diff --git a/x/observer/client/cli/tx_vote_blame.go b/x/observer/client/cli/tx_vote_blame.go
index 7406359c10..90f8761c9f 100644
--- a/x/observer/client/cli/tx_vote_blame.go
+++ b/x/observer/client/cli/tx_vote_blame.go
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ import (
 	"gitlab.com/thorchain/tss/go-tss/blame"
 
 	"github.com/zeta-chain/zetacore/x/observer/types"
+	"github.com/zeta-chain/zetacore/x/observer/utils"
 )
 
 func CmdVoteBlame() *cobra.Command {
@@ -48,7 +49,7 @@ func CmdVoteBlame() *cobra.Command {
 			if err != nil {
 				return err
 			}
-			blameNodes := types.ConvertNodes(nodes)
+			blameNodes := utils.ConvertNodes(nodes)
 			blameInfo := types.Blame{
 				Index:         index,
 				FailureReason: failureReason,
diff --git a/x/observer/types/utils.go b/x/observer/types/utils.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 009b419168..0000000000
--- a/x/observer/types/utils.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-package types
-
-import "gitlab.com/thorchain/tss/go-tss/blame"
-
-func ConvertNodes(n []blame.Node) (nodes []*Node) {
-	for _, node := range n {
-		var entry Node
-		entry.PubKey = node.Pubkey
-		entry.BlameSignature = node.BlameSignature
-		entry.BlameData = node.BlameData
-
-		nodes = append(nodes, &entry)
-	}
-	return
-}
diff --git a/x/observer/utils/utils.go b/x/observer/utils/utils.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1b60db317f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/x/observer/utils/utils.go
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+package utils
+
+import (
+	"gitlab.com/thorchain/tss/go-tss/blame"
+
+	"github.com/zeta-chain/zetacore/x/observer/types"
+)
+
+func ConvertNodes(n []blame.Node) (nodes []*types.Node) {
+	for _, node := range n {
+		var entry types.Node
+		entry.PubKey = node.Pubkey
+		entry.BlameSignature = node.BlameSignature
+		entry.BlameData = node.BlameData
+
+		nodes = append(nodes, &entry)
+	}
+	return
+}
diff --git a/x/observer/types/utils_test.go b/x/observer/utils/utils_test.go
similarity index 95%
rename from x/observer/types/utils_test.go
rename to x/observer/utils/utils_test.go
index 26a9867d2e..bdd6b7ea18 100644
--- a/x/observer/types/utils_test.go
+++ b/x/observer/utils/utils_test.go
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-package types_test
+package utils
 
 import (
 	"testing"
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ func TestConvertNodes(t *testing.T) {
 
 	for _, tt := range tests {
 		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
-			result := types.ConvertNodes(tt.input)
+			result := ConvertNodes(tt.input)
 			require.Equal(t, tt.expected, result)
 		})
 	}
diff --git a/zetaclient/zetacore/client_vote.go b/zetaclient/zetacore/client_vote.go
index 4883eb7677..a0f493a05d 100644
--- a/zetaclient/zetacore/client_vote.go
+++ b/zetaclient/zetacore/client_vote.go
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/zeta-chain/zetacore/pkg/retry"
 	"github.com/zeta-chain/zetacore/x/crosschain/types"
 	observertypes "github.com/zeta-chain/zetacore/x/observer/types"
+	observerutils "github.com/zeta-chain/zetacore/x/observer/utils"
 	zctx "github.com/zeta-chain/zetacore/zetaclient/context"
 )
 
@@ -109,7 +110,7 @@ func (c *Client) PostVoteBlameData(
 	zetaBlame := observertypes.Blame{
 		Index:         index,
 		FailureReason: blame.FailReason,
-		Nodes:         observertypes.ConvertNodes(blame.BlameNodes),
+		Nodes:         observerutils.ConvertNodes(blame.BlameNodes),
 	}
 	msg := observertypes.NewMsgVoteBlameMsg(signerAddress, chainID, zetaBlame)