diff --git a/ate/context.py b/ate/context.py
index 0cb82b32..03b692da 100644
--- a/ate/context.py
+++ b/ate/context.py
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ import importlib
 import os
 import re
 import sys
-import types
 from collections import OrderedDict
 
 from ate import utils
@@ -11,12 +10,6 @@ from ate.exception import ParamsError
 from ate.testcase import TestcaseParser
 
 
-def is_function(tup):
-    """ Takes (name, object) tuple, returns True if it is a function.
-    """
-    name, item = tup
-    return isinstance(item, types.FunctionType)
-
 class Context(object):
     """ Manages context functions and variables.
         context has two levels, testset and testcase.
@@ -77,8 +70,7 @@ class Context(object):
         """
         sys.path.insert(0, os.getcwd())
         for module_name in modules:
-            imported = importlib.import_module(module_name)
-            imported_functions_dict = dict(filter(is_function, vars(imported).items()))
+            imported_functions_dict = utils.get_module_functions(module_name)
             self.__update_context_functions_config(level, imported_functions_dict)
 
     def bind_variables(self, variable_binds, level="testcase"):
diff --git a/ate/utils.py b/ate/utils.py
index 3934c00d..4f4694d3 100644
--- a/ate/utils.py
+++ b/ate/utils.py
@@ -2,11 +2,13 @@ import codecs
 import fnmatch
 import hashlib
 import hmac
+import importlib
 import json
 import os.path
 import random
 import re
 import string
+import types
 
 import yaml
 from ate import exception
@@ -246,3 +248,16 @@ def deep_update_dict(origin_dict, override_dict):
             origin_dict[key] = override_dict[key]
 
     return origin_dict
+
+def is_function(tup):
+    """ Takes (name, object) tuple, returns True if it is a function.
+    """
+    name, item = tup
+    return isinstance(item, types.FunctionType)
+
+def get_module_functions(module_name):
+    """ import module and return filtered functions
+    """
+    imported = importlib.import_module(module_name)
+    module_functions_dict = dict(filter(is_function, vars(imported).items()))
+    return module_functions_dict