diff --git a/examples/tcp_message.py b/examples/tcp_message.py
index 52471ae96..2c2106185 100644
--- a/examples/tcp_message.py
+++ b/examples/tcp_message.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ tcp_message Inline Script Hook API Demonstration
 example cmdline invocation:
 mitmdump -T --host --tcp ".*" -q -s examples/tcp_message.py
 '''
-from netlib.utils import clean_bin
+from netlib import strutils
 
 
 def tcp_message(ctx, tcp_msg):
@@ -22,4 +22,4 @@ def tcp_message(ctx, tcp_msg):
         "client" if tcp_msg.sender == tcp_msg.client_conn else "server",
         tcp_msg.sender.address,
         "server" if tcp_msg.receiver == tcp_msg.server_conn else "client",
-        tcp_msg.receiver.address, clean_bin(tcp_msg.message)))
+        tcp_msg.receiver.address, strutils.clean_bin(tcp_msg.message)))
diff --git a/mitmproxy/contentviews.py b/mitmproxy/contentviews.py
index 87cb2aa0e..0ddf7c647 100644
--- a/mitmproxy/contentviews.py
+++ b/mitmproxy/contentviews.py
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ from netlib import encoding
 from netlib import http
 from netlib import odict
 from netlib.http import url
+from netlib import strutils
 import netlib.utils
 
 try:
@@ -581,9 +582,9 @@ def safe_to_print(lines, encoding="utf8"):
         clean_line = []
         for (style, text) in line:
             try:
-                text = netlib.utils.clean_bin(text.decode(encoding, "strict"))
+                text = strutils.clean_bin(text.decode(encoding, "strict"))
             except UnicodeDecodeError:
-                text = netlib.utils.clean_bin(text).decode(encoding, "strict")
+                text = strutils.clean_bin(text).decode(encoding, "strict")
             clean_line.append((style, text))
         yield clean_line
 
diff --git a/mitmproxy/dump.py b/mitmproxy/dump.py
index f5d6725c8..b1005ee74 100644
--- a/mitmproxy/dump.py
+++ b/mitmproxy/dump.py
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ from mitmproxy import filt
 from mitmproxy import flow
 from netlib import human
 from netlib import tcp
-from netlib import utils
+from netlib import strutils
 
 
 class DumpError(Exception):
@@ -181,8 +181,8 @@ class DumpMaster(flow.FlowMaster):
         if self.o.flow_detail >= 2:
             headers = "\r\n".join(
                 "{}: {}".format(
-                    click.style(utils.bytes_to_escaped_str(k), fg="blue", bold=True),
-                    click.style(utils.bytes_to_escaped_str(v), fg="blue"))
+                    click.style(strutils.bytes_to_escaped_str(k), fg="blue", bold=True),
+                    click.style(strutils.bytes_to_escaped_str(v), fg="blue"))
                 for k, v in message.headers.fields
             )
             self.echo(headers, indent=4)
@@ -244,7 +244,7 @@ class DumpMaster(flow.FlowMaster):
             stickycookie = ""
 
         if flow.client_conn:
-            client = click.style(utils.bytes_to_escaped_str(flow.client_conn.address.host), bold=True)
+            client = click.style(strutils.bytes_to_escaped_str(flow.client_conn.address.host), bold=True)
         else:
             client = click.style("[replay]", fg="yellow", bold=True)
 
@@ -253,12 +253,12 @@ class DumpMaster(flow.FlowMaster):
             GET="green",
             DELETE="red"
         ).get(method.upper(), "magenta")
-        method = click.style(utils.bytes_to_escaped_str(method), fg=method_color, bold=True)
+        method = click.style(strutils.bytes_to_escaped_str(method), fg=method_color, bold=True)
         if self.showhost:
             url = flow.request.pretty_url
         else:
             url = flow.request.url
-        url = click.style(utils.bytes_to_escaped_str(url), bold=True)
+        url = click.style(strutils.bytes_to_escaped_str(url), bold=True)
 
         httpversion = ""
         if flow.request.http_version not in ("HTTP/1.1", "HTTP/1.0"):
@@ -288,7 +288,7 @@ class DumpMaster(flow.FlowMaster):
         elif 400 <= code < 600:
             code_color = "red"
         code = click.style(str(code), fg=code_color, bold=True, blink=(code == 418))
-        reason = click.style(utils.bytes_to_escaped_str(flow.response.reason), fg=code_color, bold=True)
+        reason = click.style(strutils.bytes_to_escaped_str(flow.response.reason), fg=code_color, bold=True)
 
