diff --git a/src/scripts/settings/webSettings.js b/src/scripts/settings/webSettings.js
index afec7eafa..ac3ef0fba 100644
--- a/src/scripts/settings/webSettings.js
+++ b/src/scripts/settings/webSettings.js
@@ -1,44 +1,7 @@
 import DefaultConfig from '../../config.json';
+import fetchLocal from '../../utils/fetchLocal.ts';
 
 let data;
-const urlResolver = document.createElement('a');
-
-// `fetch` with `file:` support
-// Recent browsers seem to support `file` protocol under some conditions.
-// Based on https://github.com/github/fetch/pull/92#issuecomment-174730593
-//          https://github.com/github/fetch/pull/92#issuecomment-512187452
-async function fetchLocal(url, options) {
-    urlResolver.href = url;
-
-    const requestURL = urlResolver.href;
-
-    return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
-        const xhr = new XMLHttpRequest;
-
-        xhr.onload = () => {
-            // `file` protocol has invalid OK status
-            let status = xhr.status;
-            if (requestURL.startsWith('file:') && status === 0) {
-                status = 200;
-            }
-
-            /* eslint-disable-next-line compat/compat */
-            resolve(new Response(xhr.responseText, { status: status }));
-        };
-
-        xhr.onerror = () => {
-            reject(new TypeError('Local request failed'));
-        };
-
-        xhr.open('GET', url);
-
-        if (options && options.cache) {
-            xhr.setRequestHeader('Cache-Control', options.cache);
-        }
-
-        xhr.send(null);
-    });
-}
 
 async function getConfig() {
     if (data) return Promise.resolve(data);
diff --git a/src/utils/fetchLocal.ts b/src/utils/fetchLocal.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..cec934028
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/utils/fetchLocal.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+interface FetchOptions {
+    cache?: string
+}
+
+const URL_RESOLVER = document.createElement('a');
+
+// `fetch` with `file:` support
+// Recent browsers seem to support `file` protocol under some conditions.
+// Based on https://github.com/github/fetch/pull/92#issuecomment-174730593
+//          https://github.com/github/fetch/pull/92#issuecomment-512187452
+export default async function fetchLocal(url: string, options?: FetchOptions) {
+    URL_RESOLVER.href = url;
+
+    const requestURL = URL_RESOLVER.href;
+
+    return new Promise<Response>((resolve, reject) => {
+        const xhr = new XMLHttpRequest;
+
+        xhr.onload = () => {
+            // `file` protocol has invalid OK status
+            let status = xhr.status;
+            if (requestURL.startsWith('file:') && status === 0) {
+                status = 200;
+            }
+
+            /* eslint-disable-next-line compat/compat */
+            resolve(new Response(xhr.responseText, { status }));
+        };
+
+        xhr.onerror = () => {
+            reject(new TypeError('Local request failed'));
+        };
+
+        xhr.open('GET', url);
+
+        if (options && options.cache) {
+            xhr.setRequestHeader('Cache-Control', options.cache);
+        }
+
+        xhr.send(null);
+    });
+}