diff --git a/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/reducers/compose.js b/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/reducers/compose.js
index 9c2a501e144..e937b3ccf0f 100644
--- a/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/reducers/compose.js
+++ b/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/reducers/compose.js
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ import { STORE_HYDRATE } from 'flavours/glitch/actions/store';
 import { REDRAFT } from 'flavours/glitch/actions/statuses';
 import { Map as ImmutableMap, List as ImmutableList, OrderedSet as ImmutableOrderedSet, fromJS } from 'immutable';
 import uuid from 'flavours/glitch/util/uuid';
+import { privacyPreference } from 'flavours/glitch/util/privacy_preference';
 import { me } from 'flavours/glitch/util/initial_state';
 import { overwrite } from 'flavours/glitch/util/js_helpers';
 import { unescapeHTML } from 'flavours/glitch/util/html';
@@ -206,11 +207,6 @@ const insertEmoji = (state, position, emojiData) => {
   });
 };
 
-const privacyPreference = (a, b) => {
-  const order = ['public', 'unlisted', 'private', 'direct'];
-  return order[Math.max(order.indexOf(a), order.indexOf(b), 0)];
-};
-
 const hydrate = (state, hydratedState) => {
   state = clearAll(state.merge(hydratedState));
 
diff --git a/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/util/privacy_preference.js b/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/util/privacy_preference.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..7781ca7faa7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/util/privacy_preference.js
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+export const order = ['public', 'unlisted', 'private', 'direct'];
+
+export function privacyPreference (a, b) {
+  return order[Math.max(order.indexOf(a), order.indexOf(b), 0)];
+};