diff --git a/server/controllers/api/channel/data/index.js b/server/controllers/api/channel/data/index.js
index ad678d78..b52022f8 100644
--- a/server/controllers/api/channel/data/index.js
+++ b/server/controllers/api/channel/data/index.js
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
-const { getChannelData } = require('../../../utils/serveHelpers.js');
 const { handleErrorResponse } = require('../../../utils/errorHandlers.js');
 
+const getChannelData = require('./getChannelData.js');
+
 const NO_CHANNEL = 'NO_CHANNEL';
 
 /*
diff --git a/server/controllers/api/claim/get/addGetResultsToFileData.js b/server/controllers/api/claim/get/addGetResultsToFileData.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3fe3cc43
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/controllers/api/claim/get/addGetResultsToFileData.js
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+module.exports = (fileInfo, getResult) => {
+  fileInfo.fileName = getResult.file_name;
+  fileInfo.filePath = getResult.download_path;
+  return fileInfo;
+};
diff --git a/server/controllers/api/claim/get/createFileData.js b/server/controllers/api/claim/get/createFileData.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..71d295ab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/controllers/api/claim/get/createFileData.js
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+module.exports = ({ name, claimId, outpoint, height, address, nsfw, contentType }) => {
+  return {
+    name,
+    claimId,
+    outpoint,
+    height,
+    address,
+    fileName: '',
+    filePath: '',
+    fileType: contentType,
+    nsfw,
+  };
+};
diff --git a/server/controllers/api/claim/get/index.js b/server/controllers/api/claim/get/index.js
index d54fcc87..1a8757e8 100644
--- a/server/controllers/api/claim/get/index.js
+++ b/server/controllers/api/claim/get/index.js
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 const { getClaim } = require('../../../../lbrynet');
-const { addGetResultsToFileData, createFileData } = require('../../../utils/file.js');
+const addGetResultsToFileData = require('./addGetResultsToFileData.js');
+const createFileData = require('./createFileData.js');
 const { handleErrorResponse } = require('../../../utils/errorHandlers.js');
 const db = require('../../../../models');
 
diff --git a/server/controllers/api/claim/longId/index.js b/server/controllers/api/claim/longId/index.js
index b84ded1e..f246fd0c 100644
--- a/server/controllers/api/claim/longId/index.js
+++ b/server/controllers/api/claim/longId/index.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-const { getClaimId } = require('../../../utils/serveHelpers.js');
+const getClaimId = require('../../../utils/getClaimId.js');
 const { handleErrorResponse } = require('../../../utils/errorHandlers.js');
 
 const NO_CHANNEL = 'NO_CHANNEL';
diff --git a/server/controllers/assets/serveByClaim/index.js b/server/controllers/assets/serveByClaim/index.js
index 51d9a500..a561754e 100644
--- a/server/controllers/assets/serveByClaim/index.js
+++ b/server/controllers/assets/serveByClaim/index.js
@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
 const { sendGAServeEvent } = require('../../../utils/googleAnalytics');
-const {
-  determineResponseType,
-  logRequestData,
-  getClaimIdAndServeAsset,
-} = require('../../utils/serve.js');
-const lbryUri = require('../../utils/lbryUri.js');
 const handleShowRender = require('../../../render/build/handleShowRender.js');
+
+const lbryUri = require('../utils/lbryUri.js');
+
+const determineResponseType = require('../utils/determineResponseType.js');
+const getClaimIdAndServeAsset = require('../utils/getClaimIdAndServeAsset.js');
+const logRequestData = require('../utils/logRequestData.js');
+
 const SERVE = 'SERVE';
 
 /*
diff --git a/server/controllers/assets/serveByIdentifierAndClaim/index.js b/server/controllers/assets/serveByIdentifierAndClaim/index.js
index 954421d9..2fbdb7bb 100644
--- a/server/controllers/assets/serveByIdentifierAndClaim/index.js
+++ b/server/controllers/assets/serveByIdentifierAndClaim/index.js
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 const { sendGAServeEvent } = require('../../../utils/googleAnalytics');
