diff --git a/pysqa/queueadapter.py b/pysqa/queueadapter.py
index e17f9fc5..0792d4ac 100644
--- a/pysqa/queueadapter.py
+++ b/pysqa/queueadapter.py
@@ -2,10 +2,9 @@
 # Copyright (c) Jan Janssen
 
 import os
-import yaml
-from pysqa.basic import BasisQueueAdapter
-from pysqa.modular import ModularQueueAdapter
-from pysqa.remote import RemoteQueueAdapter
+from pysqa.utils.basic import BasisQueueAdapter, read_config
+from pysqa.utils.modular import ModularQueueAdapter
+from pysqa.utils.remote import RemoteQueueAdapter
 
 __author__ = "Jan Janssen"
 __copyright__ = "Copyright 2019, Jan Janssen"
@@ -44,7 +43,7 @@ class QueueAdapter(object):
             Queues available for auto completion QueueAdapter().queues.<queue name> returns the queue name.
     """
     def __init__(self, directory="~/.queues"):
-        config = self._read_config(file_name=os.path.join(directory, "queue.yaml"))
+        config = read_config(file_name=os.path.join(directory, "queue.yaml"))
         if config["queue_type"] in ["SGE", "TORQUE", "SLURM", "LSF", "MOAB"]:
             self._adapter = BasisQueueAdapter(config=config, directory=directory)
         elif config["queue_type"] in ["GENT"]:
@@ -252,16 +251,3 @@ def check_queue_parameters(
             memory_max=memory_max,
             active_queue=active_queue,
         )
-
-    @staticmethod
-    def _read_config(file_name="queue.yaml"):
-        """
-
-        Args:
-            file_name (str):
-
-        Returns:
-            dict:
-        """
-        with open(file_name, "r") as f:
-            return yaml.load(f, Loader=yaml.FullLoader)
diff --git a/pysqa/utils/__init__.py b/pysqa/utils/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e69de29b
diff --git a/pysqa/basic.py b/pysqa/utils/basic.py
similarity index 98%
rename from pysqa/basic.py
rename to pysqa/utils/basic.py
index dc896135..b352a7fb 100644
--- a/pysqa/basic.py
+++ b/pysqa/utils/basic.py
@@ -8,7 +8,8 @@
 import subprocess
 import re
 import pandas
-from pysqa.queues import Queues
+import yaml
+from pysqa.utils.queues import Queues
 
 
 class BasisQueueAdapter(object):
@@ -547,3 +548,16 @@ def _memory_spec_string_to_value(
             )
         else:
             return value
+
+
+def read_config(file_name="queue.yaml"):
+    """
+
+    Args:
+        file_name (str):
+
+    Returns:
+        dict:
+    """
+    with open(file_name, "r") as f:
+        return yaml.load(f, Loader=yaml.FullLoader)
diff --git a/pysqa/modular.py b/pysqa/utils/modular.py
similarity index 98%
rename from pysqa/modular.py
rename to pysqa/utils/modular.py
index 5a67f2f0..7904e5d9 100644
--- a/pysqa/modular.py
+++ b/pysqa/utils/modular.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # Copyright (c) Jan Janssen
 
 import pandas
-from pysqa.basic import BasisQueueAdapter
+from pysqa.utils.basic import BasisQueueAdapter
 
 
 class ModularQueueAdapter(BasisQueueAdapter):
diff --git a/pysqa/queues.py b/pysqa/utils/queues.py
similarity index 100%
rename from pysqa/queues.py
rename to pysqa/utils/queues.py
diff --git a/pysqa/remote.py b/pysqa/utils/remote.py
similarity index 99%
rename from pysqa/remote.py
rename to pysqa/utils/remote.py
index aeeb8837..d46a77b9 100644
--- a/pysqa/remote.py
+++ b/pysqa/utils/remote.py
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 import paramiko
 import warnings
 from tqdm import tqdm
-from pysqa.basic import BasisQueueAdapter
+from pysqa.utils.basic import BasisQueueAdapter
 
 
 class RemoteQueueAdapter(BasisQueueAdapter):
diff --git a/tests/test_queueadapter.py b/tests/test_queueadapter.py
index e21bdb45..d85b52cb 100644
--- a/tests/test_queueadapter.py
+++ b/tests/test_queueadapter.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 import unittest
 import getpass
 from pysqa import QueueAdapter
-from pysqa.basic import BasisQueueAdapter
+from pysqa.utils.basic import BasisQueueAdapter
 
 __author__ = "Jan Janssen"
 __copyright__ = "Copyright 2019, Jan Janssen"