diff --git a/src/test_compression.rs b/src/test_compression.rs
index dd108e8..3bf059b 100644
--- a/src/test_compression.rs
+++ b/src/test_compression.rs
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 use std::fs::{File, OpenOptions};
+use std::io;
 use std::io::{Read, Write};
 use std::path::Path;
 use flate2::Compression;
 use flate2::read::DeflateDecoder;
 use flate2::write::DeflateEncoder;
-use tempfile::tempfile;
 
 pub struct TestCompression {}
 
@@ -43,81 +43,38 @@ impl TestCompression {
             .expect(&format!("Unable to open target file [{}] for writing", target_file.display()));
 
         let compressed_data = TestCompression::compress_string(source);
+
         compressed_file
             .write_all(&compressed_data)
             .expect(&format!("Unable to write compressed data to [{}]", target_file.display()));
     }
-}
 
-#[cfg(test)]
-mod tests {
-    use tempfile::NamedTempFile;
-    use super::*;
+    pub fn compress_file<P: AsRef<Path>>(source: P, destination: P) -> io::Result<()> {
+        // Read the source file
+        let mut read_buffer = String::new();
+        let mut read_file = File::open(&source)?;
+        read_file.read_to_string(&mut read_buffer)?;
 
-    #[test]
-    fn smoke() {
-        assert!(true)
+        // Compress the data
+        let compressed_data = TestCompression::compress_string(&read_buffer);
+
+        // Write the compressed data to the destination file
+        let mut write_file = File::create(&destination)?;
+        write_file.write_all(&compressed_data)?;
+
+        Ok(())
     }
 
-    #[test]
-    fn compression_round_trip() {
-        let to_compress = "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.";
-
-        let compressed_text = TestCompression::compress_string(to_compress);
-        let decompressed_text = TestCompression::decompress_to_string(&compressed_text).unwrap();
-        assert_eq!(to_compress, decompressed_text);
+    pub fn compress_string_to_file(text: &str, target: &Path) {
+        let compressed_text = TestCompression::compress_string(text);
+        let mut writer = File::create(target).expect("Unable to create target file.");
+        writer.write_all(&compressed_text).expect("Unable to write compressed data");
     }
 
