diff --git a/jadx-core/src/main/java/jadx/core/codegen/NameGen.java b/jadx-core/src/main/java/jadx/core/codegen/NameGen.java
index 321648c5f..b8f16be78 100644
--- a/jadx-core/src/main/java/jadx/core/codegen/NameGen.java
+++ b/jadx-core/src/main/java/jadx/core/codegen/NameGen.java
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ import jadx.core.dex.instructions.args.SSAVar;
 import jadx.core.dex.instructions.mods.ConstructorInsn;
 import jadx.core.dex.nodes.InsnNode;
 import jadx.core.dex.nodes.MethodNode;
-import jadx.core.utils.Utils;
+import jadx.core.utils.StringUtils;
 
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.HashSet;
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ public class NameGen {
 				return vName;
 			}
 		}
-		return Utils.escape(type.toString());
+		return StringUtils.escape(type.toString());
 	}
 
 	private static String fromName(String name) {
diff --git a/jadx-core/src/main/java/jadx/core/dex/visitors/DotGraphVisitor.java b/jadx-core/src/main/java/jadx/core/dex/visitors/DotGraphVisitor.java
index f95eb7220..969fac6f5 100644
--- a/jadx-core/src/main/java/jadx/core/dex/visitors/DotGraphVisitor.java
+++ b/jadx-core/src/main/java/jadx/core/dex/visitors/DotGraphVisitor.java
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ import jadx.core.dex.trycatch.ExceptionHandler;
 import jadx.core.utils.BlockUtils;
 import jadx.core.utils.InsnUtils;
 import jadx.core.utils.RegionUtils;
+import jadx.core.utils.StringUtils;
 import jadx.core.utils.Utils;
 
 import java.io.File;
@@ -100,7 +101,7 @@ public class DotGraphVisitor extends AbstractVisitor {
 			dot.startLine('}');
 			dot.startLine();
 
-			String fileName = Utils.escape(mth.getMethodInfo().getShortId())
+			String fileName = StringUtils.escape(mth.getMethodInfo().getShortId())
 					+ (useRegions ? ".regions" : "")
 					+ (rawInsn ? ".raw" : "")
 					+ ".dot";
diff --git a/jadx-core/src/main/java/jadx/core/utils/StringUtils.java b/jadx-core/src/main/java/jadx/core/utils/StringUtils.java
index 35440eae9..621f349fa 100644
--- a/jadx-core/src/main/java/jadx/core/utils/StringUtils.java
+++ b/jadx-core/src/main/java/jadx/core/utils/StringUtils.java
@@ -61,4 +61,38 @@ public class StringUtils {
 				break;
 		}
 	}
+
+	public static String escape(String str) {
+		int len = str.length();
+		StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder(len);
+		for (int i = 0; i < len; i++) {
+			char c = str.charAt(i);
+			switch (c) {
+				case '.':
+				case '/':
+				case ';':
+				case '$':
+				case ' ':
+				case ',':
+				case '<':
+					sb.append('_');
+					break;
+
+				case '[':
+					sb.append('A');
+					break;
+
+				case ']':
+				case '>':
+				case '?':
+				case '*':
+					break;
+
+				default:
+					sb.append(c);
+					break;
+			}
+		}
+		return sb.toString();
+	}
 }
diff --git a/jadx-core/src/main/java/jadx/core/utils/Utils.java b/jadx-core/src/main/java/jadx/core/utils/Utils.java
index e50b7aa23..afc4d7db2 100644
--- a/jadx-core/src/main/java/jadx/core/utils/Utils.java
+++ b/jadx-core/src/main/java/jadx/core/utils/Utils.java
@@ -26,40 +26,6 @@ public class Utils {
 		return 'L' + obj.replace('.', '/') + ';';
 	}
 
-	public static String escape(String str) {
-		int len = str.length();
-		StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder(len);
-		for (int i = 0; i < len; i++) {
-			char c = str.charAt(i);
-			switch (c) {
-				case '.':
-				case '/':
-				case ';':
-				case '$':
-				case ' ':
-				case ',':
-				case '<':
-					sb.append('_');
-					break;
-
-				case '[':
-					sb.append('A');
-					break;
-
-				case ']':
-				case '>':
-				case '?':
-				case '*':
-					break;
-
-				default:
-					sb.append(c);
-					break;
-			}
-		}
-		return sb.toString();
-	}
-
 	public static String listToString(Iterable<?> list) {
 		if (list == null) {
 			return "";