diff --git a/controllers/statsController.js b/controllers/statsController.js
index 3aac00df..0e736d66 100644
--- a/controllers/statsController.js
+++ b/controllers/statsController.js
@@ -1,7 +1,60 @@
 const logger = require('winston');
+const ua = require('universal-analytics');
+const config = require('config');
 const db = require('../models');
+const googleApiKey = config.get('AnalyticsConfig.GoogleId');
 
 module.exports = {
+  postToStats: (action, url, ipAddress, result) => {
+    logger.silly('creating record for statistics db');
+    // make sure the result is a string
+    if (result && (typeof result !== 'string')) {
+      result = result.toString();
+    }
+    // // make sure the ip address(es) are a string
+    if (ipAddress && (typeof ipAddress !== 'string')) {
+      ipAddress = ipAddress.toString();
+    }
+    // create record in the db
+    db.Stats.create({
+      action,
+      url,
+      ipAddress,
+      result,
+    })
+    .then()
+    .catch(error => {
+      logger.error('sequelize error', error);
+    });
+  },
+  sendGoogleAnalytics: (action, ip, originalUrl) => {
+    const visitorId = ip.replace(/\./g, '-');
+    const visitor = ua(googleApiKey, visitorId, { strictCidFormat: false, https: true });
+    switch (action) {
+      case 'serve':
+        visitor.event('serve', originalUrl, (err) => {
+          if (err) {
+            logger.error('Google Analytics Event Error >>', err);
+          }
+        });
+        break;
+      case 'show':
+        visitor.pageview(originalUrl, 'https://spee.ch', 'show route', (err) => {
+          if (err) {
+            logger.error('Google Analytics Pageview Error >>', err);
+          }
+        });
+        break;
+      case 'publish':
+        visitor.event('publish', originalUrl, (err) => {
+          if (err) {
+            logger.error('Google Analytics Event Error >>', err);
+          }
+        });
+        break;
+      default: break;
+    }
+  },
   getStatsSummary: () => {
     logger.debug('retrieving site statistics');
     const deferred = new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
diff --git a/helpers/libraries/errorHandlers.js b/helpers/libraries/errorHandlers.js
index cc057ea5..f2ab9984 100644
--- a/helpers/libraries/errorHandlers.js
+++ b/helpers/libraries/errorHandlers.js
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 const logger = require('winston');
-const { postToStats } = require('./statsHelpers.js');
+const { postToStats } = require('./statsController.js');
 
 module.exports = {
   handleRequestError (action, originalUrl, ip, error, res) {
diff --git a/helpers/libraries/statsHelpers.js b/helpers/libraries/statsHelpers.js
deleted file mode 100644
index f5db997a..00000000
--- a/helpers/libraries/statsHelpers.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,58 +0,0 @@
-const db = require('../../models');
-const logger = require('winston');
-const ua = require('universal-analytics');
-const config = require('config');
-const googleApiKey = config.get('AnalyticsConfig.GoogleId');
-
-module.exports = {
-  postToStats: (action, url, ipAddress, result) => {
-    logger.silly('creating record for statistics db');
-    // make sure the result is a string
-    if (result && (typeof result !== 'string')) {
-      result = result.toString();
-    }
-    // // make sure the ip address(es) are a string
-    if (ipAddress && (typeof ipAddress !== 'string')) {
-      ipAddress = ipAddress.toString();
-    }
-    // create record in the db
-    db.Stats.create({
-      action,
-      url,
-      ipAddress,
-      result,
-    })
-    .then()
-    .catch(error => {
-      logger.error('sequelize error', error);
-    });
-  },
-  sendGoogleAnalytics: (action, ip, originalUrl) => {
-    const visitorId = ip.replace(/\./g, '-');
-    const visitor = ua(googleApiKey, visitorId, { strictCidFormat: false, https: true });
-    switch (action) {
-      case 'serve':
-        visitor.event('serve', originalUrl, (err) => {
-          if (err) {
-            logger.error('Google Analytics Event Error >>', err);
-          }
-        });
-        break;
-      case 'show':
-        visitor.pageview(originalUrl, 'https://spee.ch', 'show route', (err) => {
-          if (err) {
-            logger.error('Google Analytics Pageview Error >>', err);
-          }
-        });
-        break;
-      case 'publish':
-        visitor.event('publish', originalUrl, (err) => {
-          if (err) {
-            logger.error('Google Analytics Event Error >>', err);
-          }
-        });
-        break;
-      default: break;
-    }
-  },
-};
diff --git a/routes/api-routes.js b/routes/api-routes.js
index 01c0df3d..c9aa51a9 100644
--- a/routes/api-routes.js
+++ b/routes/api-routes.js
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ const publishController = require('../controllers/publishController.js');
 const lbryApi = require('../helpers/libraries/lbryApi.js');
 const publishHelpers = require('../helpers/libraries/publishHelpers.js');
 const errorHandlers = require('../helpers/libraries/errorHandlers.js');
-const { postToStats, sendGoogleAnalytics } = require('../helpers/libraries/statsHelpers.js');
+const { postToStats, sendGoogleAnalytics } = require('../helpers/libraries/statsController.js');
 
 module.exports = app => {
   // route to run a claim_list request on the daemon
diff --git a/routes/home-routes.js b/routes/home-routes.js
index d41cd000..e475b712 100644
--- a/routes/home-routes.js
+++ b/routes/home-routes.js
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 const logger = require('winston');
-const { postToStats, sendGoogleAnalytics } = require('../helpers/libraries/statsHelpers.js');
+const { postToStats, sendGoogleAnalytics } = require('../helpers/libraries/statsController.js');
 
 module.exports = app => {
   // route for the home page
diff --git a/routes/serve-routes.js b/routes/serve-routes.js
index fcdc43b2..3d382b88 100644
--- a/routes/serve-routes.js
+++ b/routes/serve-routes.js
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 const errorHandlers = require('../helpers/libraries/errorHandlers.js');
 const serveController = require('../controllers/serveController.js');
 const logger = require('winston');
-const { postToStats, sendGoogleAnalytics } = require('../helpers/libraries/statsHelpers.js');
+const { postToStats, sendGoogleAnalytics } = require('../helpers/libraries/statsController.js');
 
 function serveFile ({ fileName, fileType, filePath }, res) {
   logger.info(`serving file ${fileName}`);
diff --git a/routes/show-routes.js b/routes/show-routes.js
index cb89fa27..da9c5580 100644
--- a/routes/show-routes.js
+++ b/routes/show-routes.js
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 const logger = require('winston');
 const errorHandlers = require('../helpers/libraries/errorHandlers.js');
 const showController = require('../controllers/showController.js');
-const { postToStats, sendGoogleAnalytics } = require('../helpers/libraries/statsHelpers.js');
+const { postToStats, sendGoogleAnalytics } = require('../helpers/libraries/statsController.js');
 const statsController = require('../controllers/statsController.js');
 
 function sendAnalyticsAndLog (ip, originalUrl) {
diff --git a/routes/sockets-routes.js b/routes/sockets-routes.js
index dfc41b53..622a4294 100644
--- a/routes/sockets-routes.js
+++ b/routes/sockets-routes.js
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ const logger = require('winston');
 const publishController = require('../controllers/publishController.js');
 const publishHelpers = require('../helpers/libraries/publishHelpers.js');
 const errorHandlers = require('../helpers/libraries/errorHandlers.js');
-const { postToStats } = require('../helpers/libraries/statsHelpers.js');
+const { postToStats } = require('../helpers/libraries/statsController.js');
 
 module.exports = (app, siofu, hostedContentPath) => {
   const http = require('http').Server(app);