diff --git a/pyscriptjs/src/components/base.ts b/pyscriptjs/src/components/base.ts
index 4fedfbb..e76ab6d 100644
--- a/pyscriptjs/src/components/base.ts
+++ b/pyscriptjs/src/components/base.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { pyodideLoaded, loadedEnvironments, componentDetailsNavOpen, mode } from '../stores';
-
+import { guidGenerator } from '../utils';
 // Premise used to connect to the first available pyodide interpreter
 let pyodideReadyPromise;
 let environments;
@@ -27,13 +27,6 @@ type PyodideInterface = {
     registerJsModule(name: string, module: object): void
 }
 
-export function guidGenerator(): string {
-  var S4 = function(): string {
-    return (((1+Math.random())*0x10000)|0).toString(16).substring(1);
-  };
-  return (S4()+S4()+"-"+S4()+"-"+S4()+"-"+S4()+"-"+S4()+S4()+S4());
-}
-
 export class BaseEvalElement extends HTMLElement {
     shadow: ShadowRoot;
     wrapper: HTMLElement;
diff --git a/pyscriptjs/src/utils.ts b/pyscriptjs/src/utils.ts
index ac9f83d..cdcd1c7 100644
--- a/pyscriptjs/src/utils.ts
+++ b/pyscriptjs/src/utils.ts
@@ -34,4 +34,11 @@ function ltrim(code: string): string {
     return code
 }
 
-export {addClasses, getLastPath, ltrim, htmlDecode}
+function guidGenerator(): string {
+  var S4 = function(): string {
+    return (((1+Math.random())*0x10000)|0).toString(16).substring(1);
+  };
+  return (S4()+S4()+"-"+S4()+"-"+S4()+"-"+S4()+"-"+S4()+S4()+S4());
+}
+
+export {addClasses, getLastPath, ltrim, htmlDecode, guidGenerator}