diff --git a/client/src/components/nodesPanel.js b/client/src/components/nodesPanel.js
index 86cb69b..81f89e6 100644
--- a/client/src/components/nodesPanel.js
+++ b/client/src/components/nodesPanel.js
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import LoadingEllipsis from './loadingEllipsis';
 import {MetadataHeaders, MetadataColumns, TableBody, objectMap} from './listViewHelpers';
 import {unparseCpu, unparseRam} from '../utils/unitHelpers';
 import {getNodeResourceValue, getNodeResourcePercent, getNodeUsagePercent, getNodeUsage, getNodeResourcesAvailable} from '../utils/metricsHelpers';
+import getReadyStatus from '../utils/nodeHelpers';
 
 export default class NodesPanel extends Base {
     constructor(props) {
@@ -91,16 +92,6 @@ export default class NodesPanel extends Base {
     }
 }
 
-/**
- * 
- * @param {*status* object with a status field  (most likely the row from the TableBody)}
- * @returns the status text, as defined in https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/architecture/nodes/#condition
- */
-export function getReadyStatus({status}) {
-    if (!status.conditions) return null;
-    const ready = status.conditions.find(y => y.type === 'Ready');
-    return ready && ready.status;
-}
 
 /** Simple mapping between ready statuses and an UTF-8 symbol character */
 const statusesToUtf8 = { "True": "\u2713", "False": "\uD83D\uDEC7", "Unknown": "\u003F" }
diff --git a/client/src/utils/nodeHelpers.js b/client/src/utils/nodeHelpers.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4f2eb4a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/client/src/utils/nodeHelpers.js
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+/**
+ * @param {*status* object with a status field  (most likely the row from the TableBody)}
+ * @returns the status text, as defined in https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/architecture/nodes/#condition
+ */
+function getReadyStatus({status}) {
+    if (!status.conditions) return null;
+    const ready = status.conditions.find(y => y.type === 'Ready');
+    return ready && ready.status;
+}
+
+export default getReadyStatus;
diff --git a/client/src/views/nodes.js b/client/src/views/nodes.js
index e658f7e..a7413df 100644
--- a/client/src/views/nodes.js
+++ b/client/src/views/nodes.js
@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@ import {defaultSortInfo} from '../components/sorter';
 import NodeStatusChart from '../components/nodeStatusChart';
 import api from '../services/api';
 import test from '../utils/filterHelper';
-import NodesPanel, {getReadyStatus} from '../components/nodesPanel';
+import NodesPanel from '../components/nodesPanel';
+import getReadyStatus from '../utils/nodeHelpers';
 import NodeCpuChart from '../components/nodeCpuChart';
 import NodeRamChart from '../components/nodeRamChart';
 import getMetrics from '../utils/metricsHelpers';