         if flow.response.content is None:
             size = "(content missing)"
diff --git a/mitmproxy/flow/master.py b/mitmproxy/flow/master.py
index a198018e2..ec0bf36d0 100644
--- a/mitmproxy/flow/master.py
+++ b/mitmproxy/flow/master.py
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ from mitmproxy.flow import modules
 from mitmproxy.onboarding import app
 from mitmproxy.protocol import http_replay
 from mitmproxy.proxy.config import HostMatcher
-from netlib import utils
+from netlib import strutils
 
 
 class FlowMaster(controller.Master):
@@ -499,7 +499,7 @@ class FlowMaster(controller.Master):
             server=repr(flow.server_conn.address),
             direction=direction,
         ), "info")
-        self.add_event(utils.clean_bin(message.content), "debug")
+        self.add_event(strutils.clean_bin(message.content), "debug")
 
     @controller.handler
     def tcp_error(self, flow):
diff --git a/netlib/http/headers.py b/netlib/http/headers.py
index 9bf4b69dd..14888ea96 100644
--- a/netlib/http/headers.py
+++ b/netlib/http/headers.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import re
 
 import six
 from netlib import multidict
-from netlib import utils
+from netlib import strutils
 
 # See also: http://lucumr.pocoo.org/2013/7/2/the-updated-guide-to-unicode/
 
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ else:
         return x.decode("utf-8", "surrogateescape")
 
     def _always_bytes(x):
-        return utils.always_bytes(x, "utf-8", "surrogateescape")
+        return strutils.always_bytes(x, "utf-8", "surrogateescape")
 
 
 class Headers(multidict.MultiDict):
diff --git a/netlib/http/message.py b/netlib/http/message.py
index c51f16a21..b633b6710 100644
--- a/netlib/http/message.py
+++ b/netlib/http/message.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import warnings
 
 import six
 
-from netlib import encoding, utils, basetypes
+from netlib import encoding, strutils, basetypes
 from netlib.http import headers
 
 if six.PY2:  # pragma: no cover
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ else:
         return x.decode("utf-8", "surrogateescape")
 
     def _always_bytes(x):
-        return utils.always_bytes(x, "utf-8", "surrogateescape")
+        return strutils.always_bytes(x, "utf-8", "surrogateescape")
 
 
 class MessageData(basetypes.Serializable):
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ class Message(basetypes.Serializable):
         replacements = 0
         if self.content:
             with decoded(self):
-                self.content, replacements = utils.safe_subn(
+                self.content, replacements = strutils.safe_subn(
                     pattern, repl, self.content, flags=flags
                 )
         replacements += self.headers.replace(pattern, repl, flags)
diff --git a/netlib/http/request.py b/netlib/http/request.py
index 890cf593f..91d5f0204 100644
--- a/netlib/http/request.py
+++ b/netlib/http/request.py
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ from six.moves import urllib
 
 from netlib import encoding
 from netlib import multidict
-from netlib import utils
+from netlib import strutils
 from netlib.http import multipart
 from netlib.http import cookies
 from netlib.http import headers as nheaders
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ class Request(message.Message):
         """
         # TODO: Proper distinction between text and bytes.
         c = super(Request, self).replace(pattern, repl, flags)
-        self.path, pc = utils.safe_subn(
+        self.path, pc = strutils.safe_subn(
             pattern, repl, self.path, flags=flags
         )
         c += pc
diff --git a/netlib/odict.py b/netlib/odict.py
index 0cd58f652..f9f559914 100644
--- a/netlib/odict.py
+++ b/netlib/odict.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import copy
 
