diff --git a/protocol/build.gradle b/protocol/build.gradle
index 777c665..11e45f2 100644
--- a/protocol/build.gradle
+++ b/protocol/build.gradle
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 apply from: rootDir.toPath().resolve('logic.gradle').toFile()
 
 dependencies {
+    api project(':utils')
+
     implementation libs.objpool
     implementation libs.netty.transport
     implementation libs.netty.codec
diff --git a/protocol/src/main/java/mc/protocol/handler/ProtocolHandlersBus.java b/protocol/src/main/java/mc/protocol/handler/ProtocolHandlersBus.java
index 663e247..36a9e03 100644
--- a/protocol/src/main/java/mc/protocol/handler/ProtocolHandlersBus.java
+++ b/protocol/src/main/java/mc/protocol/handler/ProtocolHandlersBus.java
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ package mc.protocol.handler;
 import io.netty.channel.ChannelHandlerContext;
 import mc.protocol.State;
 import mc.protocol.packets.ClientSidePacket;
-import mc.protocol.utils.Table;
+import mc.utils.Table;
 
 public class ProtocolHandlersBus {
 
diff --git a/settings.gradle b/settings.gradle
index f19ef5f..d798eff 100644
--- a/settings.gradle
+++ b/settings.gradle
@@ -11,5 +11,6 @@ rootProject.projectDir.toPath().resolve('gradle.properties').readLines().forEach
 rootProject.name = map.get('prj.name')
 
 include('cli-parser')
+include('utils')
 include('protocol')
 include('server')
diff --git a/utils/build.gradle b/utils/build.gradle
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9a11526
--- /dev/null
+++ b/utils/build.gradle
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+apply from: rootDir.toPath().resolve('logic.gradle').toFile()
diff --git a/utils/gradle.properties b/utils/gradle.properties
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..dfe1133
--- /dev/null
+++ b/utils/gradle.properties
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+# suppress inspection "UnusedProperty" for whole file
+module.name=utils
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/protocol/src/main/java/mc/protocol/utils/Table.java b/utils/src/main/java/mc/utils/Table.java
similarity index 94%
rename from protocol/src/main/java/mc/protocol/utils/Table.java
rename to utils/src/main/java/mc/utils/Table.java
index acc1302..c15ef94 100644
--- a/protocol/src/main/java/mc/protocol/utils/Table.java
+++ b/utils/src/main/java/mc/utils/Table.java
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-package mc.protocol.utils;
+package mc.utils;
 
 import javax.annotation.Nullable;
 import java.util.HashMap;