diff --git a/src/components/profiles-modals/ImportProfileModal.vue b/src/components/profiles-modals/ImportProfileModal.vue
index c70b1ba95..ec89773ca 100644
--- a/src/components/profiles-modals/ImportProfileModal.vue
+++ b/src/components/profiles-modals/ImportProfileModal.vue
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ import ManifestV2 from "../../model/ManifestV2";
 import Profile from "../../model/Profile";
 import ThunderstoreCombo from "../../model/ThunderstoreCombo";
 import FsProvider from "../../providers/generic/file/FsProvider";
-import ZipProvider from "../../providers/generic/zip/ZipProvider";
 import ThunderstoreDownloaderProvider from "../../providers/ror2/downloading/ThunderstoreDownloaderProvider";
 import ProfileInstallerProvider from "../../providers/ror2/installing/ProfileInstallerProvider";
 import InteractionProvider from "../../providers/ror2/system/InteractionProvider";
@@ -130,7 +129,7 @@ export default class ImportProfileModal extends mixins(ProfilesMixin) {
             return;
         }
 
-        let read: string | null = await this.readProfileFile(files[0]);
+        let read: string | null = await ProfileUtils.readProfileFile(files[0]);
 
         if (read !== null) {
             this.profileImportFilePath = files[0];
@@ -166,20 +165,6 @@ export default class ImportProfileModal extends mixins(ProfilesMixin) {
         this.activeStep = 'ADDING_PROFILE';
     }
 
-    async readProfileFile(file: string) {
-        let read = '';
-        if (file.endsWith('.r2x')) {
-            read = (await FsProvider.instance.readFile(file)).toString();
-        } else if (file.endsWith('.r2z')) {
-            const result: Buffer | null = await ZipProvider.instance.readFile(file, "export.r2x");
-            if (result === null) {
-                return null;
-            }
-            read = result.toString();
-        }
-        return read;
-    }
-
     profileCreatedCallback(event: CustomEvent, localListenerId: number, parsed: ExportFormat, files: string[]) {
         if (this.listenerId === localListenerId) {
             (async () => {
diff --git a/src/utils/ProfileUtils.ts b/src/utils/ProfileUtils.ts
index 491bf2ca3..118dd74de 100644
--- a/src/utils/ProfileUtils.ts
+++ b/src/utils/ProfileUtils.ts
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import Profile from "../model/Profile";
 import ThunderstoreMod from "../model/ThunderstoreMod";
 import ThunderstoreVersion from "../model/ThunderstoreVersion";
 import VersionNumber from "../model/VersionNumber";
+import FsProvider from "../providers/generic/file/FsProvider";
 import ZipProvider from "../providers/generic/zip/ZipProvider";
 import ProfileInstallerProvider from "../providers/ror2/installing/ProfileInstallerProvider";
 import ProfileModList from "../r2mm/mods/ProfileModList";
@@ -71,3 +72,18 @@ export async function parseYamlToExportFormat(yamlContent: string) {
         })
     );
 }
+
+//TODO: Check if instead of returning null/empty strings, there's some errors that should be handled
+export async function readProfileFile(file: string) {
+    let read = '';
+    if (file.endsWith('.r2x')) {
+        read = (await FsProvider.instance.readFile(file)).toString();
+    } else if (file.endsWith('.r2z')) {
+        const result: Buffer | null = await ZipProvider.instance.readFile(file, "export.r2x");
+        if (result === null) {
+            return null;
+        }
+        read = result.toString();
+    }
+    return read;
+}