diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index c017b14..c99397d 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -2300,7 +2300,7 @@ name = "spircles"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "nannou",
- "once_cell",
+ "utils",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -2438,6 +2438,14 @@ version = "0.2.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "8ccb82d61f80a663efe1f787a51b16b5a51e3314d6ac365b08639f52387b33f3"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "utils"
+version = "0.1.0"
+dependencies = [
+ "nannou",
+ "once_cell",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "version_check"
 version = "0.9.3"
diff --git a/crates/spircles/Cargo.toml b/crates/spircles/Cargo.toml
index 65b6005..962360b 100644
--- a/crates/spircles/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/spircles/Cargo.toml
@@ -5,4 +5,4 @@ edition = "2018"
 
 [dependencies]
 nannou = "0.17"
-once_cell = "1.8.0"
+utils = { path = "../utils" }
diff --git a/crates/spircles/src/main.rs b/crates/spircles/src/main.rs
index 927ebcb..0ada802 100644
--- a/crates/spircles/src/main.rs
+++ b/crates/spircles/src/main.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 use nannou::prelude::*;
 
+use utils::record::record;
+
 fn main() {
     nannou::app(model).update(update).simple_window(view).run();
 }
@@ -85,30 +87,3 @@ fn view(app: &App, _model: &Model, frame: Frame) {
 
     record(app, &frame);
 }
-
-use once_cell::sync::Lazy;
-static RECORDING: Lazy<bool> = Lazy::new(|| {
-    let args: Vec<String> = std::env::args().collect();
-    args.len() > 1 && args[1] == "-record"
-});
-
-fn record(app: &App, frame: &Frame) {
-    if !*RECORDING {
-        return;
-    }
-
-    // save frame
-    let path = app
-        .project_path()
-        .expect("failed to locate `project_path`")
-        // Capture all frames to a directory called `/<path_to_nannou>/nannou/simple_capture`.
-        .join("recordings")
-        .join(app.exe_name().unwrap())
-        // Name each file after the number of the frame.
-        .join(format!("{:03}", frame.nth()))
-        // The extension will be PNG. We also support tiff, bmp, gif, jpeg, webp and some others.
-        .with_extension("png");
-
-    println!("frame: {} {:.3}", frame.nth(), frame.nth() as f32 / 60.0);
-    app.main_window().capture_frame(path);
-}
diff --git a/crates/utils/Cargo.toml b/crates/utils/Cargo.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7590c60
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/utils/Cargo.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+[package]
+name = "utils"
+version = "0.1.0"
+edition = "2018"
+
+[dependencies]
+nannou = "0.17"
+once_cell = "1.8.0"
diff --git a/crates/utils/src/lib.rs b/crates/utils/src/lib.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2066636
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/utils/src/lib.rs
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+pub mod record;
diff --git a/crates/utils/src/record.rs b/crates/utils/src/record.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2f2b31d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/utils/src/record.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+use nannou::prelude::*;
+use once_cell::sync::Lazy;
+static RECORDING: Lazy<bool> = Lazy::new(|| {
+    let args: Vec<String> = std::env::args().collect();
+    args.len() > 1 && args[1] == "-record"
+});
+
+pub fn record(app: &App, frame: &Frame) {
+    if !*RECORDING {
+        return;
+    }
+
+    // save frame
+    let path = app
+        .project_path()
+        .expect("failed to locate `project_path`")
+        // Capture all frames to a directory called `/<path_to_nannou>/nannou/simple_capture`.
+        .join("recordings")
+        .join(app.exe_name().unwrap())
+        // Name each file after the number of the frame.
+        .join(format!("{:03}", frame.nth()))
+        // The extension will be PNG. We also support tiff, bmp, gif, jpeg, webp and some others.
+        .with_extension("png");
+
+    println!("frame: {} {:.3}", frame.nth(), frame.nth() as f32 / 60.0);
+    app.main_window().capture_frame(path);
+}