diff --git a/tests/compress_and_decompress.rs b/tests/compress_and_decompress.rs
index fa07d13..cb207ad 100644
--- a/tests/compress_and_decompress.rs
+++ b/tests/compress_and_decompress.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+mod utils;
+
 use std::{
     env, fs,
     io::prelude::*,
@@ -6,6 +8,7 @@ use std::{
 
 use ouch::{cli::Command, commands::run, oof};
 use rand::{rngs::SmallRng, RngCore, SeedableRng};
+use utils::*;
 
 #[test]
 /// Tests each format that supports multiple files with random input.
@@ -94,16 +97,6 @@ fn create_files(at: &Path, contents: &[FileContent]) -> Vec<PathBuf> {
         .collect()
 }
 
-fn compress_files(at: &Path, paths_to_compress: &[PathBuf], format: &str) -> PathBuf {
-    let archive_path = String::from("archive.") + format;
-    let archive_path = at.join(archive_path);
-
-    let command = Command::Compress { files: paths_to_compress.to_vec(), output_path: archive_path.to_path_buf() };
-    run(command, &oof::Flags::default()).expect("Failed to compress test dummy files");
-
-    archive_path
-}
-
 fn extract_files(archive_path: &Path) -> Vec<PathBuf> {
     // We will extract in the same folder as the archive
     // If the archive is at:
diff --git a/tests/compress_empty_dir.rs b/tests/compress_empty_dir.rs
index 438565a..4a7c108 100644
--- a/tests/compress_empty_dir.rs
+++ b/tests/compress_empty_dir.rs
@@ -1,9 +1,8 @@
-use std::{
-    env, fs,
-    path::{Path, PathBuf},
-};
+mod utils;
 
-use ouch::{cli::Command, commands::run, oof};
+use std::{env, path::PathBuf};
+
+use utils::*;
 
 #[test]
 fn test_compress_decompress_with_empty_dir() {
@@ -38,55 +37,3 @@ fn test_compress_decompress_with_empty_dir() {
 
     assert_correct_paths(&file_paths, &extracted_paths, format);
 }
-
-fn create_empty_dir(at: &Path, filename: &str) -> PathBuf {
-    let dirname = Path::new(filename);
-    let full_path = at.join(dirname);
-
-    fs::create_dir(&full_path).expect("Failed to create an empty directory");
-
-    full_path
-}
-
-fn compress_files(at: &Path, paths_to_compress: &[PathBuf], format: &str) -> PathBuf {
-    let archive_path = String::from("archive.") + format;
-    let archive_path = at.join(archive_path);
-
-    let command = Command::Compress { files: paths_to_compress.to_vec(), output_path: archive_path.to_path_buf() };
-    run(command, &oof::Flags::default()).expect("Failed to compress test dummy files");
-
-    archive_path
-}
-
-fn extract_files(archive_path: &Path) -> Vec<PathBuf> {
-    // We will extract in the same folder as the archive
-    // If the archive is at:
-    //   /tmp/ouch-testing-tar.Rbq4DusBrtF8/archive.tar
-    // Then the extraction_output_folder will be:
-    //   /tmp/ouch-testing-tar.Rbq4DusBrtF8/extraction_results/
-    let mut extraction_output_folder = archive_path.to_path_buf();
-    // Remove the name of the extracted archive
-    assert!(extraction_output_folder.pop());
-    // Add the suffix "results"
-    extraction_output_folder.push("extraction_results");
-
-    let command = Command::Decompress {
-        files: vec![archive_path.to_owned()],
-        output_folder: Some(extraction_output_folder.clone()),
-    };
-    run(command, &oof::Flags::default()).expect("Failed to extract");
-
-    fs::read_dir(extraction_output_folder).unwrap().map(Result::unwrap).map(|entry| entry.path()).collect()
-}
-
-fn assert_correct_paths(original: &[PathBuf], extracted: &[PathBuf], format: &str) {
-    assert_eq!(
-        original.len(),
-        extracted.len(),
-        "Number of compressed files does not match number of decompressed when testing archive format '{:?}'.",
-        format
-    );
-    for (original, extracted) in original.iter().zip(extracted) {
-        assert_eq!(original.file_name(), extracted.file_name(), "");
-    }
-}
diff --git a/tests/utils.rs b/tests/utils.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9152e05
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/utils.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+#[allow(dead_code)]
+use std::{
+    fs,
+    path::{Path, PathBuf},
+};
+
+use ouch::{cli::Command, commands::run, oof};
+
+pub fn create_empty_dir(at: &Path, filename: &str) -> PathBuf {
+    let dirname = Path::new(filename);
+    let full_path = at.join(dirname);
+
+    fs::create_dir(&full_path).expect("Failed to create an empty directory");
+
+    full_path
+}
+
+pub fn compress_files(at: &Path, paths_to_compress: &[PathBuf], format: &str) -> PathBuf {
+    let archive_path = String::from("archive.") + format;
+    let archive_path = at.join(archive_path);
+
+    let command = Command::Compress { files: paths_to_compress.to_vec(), output_path: archive_path.to_path_buf() };
+    run(command, &oof::Flags::default()).expect("Failed to compress test dummy files");
+
+    archive_path
+}
+
+pub fn extract_files(archive_path: &Path) -> Vec<PathBuf> {
+    // We will extract in the same folder as the archive
+    // If the archive is at:
+    //   /tmp/ouch-testing-tar.Rbq4DusBrtF8/archive.tar
+    // Then the extraction_output_folder will be:
+    //   /tmp/ouch-testing-tar.Rbq4DusBrtF8/extraction_results/
+    let mut extraction_output_folder = archive_path.to_path_buf();
+    // Remove the name of the extracted archive
+    assert!(extraction_output_folder.pop());
+    // Add the suffix "results"
+    extraction_output_folder.push("extraction_results");
+
+    let command = Command::Decompress {
+        files: vec![archive_path.to_owned()],
+        output_folder: Some(extraction_output_folder.clone()),
+    };
+    run(command, &oof::Flags::default()).expect("Failed to extract");
+
+    fs::read_dir(extraction_output_folder).unwrap().map(Result::unwrap).map(|entry| entry.path()).collect()
+}
+
+pub fn assert_correct_paths(original: &[PathBuf], extracted: &[PathBuf], format: &str) {
+    assert_eq!(
+        original.len(),
+        extracted.len(),
+        "Number of compressed files does not match number of decompressed when testing archive format '{:?}'.",
+        format
+    );
+    for (original, extracted) in original.iter().zip(extracted) {
+        assert_eq!(original.file_name(), extracted.file_name());
+    }
+}