-const {
-  determineResponseType,
-  flipClaimNameAndIdForBackwardsCompatibility,
-  logRequestData,
-  getClaimIdAndServeAsset,
-} = require('../../utils/serve.js');
-const lbryUri = require('../../utils/lbryUri.js');
 const handleShowRender = require('../../../render/build/handleShowRender.js');
 
+const lbryUri = require('../utils/lbryUri.js');
+
+const determineResponseType = require('../utils/determineResponseType.js');
+const getClaimIdAndServeAsset = require('../utils/getClaimIdAndServeAsset.js');
+const flipClaimNameAndIdForBackwardsCompatibility = require('../utils/flipClaimNameAndIdForBackwardsCompatibility.js');
+const logRequestData = require('../utils/logRequestData.js');
+
 const SERVE = 'SERVE';
 
 /*
diff --git a/server/controllers/assets/utils/determineResponseType.js b/server/controllers/assets/utils/determineResponseType.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f32a0c5c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/controllers/assets/utils/determineResponseType.js
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+const logger = require('winston');
+
+const SERVE = 'SERVE';
+const SHOW = 'SHOW';
+
+function clientAcceptsHtml ({accept}) {
+  return accept && accept.match(/text\/html/);
+};
+
+function requestIsFromBrowser (headers) {
+  return headers['user-agent'] && headers['user-agent'].match(/Mozilla/);
+};
+
+function clientWantsAsset ({accept, range}) {
+  const imageIsWanted = accept && accept.match(/image\/.*/) && !accept.match(/text\/html/) && !accept.match(/text\/\*/);
+  const videoIsWanted = accept && range;
+  return imageIsWanted || videoIsWanted;
+};
+
+const determineResponseType = (hasFileExtension, headers) => {
+  let responseType;
+  if (hasFileExtension) {
+    responseType = SERVE;  // assume a serve request if file extension is present
+    if (clientAcceptsHtml(headers)) {  // if the request comes from a browser, change it to a show request
+      responseType = SHOW;
+    }
+  } else {
+    responseType = SHOW;
+    if (clientWantsAsset(headers) && requestIsFromBrowser(headers)) {  // this is in case someone embeds a show url
+      logger.debug('Show request came from browser but wants an image/video. Changing response to serve...');
+      responseType = SERVE;
+    }
+  }
+  return responseType;
+};
+
+module.exports = determineResponseType;
diff --git a/server/controllers/assets/utils/flipClaimNameAndIdForBackwardsCompatibility.js b/server/controllers/assets/utils/flipClaimNameAndIdForBackwardsCompatibility.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..47ebab32
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/controllers/assets/utils/flipClaimNameAndIdForBackwardsCompatibility.js
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+function isValidClaimId (claimId) {
+  return ((claimId.length === 40) && !/[^A-Za-z0-9]/g.test(claimId));
+};
+
+function isValidShortId (claimId) {
+  return claimId.length === 1;  // it should really evaluate the short url itself
+};
+
+function isValidShortIdOrClaimId (input) {
+  return (isValidClaimId(input) || isValidShortId(input));
+};
+
+const flipClaimNameAndIdForBackwardsCompatibility = (identifier, name) => {
+  // this is a patch for backwards compatability with '/name/claim_id' url format
+  if (isValidShortIdOrClaimId(name) && !isValidShortIdOrClaimId(identifier)) {
+    const tempName = name;
+    name = identifier;
+    identifier = tempName;
+  }
+  return [identifier, name];
+};
+
+module.exports = flipClaimNameAndIdForBackwardsCompatibility;
diff --git a/server/controllers/assets/utils/getClaimIdAndServeAsset.js b/server/controllers/assets/utils/getClaimIdAndServeAsset.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ab0e3ce3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/controllers/assets/utils/getClaimIdAndServeAsset.js
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+const logger = require('winston');
+const getClaimId = require('../../utils/getClaimId.js');
+const getLocalFileRecord = require('../../utils/getLocalFileRecord.js');
+const { handleErrorResponse } = require('../../utils/errorHandlers.js');
+
+const NO_FILE = 'NO_FILE';
+const NO_CHANNEL = 'NO_CHANNEL';
