diff --git a/2/scripts/generate b/2/scripts/generate
index 0e9f8340..5efbc8de 100755
--- a/2/scripts/generate
+++ b/2/scripts/generate
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 var fs = require('fs');
 var http = require('http');
 var path = require('path');
+var Utils = require('./utils');
 
 function file(which) {
   return path.join(__dirname, '../..', which);
@@ -31,32 +32,6 @@ var skinToneOptions = [
 // there is no asset equivalent for these
 var ignoreMissing = ['2002', '2003', '2005'];
 
-
-// basic utilities to convert codepoints to JSON strings
-function toJSON(codePoints) {
-  return codePoints.split('-').map(function (point) {
-    return UTF162JSON(fromCodePoint(point));
-  }).join('');
-}
-function fromCodePoint(codepoint) {
-  var code = typeof codepoint === 'string' ?
-        parseInt(codepoint, 16) : codepoint;
-  if (code < 0x10000) {
-    return String.fromCharCode(code);
-  }
-  code -= 0x10000;
-  return String.fromCharCode(
-    0xD800 + (code >> 10),
-    0xDC00 + (code & 0x3FF)
-  );
-}
-function UTF162JSON(text) {
-  for (var i = 0, r = []; i < text.length; i++) {
-    r.push('\\u' + ('000' + text.charCodeAt(i).toString(16)).slice(-4));
-  }
-  return r.join('');
-}
-
 // Items is an array of unicode sequences with \u escaping, like ["\u2963\ufe0f", "\u263a\ufe0f"]
 // items get sorted by length (long to short), then unicode hex values (low to high)
 // output is "or" ed together using | for regex
@@ -80,7 +55,7 @@ function generateRegexPartial(items) {
       flushCharClass();
     }
     currentPrefix = prefix;
-    var suffixMinusOne = UTF162JSON(String.fromCharCode(parseInt(suffix, 16) - 1));
+    var suffixMinusOne = Utils.UTF162JSON(String.fromCharCode(parseInt(suffix, 16) - 1));
 
     if (charRange.length && charRange.slice(-1)[0] !== suffixMinusOne) {
       flushCharRange();
@@ -342,12 +317,12 @@ Queue([
         return hex.length < 4 ? ('000' + hex).slice(-4) : hex;
       });
       if (q.ignore.indexOf(codePoints) < 0) {
-        u = toJSON(codePoints);
+        u = Utils.toJSON(codePoints);
         codePointsWithoutKeycap = codePoints.replace(/-20E3$/, '');
         if (codePoints.indexOf('200D') >= 0) {
           q.zwj.push(u);
         } else if (codePoints != codePointsWithoutKeycap && q.variantsSensitive.indexOf(codePointsWithoutKeycap) >= 0) {
-          q.sensitiveKeycaps.push(toJSON(codePointsWithoutKeycap));
+          q.sensitiveKeycaps.push(Utils.toJSON(codePointsWithoutKeycap));
         } else if (q.diversityBase.indexOf(codePoints.replace(/-1F3F[B-F]$/, '')) >= 0) {
           // This is a diversity Emoji with or without a skin tone modifier
           // Add it to the regex if this is the base without the modifier
@@ -407,10 +382,10 @@ Queue([
         var matches = mapOfMatches[key];
         // Only a complete set may be replaced
         if (matches.length === pattern.numCombinations) {
-          replacements.push(UTF162JSON(key));
+          replacements.push(Utils.UTF162JSON(key));
           // Remove all items in the match set from the original zwj list
           matches.forEach(function(rawString) {
-            var indexToRemove = q.zwj.indexOf(UTF162JSON(rawString));
+            var indexToRemove = q.zwj.indexOf(Utils.UTF162JSON(rawString));
             if (indexToRemove >= 0) {
               q.zwj.splice(indexToRemove, 1);
             }
diff --git a/2/scripts/preview b/2/scripts/preview
index cbe51c02..6eeeb9f5 100755
--- a/2/scripts/preview
+++ b/2/scripts/preview
@@ -7,22 +7,10 @@
 // dependencies
 var fs = require('fs');
 var path = require('path');
+var Utils = require('./utils');
 
 var regex = new RegExp(fs.readFileSync(file('scripts/regex')).toString(), 'g');
 
-function fromCodePoint(codepoint) {
-  var code = typeof codepoint === 'string' ?
-        parseInt(codepoint, 16) : codepoint;
-  if (code < 0x10000) {
-    return String.fromCharCode(code);
-  }
-  code -= 0x10000;
-  return String.fromCharCode(
-    0xD800 + (code >> 10),
-    0xDC00 + (code & 0x3FF)
-  );
-}
-
 function countEmoji(emoji) {
   var count = 0;
   regex.lastIndex = 0;
@@ -42,7 +30,7 @@ fs.readdir(file('assets'), function (err, files) {
     '<li>' + files.map(function (filename) {
       var codepoints = filename.replace('.ai', '').split('-');
       var emoji = codepoints.map(function(codepoint) {
-        return fromCodePoint(codepoint);
+        return Utils.fromCodePoint(codepoint);
       }).join('');
       if (countEmoji(emoji + '\ufe0f') === 1) {
         codepoints.push('fe0f');
diff --git a/2/scripts/utils.js b/2/scripts/utils.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2ef2fb02
--- /dev/null
+++ b/2/scripts/utils.js
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+function fromCodePoint(codepoint) {
+  var code = typeof codepoint === 'string' ?
+        parseInt(codepoint, 16) : codepoint;
+  if (code < 0x10000) {
+    return String.fromCharCode(code);
+  }
+  code -= 0x10000;
+  return String.fromCharCode(
+    0xD800 + (code >> 10),
+    0xDC00 + (code & 0x3FF)
+  );
+}
+module.exports.fromCodePoint = fromCodePoint;
+
+function toJSON(codePoints) {
+  return codePoints.split('-').map(function (point) {
+    return UTF162JSON(fromCodePoint(point));
+  }).join('');
+}
+module.exports.toJSON = toJSON;
+
+function UTF162JSON(text) {
+  for (var i = 0, r = []; i < text.length; i++) {
+    r.push('\\u' + ('000' + text.charCodeAt(i).toString(16)).slice(-4));
+  }
+  return r.join('');
+}
+module.exports.UTF162JSON = UTF162JSON;