diff --git a/embark-ui/src/containers/AppContainer.js b/embark-ui/src/containers/AppContainer.js
index 7121818e..e325cc2a 100644
--- a/embark-ui/src/containers/AppContainer.js
+++ b/embark-ui/src/containers/AppContainer.js
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import routes from '../routes';
 import Login from '../components/Login';
 import Layout from "../components/Layout";
 import { DEFAULT_HOST } from '../constants';
+import {getQueryToken, stripQueryToken} from '../utils/utils';
 
 import {
   authenticate, fetchCredentials, logout,
@@ -20,22 +21,7 @@ import {LIGHT_THEME, DARK_THEME} from '../constants';
 
 import { getCredentials, getAuthenticationError, getProcesses, getTheme } from '../reducers/selectors';
 
-const qs = require('qs');
-
 class AppContainer extends Component {
-  getQueryToken() {
-    return qs.parse(this.props.location.search, {ignoreQueryPrefix: true}).token;
-  }
-
-  stripQueryToken(location) {
-    const _location = Object.assign({}, location);
-    _location.search = _location.search.replace(
-      /(\?|&?)(token=[\w-]*)(&?)/,
-      (_, p1, p2, p3) => (p2 ? (p3 === '&' ? p1 : '') : '')
-    );
-    return _location;
-  }
-
   queryStringAuthenticate() {
     if (this.props.credentials.authenticating) {
       return;
diff --git a/embark-ui/src/utils/utils.js b/embark-ui/src/utils/utils.js
index e70aeb56..243758c5 100644
--- a/embark-ui/src/utils/utils.js
+++ b/embark-ui/src/utils/utils.js
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 const Convert = require('ansi-to-html');
+import qs from 'qs';
 
 export function last(array) {
   return array && array.length ? array[array.length - 1] : undefined;
@@ -18,4 +19,16 @@ export function hashCode(str) {
 export function ansiToHtml(text) {
   const convert = new Convert();
   return convert.toHtml(text.replace(/\n/g,'<br>'))
+
+export function getQueryToken(location) {
+  return qs.parse(location.search, {ignoreQueryPrefix: true}).token;
+}
+
+export function stripQueryToken(location) {
+  const _location = Object.assign({}, location);
+  _location.search = _location.search.replace(
+    /(\?|&?)(token=[\w-]*)(&?)/,
+    (_, p1, p2, p3) => (p2 ? (p3 === '&' ? p1 : '') : '')
+  );
+  return _location;
 }