diff --git a/mixeer/Helpers.php b/mixeer/Helpers.php
deleted file mode 100644
index b141b9e..0000000
--- a/mixeer/Helpers.php
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,37 +0,0 @@
-<?php
-
-namespace Benjivm\Mixeer;
-
-class Helpers
-{
-    /**
-     * Determine if a given string starts with a given character.
-     *
-     * @param $haystack
-     * @param $needles
-     *
-     * @return bool
-     */
-    public static function startsWith($haystack, $needles)
-    {
-        foreach ((array) $needles as $needle) {
-            if ($needle != '' && substr($haystack, 0, strlen($needle)) === (string) $needle) {
-                return true;
-            }
-        }
-
-        return false;
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Generate the public path to the given file.
-     *
-     * @param string $path
-     *
-     * @return string
-     */
-    public static function publicPath($path = '')
-    {
-        return ee()->config->item('base_path') . ($path ? '/' . ltrim($path, '/') : $path);
-    }
-}
diff --git a/mixeer/addon.setup.php b/mixeer/addon.setup.php
index 04ae21a..b2cbf92 100644
--- a/mixeer/addon.setup.php
+++ b/mixeer/addon.setup.php
@@ -17,6 +17,6 @@
     'docs_url'    => 'https://github.com/benjivm/mixeer',
     'name'        => 'MixEEr',
     'description' => 'Processes mix manifest files in ExpressionEngine for asset management.',
-    'version'     => '1.0.2',
+    'version'     => '1.0.3',
     'namespace'   => 'Benjivm\Mixeer',
 ];
diff --git a/mixeer/pi.mixeer.php b/mixeer/pi.mixeer.php
index 3ed7257..05650dc 100644
--- a/mixeer/pi.mixeer.php
+++ b/mixeer/pi.mixeer.php
@@ -4,8 +4,6 @@
     exit('No direct script access allowed');
 }
 
-use Benjivm\Mixeer\Helpers;
-
 class Mixeer
 {
     public $return_data = '';
@@ -35,15 +33,15 @@ public function mix($path, $manifestDir = '')
     {
         static $manifests = [];
 
-        if (! Helpers::startsWith($path, '/')) {
+        if (! $this->startsWith($path, '/')) {
             $path = "/{$path}";
         }
 
-        if ($manifestDir && ! Helpers::startsWith($manifestDir, '/')) {
+        if ($manifestDir && ! $this->startsWith($manifestDir, '/')) {
             $manifestDir = "/{$manifestDir}";
         }
 
-        $manifestPath = Helpers::publicPath($manifestDir . '/mix-manifest.json');
+        $manifestPath = $this->publicPath($manifestDir . '/mix-manifest.json');
 
         if (! isset($manifests[$manifestPath])) {
             if (! file_exists($manifestPath)) {
@@ -63,4 +61,35 @@ public function mix($path, $manifestDir = '')
 
         return $manifestDir . $manifest[$path];
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Determine if a given string starts with a given character.
+     *
+     * @param $haystack
+     * @param $needles
+     *
+     * @return bool
+     */
+    private static function startsWith($haystack, $needles)
+    {
+        foreach ((array) $needles as $needle) {
+            if ($needle != '' && substr($haystack, 0, strlen($needle)) === (string) $needle) {
+                return true;
+            }
+        }
+
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Generate the public path to the given file.
+     *
+     * @param string $path
+     *
+     * @return string
+     */
+    private static function publicPath($path = '')
+    {
+        return ee()->config->item('base_path') . ($path ? '/' . ltrim($path, '/') : $path);
+    }
 }