diff --git a/components/chart/chart.js b/components/chart/chart.js
index 03702c0..9598552 100644
--- a/components/chart/chart.js
+++ b/components/chart/chart.js
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 import React, { Component } from 'react'
 import { View, FlatList, ActivityIndicator } from 'react-native'
-import { LocalDate } from 'js-joda'
 
 import AppLoadingView from '../app-loading'
 import YAxis from './y-axis'
@@ -8,9 +7,10 @@ import nfpLines from './nfp-lines'
 import DayColumn from './day-column'
 import HorizontalGrid from './horizontal-grid'
 
-import { getCycleDaysSortedByDate, getAmountOfCycleDays } from '../../db'
+import { getCycleDaysSortedByDate } from '../../db'
 import nothingChanged from '../../db/db-unchanged'
 import { scaleObservable } from '../../local-storage'
+import { makeColumnInfo } from '../helpers/chart'
 
 import config from '../../config'
 
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ export default class CycleChart extends Component {
         this.chartSymptoms.push('temperature')
       }
 
-      const columnData = this.makeColumnInfo()
+      const columnData = makeColumnInfo()
       this.setState({
         columns: columnData,
         chartHeight: height
@@ -103,19 +103,6 @@ export default class CycleChart extends Component {
     this.removeObvListener()
   }
 
-  makeColumnInfo() {
-    let amountOfCycleDays = getAmountOfCycleDays()
-    // if there's not much data yet, we want to show at least 30 days on the chart
-    if (amountOfCycleDays < 30) {
-      amountOfCycleDays = 30
-    } else {
-      // we don't want the chart to end abruptly before the first data day
-      amountOfCycleDays += 5
-    }
-    const localDates = getTodayAndPreviousDays(amountOfCycleDays)
-    return localDates.map(localDate => localDate.toString())
-  }
-
   render() {
     const { chartHeight, chartLoaded } = this.state
     return (
@@ -169,20 +156,3 @@ function LoadingMoreView(props) {
     </View>
   )
 }
-
-function getTodayAndPreviousDays(n) {
-  const today = LocalDate.now()
-  const targetDate = today.minusDays(n)
-
-  function getDaysInRange(currDate, range) {
-    if (currDate.isBefore(targetDate)) {
-      return range
-    } else {
-      range.push(currDate)
-      const next = currDate.minusDays(1)
-      return getDaysInRange(next, range)
-    }
-  }
-
-  return getDaysInRange(today, [])
-}
diff --git a/components/helpers/chart.js b/components/helpers/chart.js
index 5e9926b..d59a55a 100644
--- a/components/helpers/chart.js
+++ b/components/helpers/chart.js
@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
 import { LocalDate } from 'js-joda'
 
 import { scaleObservable, unitObservable } from '../../local-storage'
-import { getCycleDay } from '../../db'
+import { getCycleDay, getAmountOfCycleDays } from '../../db'
 
 import config from '../../config'
 
+//YAxis helpers
+
 export function normalizeToScale(temp, columnHeight) {
   const scale = scaleObservable.value
   const valueRelativeToScale = (scale.max - temp) / (scale.max - scale.min)
@@ -70,6 +72,8 @@ export function getTickList(columnHeight) {
   })
 }
 
+//DayColumn helpers
+
 export function isSymptomDataComplete(symptom, dateString) {
   const cycleDayData = getCycleDay(dateString)
   const symptomData = cycleDayData[symptom]
@@ -162,3 +166,35 @@ export const symptomColorMethods = {
     return colorIndex
   }
 }
+
+// Chart helpers
+
+export function makeColumnInfo() {
+  let amountOfCycleDays = getAmountOfCycleDays()
+  // if there's not much data yet, we want to show at least 30 days on the chart
+  if (amountOfCycleDays < 30) {
+    amountOfCycleDays = 30
+  } else {
+    // we don't want the chart to end abruptly before the first data day
+    amountOfCycleDays += 5
+  }
+  const localDates = getTodayAndPreviousDays(amountOfCycleDays)
+  return localDates.map(localDate => localDate.toString())
+}
+
+function getTodayAndPreviousDays(n) {
+  const today = LocalDate.now()
+  const targetDate = today.minusDays(n)
+
+  function getDaysInRange(currDate, range) {
+    if (currDate.isBefore(targetDate)) {
+      return range
+    } else {
+      range.push(currDate)
+      const next = currDate.minusDays(1)
+      return getDaysInRange(next, range)
+    }
+  }
+
+  return getDaysInRange(today, [])
+}
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