diff --git a/app/js/app.js b/app/js/app.js
index 342cfa8d..675914c8 100755
--- a/app/js/app.js
+++ b/app/js/app.js
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ var ExplorerApp = Backbone.View.extend({
     this.router.route(/explorer/, 'explorer', this.viewExplorer);
     Backbone.history.start();
 
-    var state = recline.View.parseQueryString(window.location.search);
+    var state = recline.Util.parseQueryString(window.location.search);
     if (state) {
       _.each(state, function(value, key) {
         try {
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ var ExplorerApp = Backbone.View.extend({
   },
 
   makePermaLink: function(state) {
-    var qs = recline.View.composeQueryString(state.toJSON());
+    var qs = recline.Util.composeQueryString(state.toJSON());
     return window.location.origin + window.location.pathname + qs;
   },
 
diff --git a/src/util.js b/src/util.js
index a975d79e..55e9390a 100644
--- a/src/util.js
+++ b/src/util.js
@@ -1,2 +1,79 @@
 /*jshint multistr:true */
 
+this.recline = this.recline || {};
+this.recline.Util = this.recline.Util || {};
+
+(function(my) {
+// ## Miscellaneous Utilities
+
+var urlPathRegex = /^([^?]+)(\?.*)?/;
+
+// Parse the Hash section of a URL into path and query string
+my.parseHashUrl = function(hashUrl) {
+  var parsed = urlPathRegex.exec(hashUrl);
+  if (parsed === null) {
+    return {};
+  } else {
+    return {
+      path: parsed[1],
+      query: parsed[2] || ''
+    };
+  }
+};
+
+// Parse a URL query string (?xyz=abc...) into a dictionary.
+my.parseQueryString = function(q) {
+  if (!q) {
+    return {};
+  }
+  var urlParams = {},
+    e, d = function (s) {
+      return unescape(s.replace(/\+/g, " "));
+    },
+    r = /([^&=]+)=?([^&]*)/g;
+
+  if (q && q.length && q[0] === '?') {
+    q = q.slice(1);
+  }
+  while (e = r.exec(q)) {
+    // TODO: have values be array as query string allow repetition of keys
+    urlParams[d(e[1])] = d(e[2]);
+  }
+  return urlParams;
+};
+
+// Parse the query string out of the URL hash
+my.parseHashQueryString = function() {
+  q = my.parseHashUrl(window.location.hash).query;
+  return my.parseQueryString(q);
+};
+
+// Compse a Query String
+my.composeQueryString = function(queryParams) {
+  var queryString = '?';
+  var items = [];
+  $.each(queryParams, function(key, value) {
+    if (typeof(value) === 'object') {
+      value = JSON.stringify(value);
+    }
+    items.push(key + '=' + value);
+  });
+  queryString += items.join('&');
+  return queryString;
+};
+
+my.getNewHashForQueryString = function(queryParams) {
+  var queryPart = my.composeQueryString(queryParams);
+  if (window.location.hash) {
+    // slice(1) to remove # at start
+    return window.location.hash.split('?')[0].slice(1) + queryPart;
+  } else {
+    return queryPart;
+  }
+};
+
+my.setHashQueryString = function(queryParams) {
+  window.location.hash = my.getNewHashForQueryString(queryParams);
+};
+})(this.recline.Util);
+
diff --git a/src/view.js b/src/view.js
index 157576b4..d9ee22b2 100644
--- a/src/view.js
+++ b/src/view.js
@@ -232,10 +232,6 @@ my.DataExplorer = Backbone.View.extend({
         my.clearNotifications();
         self.el.find('.doc-count').text(self.model.docCount || 'Unknown');
         my.notify('Data loaded', {category: 'success'});
-        // update navigation
-        var qs = my.parseHashQueryString();
-        qs.reclineQuery = JSON.stringify(self.model.queryState.toJSON());
-        var out = my.getNewHashForQueryString(qs);
       });
     this.model.bind('query:fail', function(error) {
         my.clearNotifications();
@@ -338,7 +334,7 @@ my.DataExplorer = Backbone.View.extend({
   _setupState: function(initialState) {
     var self = this;
     // get data from the query string / hash url plus some defaults
-    var qs = my.parseHashQueryString();
+    var qs = recline.Util.parseHashQueryString();
     var query = qs.reclineQuery;
     query = query ? JSON.parse(query) : self.model.queryState.toJSON();
     // backwards compatability (now named view-graph but was named graph)
@@ -618,78 +614,6 @@ my.FacetViewer = Backbone.View.extend({
   }
 });
 
