diff --git a/src/core/functions.ts b/src/core/functions.ts
index 85cfd8b..18154c7 100644
--- a/src/core/functions.ts
+++ b/src/core/functions.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-import { Err, Ok } from 'ts-results-es';
 import type { Module, SernAutocompleteData, SernOptionsData } from '../types/core-modules';
 import type {
     AnySelectMenuInteraction,
@@ -14,6 +13,20 @@ import { PluginType } from './structures/enums';
 import assert from 'assert';
 import type { Payload } from '../types/utility';
 
+/**
+ * Removes the first character(s) _[depending on prefix length]_ of the message
+ * @param msg
+ * @param prefix The prefix to remove
+ * @returns The message without the prefix
+ * @example
+ * message.content = '!ping';
+ * console.log(fmt(message, '!'));
+ * // [ 'ping' ]
+ */
+export function fmt(msg: string, prefix?: string): string[] {
+    if(!prefix) throw Error("Unable to parse message without prefix");
+    return msg.slice(prefix.length).trim().split(/\s+/g);
+}
 
 
 export function partitionPlugins<T,V>
diff --git a/src/core/structures/context.ts b/src/core/structures/context.ts
index 53069ea..ef3b459 100644
--- a/src/core/structures/context.ts
+++ b/src/core/structures/context.ts
@@ -12,11 +12,7 @@ import { CoreContext } from '../structures/core-context';
 import { Result, Ok, Err } from 'ts-results-es';
 import * as assert from 'assert';
 import type { ReplyOptions } from '../../types/utility';
-
-function fmt(msg: string, prefix?: string): string[] {
-    if(!prefix) throw Error("Unable to parse message without prefix");
-    return msg.slice(prefix.length).trim().split(/\s+/g);
-}
+import { fmt } from '../functions'
 
 /**
  * @since 1.0.0
diff --git a/src/handlers/event-utils.ts b/src/handlers/event-utils.ts
index 0d872a9..21c3f0a 100644
--- a/src/handlers/event-utils.ts
+++ b/src/handlers/event-utils.ts
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ import { CommandType } from '../core/structures/enums'
 import { inspect } from 'node:util'
 import { disposeAll } from '../core/ioc/base';
 import { arrayifySource, handleError } from '../core/operators';
-import { resultPayload, isAutocomplete, treeSearch } from '../core/functions'
+import { resultPayload, isAutocomplete, treeSearch, fmt } from '../core/functions'
 
 interface ExecutePayload {
     module: Module;
@@ -88,19 +88,6 @@ function createGenericHandler<Source, Narrowed extends Source, Output>(
             concatMap(makeModule)); // create a payload, preparing to execute
 }
 
-/**
- * Removes the first character(s) _[depending on prefix length]_ of the message
- * @param msg
- * @param prefix The prefix to remove
- * @returns The message without the prefix
- * @example
- * message.content = '!ping';
- * console.log(fmt(message, '!'));
- * // [ 'ping' ]
- */
-export function fmt(msg: string, prefix: string): string[] {
-    return msg.slice(prefix.length).trim().split(/\s+/g);
-}
 
 /**
  *
@@ -137,7 +124,7 @@ export function createInteractionHandler<T extends Interaction>(
 export function createMessageHandler(
     source: Observable<Message>,
     defaultPrefix: string,
-    deps: Dependencies
+    deps: Dependencies,
 ) {
     const mg = deps['@sern/modules'];
     return createGenericHandler(source, async event => {