diff --git a/internal/server/ship_processor.go b/internal/server/ship_processor.go
index ad56305..654fd55 100644
--- a/internal/server/ship_processor.go
+++ b/internal/server/ship_processor.go
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ func (processor *ShipProcessor) processTransactionTrace(log *log.Entry, blockNum
 	// Actions
 	for _, actionTraceVar := range trace.ActionTraces {
 
-		actionTrace := toActionTraceV1(actionTraceVar)
+		actionTrace := ship_helper.ToActionTraceV1(actionTraceVar)
 		actMsg := processor.proccessActionTrace(logger, actionTrace)
 		if actMsg != nil {
 			actMsg.TxID = trace.ID.String()
diff --git a/internal/server/helpers.go b/internal/ship/action.go
similarity index 90%
rename from internal/server/helpers.go
rename to internal/ship/action.go
index 95ea78d..8a25a46 100644
--- a/internal/server/helpers.go
+++ b/internal/ship/action.go
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
-package server
+package ship
 
 import (
 	"github.com/shufflingpixels/antelope-go/ship"
 )
 
 // convert a ActionTrace to ActionTraceV1
-func toActionTraceV1(trace *ship.ActionTrace) *ship.ActionTraceV1 {
+func ToActionTraceV1(trace *ship.ActionTrace) *ship.ActionTraceV1 {
 	if trace.V0 != nil {
 		// convert to v1
 		return &ship.ActionTraceV1{