diff --git a/scripts/cache-asset-manifests.js b/scripts/cache-asset-manifests.js
index c8644ec..821669d 100644
--- a/scripts/cache-asset-manifests.js
+++ b/scripts/cache-asset-manifests.js
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ const { argv } = require("yargs");
 const PromisePool = require("es6-promise-pool");
 
 const connectToDb = require("../src/server/db");
-const neopets = require("../src/server/neopets");
+const neopetsAssets = require("../src/server/neopets-assets");
 
 async function cacheAssetManifests(db) {
   const [
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ async function cacheAssetManifests(db) {
 
   async function cacheAssetManifest(row) {
     try {
-      let manifest = await neopets.loadAssetManifest(row.url);
+      let manifest = await neopetsAssets.loadAssetManifest(row.url);
 
       // After loading, write the new manifest. We make sure to write an empty
       // string if there was no manifest, to signify that it doesn't exist, so
diff --git a/src/server/neopets-assets.js b/src/server/neopets-assets.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..43cd7c9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/server/neopets-assets.js
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+const fetch = require("node-fetch");
+
+async function loadAssetManifest(swfUrl) {
+  const manifestUrl = convertSwfUrlToManifestUrl(swfUrl);
+  const res = await fetch(manifestUrl);
+  if (res.status === 404) {
+    return null;
+  } else if (!res.ok) {
+    throw new Error(
+      `for asset manifest, images.neopets.com returned: ` +
+        `${res.status} ${res.statusText}. (${manifestUrl})`
+    );
+  }
+
+  const json = await res.json();
+  return {
+    assets: json["cpmanifest"]["assets"].map((asset) => ({
+      format: asset["format"],
+      assetData: asset["asset_data"].map((assetDatum) => ({
+        path: assetDatum["url"],
+      })),
+    })),
+  };
+}
+
+const SWF_URL_PATTERN = /^http:\/\/images\.neopets\.com\/cp\/(.+?)\/swf\/(.+?)\.swf$/;
+
+function convertSwfUrlToManifestUrl(swfUrl) {
+  const match = swfUrl.match(SWF_URL_PATTERN);
+  if (!match) {
+    throw new Error(`unexpected SWF URL format: ${JSON.stringify(swfUrl)}`);
+  }
+
+  const [_, type, folders] = match;
+
+  return `http://images.neopets.com/cp/${type}/data/${folders}/manifest.json`;
+}
+
+module.exports = { loadAssetManifest };
diff --git a/src/server/types/AppearanceLayer.js b/src/server/types/AppearanceLayer.js
index 88e9c95..197e25c 100644
--- a/src/server/types/AppearanceLayer.js
+++ b/src/server/types/AppearanceLayer.js
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-const fetch = require("node-fetch");
 const { gql } = require("apollo-server");
+const { loadAssetManifest } = require("../neopets-assets");
 
 const typeDefs = gql`
   enum LayerImageSize {
@@ -202,29 +202,6 @@ const resolvers = {
   },
 };
 
-async function loadAssetManifest(swfUrl) {
-  const manifestUrl = convertSwfUrlToManifestUrl(swfUrl);
-  const res = await fetch(manifestUrl);
-  if (res.status === 404) {
-    return null;
-  } else if (!res.ok) {
-    throw new Error(
-      `for asset manifest, images.neopets.com returned: ` +
-        `${res.status} ${res.statusText}. (${manifestUrl})`
-    );
-  }
-
-  const json = await res.json();
-  return {
-    assets: json["cpmanifest"]["assets"].map((asset) => ({
-      format: asset["format"],
-      assetData: asset["asset_data"].map((assetDatum) => ({
-        path: assetDatum["url"],
-      })),
-    })),
-  };
-}
-
 async function loadAndCacheAssetManifest(db, layer) {
   let manifest = await loadAssetManifest(layer.url);
 
@@ -255,17 +232,4 @@ async function loadAndCacheAssetManifest(db, layer) {
   return manifest;
 }
 
-const SWF_URL_PATTERN = /^http:\/\/images\.neopets\.com\/cp\/(.+?)\/swf\/(.+?)\.swf$/;
-
-function convertSwfUrlToManifestUrl(swfUrl) {
-  const match = swfUrl.match(SWF_URL_PATTERN);
-  if (!match) {
-    throw new Error(`unexpected SWF URL format: ${JSON.stringify(swfUrl)}`);
-  }
-
-  const [_, type, folders] = match;
-
-  return `http://images.neopets.com/cp/${type}/data/${folders}/manifest.json`;
-}
-
 module.exports = { typeDefs, resolvers };