diff --git a/lib/client.js b/lib/client.js
index f42e5ac..78ce8cb 100644
--- a/lib/client.js
+++ b/lib/client.js
@@ -1,27 +1,16 @@
 var sys = require('sys');
 var crypto = require('crypto');
 var EventEmitter = require('events').EventEmitter;
-var url = require('url');
 
 var Query = require(__dirname + '/query');
 var utils = require(__dirname + '/utils');
 var defaults = require(__dirname + '/defaults');
 var Connection = require(__dirname + '/connection');
 
-var parseConnectionString = function(str) {
-  var result = url.parse(str);
-  result.host = result.hostname;
-  result.database = result.pathname ? result.pathname.slice(1) : null
-  var auth = (result.auth || ':').split(':');
-  result.user = auth[0];
-  result.password = auth[1];
-  return result;
-};
-
 var Client = function(config) {
   EventEmitter.call(this);
   if(typeof config === 'string') {
-    config = parseConnectionString(config)
+    config = utils.parseConnectionString(config)
   }
   config = config || {};
   this.user = config.user || defaults.user;
diff --git a/lib/utils.js b/lib/utils.js
index 0402324..32726b8 100644
--- a/lib/utils.js
+++ b/lib/utils.js
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+var url = require('url');
 var events = require('events');
 var sys = require('sys');
 
@@ -75,5 +76,14 @@ p._pulse = function(item, cb) {
 }
 
 module.exports = {
-  Pool: Pool
+  Pool: Pool,
+  parseConnectionString: function(str) {
+    var result = url.parse(str);
+    result.host = result.hostname;
+    result.database = result.pathname ? result.pathname.slice(1) : null
+    var auth = (result.auth || ':').split(':');
+    result.user = auth[0];
+    result.password = auth[1];
+    return result;
+  }
 }