diff --git a/src/common/mod.rs b/src/common/mod.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..822c729
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/common/mod.rs
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+pub mod status;
diff --git a/src/common/status.rs b/src/common/status.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7fce004
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/common/status.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,132 @@
+use std::path::PathBuf;
+use strum::IntoEnumIterator;
+
+use crate::compression_engine;
+use crate::compression_engine::COMPRESSION_PROGRAMS;
+use crate::compression_engine::CompressionType;
+use crate::compression_engine::program::CompressionEngineProgram;
+use crate::meta_plugin::MetaPluginType;
+use crate::meta_plugin;
+
+#[derive(serde::Serialize, serde::Deserialize)]
+pub struct StatusInfo {
+    pub paths: PathInfo,
+    pub compression: Vec<CompressionInfo>,
+    pub meta_plugins: Vec<MetaPluginInfo>,
+}
+
+#[derive(serde::Serialize, serde::Deserialize)]
+pub struct PathInfo {
+    pub data: String,
+    pub database: String,
+}
+
+#[derive(serde::Serialize, serde::Deserialize)]
+pub struct CompressionInfo {
+    #[serde(rename = "type")]
+    pub compression_type: String,
+    pub found: bool,
+    pub default: bool,
+    pub binary: String,
+    pub compress: String,
+    pub decompress: String,
+}
+
+#[derive(serde::Serialize, serde::Deserialize)]
+pub struct MetaPluginInfo {
+    pub meta_name: String,
+    pub found: bool,
+    pub enabled: bool,
+    pub binary: String,
+    pub args: String,
+}
+
+pub fn generate_status_info(
+    data_path: PathBuf,
+    db_path: PathBuf,
+    enabled_meta_plugins: &Vec<MetaPluginType>,
+) -> StatusInfo {
+    let path_info = PathInfo {
+        data: data_path.into_os_string().into_string().expect("Unable to convert data path to string"),
+        database: db_path.into_os_string().into_string().expect("Unable to convert DB path to string"),
+    };
+
+    let default_type = compression_engine::default_compression_type();
+    let mut compression_info = Vec::new();
+
+    // Sort compression types by their string representation
+    let mut sorted_compression_types: Vec<CompressionType> = CompressionType::iter().collect();
+    sorted_compression_types.sort_by_key(|ct| ct.to_string());
+
+    for compression_type in sorted_compression_types {
+        let compression_program: CompressionEngineProgram =
+            match &COMPRESSION_PROGRAMS[compression_type.clone()] {
+                Some(compression_program) => compression_program.clone(),
+                None => CompressionEngineProgram {
+                    program: "".to_string(),
+                    compress: Vec::new(),
+                    decompress: Vec::new(),
+                    supported: true,
+                },
+            };
+
+        let is_default = compression_type == default_type;
+        let binary = if compression_program.program.is_empty() {
+            "<INTERNAL>".to_string()
+        } else {
+            compression_program.program
+        };
+
+        compression_info.push(CompressionInfo {
+            compression_type: compression_type.to_string(),
+            found: compression_program.supported,
+            default: is_default,
+            binary,
+            compress: compression_program.compress.join(" "),
+            decompress: compression_program.decompress.join(" "),
+        });
+    }
+
+    let mut meta_plugin_info = Vec::new();
+
+    // Sort meta plugin types by their meta name
+    let mut sorted_meta_plugins: Vec<MetaPluginType> = MetaPluginType::iter().collect();
+    sorted_meta_plugins.sort_by_key(|meta_plugin_type| {
+        let mut meta_plugin = meta_plugin::get_meta_plugin(meta_plugin_type.clone());
+        meta_plugin.meta_name()
+    });
+
+    for meta_plugin_type in sorted_meta_plugins {
+        let mut meta_plugin = meta_plugin::get_meta_plugin(meta_plugin_type.clone());
+        let is_supported = meta_plugin.is_supported();
+        let is_enabled = enabled_meta_plugins.contains(&meta_plugin_type);
+        
+        let (binary_display, args_display) = if !is_supported {
+            ("<NOT FOUND>".to_string(), "".to_string())
+        } else {
+            if meta_plugin.is_internal() {
+                ("<INTERNAL>".to_string(), "".to_string())
+            } else {
+                if let Some((program, args)) = meta_plugin.program_info() {
+                    (program.to_string(), args.join(" "))
+                } else {
+                    ("<NOT FOUND>".to_string(), "".to_string())
+                }
+            }
+        };
+
+        meta_plugin_info.push(MetaPluginInfo {
+            meta_name: meta_plugin.meta_name(),
+            found: is_supported,
+            enabled: is_enabled,
+            binary: binary_display,
+            args: args_display,
+        });
+    }
+
+    StatusInfo {
+        paths: path_info,
+        compression: compression_info,
+        meta_plugins: meta_plugin_info,
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/modes/server/api/status.rs b/src/modes/server/api/status.rs
index ebfc067..662ae40 100644
--- a/src/modes/server/api/status.rs
+++ b/src/modes/server/api/status.rs
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ use log::warn;
 use std::net::SocketAddr;
 
 use crate::modes::server::common::{AppState, ApiResponse, check_auth};
-use crate::modes::status::{generate_status_info, StatusInfo};
+use crate::common::status::{generate_status_info, StatusInfo};
 use crate::meta_plugin::MetaPluginType;
 