-    #[test]
-    fn file_compression_round_trip() {
-        // compress string to file...
-        let string_to_compress = "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.";
-        let compressed_string = TestCompression::compress_string(string_to_compress);
-        let mut temp_target = NamedTempFile::new().unwrap();
-        let mut temp_reader = temp_target.reopen();
-
-        // ...write the compressed version to a file...
-        temp_target.write_all(&compressed_string).expect("Unable to write compressed file for test");
-        //
-        // ...decompress from file...
-        let mut compressed_read = Vec::new();
-        temp_reader.unwrap().read_to_end(&mut compressed_read).expect("Unable to read compressed data for test");
-        let decompresed = TestCompression::decompress_to_string(&compressed_read).expect("Unable to decompress string for test");
-        //
-        // ...verify its the same.
-        assert_eq!(
-            string_to_compress,
-            decompresed
-        );
-    }
-
-    #[test]
-    fn file_compression_reader() {
-        // Get the 'sample text'
-        let to_compress = "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.";
-
-        // ...write it to the temp file...
-        let mut temp_file = NamedTempFile::new().expect("Unable to get temp file for test");
-        temp_file.write_all(&*TestCompression::compress_string(to_compress)).expect("Unable to write compressed data to temp file for test");
-        let temp2_path = temp_file.path();
-        let uncompressed_text = TestCompression::load_compressed_file_to_string(temp2_path);
-
-        assert_eq!(uncompressed_text, to_compress);
-    }
-
-    #[test]
-    fn file_compression_writer() {
-        let to_compress = "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.";
-
-        let mut temp_file = NamedTempFile::new().expect("Unable to get temp file for test.");
-        TestCompression::save_string_as_compressed_data(to_compress, temp_file.path());
-
-        // read back the compressed text
-        let mut read_buffer = Vec::new();
-        temp_file.read_to_end(&mut read_buffer).expect("Unable to read compressed data back.");
-        let decompressed_text = TestCompression::decompress_to_string(&read_buffer).expect("Unable to decompress text");
-        assert_eq!(
-            decompressed_text,
-            to_compress);
+    pub fn decompress_file_to_string(source: &Path) -> String {
+        let mut compressed_file = File::open(source).expect("Unable to open source to compress.");
+        let mut compressed_data = Vec::new();
+        compressed_file.read_to_end(&mut compressed_data).expect("Unable to read compressed data");
+        TestCompression::decompress_to_string(&compressed_data).unwrap()
     }
 }
diff --git a/tests/test_compression.rs b/tests/test_compression.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1371396
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_compression.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,119 @@
+use std::fs::File;
+use std::io::{Read, Write};
+use tempfile::NamedTempFile;
+use trevors_utilities::test_compression::TestCompression;
+
+#[test]
+fn smoke() {
+    assert!(true)
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn compression_round_trip() {
+    let to_compress = "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.";
+
+    ;
+    let decompressed_text =
+        TestCompression::decompress_to_string(
+            &TestCompression::compress_string(
+                to_compress
+            )).unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(to_compress, decompressed_text);
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn file_compression_round_trip() {
+    // compress string to file...
+    let string_to_compress = "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.";
+    let compressed_string = TestCompression::compress_string(string_to_compress);
+    let mut temp_target = NamedTempFile::new().unwrap();
+    let mut temp_reader = temp_target.reopen();
+
+    // ...write the compressed version to a file...
+    temp_target.write_all(&compressed_string).expect("Unable to write compressed file for test");
+    //
+    // ...decompress from file...
+    let mut compressed_read = Vec::new();
+    temp_reader.unwrap().read_to_end(&mut compressed_read).expect("Unable to read compressed data for test");
+    let decompresed = TestCompression::decompress_to_string(&compressed_read).expect("Unable to decompress string for test");
+    //
+    // ...verify its the same.
+    assert_eq!(
+        string_to_compress,
+        decompresed
+    );
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn file_compression_reader() {
+    // Get the 'sample text'
+    let to_compress = "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.";
+
+    // ...write it to the temp file...
+    let mut temp_file = NamedTempFile::new().expect("Unable to get temp file for test");
+    temp_file.write_all(&*TestCompression::compress_string(to_compress)).expect("Unable to write compressed data to temp file for test");
+    let temp2_path = temp_file.path();
+    let uncompressed_text = TestCompression::load_compressed_file_to_string(temp2_path);
+
+    assert_eq!(uncompressed_text, to_compress);
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn file_compression_writer() {
+    let to_compress = "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.";
+
+    let mut temp_file = NamedTempFile::new().expect("Unable to get temp file for test.");
+    TestCompression::save_string_as_compressed_data(to_compress, temp_file.path());
+
+    // read back the compressed text
+    let mut read_buffer = Vec::new();
+    temp_file.read_to_end(&mut read_buffer).expect("Unable to read compressed data back.");
+    let decompressed_text = TestCompression::decompress_to_string(&read_buffer).expect("Unable to decompress text");
+    assert_eq!(
+        decompressed_text,
+        to_compress);
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn compress_file() {
+    // create our test file.
+    let test_text = "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.";
+    let mut original_file = NamedTempFile::new().unwrap();
+    let compressed_file = NamedTempFile::new().unwrap();
+    original_file.write(test_text.as_bytes()).expect("Unable to write original file");
+
+    // run the method being tested
+    TestCompression::compress_file(original_file.path(), compressed_file.path()).expect("Unable to compress temp file.");
+
+    // verify the data in the new file matches what we expect
+    let compressed_text = TestCompression::compress_string(test_text);
+    let mut reader_file = compressed_file.reopen().unwrap();
+
+    let mut result_text = Vec::new();
+    reader_file.read_to_end(&mut result_text).expect("Unable to read compressed data back to verify");
+    let decompressed_text = TestCompression::decompress_to_string(&result_text).unwrap();
+
+    assert_eq!(decompressed_text, test_text);
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn compress_string_to_file() {
+    let to_compress = "The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog.";
+    let compressed_text = TestCompression::compress_string(to_compress);
+    let target_file = NamedTempFile::new().unwrap();
+    let mut duplicate = target_file.reopen().unwrap();
+    TestCompression::compress_string_to_file(to_compress, target_file.path());
+
+    let mut file_contents = Vec::new();
+    duplicate.read_to_end(&mut file_contents).expect("Unable to read compressed file.");
+    assert_eq!(file_contents, compressed_text);
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn decompress_file_to_string() {
+    let to_compress = "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.";
+    let mut temp = NamedTempFile::new().unwrap();
+    TestCompression::compress_string_to_file(to_compress, temp.path());
+    let result = TestCompression::decompress_file_to_string(temp.path());
+    assert_eq!(to_compress, result);
+}
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