diff --git a/Utils.hs b/Utils.hs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c70a7c09c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Utils.hs
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+{-|
+
+Utilities for top-level modules. See also "Ledger.Utils".
+
+There are some helpers here for working with your ledger in ghci. Examples:
+
+> $ rm -f *.o Ledger/*.o
+> $ ghci hledger.hs
+> *Main> l <- myledger
+> Ledger with 696 entries, 132 accounts:
+> ...
+> *Main> printbalance [] [] l
+> ...
+> *Main> printregister [] [] l
+> ...
+> *Main> accounts l
+> ...
+> *Main> myaccount "expenses:food:groceries"
+> Account expenses:food:groceries with 60 transactions
+
+-}
+
+module Utils
+where
+import qualified Data.Map as Map (lookup)
+import Options
+import Ledger
+
+
+-- | get a RawLedger from the given file path
+rawledgerfromfile :: FilePath -> IO RawLedger
+rawledgerfromfile f = do
+  parsed <- parseLedgerFile f
+  return $ either (\_ -> RawLedger [] [] [] "") id parsed
+
+-- | get a cached Ledger from the given file path
+ledgerfromfile :: FilePath -> IO Ledger
+ledgerfromfile f = do
+  l  <- rawledgerfromfile f
+  return $ cacheLedger wildcard $ filterRawLedgerEntries "" "" wildcard l
+
+-- | get a RawLedger from the file your LEDGER environment variable
+-- variable points to or (WARNING) an empty one if there was a problem.
+myrawledger :: IO RawLedger
+myrawledger = do
+  parsed <- ledgerFilePathFromOpts [] >>= parseLedgerFile
+  return $ either (\_ -> RawLedger [] [] [] "") id parsed
+
+-- | get a cached Ledger from the file your LEDGER environment variable
+-- variable points to or (WARNING) an empty one if there was a problem.
+myledger :: IO Ledger
+myledger = do
+  l <- myrawledger
+  return $ cacheLedger wildcard $ filterRawLedgerEntries "" "" wildcard l
+
+-- | get a named account from your ledger file
+myaccount :: AccountName -> IO Account
+myaccount a = myledger >>= (return . fromMaybe nullacct . Map.lookup a . accounts)
+
diff --git a/hledger.hs b/hledger.hs
index 2d90548ce..5e43c4424 100644
--- a/hledger.hs
+++ b/hledger.hs
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import BalanceCommand
 import PrintCommand
 import RegisterCommand
 import Tests
+import Utils
 
 
 main :: IO ()
@@ -51,45 +52,3 @@ parseLedgerAndDo opts args cmd =
       descpat = regexFor descpats
       (acctpats,descpats) = parseAccountDescriptionArgs args
 
--- | get a RawLedger from the file your LEDGER environment
--- variable points to or (WARNING) an empty one if there was a problem.
-myrawledger :: IO RawLedger
-myrawledger = do
-  parsed <- ledgerFilePathFromOpts [] >>= parseLedgerFile
-  return $ either (\_ -> RawLedger [] [] [] "") id parsed
-
--- | as above, and convert it to a cached Ledger
-myledger :: IO Ledger
-myledger = do
-  l <- myrawledger
-  return $ cacheLedger wildcard $ filterRawLedgerEntries "" "" wildcard l
-
--- | get a Ledger from the given file path
-rawledgerfromfile :: String -> IO RawLedger
-rawledgerfromfile f = do
-  parsed <- ledgerFilePathFromOpts [File f] >>= parseLedgerFile
-  return $ either (\_ -> RawLedger [] [] [] "") id parsed
-
--- | get a named account from your ledger file
-{-|
-The above are helpers for working with your ledger in ghci. Examples:
-
-> $ rm -f hledger.o
-> $ ghci hledger.hs
-> *Main> l <- myledger
-> Ledger with 696 entries, 132 accounts
-> *Main> putStr $ drawTree $ treemap show $ accountnametree l
-> ...
-> *Main> putStr $ showLedgerAccountBalances l 1
-> ...
-> *Main> printregister l
-> ...
-> *Main> accounts l
-> ...
-> *Main> accountnamed "expenses:food:groceries"
-> Account expenses:food:groceries with 60 transactions
-
--}
-accountnamed :: AccountName -> IO Account
-accountnamed a = myledger >>= (return . fromMaybe nullacct . Map.lookup a . accounts)
-