 pub async fn handle_status(
diff --git a/src/modes/status.rs b/src/modes/status.rs
index 17e8a63..631f8fc 100644
--- a/src/modes/status.rs
+++ b/src/modes/status.rs
@@ -1,147 +1,17 @@
 use clap::*;
 use is_terminal::IsTerminal;
 use std::path::PathBuf;
-use strum::IntoEnumIterator;
-
-use crate::compression_engine;
-use crate::compression_engine::COMPRESSION_PROGRAMS;
-use crate::compression_engine::CompressionType;
-use crate::compression_engine::program::CompressionEngineProgram;
 
 use crate::modes::common::{get_format_box_chars_no_border_line_separator, get_output_format, OutputFormat};
 use prettytable::color;
-use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 use serde_json;
 use serde_yaml;
 use prettytable::row;
 use prettytable::{Attr, Cell, Row, Table};
 use prettytable::format::consts::FORMAT_NO_BORDER_LINE_SEPARATOR;
 
-use crate::meta_plugin;
 use crate::meta_plugin::MetaPluginType;
-
-#[derive(Serialize, Deserialize)]
-pub struct StatusInfo {
-    pub paths: PathInfo,
-    pub compression: Vec<CompressionInfo>,
-    pub meta_plugins: Vec<MetaPluginInfo>,
-}
-
-#[derive(Serialize, Deserialize)]
-pub struct PathInfo {
-    pub data: String,
-    pub database: String,
-}
-
-#[derive(Serialize, Deserialize)]
-pub struct CompressionInfo {
-    #[serde(rename = "type")]
-    pub compression_type: String,
-    pub found: bool,
-    pub default: bool,
-    pub binary: String,
-    pub compress: String,
-    pub decompress: String,
-}
-
-#[derive(Serialize, Deserialize)]
-pub struct MetaPluginInfo {
-    pub meta_name: String,
-    pub found: bool,
-    pub enabled: bool,
-    pub binary: String,
-    pub args: String,
-}
-
-pub fn generate_status_info(
-    data_path: PathBuf,
-    db_path: PathBuf,
-    enabled_meta_plugins: &Vec<MetaPluginType>,
-) -> StatusInfo {
-    let path_info = PathInfo {
-        data: data_path.into_os_string().into_string().expect("Unable to convert data path to string"),
-        database: db_path.into_os_string().into_string().expect("Unable to convert DB path to string"),
-    };
-
-    let default_type = compression_engine::default_compression_type();
-    let mut compression_info = Vec::new();
-
-    // Sort compression types by their string representation
-    let mut sorted_compression_types: Vec<CompressionType> = CompressionType::iter().collect();
-    sorted_compression_types.sort_by_key(|ct| ct.to_string());
-
-    for compression_type in sorted_compression_types {
-        let compression_program: CompressionEngineProgram =
-            match &COMPRESSION_PROGRAMS[compression_type.clone()] {
-                Some(compression_program) => compression_program.clone(),
-                None => CompressionEngineProgram {
-                    program: "".to_string(),
-                    compress: Vec::new(),
-                    decompress: Vec::new(),
-                    supported: true,
-                },
-            };
-
-        let is_default = compression_type == default_type;
-        let binary = if compression_program.program.is_empty() {
-            "<INTERNAL>".to_string()
-        } else {
-            compression_program.program
-        };
-
-        compression_info.push(CompressionInfo {
-            compression_type: compression_type.to_string(),
-            found: compression_program.supported,
-            default: is_default,
-            binary,
-            compress: compression_program.compress.join(" "),
-            decompress: compression_program.decompress.join(" "),
-        });
-    }
-
-    let mut meta_plugin_info = Vec::new();
-
-    // Sort meta plugin types by their meta name
-    let mut sorted_meta_plugins: Vec<MetaPluginType> = MetaPluginType::iter().collect();
-    sorted_meta_plugins.sort_by_key(|meta_plugin_type| {
-        let mut meta_plugin = meta_plugin::get_meta_plugin(meta_plugin_type.clone());
-        meta_plugin.meta_name()
-    });
-
-    for meta_plugin_type in sorted_meta_plugins {
-        let mut meta_plugin = meta_plugin::get_meta_plugin(meta_plugin_type.clone());
-        let is_supported = meta_plugin.is_supported();
-        let is_enabled = enabled_meta_plugins.contains(&meta_plugin_type);
-        
-        let (binary_display, args_display) = if !is_supported {
-            ("<NOT FOUND>".to_string(), "".to_string())
-        } else {
-            if meta_plugin.is_internal() {
-                ("<INTERNAL>".to_string(), "".to_string())
-            } else {
-                if let Some((program, args)) = meta_plugin.program_info() {
-                    (program.to_string(), args.join(" "))
-                } else {
-                    ("<NOT FOUND>".to_string(), "".to_string())
-                }
-            }
-        };
-
-        meta_plugin_info.push(MetaPluginInfo {
-            meta_name: meta_plugin.meta_name(),
-            found: is_supported,
-            enabled: is_enabled,
-            binary: binary_display,
-            args: args_display,
-        });
-    }
-
-    StatusInfo {
-        paths: path_info,
-        compression: compression_info,
-        meta_plugins: meta_plugin_info,
-    }
-}
+use crate::common::status::{generate_status_info, StatusInfo, PathInfo, CompressionInfo, MetaPluginInfo};
 
 fn build_path_table(path_info: &PathInfo) -> Table {
     let mut path_table = Table::new();