diff --git a/CabalApi.hs b/CabalApi.hs
index 6e86d7e..f28bbb1 100644
--- a/CabalApi.hs
+++ b/CabalApi.hs
@@ -6,16 +6,22 @@ module CabalApi (
   , cabalBuildInfo
   , cabalAllDependPackages
   , cabalAllExtentions
+  , getGHCVersion
   ) where
 
 import Control.Applicative
+import Control.Exception (throwIO)
+import Data.List (intercalate)
 import Data.Maybe (fromJust, maybeToList, mapMaybe)
 import Data.Set (fromList, toList)
 import Distribution.Package (Dependency(Dependency), PackageName(PackageName))
 import Distribution.PackageDescription
 import Distribution.PackageDescription.Parse (readPackageDescription)
+import Distribution.Simple.Program (ghcProgram)
+import Distribution.Simple.Program.Types (programName, programFindVersion)
 import Distribution.Text (display)
 import Distribution.Verbosity (silent)
+import Distribution.Version (versionBranch)
 import Language.Haskell.Extension (Extension(..))
 import System.FilePath
 import Types
@@ -129,3 +135,18 @@ fromPackageDescription f1 f2 f3 f4 pd = lib ++ exe ++ tests ++ bench
 
 uniqueAndSort :: [String] -> [String]
 uniqueAndSort = toList . fromList
+
+----------------------------------------------------------------
+
+getGHCVersion :: IO (String, Int)
+getGHCVersion = ghcVer >>= toTupple
+  where
+    ghcVer = programFindVersion ghcProgram silent (programName ghcProgram)
+    toTupple Nothing  = throwIO $ userError "ghc not found"
+    toTupple (Just v)
+      | length vs < 2 = return (verstr, 0)
+      | otherwise     = return (verstr, ver)
+      where
+        vs = versionBranch v
+        ver = (vs !! 0) * 100 + (vs !! 1)
+        verstr = intercalate "." . map show $ vs
diff --git a/Cradle.hs b/Cradle.hs
index 8cc1765..0987f12 100644
--- a/Cradle.hs
+++ b/Cradle.hs
@@ -1,13 +1,10 @@
 module Cradle where
 
+import CabalApi (getGHCVersion)
 import Control.Applicative ((<$>))
 import Control.Exception (throwIO)
 import Control.Monad
-import Data.List (isSuffixOf, intercalate)
-import Distribution.Simple.Program (ghcProgram)
-import Distribution.Simple.Program.Types (programName, programFindVersion)
-import Distribution.Verbosity (silent)
-import Distribution.Version (versionBranch)
+import Data.List (isSuffixOf)
 import System.Directory
 import System.FilePath ((</>),takeDirectory)
 import Types
@@ -15,7 +12,7 @@ import Types
 -- An error would be thrown
 findCradle :: Maybe FilePath -> IO Cradle
 findCradle (Just sbox) = do
-    (strver, ver) <- ghcVersion
+    (strver, ver) <- getGHCVersion
     conf <- checkPackageConf sbox strver
     let confOpts = ghcPackageConfOptions ver conf
     wdir <- getCurrentDirectory
@@ -36,7 +33,7 @@ findCradle (Just sbox) = do
           , cradleGHCVersion      = strver
           }
 findCradle Nothing = do
-    (strver, ver) <- ghcVersion
+    (strver, ver) <- getGHCVersion
     wdir <- getCurrentDirectory
     cfiles <- cabalDir wdir
     case cfiles of
@@ -72,19 +69,6 @@ cabalDir dir = do
   where
     isCabal name = ".cabal" `isSuffixOf` name && length name > 6
 
-ghcVersion :: IO (String, Int)
-ghcVersion = ghcVer >>= toTupple
-  where
-    ghcVer = programFindVersion ghcProgram silent (programName ghcProgram)
-    toTupple Nothing  = throwIO $ userError "ghc not found"
-    toTupple (Just v)
-      | length vs < 2 = return (verstr, 0)
-      | otherwise     = return (verstr, ver)
-      where
-        vs = versionBranch v
-        ver = (vs !! 0) * 100 + (vs !! 1)
-        verstr = intercalate "." . map show $ vs
-
 packageConfName :: FilePath -> String -> FilePath
 packageConfName path ver = path </> "packages-" ++ ver ++ ".conf"