diff --git a/src/i18n/en.ts b/src/i18n/en.ts
index ea1f9ec..c06d7cc 100644
--- a/src/i18n/en.ts
+++ b/src/i18n/en.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 
-import { createLocale } from './'
+import { createLocale } from './utils'
 
 export default createLocale({
   'PROCESSING' () {
diff --git a/src/i18n/es.ts b/src/i18n/es.ts
index fde6e46..744d97c 100644
--- a/src/i18n/es.ts
+++ b/src/i18n/es.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 
-import { createLocale } from './'
+import { createLocale } from './utils'
 
 export default createLocale({
   'PROCESSING' () {
diff --git a/src/i18n/index.ts b/src/i18n/index.ts
index 278b49d..ec7048f 100644
--- a/src/i18n/index.ts
+++ b/src/i18n/index.ts
@@ -17,13 +17,6 @@ export interface LOCALE {
   'FULL_SCORE' (): string;
 }
 
-/**
- * type checking only so no missing keys
- */
-export function createLocale<OBJ extends LOCALE> (obj: OBJ): OBJ {
-  return Object.freeze(obj)
-}
-
 const locales = (<L extends { [n: string]: LOCALE } /** type checking */> (l: L) => Object.freeze(l))({
   en,
   es,
diff --git a/src/i18n/utils.ts b/src/i18n/utils.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..14f73c4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/i18n/utils.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+
+import type { LOCALE } from './'
+
+/**
+ * type checking only so no missing keys
+ */
+export function createLocale<OBJ extends LOCALE> (obj: OBJ): OBJ {
+  return Object.freeze(obj)
+}