 import six
 
-from netlib import basetypes, utils
+from netlib import basetypes, strutils
 
 
 class ODict(basetypes.Serializable):
@@ -139,9 +139,9 @@ class ODict(basetypes.Serializable):
         """
         new, count = [], 0
         for k, v in self.lst:
-            k, c = utils.safe_subn(pattern, repl, k, *args, **kwargs)
+            k, c = strutils.safe_subn(pattern, repl, k, *args, **kwargs)
             count += c
-            v, c = utils.safe_subn(pattern, repl, v, *args, **kwargs)
+            v, c = strutils.safe_subn(pattern, repl, v, *args, **kwargs)
             count += c
             new.append([k, v])
         self.lst = new
diff --git a/netlib/strutils.py b/netlib/strutils.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7a62185bb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/netlib/strutils.py
@@ -0,0 +1,103 @@
+import re
+import unicodedata
+import codecs
+
+import six
+
+
+def always_bytes(unicode_or_bytes, *encode_args):
+    if isinstance(unicode_or_bytes, six.text_type):
+        return unicode_or_bytes.encode(*encode_args)
+    return unicode_or_bytes
+
+
+def native(s, *encoding_opts):
+    """
+    Convert :py:class:`bytes` or :py:class:`unicode` to the native
+    :py:class:`str` type, using latin1 encoding if conversion is necessary.
+
+    https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-3333/#a-note-on-string-types
+    """
+    if not isinstance(s, (six.binary_type, six.text_type)):
+        raise TypeError("%r is neither bytes nor unicode" % s)
+    if six.PY3:
+        if isinstance(s, six.binary_type):
+            return s.decode(*encoding_opts)
+    else:
+        if isinstance(s, six.text_type):
+            return s.encode(*encoding_opts)
+    return s
+
+
+def clean_bin(s, keep_spacing=True):
+    """
+        Cleans binary data to make it safe to display.
+
+        Args:
+            keep_spacing: If False, tabs and newlines will also be replaced.
+    """
+    if isinstance(s, six.text_type):
+        if keep_spacing:
+            keep = u" \n\r\t"
+        else:
+            keep = u" "
+        return u"".join(
+            ch if (unicodedata.category(ch)[0] not in "CZ" or ch in keep) else u"."
+            for ch in s
+        )
+    else:
+        if keep_spacing:
+            keep = (9, 10, 13)  # \t, \n, \r,
+        else:
+            keep = ()
+        return b"".join(
+            six.int2byte(ch) if (31 < ch < 127 or ch in keep) else b"."
+            for ch in six.iterbytes(s)
+        )
+
+
+def safe_subn(pattern, repl, target, *args, **kwargs):
+    """
+        There are Unicode conversion problems with re.subn. We try to smooth
+        that over by casting the pattern and replacement to strings. We really
+        need a better solution that is aware of the actual content ecoding.
+    """
+    return re.subn(str(pattern), str(repl), target, *args, **kwargs)
+
+
+def bytes_to_escaped_str(data):
+    """
+    Take bytes and return a safe string that can be displayed to the user.
+
+    Single quotes are always escaped, double quotes are never escaped:
+        "'" + bytes_to_escaped_str(...) + "'"
+    gives a valid Python string.
+    """
+    # TODO: We may want to support multi-byte characters without escaping them.
+    # One way to do would be calling .decode("utf8", "backslashreplace") first
+    # and then escaping UTF8 control chars (see clean_bin).
+
+    if not isinstance(data, bytes):
+        raise ValueError("data must be bytes, but is {}".format(data.__class__.__name__))
+    # We always insert a double-quote here so that we get a single-quoted string back
+    # https://stackoverflow.com/questions/29019340/why-does-python-use-different-quotes-for-representing-strings-depending-on-their
+    return repr(b'"' + data).lstrip("b")[2:-1]
+
+
+def escaped_str_to_bytes(data):
+    """
+    Take an escaped string and return the unescaped bytes equivalent.
+    """
+    if not isinstance(data, six.string_types):
+        if six.PY2:
+            raise ValueError("data must be str or unicode, but is {}".format(data.__class__.__name__))
+        raise ValueError("data must be str, but is {}".format(data.__class__.__name__))
+
+    if six.PY2:
+        if isinstance(data, unicode):
+            data = data.encode("utf8")
+        return data.decode("string-escape")
+
+    # This one is difficult - we use an undocumented Python API here
+    # as per http://stackoverflow.com/a/23151714/934719
+    return codecs.escape_decode(data)[0]
diff --git a/netlib/utils.py b/netlib/utils.py
index b8408d1d0..00e7e5d9b 100644
--- a/netlib/utils.py
+++ b/netlib/utils.py
@@ -1,63 +1,12 @@
 from __future__ import absolute_import, print_function, division
 import os.path
 import re
-import codecs
-import unicodedata
 import importlib
 import inspect
 
