diff --git a/helpers/app-files-scanner.js b/helpers/app-files-scanner.js
index 57a45af..7a8247c 100644
--- a/helpers/app-files-scanner.js
+++ b/helpers/app-files-scanner.js
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import plist from 'plist'
 import axios from 'axios'
 
+import { isString } from './type-checks.js'
 import parseMacho from './macho/index.js'
 
 const prettyBytes = require('pretty-bytes')
@@ -27,10 +28,6 @@ const knownAppExtensions =  new Set([
     '.app.zip'
 ])
 
-function isString( maybeString ) {
-    return (typeof maybeString === 'string' || maybeString instanceof String)
-}
-
 function isValidHttpUrl( string ) {
     if ( !isString( string ) ) return false
 
diff --git a/helpers/type-checks.js b/helpers/type-checks.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f5f14fe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/helpers/type-checks.js
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+
+
+
+export function isString( maybeString ) {
+    return (typeof maybeString === 'string' || maybeString instanceof String)
+}
+
+export function isObject( maybeObject ) {
+    return maybeObject === Object( maybeObject )
+}