diff --git a/src/server/formatter.rs b/proxmox-rest-server/src/formatter.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from src/server/formatter.rs
rename to proxmox-rest-server/src/formatter.rs
diff --git a/proxmox-rest-server/src/lib.rs b/proxmox-rest-server/src/lib.rs
index 42e78d89..bc8334ba 100644
--- a/proxmox-rest-server/src/lib.rs
+++ b/proxmox-rest-server/src/lib.rs
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ use anyhow::{bail, format_err, Error};
 use proxmox::tools::fd::Fd;
 
 pub mod daemon;
+pub mod formatter;
 
 mod environment;
 pub use environment::*;
diff --git a/src/server/h2service.rs b/src/server/h2service.rs
index 332b3b1a..a79387c0 100644
--- a/src/server/h2service.rs
+++ b/src/server/h2service.rs
@@ -11,8 +11,9 @@ use hyper::{Body, Request, Response, StatusCode};
 use proxmox::api::{ApiResponseFuture, HttpError, Router, RpcEnvironment};
 use proxmox::http_err;
 
+use proxmox_rest_server::formatter::*;
+
 use crate::tools;
-use crate::server::formatter::*;
 use crate::server::WorkerTask;
 
 /// Hyper Service implementation to handle stateful H2 connections.
diff --git a/src/server/rest.rs b/src/server/rest.rs
index 6af6fa55..8beecb55 100644
--- a/src/server/rest.rs
+++ b/src/server/rest.rs
@@ -35,8 +35,7 @@ use pbs_tools::compression::{DeflateEncoder, Level};
 use pbs_tools::stream::AsyncReaderStream;
 use pbs_api_types::{Authid, Userid};
 use proxmox_rest_server::{ApiConfig, FileLogger, FileLogOptions, AuthError, RestEnvironment};
-
-use super::formatter::*;
+use proxmox_rest_server::formatter::*;
 
 use crate::auth_helpers::*;
 use pbs_config::CachedUserInfo;