 import six
 
-
-def always_bytes(unicode_or_bytes, *encode_args):
-    if isinstance(unicode_or_bytes, six.text_type):
-        return unicode_or_bytes.encode(*encode_args)
-    return unicode_or_bytes
-
-
-def native(s, *encoding_opts):
-    """
-    Convert :py:class:`bytes` or :py:class:`unicode` to the native
-    :py:class:`str` type, using latin1 encoding if conversion is necessary.
-
-    https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-3333/#a-note-on-string-types
-    """
-    if not isinstance(s, (six.binary_type, six.text_type)):
-        raise TypeError("%r is neither bytes nor unicode" % s)
-    if six.PY3:
-        if isinstance(s, six.binary_type):
-            return s.decode(*encoding_opts)
-    else:
-        if isinstance(s, six.text_type):
-            return s.encode(*encoding_opts)
-    return s
-
-
-def clean_bin(s, keep_spacing=True):
-    """
-        Cleans binary data to make it safe to display.
-
-        Args:
-            keep_spacing: If False, tabs and newlines will also be replaced.
-    """
-    if isinstance(s, six.text_type):
-        if keep_spacing:
-            keep = u" \n\r\t"
-        else:
-            keep = u" "
-        return u"".join(
-            ch if (unicodedata.category(ch)[0] not in "CZ" or ch in keep) else u"."
-            for ch in s
-        )
-    else:
-        if keep_spacing:
-            keep = (9, 10, 13)  # \t, \n, \r,
-        else:
-            keep = ()
-        return b"".join(
-            six.int2byte(ch) if (31 < ch < 127 or ch in keep) else b"."
-            for ch in six.iterbytes(s)
-        )
+from netlib import strutils
 
 
 def hexdump(s):
@@ -70,7 +19,7 @@ def hexdump(s):
         part = s[i:i + 16]
         x = b" ".join("{:0=2x}".format(i).encode() for i in six.iterbytes(part))
         x = x.ljust(47)  # 16*2 + 15
-        yield (offset, x, clean_bin(part, False))
+        yield (offset, x, strutils.clean_bin(part, False))
 
 
 def setbit(byte, offset, value):
@@ -173,50 +122,3 @@ def hostport(scheme, host, port):
             return b"%s:%d" % (host, port)
         else:
             return "%s:%d" % (host, port)
-
-
-def safe_subn(pattern, repl, target, *args, **kwargs):
-    """
-        There are Unicode conversion problems with re.subn. We try to smooth
-        that over by casting the pattern and replacement to strings. We really
-        need a better solution that is aware of the actual content ecoding.
-    """
-    return re.subn(str(pattern), str(repl), target, *args, **kwargs)
-
-
-def bytes_to_escaped_str(data):
-    """
-    Take bytes and return a safe string that can be displayed to the user.
-
-    Single quotes are always escaped, double quotes are never escaped:
-        "'" + bytes_to_escaped_str(...) + "'"
-    gives a valid Python string.
-    """
-    # TODO: We may want to support multi-byte characters without escaping them.
-    # One way to do would be calling .decode("utf8", "backslashreplace") first
-    # and then escaping UTF8 control chars (see clean_bin).
-
-    if not isinstance(data, bytes):
-        raise ValueError("data must be bytes, but is {}".format(data.__class__.__name__))
-    # We always insert a double-quote here so that we get a single-quoted string back
-    # https://stackoverflow.com/questions/29019340/why-does-python-use-different-quotes-for-representing-strings-depending-on-their
-    return repr(b'"' + data).lstrip("b")[2:-1]
-
-
-def escaped_str_to_bytes(data):
-    """
-    Take an escaped string and return the unescaped bytes equivalent.
-    """
-    if not isinstance(data, six.string_types):
-        if six.PY2:
-            raise ValueError("data must be str or unicode, but is {}".format(data.__class__.__name__))
-        raise ValueError("data must be str, but is {}".format(data.__class__.__name__))
-
-    if six.PY2:
-        if isinstance(data, unicode):
-            data = data.encode("utf8")
-        return data.decode("string-escape")
-
-    # This one is difficult - we use an undocumented Python API here
-    # as per http://stackoverflow.com/a/23151714/934719
-    return codecs.escape_decode(data)[0]
diff --git a/netlib/websockets/frame.py b/netlib/websockets/frame.py
index deb0ce336..42196ffb9 100644
--- a/netlib/websockets/frame.py
+++ b/netlib/websockets/frame.py
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import warnings
 import six
 
