diff --git a/lib/query.js b/lib/query.js
index 6bdc1b07..21531190 100644
--- a/lib/query.js
+++ b/lib/query.js
@@ -9,16 +9,7 @@ var Query = function(config, values, callback) {
   // use of "new" optional
   if (!(this instanceof Query)) return new Query(config, values, callback);
   
-  //can take in strings or config objects
-  config = (typeof(config) == 'string') ? { text: config } : config;
-  if(values) {
-    if(typeof values === 'function') {
-      callback = values;
-    } else {
-      config.values = values;
-    }
-  }
-  config.callback = callback;
+  config = utils.normalizeQueryConfig(config, values, callback);
   
   this.text = config.text;
   this.values = config.values;
diff --git a/lib/utils.js b/lib/utils.js
index 1454af0d..57f9f484 100644
--- a/lib/utils.js
+++ b/lib/utils.js
@@ -105,6 +105,22 @@ var prepareValue = function(val) {
   return val === null ? null : val.toString();
 }
 
+function normalizeQueryConfig (config, values, callback) {
+  //can take in strings or config objects
+  config = (typeof(config) == 'string') ? { text: config } : config;
+  if(values) {
+    if(typeof values === 'function') {
+      config.callback = values;
+    } else {
+      config.values = values;
+    }
+  }
+  if (callback) {
+    config.callback = callback;
+  }
+  return config;
+}
+
 module.exports = {
   normalizeConnectionInfo: normalizeConnectionInfo,
   //only exported here to make testing of this method possible
@@ -112,5 +128,6 @@ module.exports = {
   //each connection scenario in an integration test is impractical
   buildLibpqConnectionString: getLibpgConString,
   parseConnectionString: parseConnectionString,
-  prepareValue: prepareValue
+  prepareValue: prepareValue,
+  normalizeQueryConfig: normalizeQueryConfig
 }