diff --git a/lib/types.js b/lib/types.js
index 832e7bfc..6f7d6b9a 100644
--- a/lib/types.js
+++ b/lib/types.js
@@ -1,24 +1,10 @@
 //maps types from javascript to postgres and vise-versa
 
-var typeParsers = {};
-//registers a method used to parse a string representing a particular
-//oid type into a javascript type
-var registerStringTypeParser = function(oid, converter) {
-  typeParsers[oid] = converter;
-};
-
 //the empty parse function
 var noParse = function(val) {
   return val;
 }
 
-//returns a function used to convert a specific type (specified by
-//oid) into a result javascript type
-var getStringTypeParser = function(oid) {
-  return typeParsers[oid] || noParse;
-};
-
-
 //parses PostgreSQL server formatted date strings into javascript date objects
 var parseDate = function(isoDate) {
   //TODO this could do w/ a refactor
@@ -128,6 +114,19 @@ var parseByteA = function(val) {
   }).replace(/\\\\/g, "\\"), "binary");
 }
 
+var typeParsers = {};
+//registers a method used to parse a string representing a particular
+//oid type into a javascript type
+var registerStringTypeParser = function(oid, converter) {
+  typeParsers[oid] = converter;
+};
+
+//returns a function used to convert a specific type (specified by
+//oid) into a result javascript type
+var getStringTypeParser = function(oid) {
+  return typeParsers[oid] || noParse;
+};
+
 //default string type parser registrations
 registerStringTypeParser(20, parseInt);
 registerStringTypeParser(21, parseInt);