 from netlib import tcp
+from netlib import strutils
 from netlib import utils
 from netlib import human
 from netlib.websockets import protocol
@@ -254,7 +255,7 @@ class Frame(object):
     def __repr__(self):
         ret = repr(self.header)
         if self.payload:
-            ret = ret + "\nPayload:\n" + utils.clean_bin(self.payload).decode("ascii")
+            ret = ret + "\nPayload:\n" + strutils.clean_bin(self.payload).decode("ascii")
         return ret
 
     def human_readable(self):
diff --git a/netlib/wsgi.py b/netlib/wsgi.py
index 7661388be..c66fddc25 100644
--- a/netlib/wsgi.py
+++ b/netlib/wsgi.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import six
 from io import BytesIO
 from six.moves import urllib
 
-from netlib import http, tcp, utils
+from netlib import http, tcp, strutils
 
 
 class ClientConn(object):
@@ -54,38 +54,38 @@ class WSGIAdaptor(object):
         self.app, self.domain, self.port, self.sversion = app, domain, port, sversion
 
     def make_environ(self, flow, errsoc, **extra):
-        path = utils.native(flow.request.path, "latin-1")
+        path = strutils.native(flow.request.path, "latin-1")
         if '?' in path:
-            path_info, query = utils.native(path, "latin-1").split('?', 1)
+            path_info, query = strutils.native(path, "latin-1").split('?', 1)
         else:
             path_info = path
             query = ''
         environ = {
             'wsgi.version': (1, 0),
-            'wsgi.url_scheme': utils.native(flow.request.scheme, "latin-1"),
+            'wsgi.url_scheme': strutils.native(flow.request.scheme, "latin-1"),
             'wsgi.input': BytesIO(flow.request.content or b""),
             'wsgi.errors': errsoc,
             'wsgi.multithread': True,
             'wsgi.multiprocess': False,
             'wsgi.run_once': False,
             'SERVER_SOFTWARE': self.sversion,
-            'REQUEST_METHOD': utils.native(flow.request.method, "latin-1"),
+            'REQUEST_METHOD': strutils.native(flow.request.method, "latin-1"),
             'SCRIPT_NAME': '',
             'PATH_INFO': urllib.parse.unquote(path_info),
             'QUERY_STRING': query,
-            'CONTENT_TYPE': utils.native(flow.request.headers.get('Content-Type', ''), "latin-1"),
-            'CONTENT_LENGTH': utils.native(flow.request.headers.get('Content-Length', ''), "latin-1"),
+            'CONTENT_TYPE': strutils.native(flow.request.headers.get('Content-Type', ''), "latin-1"),
+            'CONTENT_LENGTH': strutils.native(flow.request.headers.get('Content-Length', ''), "latin-1"),
             'SERVER_NAME': self.domain,
             'SERVER_PORT': str(self.port),
-            'SERVER_PROTOCOL': utils.native(flow.request.http_version, "latin-1"),
+            'SERVER_PROTOCOL': strutils.native(flow.request.http_version, "latin-1"),
         }
         environ.update(extra)
         if flow.client_conn.address:
-            environ["REMOTE_ADDR"] = utils.native(flow.client_conn.address.host, "latin-1")
+            environ["REMOTE_ADDR"] = strutils.native(flow.client_conn.address.host, "latin-1")
             environ["REMOTE_PORT"] = flow.client_conn.address.port
 
         for key, value in flow.request.headers.items():
-            key = 'HTTP_' + utils.native(key, "latin-1").upper().replace('-', '_')
+            key = 'HTTP_' + strutils.native(key, "latin-1").upper().replace('-', '_')
             if key not in ('HTTP_CONTENT_TYPE', 'HTTP_CONTENT_LENGTH'):
                 environ[key] = value
         return environ
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ class WSGIAdaptor(object):
             elif state["status"]:
                 raise AssertionError('Response already started')
             state["status"] = status
-            state["headers"] = http.Headers([[utils.always_bytes(k), utils.always_bytes(v)] for k, v in headers])
+            state["headers"] = http.Headers([[strutils.always_bytes(k), strutils.always_bytes(v)] for k, v in headers])
             if exc_info:
                 self.error_page(soc, state["headers_sent"], traceback.format_tb(exc_info[2]))
                 state["headers_sent"] = True
diff --git a/pathod/language/base.py b/pathod/language/base.py
index 1f4edb6f1..11ee06239 100644
--- a/pathod/language/base.py
+++ b/pathod/language/base.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import pyparsing as pp
 