+const NO_CLAIM = 'NO_CLAIM';
+
+function serveAssetToClient (claimId, name, res) {
+  return getLocalFileRecord(claimId, name)
+    .then(fileRecord => {
+      // check that a local record was found
+      if (fileRecord === NO_FILE) {
+        return res.status(307).redirect(`/api/claim/get/${name}/${claimId}`);
+      }
+      // serve the file
+      const {filePath, fileType} = fileRecord;
+      logger.verbose(`serving file: ${filePath}`);
+      const sendFileOptions = {
+        headers: {
+          'X-Content-Type-Options': 'nosniff',
+          'Content-Type'          : fileType || 'image/jpeg',
+        },
+      };
+      res.status(200).sendFile(filePath, sendFileOptions);
+    })
+    .catch(error => {
+      throw error;
+    });
+};
+
+const getClaimIdAndServeAsset = (channelName, channelClaimId, claimName, claimId, originalUrl, ip, res) => {
+  // get the claim Id and then serve the asset
+  getClaimId(channelName, channelClaimId, claimName, claimId)
+    .then(fullClaimId => {
+      if (fullClaimId === NO_CLAIM) {
+        return res.status(404).json({success: false, message: 'no claim id could be found'});
+      } else if (fullClaimId === NO_CHANNEL) {
+        return res.status(404).json({success: false, message: 'no channel id could be found'});
+      }
+      serveAssetToClient(fullClaimId, claimName, res);
+      // postToStats(responseType, originalUrl, ip, claimName, fullClaimId, 'success');
+    })
+    .catch(error => {
+      handleErrorResponse(originalUrl, ip, error, res);
+      // postToStats(responseType, originalUrl, ip, claimName, fullClaimId, 'fail');
+    });
+};
+
+module.exports = getClaimIdAndServeAsset;
diff --git a/server/controllers/utils/lbryUri.js b/server/controllers/assets/utils/lbryUri.js
similarity index 100%
rename from server/controllers/utils/lbryUri.js
rename to server/controllers/assets/utils/lbryUri.js
diff --git a/server/controllers/assets/utils/logRequestData.js b/server/controllers/assets/utils/logRequestData.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..dde074c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/controllers/assets/utils/logRequestData.js
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+const logger = require('winston');
+
+const logRequestData = (responseType, claimName, channelName, claimId) => {
+  logger.debug('responseType ===', responseType);
+  logger.debug('claim name === ', claimName);
+  logger.debug('channel name ===', channelName);
+  logger.debug('claim id ===', claimId);
+};
+
+module.exports = logRequestData;
diff --git a/server/controllers/utils/file.js b/server/controllers/utils/file.js
deleted file mode 100644
index b786f8e8..00000000
--- a/server/controllers/utils/file.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-module.exports = {
-  addGetResultsToFileData (fileInfo, getResult) {
-    fileInfo.fileName = getResult.file_name;
-    fileInfo.filePath = getResult.download_path;
-    return fileInfo;
-  },
-  createFileData ({ name, claimId, outpoint, height, address, nsfw, contentType }) {
-    return {
-      name,
-      claimId,
-      outpoint,
-      height,
-      address,
-      fileName: '',
-      filePath: '',
-      fileType: contentType,
-      nsfw,
-    };
-  },
-};
diff --git a/server/controllers/utils/getClaimId.js b/server/controllers/utils/getClaimId.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4e6c5a29
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/controllers/utils/getClaimId.js
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+const logger = require('winston');
+
+const db = require('../../models');
+
+const NO_CHANNEL = 'NO_CHANNEL';
+const NO_CLAIM = 'NO_CLAIM';
+
+const getClaimIdByClaim = (claimName, claimId) => {
+  logger.debug(`getClaimIdByClaim(${claimName}, ${claimId})`);
+  return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+    db.Claim.getLongClaimId(claimName, claimId)
+      .then(longClaimId => {
+        if (!longClaimId) {
+          resolve(NO_CLAIM);
+        }
+        resolve(longClaimId);
+      })
+      .catch(error => {
+        reject(error);
+      });
+  });
+};
+
+const getClaimIdByChannel = (channelName, channelClaimId, claimName) => {
