diff --git a/lib/entry/libimagentryref/src/reference.rs b/lib/entry/libimagentryref/src/reference.rs
index e2b081d2..a02d48aa 100644
--- a/lib/entry/libimagentryref/src/reference.rs
+++ b/lib/entry/libimagentryref/src/reference.rs
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 //! The Ref object is a helper over the link functionality, so one is able to create references to
 //! files outside of the imag store.
 
+use std::path::Path;
 use std::path::PathBuf;
 use std::result::Result as RResult;
 
@@ -27,8 +28,10 @@ use libimagentryutil::isa::Is;
 use libimagentryutil::isa::IsKindHeaderPathProvider;
 use libimagstore::store::Entry;
 
+use toml::Value;
 use toml_query::read::TomlValueReadExt;
 use toml_query::delete::TomlValueDeleteExt;
+use toml_query::insert::TomlValueInsertExt;
 
 use refstore::UniqueRefPathGenerator;
 use error::Result;
@@ -45,6 +48,9 @@ pub trait Ref {
     /// Does not need a `UniqueRefPathGenerator` as it reads the hash stored in the header
     fn get_hash(&self) -> Result<&str>;
 
+    /// Make this object a ref
+    fn make_ref<P: AsRef<Path>>(&mut self, hash: String, path: P) -> Result<()>;
+
     /// Get the referenced path.
     ///
     /// Does not need a `UniqueRefPathGenerator` as it reads the path stored in the header.
@@ -89,6 +95,21 @@ impl Ref for Entry {
             .and_then(|v| v.as_str().ok_or_else(|| REK::HeaderTypeError("ref.hash", "string").into()))
     }
 
+    fn make_ref<P: AsRef<Path>>(&mut self, hash: String, path: P) -> Result<()> {
+        let path_str : String = path
+            .as_ref()
+            .to_str()
+            .map(String::from)
+            .ok_or_else(|| RE::from(REK::PathUTF8Error))?;
+
+        let _   = self.set_isflag::<IsRef>()?;
+        let hdr = self.get_header_mut();
+        hdr.insert("ref.path", Value::String(String::from(path_str)))?;
+        hdr.insert("ref.hash", Value::String(hash))?;
+
+        Ok(())
+    }
+
     fn get_path(&self) -> Result<PathBuf> {
         self.get_header()
             .read("ref.path")
diff --git a/lib/entry/libimagentryref/src/refstore.rs b/lib/entry/libimagentryref/src/refstore.rs
index c428efb2..f8ca94d0 100644
--- a/lib/entry/libimagentryref/src/refstore.rs
+++ b/lib/entry/libimagentryref/src/refstore.rs
@@ -23,14 +23,9 @@ use std::path::PathBuf;
 use libimagstore::store::FileLockEntry;
 use libimagstore::store::Store;
 use libimagstore::storeid::StoreId;
-use libimagentryutil::isa::Is;
-
-use toml_query::insert::TomlValueInsertExt;
-use toml::Value;
 
 use error::RefError as RE;
-use error::RefErrorKind as REK;
-use reference::IsRef;
+use reference::Ref;
 
 /// A UniqueRefPathGenerator generates unique Pathes
 ///
@@ -108,21 +103,15 @@ impl<'a> RefStore<'a> for Store {
     fn create_ref<RPG: UniqueRefPathGenerator, A: AsRef<Path>>(&'a self, path: A)
         -> Result<FileLockEntry<'a>, RPG::Error>
     {
-        let path_str = path.as_ref().to_str().map(String::from).ok_or(REK::PathUTF8Error.into())?;
         let hash     = RPG::unique_hash(path)?;
         let pathbuf  = PathBuf::from(format!("{}/{}", RPG::collection(), hash));
-        let sid      = StoreId::new_baseless(pathbuf).map_err(RE::from)?;
+        let sid      = StoreId::new_baseless(pathbuf.clone()).map_err(RE::from)?;
 
         debug!("Creating: {:?}", sid);
         self.create(sid)
             .map_err(RE::from)
             .and_then(|mut fle| {
-                let _   = fle.set_isflag::<IsRef>()?;
-                {
-                    let hdr = fle.get_header_mut();
-                    hdr.insert("ref.path", Value::String(String::from(path_str)))?;
-                    hdr.insert("ref.hash", Value::String(hash))?;
-                }
+                fle.make_ref(hash, pathbuf)?;
                 Ok(fle)
             })
             .map_err(RPG::Error::from)