 import six
 from six.moves import reduce
-from netlib.utils import escaped_str_to_bytes, bytes_to_escaped_str
+from netlib import strutils
 from netlib import human
 
 from . import generators, exceptions
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ class Token(object):
 class _TokValueLiteral(Token):
 
     def __init__(self, val):
-        self.val = escaped_str_to_bytes(val)
+        self.val = strutils.escaped_str_to_bytes(val)
 
     def get_generator(self, settings_):
         return self.val
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ class TokValueLiteral(_TokValueLiteral):
         return v
 
     def spec(self):
-        inner = bytes_to_escaped_str(self.val)
+        inner = strutils.bytes_to_escaped_str(self.val)
         inner = inner.replace(r"\'", r"\x27")
         return "'" + inner + "'"
 
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ class TokValueNakedLiteral(_TokValueLiteral):
         return e.setParseAction(lambda x: cls(*x))
 
     def spec(self):
-        return bytes_to_escaped_str(self.val)
+        return strutils.bytes_to_escaped_str(self.val)
 
 
 class TokValueGenerate(Token):
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ class TokValueGenerate(Token):
 
     def freeze(self, settings):
         g = self.get_generator(settings)
-        return TokValueLiteral(bytes_to_escaped_str(g[:]))
+        return TokValueLiteral(strutils.bytes_to_escaped_str(g[:]))
 
     @classmethod
     def expr(cls):
@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ class TokValueFile(Token):
         return generators.FileGenerator(s)
 
     def spec(self):
-        return "<'%s'" % bytes_to_escaped_str(self.path)
+        return "<'%s'" % strutils.bytes_to_escaped_str(self.path)
 
 
 TokValue = pp.MatchFirst(
@@ -578,4 +578,4 @@ class NestedMessage(Token):
 
     def freeze(self, settings):
         f = self.parsed.freeze(settings).spec()
-        return self.__class__(TokValueLiteral(bytes_to_escaped_str(f)))
+        return self.__class__(TokValueLiteral(strutils.bytes_to_escaped_str(f)))
diff --git a/pathod/log.py b/pathod/log.py
index 3f6aaea09..85006ba87 100644
--- a/pathod/log.py
+++ b/pathod/log.py
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import six
 import netlib.utils
 import netlib.tcp
 import netlib.http
+from netlib import strutils
 
 TIMEFMT = '%d-%m-%y %H:%M:%S'
 
@@ -65,7 +66,7 @@ class LogCtx(object):
             for line in netlib.utils.hexdump(data):
                 self("\t%s %s %s" % line)
         else:
-            for i in netlib.utils.clean_bin(data).split("\n"):
+            for i in strutils.clean_bin(data).split("\n"):
                 self("\t%s" % i)
 
     def __call__(self, line):
diff --git a/pathod/utils.py b/pathod/utils.py
index fe12f541c..1b6ef3ef6 100644
--- a/pathod/utils.py
+++ b/pathod/utils.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import os
 import sys
 import netlib.utils
 