+  logger.debug(`getClaimIdByChannel(${channelName}, ${channelClaimId}, ${claimName})`);
+  return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+    db.Certificate.getLongChannelId(channelName, channelClaimId) // 1. get the long channel id
+      .then(longChannelId => {
+        if (!longChannelId) {
+          return [null, null];
+        }
+        return Promise.all([longChannelId, db.Claim.getClaimIdByLongChannelId(longChannelId, claimName)]);  // 2. get the long claim id
+      })
+      .then(([longChannelId, longClaimId]) => {
+        if (!longChannelId) {
+          return resolve(NO_CHANNEL);
+        }
+        if (!longClaimId) {
+          return resolve(NO_CLAIM);
+        }
+        resolve(longClaimId);
+      })
+      .catch(error => {
+        reject(error);
+      });
+  });
+};
+
+const getClaimId = (channelName, channelClaimId, name, claimId) => {
+  if (channelName) {
+    return getClaimIdByChannel(channelName, channelClaimId, name);
+  } else {
+    return getClaimIdByClaim(name, claimId);
+  }
+};
+
+module.exports = getClaimId;
diff --git a/server/controllers/utils/getLocalFileRecord.js b/server/controllers/utils/getLocalFileRecord.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3d2016d1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/controllers/utils/getLocalFileRecord.js
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+const db = require('../../models');
+
+const NO_FILE = 'NO_FILE';
+
+const getLocalFileRecord = (claimId, name) => {
+  return db.File.findOne({where: {claimId, name}})
+    .then(file => {
+      if (!file) {
+        return NO_FILE;
+      }
+      return file.dataValues;
+    });
+};
+
+module.exports = getLocalFileRecord;
diff --git a/server/controllers/utils/serve.js b/server/controllers/utils/serve.js
deleted file mode 100644
index f9fb7f8b..00000000
--- a/server/controllers/utils/serve.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,109 +0,0 @@
-const logger = require('winston');
-const { getClaimId, getLocalFileRecord } = require('./serveHelpers.js');
-const { handleErrorResponse } = require('./errorHandlers.js');
-
-const SERVE = 'SERVE';
-const SHOW = 'SHOW';
-const NO_FILE = 'NO_FILE';
-const NO_CHANNEL = 'NO_CHANNEL';
-const NO_CLAIM = 'NO_CLAIM';
-
-function clientAcceptsHtml ({accept}) {
-  return accept && accept.match(/text\/html/);
-};
-
-function requestIsFromBrowser (headers) {
-  return headers['user-agent'] && headers['user-agent'].match(/Mozilla/);
-};
-
-function clientWantsAsset ({accept, range}) {
-  const imageIsWanted = accept && accept.match(/image\/.*/) && !accept.match(/text\/html/) && !accept.match(/text\/\*/);
-  const videoIsWanted = accept && range;
-  return imageIsWanted || videoIsWanted;
-};
-
-function isValidClaimId (claimId) {
-  return ((claimId.length === 40) && !/[^A-Za-z0-9]/g.test(claimId));
-};
-
-function isValidShortId (claimId) {
-  return claimId.length === 1;  // it should really evaluate the short url itself
-};
-
-function isValidShortIdOrClaimId (input) {
-  return (isValidClaimId(input) || isValidShortId(input));
-};
-
-function serveAssetToClient (claimId, name, res) {
-  return getLocalFileRecord(claimId, name)
-    .then(fileRecord => {
-      // check that a local record was found
-      if (fileRecord === NO_FILE) {
-        return res.status(307).redirect(`/api/claim/get/${name}/${claimId}`);
-      }
-      // serve the file
-      const {filePath, fileType} = fileRecord;
-      logger.verbose(`serving file: ${filePath}`);
-      const sendFileOptions = {
-        headers: {
-          'X-Content-Type-Options': 'nosniff',
-          'Content-Type'          : fileType || 'image/jpeg',
-        },
-      };
-      res.status(200).sendFile(filePath, sendFileOptions);
-    })
-    .catch(error => {
-      throw error;
-    });
-};
-
-module.exports = {
-  getClaimIdAndServeAsset (channelName, channelClaimId, claimName, claimId, originalUrl, ip, res) {
-    // get the claim Id and then serve the asset
-    getClaimId(channelName, channelClaimId, claimName, claimId)
-      .then(fullClaimId => {
-        if (fullClaimId === NO_CLAIM) {
-          return res.status(404).json({success: false, message: 'no claim id could be found'});
