diff --git a/client.js b/client.js
index 7254ea4..4f68eb1 100644
--- a/client.js
+++ b/client.js
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ Tracker.prototype.scrape = function (opts) {
   debug('sent `scrape` to ' + self._announceUrl)
 
   opts = extend({
-    info_hash: bytewiseEncodeURIComponent(self.client._infoHash)
+    info_hash: common.bytewiseEncodeURIComponent(self.client._infoHash)
   }, opts)
 
   self._requestImpl(self._scrapeUrl, opts)
@@ -214,8 +214,8 @@ Tracker.prototype.setInterval = function (intervalMs) {
 Tracker.prototype._request = function (opts) {
   var self = this
   opts = extend({
-    info_hash: bytewiseEncodeURIComponent(self.client._infoHash),
-    peer_id: bytewiseEncodeURIComponent(self.client._peerId),
+    info_hash: common.bytewiseEncodeURIComponent(self.client._infoHash),
+    peer_id: common.bytewiseEncodeURIComponent(self.client._peerId),
     port: self.client._port,
     compact: 1,
     numwant: self.client._numWant,
@@ -461,7 +461,7 @@ Tracker.prototype._handleResponse = function (requestUrl, data) {
   } else if (requestUrl === self._scrapeUrl) {
     // NOTE: the unofficial spec says to use the 'files' key but i've seen 'host' in practice
     data = data.files || data.host || {}
-    data = data[bytewiseEncodeURIComponent(self.client._infoHash)]
+    data = data[common.bytewiseEncodeURIComponent(self.client._infoHash)]
 
     if (!data) {
       self.client.emit('error', new Error('invalid scrape response'))
@@ -499,7 +499,3 @@ function toUInt64 (n) {
   }
   return Buffer.concat([common.toUInt32(0), common.toUInt32(n)])
 }
-
-function bytewiseEncodeURIComponent (buf) {
-  return encodeURIComponent(buf.toString('binary'))
-}
diff --git a/lib/common.js b/lib/common.js
index fe936b1..a281f83 100644
--- a/lib/common.js
+++ b/lib/common.js
@@ -12,3 +12,11 @@ exports.toUInt32 = toUInt32
 exports.CONNECTION_ID = Buffer.concat([ toUInt32(0x417), toUInt32(0x27101980) ])
 exports.ACTIONS = { CONNECT: 0, ANNOUNCE: 1, SCRAPE: 2, ERROR: 3 }
 exports.EVENTS = { update: 0, completed: 1, started: 2, stopped: 3 }
+
+exports.bytewiseDecodeURIComponent = function (str) {
+  return new Buffer(decodeURIComponent(str), 'binary')
+}
+
+exports.bytewiseEncodeURIComponent = function (buf) {
+  return encodeURIComponent(buf.toString('binary'))
+}
diff --git a/server.js b/server.js
index a7db9eb..8d3a0eb 100644
--- a/server.js
+++ b/server.js
@@ -116,10 +116,10 @@ Server.prototype._onHttpRequest = function (req, res) {
 
   if (s[0] === '/announce') {
     var infoHash = typeof params.info_hash === 'string' &&
-      bytewiseDecodeURIComponent(params.info_hash).toString('hex')
+      common.bytewiseDecodeURIComponent(params.info_hash).toString('hex')
     var port = Number(params.port)
     var peerId = typeof params.peer_id === 'string' &&
-      bytewiseDecodeURIComponent(params.peer_id).toString('utf8')
+      common.bytewiseDecodeURIComponent(params.peer_id).toString('utf8')
 
     if (!infoHash) return error('invalid info_hash')
     if (infoHash.length !== 40) return error('invalid info_hash')
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ Server.prototype._onHttpRequest = function (req, res) {
     }
 
     params.info_hash.some(function (infoHash) {
-      var infoHashHex = bytewiseDecodeURIComponent(infoHash).toString('hex')
+      var infoHashHex = common.bytewiseDecodeURIComponent(infoHash).toString('hex')
       if (infoHashHex.length !== 40) {
         error('invalid info_hash')
         return true // early return
@@ -473,7 +473,3 @@ function fromUInt64 (buf) {
 
   return high * TWO_PWR_32 + lowUnsigned
 }
-
-function bytewiseDecodeURIComponent (str) {
-  return new Buffer(decodeURIComponent(str), 'binary')
-}