diff --git a/alertmanager/alerts.go b/alertmanager/alerts.go
index d7d379439..e9772319e 100644
--- a/alertmanager/alerts.go
+++ b/alertmanager/alerts.go
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ func (response *AlertGroupsAPIResponse) Get() error {
 		return err
 	}
 
-	err = getJSONFromURL(url, config.Config.AlertmanagerTimeout, response)
+	err = transport.GetJSONFromURL(url, config.Config.AlertmanagerTimeout, response)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
diff --git a/alertmanager/silences.go b/alertmanager/silences.go
index 0833b30d4..c12b51b01 100644
--- a/alertmanager/silences.go
+++ b/alertmanager/silences.go
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ func (response *SilenceAPIResponse) Get() error {
 	}
 	url = fmt.Sprintf("%s?limit=%d", url, math.MaxUint32)
 
-	err = getJSONFromURL(url, config.Config.AlertmanagerTimeout, response)
+	err = transport.GetJSONFromURL(url, config.Config.AlertmanagerTimeout, response)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
diff --git a/alertmanager/remote.go b/transport/http.go
similarity index 76%
rename from alertmanager/remote.go
rename to transport/http.go
index ed04f5d47..15a1bf7c0 100644
--- a/alertmanager/remote.go
+++ b/transport/http.go
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-package alertmanager
+package transport
 
 import (
 	"compress/gzip"
@@ -11,10 +11,9 @@ import (
 	log "github.com/Sirupsen/logrus"
 )
 
-// getJSONFromURL is a helper function that takesan URL, request timeout
-// and target structure, it will make a HTTP request and decode JSON response
-// onto the structure provided
-func getJSONFromURL(url string, timeout time.Duration, target interface{}) error {
+// GetJSONFromURL allows to fetch Alertmanager data over HTTP transport and
+// decode it onto provided data structure.
+func GetJSONFromURL(url string, timeout time.Duration, target interface{}) error {
 	log.Infof("GET %s", url)
 
 	c := &http.Client{
diff --git a/alertmanager/remote_test.go b/transport/http_test.go
similarity index 76%
rename from alertmanager/remote_test.go
rename to transport/http_test.go
index 8f4b86b4b..6a879b7a5 100644
--- a/alertmanager/remote_test.go
+++ b/transport/http_test.go
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
-package alertmanager
+package transport_test
 
 import (
-	"io/ioutil"
 	"testing"
 	"time"
 
+	"github.com/cloudflare/unsee/transport"
+
 	log "github.com/Sirupsen/logrus"
 	httpmock "gopkg.in/jarcoal/httpmock.v1"
 )
@@ -17,7 +18,7 @@ type mockJSONResponse struct {
 }
 
 func TestGetJSONFromURL(t *testing.T) {
-	log.SetOutput(ioutil.Discard) // disable logging to console
+	log.SetLevel(log.ErrorLevel)
 	httpmock.Activate()
 	defer httpmock.DeactivateAndReset()
 	mockJSON := `{
@@ -29,14 +30,14 @@ func TestGetJSONFromURL(t *testing.T) {
 	httpmock.RegisterResponder("GET", "http://localhost/", httpmock.NewStringResponder(200, mockJSON))
 
 	response := mockJSONResponse{}
-	err := getJSONFromURL("http://localhost/", time.Second, &response)
+	err := transport.GetJSONFromURL("http://localhost/", time.Second, &response)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Errorf("getJSONFromURL() failed: %s", err.Error())
 	}
 
 	httpmock.RegisterResponder("GET", "http://localhost/404", httpmock.NewStringResponder(404, "Not found"))
 	response = mockJSONResponse{}
-	err = getJSONFromURL("http://localhost/404", time.Second, &response)
+	err = transport.GetJSONFromURL("http://localhost/404", time.Second, &response)
 	if err == nil {
 		t.Errorf("getJSONFromURL() on invalid url didn't return 404, response: %v", response)
 	}