diff --git a/internal/cli/shell.go b/internal/cli/shell.go
index 5e54d24..85213ab 100644
--- a/internal/cli/shell.go
+++ b/internal/cli/shell.go
@@ -10,19 +10,12 @@ import (
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 
+	"gitea.elara.ws/Hazel/music-kraken/internal/common"
 	"gitea.elara.ws/Hazel/music-kraken/internal/common/color"
 	"gitea.elara.ws/Hazel/music-kraken/internal/data"
 	"gitea.elara.ws/Hazel/music-kraken/internal/plugin"
 )
 
-func zeroPad(num int, length int) string {
-	str := strconv.Itoa(num)
-	if len(str) >= length {
-		return str
-	}
-	return strings.Repeat("0", length-len(str)) + str
-}
-
 func printResults(musicObjects []data.MusicObject) {
 	if len(musicObjects) <= 0 {
 		return
@@ -31,7 +24,7 @@ func printResults(musicObjects []data.MusicObject) {
 	results := make([]string, len(musicObjects))
 
 	for i, m := range musicObjects {
-		results[i] = zeroPad(i, 2) + ": "
+		results[i] = common.ZeroPad(i, 2) + ": "
 
 		if a, ok := m.(data.Artist); ok {
 			results[i] += "#a " + a.Name
diff --git a/internal/common/strings.go b/internal/common/strings.go
index 0cb3953..96abbb4 100644
--- a/internal/common/strings.go
+++ b/internal/common/strings.go
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package common
 
 import (
+	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 )
 
@@ -12,3 +13,11 @@ func Unify(s string) string {
 	}
 	return s
 }
+
+func ZeroPad(num int, length int) string {
+	str := strconv.Itoa(num)
+	if len(str) >= length {
+		return str
+	}
+	return strings.Repeat("0", length-len(str)) + str
+}
diff --git a/internal/common/strings_test.go b/internal/common/strings_test.go
index 2b97643..761908e 100644
--- a/internal/common/strings_test.go
+++ b/internal/common/strings_test.go
@@ -35,3 +35,18 @@ func TestUnify(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Errorf(`Double whitespaces need to be removed`)
 	}
 }
+
+func TestZeroPad(t *testing.T) {
+	cases := map[int]string{
+		0:    "000",
+		5:    "005",
+		1000: "1000",
+		50:   "050",
+	}
+
+	for key, val := range cases {
+		if res := ZeroPad(key, 3); res != val {
+			t.Errorf(`did not match`)
+		}
+	}
+}