diff --git a/spec/base.js b/spec/base.js
index cd085b89..d0d4247b 100644
--- a/spec/base.js
+++ b/spec/base.js
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-var TreeCompare = require('../src/js/graph/treeCompare');
 var HeadlessGit = require('../src/js/git/headless').HeadlessGit;
+var TreeCompare = require('../src/js/graph/treeCompare.js');
 
 var loadTree = function(json) {
   return JSON.parse(unescape(json));
diff --git a/src/js/git/index.js b/src/js/git/index.js
index d6f62597..4553614c 100644
--- a/src/js/git/index.js
+++ b/src/js/git/index.js
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ var intl = require('../intl');
 
 var AnimationFactory = require('../visuals/animation/animationFactory').AnimationFactory;
 var AnimationQueue = require('../visuals/animation').AnimationQueue;
-var TreeCompare = require('./treeCompare').TreeCompare;
+var TreeCompare = require('../graph/treeCompare');
 
 var Graph = require('../graph');
 var Errors = require('../util/errors');
@@ -141,15 +141,10 @@ GitEngine.prototype.assignLocalRepo = function(repo) {
 };
 
 GitEngine.prototype.defaultInit = function() {
-  var defaultTree = this.getDefaultTree();
+  var defaultTree = Graph.getDefaultTree();
   this.loadTree(defaultTree);
 };
 
-GitEngine.prototype.getDefaultTree = function() {
-  // lol 80 char limit
-  return JSON.parse(unescape("%7B%22branches%22%3A%7B%22master%22%3A%7B%22target%22%3A%22C1%22%2C%22id%22%3A%22master%22%2C%22type%22%3A%22branch%22%7D%7D%2C%22commits%22%3A%7B%22C0%22%3A%7B%22type%22%3A%22commit%22%2C%22parents%22%3A%5B%5D%2C%22author%22%3A%22Peter%20Cottle%22%2C%22createTime%22%3A%22Mon%20Nov%2005%202012%2000%3A56%3A47%20GMT-0800%20%28PST%29%22%2C%22commitMessage%22%3A%22Quick%20Commit.%20Go%20Bears%21%22%2C%22id%22%3A%22C0%22%2C%22rootCommit%22%3Atrue%7D%2C%22C1%22%3A%7B%22type%22%3A%22commit%22%2C%22parents%22%3A%5B%22C0%22%5D%2C%22author%22%3A%22Peter%20Cottle%22%2C%22createTime%22%3A%22Mon%20Nov%2005%202012%2000%3A56%3A47%20GMT-0800%20%28PST%29%22%2C%22commitMessage%22%3A%22Quick%20Commit.%20Go%20Bears%21%22%2C%22id%22%3A%22C1%22%7D%7D%2C%22HEAD%22%3A%7B%22id%22%3A%22HEAD%22%2C%22target%22%3A%22master%22%2C%22type%22%3A%22general%20ref%22%7D%7D"));
-};
-
 GitEngine.prototype.init = function() {
   // make an initial commit and a master branch
   this.rootCommit = this.makeCommit(null, null, {rootCommit: true});
@@ -987,23 +982,10 @@ GitEngine.prototype.getTargetGraphDifference = function(
   }
 
   // filter because we werent doing graph search
-  var differenceUnique = this.getUniqueObjects(difference);
+  var differenceUnique = Graph.getUniqueObjects(difference);
   return this.descendSortDepth(differenceUnique);
 };
 
-GitEngine.prototype.getUniqueObjects = function(objects) {
-  var unique = {};
-  var result = [];
-  _.forEach(objects, function(object) {
-    if (unique[object.id]) {
-      return;
-    }
-    unique[object.id] = true;
-    result.push(object);
-  });
-  return result;
-};
-
 GitEngine.prototype.descendSortDepth = function(objects) {
   return objects.sort(function(oA, oB) {
     return oB.depth - oA.depth;
@@ -1224,7 +1206,7 @@ GitEngine.prototype.fetchCore = function(sourceDestPairs, options) {
   // and sort. in this particular app we can never have unfected remote
   // commits that are upstream of multiple branches (since the fakeTeamwork
   // command simply commits), but we are doing it anyways for correctness
-  commitsToMake = this.getUniqueObjects(commitsToMake);
+  commitsToMake = Graph.getUniqueObjects(commitsToMake);
   commitsToMake = this.descendSortDepth(commitsToMake);
 
   // now here is the tricky part -- the difference between local master
diff --git a/src/js/graph/index.js b/src/js/graph/index.js
index 536ff057..ae490ca3 100644
--- a/src/js/graph/index.js
+++ b/src/js/graph/index.js
@@ -1,5 +1,22 @@
+var _ = require('underscore');
 
 var Graph = {
+  getUniqueObjects: function(objects) {
+    var unique = {};
+    var result = [];
+    _.forEach(objects, function(object) {
+      if (unique[object.id]) {
+        return;
+      }
+      unique[object.id] = true;
+      result.push(object);
+    });
+    return result;
+  },
+
+  getDefaultTree: function() {
+    return JSON.parse(unescape("%7B%22branches%22%3A%7B%22master%22%3A%7B%22target%22%3A%22C1%22%2C%22id%22%3A%22master%22%2C%22type%22%3A%22branch%22%7D%7D%2C%22commits%22%3A%7B%22C0%22%3A%7B%22type%22%3A%22commit%22%2C%22parents%22%3A%5B%5D%2C%22author%22%3A%22Peter%20Cottle%22%2C%22createTime%22%3A%22Mon%20Nov%2005%202012%2000%3A56%3A47%20GMT-0800%20%28PST%29%22%2C%22commitMessage%22%3A%22Quick%20Commit.%20Go%20Bears%21%22%2C%22id%22%3A%22C0%22%2C%22rootCommit%22%3Atrue%7D%2C%22C1%22%3A%7B%22type%22%3A%22commit%22%2C%22parents%22%3A%5B%22C0%22%5D%2C%22author%22%3A%22Peter%20Cottle%22%2C%22createTime%22%3A%22Mon%20Nov%2005%202012%2000%3A56%3A47%20GMT-0800%20%28PST%29%22%2C%22commitMessage%22%3A%22Quick%20Commit.%20Go%20Bears%21%22%2C%22id%22%3A%22C1%22%7D%7D%2C%22HEAD%22%3A%7B%22id%22%3A%22HEAD%22%2C%22target%22%3A%22master%22%2C%22type%22%3A%22general%20ref%22%7D%7D"));
+  }
 };
 
 module.exports = Graph;
diff --git a/src/js/graph/treeCompare.js b/src/js/graph/treeCompare.js
index 243a8bc5..503630b1 100644
--- a/src/js/graph/treeCompare.js
+++ b/src/js/graph/treeCompare.js
@@ -395,4 +395,3 @@ TreeCompare.compareTrees = function(treeA, treeB) {
 };
 
 module.exports = TreeCompare;
-