diff --git a/lib/tfw/components/directory_monitor.py b/lib/tfw/components/directory_monitor.py
index 5db6d6f..5dae10e 100644
--- a/lib/tfw/components/directory_monitor.py
+++ b/lib/tfw/components/directory_monitor.py
@@ -1,33 +1,13 @@
-from time import time, sleep
 from watchdog.observers import Observer
 from watchdog.events import FileSystemEventHandler
-from functools import wraps
 
 from tfw.networking.event_handlers.server_connector import ServerUplinkConnector
+from tfw.util import RateLimiter
 
 from tfw.config.logs import logging
 log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 
-class RateLimiter:
-    def __init__(self, rate_per_second):
-        self.min_interval = 1 / float(rate_per_second)
-        self.last_call = time()
-
-    def __call__(self, fun):
-        @wraps(fun)
-        def wrapper(*args, **kwargs):
-            self._limit_rate()
-            fun(*args, **kwargs)
-        return wrapper
-
-    def _limit_rate(self):   #TODO: pls review me :3
-        since_last_call = time() - self.last_call
-        to_next_call = self.min_interval - since_last_call
-        self.last_call = time()
-        if to_next_call > 0:
-            sleep(to_next_call)
-
 
 class WebideReloadEventHandler(FileSystemEventHandler):
     def __init__(self):
diff --git a/lib/tfw/util.py b/lib/tfw/util.py
index 4194953..ab9ab83 100644
--- a/lib/tfw/util.py
+++ b/lib/tfw/util.py
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 import xmlrpc.client, zmq
 from contextlib import suppress
 from xmlrpc.client import Fault as SupervisorFault
+from time import time, sleep
+from functools import wraps
 
 from tfw.config import tfwenv
 
@@ -31,3 +33,23 @@ class SupervisorMixin:
 class ZMQConnectorBase:
     def __init__(self, zmq_context=None):
         self._zmq_context = zmq_context or zmq.Context.instance()
+
+
+class RateLimiter:
+    def __init__(self, rate_per_second):
+        self.min_interval = 1 / float(rate_per_second)
+        self.last_call = time()
+
+    def __call__(self, fun):
+        @wraps(fun)
+        def wrapper(*args, **kwargs):
+            self._limit_rate()
+            fun(*args, **kwargs)
+        return wrapper
+
+    def _limit_rate(self):   #TODO: pls review me :3
+        since_last_call = time() - self.last_call
+        to_next_call = self.min_interval - since_last_call
+        self.last_call = time()
+        if to_next_call > 0:
+            sleep(to_next_call)
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