diff --git a/cmd/root.go b/cmd/root.go
index b1ebaaf..43593b3 100644
--- a/cmd/root.go
+++ b/cmd/root.go
@@ -25,8 +25,6 @@ import (
 	"os"
 	"sync"
 
-	"github.com/hashicorp/go-cleanhttp"
-	"github.com/hashicorp/vault/api"
 	v "github.com/jaxxstorm/unseal/vault"
 	log "github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
@@ -76,12 +74,9 @@ var RootCmd = &cobra.Command{
 
 			go func(hostName string, hostPort int) {
 				defer wg.Done()
-				httpClient := cleanhttp.DefaultPooledClient()
 
-				// format the URL with the passed host and por
-				url := fmt.Sprintf("https://%s:%v", hostName, hostPort)
 				// create a vault client
-				client, err := api.NewClient(&api.Config{Address: url, HttpClient: httpClient})
+				client, err := v.VaultClient(hostName, hostPort)
 				if err != nil {
 					log.WithFields(log.Fields{"host": hostName, "port": hostPort}).Error(err)
 				}
diff --git a/vault/client.go b/vault/client.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..eeab434
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vault/client.go
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+package vault
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"github.com/hashicorp/go-cleanhttp"
+	"github.com/hashicorp/vault/api"
+)
+
+func VaultClient(hostName string, hostPort int) (*api.Client, error) {
+
+	// init a clean httpClient
+	httpClient := cleanhttp.DefaultPooledClient()
+
+	// format the URL with the passed host and por
+	url := fmt.Sprintf("https://%s:%v", hostName, hostPort)
+
+	// create a vault client
+	client, err := api.NewClient(&api.Config{Address: url, HttpClient: httpClient})
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	return client, nil
+
+}