diff --git a/src/main/java/io/github/amithkoujalgi/ollama4j/core/OllamaAPI.java b/src/main/java/io/github/amithkoujalgi/ollama4j/core/OllamaAPI.java
index 4661653..fa230b5 100644
--- a/src/main/java/io/github/amithkoujalgi/ollama4j/core/OllamaAPI.java
+++ b/src/main/java/io/github/amithkoujalgi/ollama4j/core/OllamaAPI.java
@@ -413,7 +413,7 @@ public class OllamaAPI {
       throws OllamaBaseException, IOException, InterruptedException, URISyntaxException {
     List<String> images = new ArrayList<>();
     for (String imageURL : imageURLs) {
-      images.add(encodeByteArrayToBase64(loadImageBytesFromUrl(imageURL)));
+      images.add(encodeByteArrayToBase64(Utils.loadImageBytesFromUrl(imageURL)));
     }
     OllamaRequestModel ollamaRequestModel = new OllamaRequestModel(model, prompt, images);
     ollamaRequestModel.setOptions(options.getOptionsMap());
@@ -469,20 +469,6 @@ public class OllamaAPI {
     return Base64.getEncoder().encodeToString(bytes);
   }
 
-  private static byte[] loadImageBytesFromUrl(String imageUrl)
-      throws IOException, URISyntaxException {
-    URL url = new URI(imageUrl).toURL();
-    try (InputStream in = url.openStream();
-        ByteArrayOutputStream out = new ByteArrayOutputStream()) {
-      byte[] buffer = new byte[1024];
-      int bytesRead;
-      while ((bytesRead = in.read(buffer)) != -1) {
-        out.write(buffer, 0, bytesRead);
-      }
-      return out.toByteArray();
-    }
-  }
-
   private OllamaResult generateSyncForOllamaRequestModel(OllamaRequestModel ollamaRequestModel)
       throws OllamaBaseException, IOException, InterruptedException {
         OllamaGenerateEndpointCaller requestCaller = new OllamaGenerateEndpointCaller(host, basicAuth, requestTimeoutSeconds, verbose);
diff --git a/src/main/java/io/github/amithkoujalgi/ollama4j/core/utils/Utils.java b/src/main/java/io/github/amithkoujalgi/ollama4j/core/utils/Utils.java
index 9be49e1..1504c1d 100644
--- a/src/main/java/io/github/amithkoujalgi/ollama4j/core/utils/Utils.java
+++ b/src/main/java/io/github/amithkoujalgi/ollama4j/core/utils/Utils.java
@@ -1,9 +1,30 @@
 package io.github.amithkoujalgi.ollama4j.core.utils;
 
+import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.InputStream;
+import java.net.URI;
+import java.net.URISyntaxException;
+import java.net.URL;
+
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
 
 public class Utils {
   public static ObjectMapper getObjectMapper() {
     return new ObjectMapper();
   }
+
+  public static byte[] loadImageBytesFromUrl(String imageUrl)
+      throws IOException, URISyntaxException {
+    URL url = new URI(imageUrl).toURL();
+    try (InputStream in = url.openStream();
+        ByteArrayOutputStream out = new ByteArrayOutputStream()) {
+      byte[] buffer = new byte[1024];
+      int bytesRead;
+      while ((bytesRead = in.read(buffer)) != -1) {
+        out.write(buffer, 0, bytesRead);
+      }
+      return out.toByteArray();
+    }
+  }
 }