diff --git a/imag-tag/src/main.rs b/imag-tag/src/main.rs
index 87b9919d..52c39168 100644
--- a/imag-tag/src/main.rs
+++ b/imag-tag/src/main.rs
@@ -13,12 +13,11 @@ use std::process::exit;
 
 use libimagrt::runtime::Runtime;
 use libimagtag::tagable::Tagable;
+use libimagstore::storeid::build_entry_path;
 
 mod ui;
-mod util;
 
 use ui::build_ui;
-use util::build_entry_path;
 
 use libimagutil::trace::trace_error;
 
@@ -68,8 +67,17 @@ fn main() {
 }
 
 fn alter(rt: &Runtime, id: &str, add: Option<&str>, rem: Option<&str>, set: Option<&str>) {
-    let path = build_entry_path(rt, id);
+    let path = {
+        match build_entry_path(rt.store(), id) {
+            Err(e) => {
+                trace_error(&e);
+                exit(1);
+            },
+            Ok(s) => s,
+        }
+    };
     debug!("path = {:?}", path);
+
     rt.store()
         // "id" must be present, enforced via clap spec
         .retrieve(path)
@@ -110,7 +118,15 @@ fn alter(rt: &Runtime, id: &str, add: Option<&str>, rem: Option<&str>, set: Opti
 }
 
 fn list(id: &str, rt: &Runtime) {
-    let path = build_entry_path(rt, id);
+    let path = {
+        match build_entry_path(rt.store(), id) {
+            Err(e) => {
+                trace_error(&e);
+                exit(1);
+            },
+            Ok(s) => s,
+        }
+    };
     debug!("path = {:?}", path);
 
     let entry = rt.store().retrieve(path.clone());
diff --git a/imag-tag/src/util.rs b/imag-tag/src/util.rs
deleted file mode 100644
index b33e045d..00000000
--- a/imag-tag/src/util.rs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,36 +0,0 @@
-use std::path::PathBuf;
-
-use semver::Version;
-
-use libimagrt::runtime::Runtime;
-
-pub fn build_entry_path(rt: &Runtime, path_elem: &str) -> PathBuf {
-    debug!("Checking path element for version");
-    {
-        let contains_version = {
-            path_elem.split("~")
-                .last()
-                .map(|version| Version::parse(version).is_ok())
-                .unwrap_or(false)
-        };
-
-        if !contains_version {
-            debug!("Version cannot be parsed inside {:?}", path_elem);
-            warn!("Path does not contain version. Will panic now!");
-            panic!("No version in path");
-        }
-    }
-    debug!("Version checking succeeded");
-
-    debug!("Building path from {:?}", path_elem);
-    let mut path = rt.store().path().clone();
-
-    if path_elem.chars().next() == Some('/') {
-        path.push(&path_elem[1..path_elem.len()]);
-    } else {
-        path.push(path_elem);
-    }
-
-    path
-}
-