diff --git a/src/padfoot/connection.rs b/src/padfoot/connection.rs
index a980471..fe891d9 100644
--- a/src/padfoot/connection.rs
+++ b/src/padfoot/connection.rs
@@ -11,6 +11,9 @@ pub use self::contacts::*;
 mod contact_list;
 pub use self::contact_list::*;
 
+mod escape;
+use self::escape::escape;
+
 mod requests;
 pub use self::requests::*;
 
@@ -309,56 +312,3 @@ impl Connection {
         tree
     }
 }
-
-fn escape_one(b: u8) -> String {
-    format!("_{:0<2x}", b)
-}
-
-// Some non-empty sequence of ASCII letters, digits and underscores
-fn escape(s: String) -> String {
-    // Special-case the empty string
-    if s.is_empty() {
-        return "_".to_string();
-    }
-
-    let bytes = s.into_bytes();
-    let mut iter = bytes.iter();
-    let mut out = String::new();
-
-    // Only alphanumeric in the first byte
-    let x = *iter.next().expect("Already checked len > 0");
-    let first = match x {
-        b'a'..=b'z' | b'A'..=b'Z' => unsafe { String::from_utf8_unchecked(vec![x]) },
-        _ => escape_one(x),
-    };
-
-    out.push_str(&first);
-
-    for x in iter {
-        let next = match x {
-            b'a'..=b'z' | b'A'..=b'Z' | b'0'..=b'9' => unsafe {
-                String::from_utf8_unchecked(vec![*x])
-            },
-            _ => escape_one(*x),
-        };
-
-        out.push_str(&next);
-    }
-
-    out
-}
-
-#[cfg(test)]
-mod tests {
-    use super::*;
-
-    #[test]
-    fn test_escape() {
-        assert_eq!(escape("".to_string()), "_");
-        assert_eq!(escape("foo".to_string()), "foo");
-        assert_eq!(escape("foo@bar".to_string()), "foo_40bar");
-        assert_eq!(escape("foo_bar".to_string()), "foo_5fbar");
-        assert_eq!(escape("foo__@__bar".to_string()), "foo_5f_5f_40_5f_5fbar");
-        assert_eq!(escape("1foo".to_string()), "_31foo");
-    }
-}
diff --git a/src/padfoot/connection/escape.rs b/src/padfoot/connection/escape.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..808ba02
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/padfoot/connection/escape.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+fn escape_one(b: u8) -> String {
+    format!("_{:0<2x}", b)
+}
+
+// Some non-empty sequence of ASCII letters, digits and underscores
+pub fn escape(s: String) -> String {
+    // Special-case the empty string
+    if s.is_empty() {
+        return "_".to_string();
+    }
+
+    let bytes = s.into_bytes();
+    let mut iter = bytes.iter();
+    let mut out = String::new();
+
+    // Only alphanumeric in the first byte
+    let x = *iter.next().expect("Already checked len > 0");
+    let first = match x {
+        b'a'..=b'z' | b'A'..=b'Z' => unsafe { String::from_utf8_unchecked(vec![x]) },
+        _ => escape_one(x),
+    };
+
+    out.push_str(&first);
+
+    for x in iter {
+        let next = match x {
+            b'a'..=b'z' | b'A'..=b'Z' | b'0'..=b'9' => unsafe {
+                String::from_utf8_unchecked(vec![*x])
+            },
+            _ => escape_one(*x),
+        };
+
+        out.push_str(&next);
+    }
+
+    out
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    use super::*;
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_escape() {
+        assert_eq!(escape("".to_string()), "_");
+        assert_eq!(escape("foo".to_string()), "foo");
+        assert_eq!(escape("foo@bar".to_string()), "foo_40bar");
+        assert_eq!(escape("foo_bar".to_string()), "foo_5fbar");
+        assert_eq!(escape("foo__@__bar".to_string()), "foo_5f_5f_40_5f_5fbar");
+        assert_eq!(escape("1foo".to_string()), "_31foo");
+    }
+}