-from netlib.utils import bytes_to_escaped_str
+from netlib import strutils
 
 
 class MemBool(object):
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ def escape_unprintables(s):
     """
     s = s.replace(b"\r\n", b"PATHOD_MARKER_RN")
     s = s.replace(b"\n", b"PATHOD_MARKER_N")
-    s = bytes_to_escaped_str(s)
+    s = strutils.bytes_to_escaped_str(s)
     s = s.replace("PATHOD_MARKER_RN", "\n")
     s = s.replace("PATHOD_MARKER_N", "\n")
     return s
diff --git a/test/netlib/test_strutils.py b/test/netlib/test_strutils.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..34f2750df
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/netlib/test_strutils.py
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+# coding=utf-8
+
+from netlib import strutils
+
+
+def test_clean_bin():
+    assert strutils.clean_bin(b"one") == b"one"
+    assert strutils.clean_bin(b"\00ne") == b".ne"
+    assert strutils.clean_bin(b"\nne") == b"\nne"
+    assert strutils.clean_bin(b"\nne", False) == b".ne"
+    assert strutils.clean_bin(u"\u2605".encode("utf8")) == b"..."
+
+    assert strutils.clean_bin(u"one") == u"one"
+    assert strutils.clean_bin(u"\00ne") == u".ne"
+    assert strutils.clean_bin(u"\nne") == u"\nne"
+    assert strutils.clean_bin(u"\nne", False) == u".ne"
+    assert strutils.clean_bin(u"\u2605") == u"\u2605"
+
+
+def test_safe_subn():
+    assert strutils.safe_subn("foo", u"bar", "\xc2foo")
+
+
+def test_bytes_to_escaped_str():
+    assert strutils.bytes_to_escaped_str(b"foo") == "foo"
+    assert strutils.bytes_to_escaped_str(b"\b") == r"\x08"
+    assert strutils.bytes_to_escaped_str(br"&!?=\)") == r"&!?=\\)"
+    assert strutils.bytes_to_escaped_str(b'\xc3\xbc') == r"\xc3\xbc"
+    assert strutils.bytes_to_escaped_str(b"'") == r"\'"
+    assert strutils.bytes_to_escaped_str(b'"') == r'"'
+
+
+def test_escaped_str_to_bytes():
+    assert strutils.escaped_str_to_bytes("foo") == b"foo"
+    assert strutils.escaped_str_to_bytes("\x08") == b"\b"
+    assert strutils.escaped_str_to_bytes("&!?=\\\\)") == br"&!?=\)"
+    assert strutils.escaped_str_to_bytes("ü") == b'\xc3\xbc'
+    assert strutils.escaped_str_to_bytes(u"\\x08") == b"\b"
+    assert strutils.escaped_str_to_bytes(u"&!?=\\\\)") == br"&!?=\)"
+    assert strutils.escaped_str_to_bytes(u"ü") == b'\xc3\xbc'
diff --git a/test/netlib/test_utils.py b/test/netlib/test_utils.py
index e13029cbd..95e626d7c 100644
--- a/test/netlib/test_utils.py
+++ b/test/netlib/test_utils.py
@@ -14,40 +14,3 @@ def test_bidi():
 
 def test_hexdump():
     assert list(utils.hexdump(b"one\0" * 10))
-
-
-def test_clean_bin():
-    assert utils.clean_bin(b"one") == b"one"
-    assert utils.clean_bin(b"\00ne") == b".ne"
-    assert utils.clean_bin(b"\nne") == b"\nne"
-    assert utils.clean_bin(b"\nne", False) == b".ne"
-    assert utils.clean_bin(u"\u2605".encode("utf8")) == b"..."
-
-    assert utils.clean_bin(u"one") == u"one"
-    assert utils.clean_bin(u"\00ne") == u".ne"
-    assert utils.clean_bin(u"\nne") == u"\nne"
-    assert utils.clean_bin(u"\nne", False) == u".ne"
-    assert utils.clean_bin(u"\u2605") == u"\u2605"
-
-
-def test_safe_subn():
-    assert utils.safe_subn("foo", u"bar", "\xc2foo")
-
-
-def test_bytes_to_escaped_str():
-    assert utils.bytes_to_escaped_str(b"foo") == "foo"
-    assert utils.bytes_to_escaped_str(b"\b") == r"\x08"
-    assert utils.bytes_to_escaped_str(br"&!?=\)") == r"&!?=\\)"
-    assert utils.bytes_to_escaped_str(b'\xc3\xbc') == r"\xc3\xbc"
-    assert utils.bytes_to_escaped_str(b"'") == r"\'"
-    assert utils.bytes_to_escaped_str(b'"') == r'"'
-
-
-def test_escaped_str_to_bytes():
-    assert utils.escaped_str_to_bytes("foo") == b"foo"
-    assert utils.escaped_str_to_bytes("\x08") == b"\b"
-    assert utils.escaped_str_to_bytes("&!?=\\\\)") == br"&!?=\)"
-    assert utils.escaped_str_to_bytes("ü") == b'\xc3\xbc'
-    assert utils.escaped_str_to_bytes(u"\\x08") == b"\b"
-    assert utils.escaped_str_to_bytes(u"&!?=\\\\)") == br"&!?=\)"
-    assert utils.escaped_str_to_bytes(u"ü") == b'\xc3\xbc'