-/* ========================================================== */
-// ## Miscellaneous Utilities
-
-var urlPathRegex = /^([^?]+)(\?.*)?/;
-
-// Parse the Hash section of a URL into path and query string
-my.parseHashUrl = function(hashUrl) {
-  var parsed = urlPathRegex.exec(hashUrl);
-  if (parsed === null) {
-    return {};
-  } else {
-    return {
-      path: parsed[1],
-      query: parsed[2] || ''
-    };
-  }
-};
-
-// Parse a URL query string (?xyz=abc...) into a dictionary.
-my.parseQueryString = function(q) {
-  if (!q) {
-    return {};
-  }
-  var urlParams = {},
-    e, d = function (s) {
-      return unescape(s.replace(/\+/g, " "));
-    },
-    r = /([^&=]+)=?([^&]*)/g;
-
-  if (q && q.length && q[0] === '?') {
-    q = q.slice(1);
-  }
-  while (e = r.exec(q)) {
-    // TODO: have values be array as query string allow repetition of keys
-    urlParams[d(e[1])] = d(e[2]);
-  }
-  return urlParams;
-};
-
-// Parse the query string out of the URL hash
-my.parseHashQueryString = function() {
-  q = my.parseHashUrl(window.location.hash).query;
-  return my.parseQueryString(q);
-};
-
-// Compse a Query String
-my.composeQueryString = function(queryParams) {
-  var queryString = '?';
-  var items = [];
-  $.each(queryParams, function(key, value) {
-    if (typeof(value) === 'object') {
-      value = JSON.stringify(value);
-    }
-    items.push(key + '=' + value);
-  });
-  queryString += items.join('&');
-  return queryString;
-};
-
-my.getNewHashForQueryString = function(queryParams) {
-  var queryPart = my.composeQueryString(queryParams);
-  if (window.location.hash) {
-    // slice(1) to remove # at start
-    return window.location.hash.split('?')[0].slice(1) + queryPart;
-  } else {
-    return queryPart;
-  }
-};
-
-my.setHashQueryString = function(queryParams) {
-  window.location.hash = my.getNewHashForQueryString(queryParams);
-};
 
 // ## notify
 //
diff --git a/test/index.html b/test/index.html
index bb721fdd..f9f8e783 100644
--- a/test/index.html
+++ b/test/index.html
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 
   <script type="text/javascript" src="base.js"></script>
 
+  <script type="text/javascript" src="../src/util.js"></script>
   <script type="text/javascript" src="../src/model.js"></script>
   <script type="text/javascript" src="../src/backend/base.js"></script>
   <script type="text/javascript" src="../src/backend/memory.js"></script>
diff --git a/test/util.test.js b/test/util.test.js
index e6711c0d..c4d7f930 100644
--- a/test/util.test.js
+++ b/test/util.test.js
@@ -2,10 +2,10 @@
 module("Util");
 
 test('parseHashUrl', function () {
-  var out = recline.View.parseHashUrl('graph?x=y');
+  var out = recline.Util.parseHashUrl('graph?x=y');
   equal(out.path, 'graph');
   equal(out.query, '?x=y');
-  var out = recline.View.parseHashUrl('graph');
+  var out = recline.Util.parseHashUrl('graph');
   equal(out.path, 'graph');
   equal(out.query, '');
 });
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ test('composeQueryString', function () {
     x: 'y',
     a: 'b'
   };
-  var out = recline.View.composeQueryString(params);
+  var out = recline.Util.composeQueryString(params);
   equal(out, '?x=y&a=b');
 });