shards.forEach((shard) => {
-    eventHandlers.debug?.(
-      "loop",
-      `Running forEach loop in editBotStatus function.`,
-    );
-    shard.ws.send(
-      JSON.stringify({
-        op: DiscordGatewayOpcodes.StatusUpdate,
-        d: {
-          since: null,
-          afk: false,
-          ...data,
-        },
-      }),
-    );
-  });
-}
-
 export async function urlToBase64(url: string) {
   const buffer = await fetch(url).then((res) => res.arrayBuffer());
   const imageStr = encode(buffer);