-        } else if (fullClaimId === NO_CHANNEL) {
-          return res.status(404).json({success: false, message: 'no channel id could be found'});
-        }
-        serveAssetToClient(fullClaimId, claimName, res);
-        // postToStats(responseType, originalUrl, ip, claimName, fullClaimId, 'success');
-      })
-      .catch(error => {
-        handleErrorResponse(originalUrl, ip, error, res);
-        // postToStats(responseType, originalUrl, ip, claimName, fullClaimId, 'fail');
-      });
-  },
-  determineResponseType (hasFileExtension, headers) {
-    let responseType;
-    if (hasFileExtension) {
-      responseType = SERVE;  // assume a serve request if file extension is present
-      if (clientAcceptsHtml(headers)) {  // if the request comes from a browser, change it to a show request
-        responseType = SHOW;
-      }
-    } else {
-      responseType = SHOW;
-      if (clientWantsAsset(headers) && requestIsFromBrowser(headers)) {  // this is in case someone embeds a show url
-        logger.debug('Show request came from browser but wants an image/video. Changing response to serve...');
-        responseType = SERVE;
-      }
-    }
-    return responseType;
-  },
-  flipClaimNameAndIdForBackwardsCompatibility (identifier, name) {
-    // this is a patch for backwards compatability with '/name/claim_id' url format
-    if (isValidShortIdOrClaimId(name) && !isValidShortIdOrClaimId(identifier)) {
-      const tempName = name;
-      name = identifier;
-      identifier = tempName;
-    }
-    return [identifier, name];
-  },
-  logRequestData (responseType, claimName, channelName, claimId) {
-    logger.debug('responseType ===', responseType);
-    logger.debug('claim name === ', claimName);
-    logger.debug('channel name ===', channelName);
-    logger.debug('claim id ===', claimId);
-  },
-};
diff --git a/server/controllers/utils/serveHelpers.js b/server/controllers/utils/serveHelpers.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 68b46335..00000000
--- a/server/controllers/utils/serveHelpers.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,64 +0,0 @@
-const db = require('../../models');
-const logger = require('winston');
-
-const NO_CHANNEL = 'NO_CHANNEL';
-const NO_CLAIM = 'NO_CLAIM';
-const NO_FILE = 'NO_FILE';
-
-module.exports = {
-  getClaimId (channelName, channelClaimId, name, claimId) {
-    if (channelName) {
-      return module.exports.getClaimIdByChannel(channelName, channelClaimId, name);
-    } else {
-      return module.exports.getClaimIdByClaim(name, claimId);
-    }
-  },
-  getClaimIdByClaim (claimName, claimId) {
-    logger.debug(`getClaimIdByClaim(${claimName}, ${claimId})`);
-    return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
-      db.Claim.getLongClaimId(claimName, claimId)
-        .then(longClaimId => {
-          if (!longClaimId) {
-            resolve(NO_CLAIM);
-          }
-          resolve(longClaimId);
-        })
-        .catch(error => {
-          reject(error);
-        });
-    });
-  },
-  getClaimIdByChannel (channelName, channelClaimId, claimName) {
-    logger.debug(`getClaimIdByChannel(${channelName}, ${channelClaimId}, ${claimName})`);
-    return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
-      db.Certificate.getLongChannelId(channelName, channelClaimId) // 1. get the long channel id
-        .then(longChannelId => {
-          if (!longChannelId) {
-            return [null, null];
-          }
-          return Promise.all([longChannelId, db.Claim.getClaimIdByLongChannelId(longChannelId, claimName)]);  // 2. get the long claim id
-        })
-        .then(([longChannelId, longClaimId]) => {
-          if (!longChannelId) {
-            return resolve(NO_CHANNEL);
-          }
-          if (!longClaimId) {
-            return resolve(NO_CLAIM);
-          }
-          resolve(longClaimId);
-        })
-        .catch(error => {
-          reject(error);
-        });
-    });
-  },
-  getLocalFileRecord (claimId, name) {
-    return db.File.findOne({where: {claimId, name}})
-      .then(file => {
-        if (!file) {
-          return NO_FILE;
-        }
-        return file.dataValues;
-      });
-  },
-};