diff --git a/bin/domain/imag-contact/src/main.rs b/bin/domain/imag-contact/src/main.rs
index bc950fa1..bd429bd5 100644
--- a/bin/domain/imag-contact/src/main.rs
+++ b/bin/domain/imag-contact/src/main.rs
@@ -217,34 +217,10 @@ fn show(rt: &Runtime) {
     let out         = rt.stdout();
     let mut outlock = out.lock();
 
-    rt.store()
-        .all_contacts()
-        .map_err_trace_exit_unwrap()
-        .into_get_iter()
-        .trace_unwrap_exit()
-        .map(|o| o.unwrap_or_else(|| {
-            error!("Failed to get entry");
-            exit(1)
-        }))
-        .filter_map(|entry| {
-            let deser = entry.deser().map_err_trace_exit_unwrap();
-
-            if deser.uid()
-                .ok_or_else(|| {
-                    error!("Could not get StoreId from Store::all_contacts(). This is a BUG!");
-                    ::std::process::exit(1)
-                })
-                .unwrap() // exited above
-                .starts_with(&hash)
-            {
-                let _ = rt.report_touched(entry.get_location()).unwrap_or_exit();
-                Some(deser)
-            } else {
-                None
-            }
-        })
+    util::find_contact_by_hash(rt, hash)
         .enumerate()
         .for_each(|(i, elem)| {
+            let elem = elem.deser().map_err_trace_exit_unwrap();
             let data = build_data_object_for_handlebars(i, &elem);
 
             let s = show_format
diff --git a/bin/domain/imag-contact/src/util.rs b/bin/domain/imag-contact/src/util.rs
index ccd13ed6..0ed8be05 100644
--- a/bin/domain/imag-contact/src/util.rs
+++ b/bin/domain/imag-contact/src/util.rs
@@ -18,8 +18,17 @@
 //
 
 use std::collections::BTreeMap;
+use std::process::exit;
 
 use libimagcontact::deser::DeserVcard;
+use libimagcontact::store::ContactStore;
+use libimagcontact::contact::Contact;
+use libimagerror::exit::ExitUnwrap;
+use libimagerror::iter::TraceIterator;
+use libimagerror::trace::MapErrTrace;
+use libimagrt::runtime::Runtime;
+use libimagstore::store::FileLockEntry;
+
 
 pub fn build_data_object_for_handlebars<'a>(i: usize, vcard: &DeserVcard) -> BTreeMap<&'static str, String> {
     let mut data = BTreeMap::new();
@@ -75,3 +84,34 @@ pub fn build_data_object_for_handlebars<'a>(i: usize, vcard: &DeserVcard) -> BTr
     data
 }
 
+pub fn find_contact_by_hash<'a, H: AsRef<str>>(rt: &'a Runtime, hash: H)
+    -> impl Iterator<Item = FileLockEntry<'a>>
+{
+    rt.store()
+        .all_contacts()
+        .map_err_trace_exit_unwrap()
+        .into_get_iter()
+        .trace_unwrap_exit()
+        .map(|o| o.unwrap_or_else(|| {
+            error!("Failed to get entry");
+            exit(1)
+        }))
+        .filter_map(move |entry| {
+            let deser = entry.deser().map_err_trace_exit_unwrap();
+
+            if deser.uid()
+                .ok_or_else(|| {
+                    error!("Could not get StoreId from Store::all_contacts(). This is a BUG!");
+                    ::std::process::exit(1)
+                })
+                .unwrap() // exited above
+                .starts_with(hash.as_ref())
+            {
+                let _ = rt.report_touched(entry.get_location()).unwrap_or_exit();
+                Some(entry)
+            } else {
+                None
+            }
+        })
+}
+