diff --git a/backend/question-service/config/firebase.ts b/backend/question-service/config/firebase.ts
index 8e69742b09..73ac0bf372 100644
--- a/backend/question-service/config/firebase.ts
+++ b/backend/question-service/config/firebase.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 import admin from "firebase-admin";
-import { v4 as uuidv4 } from "uuid";
 import serviceAccount from "../firebase.json";
 
 admin.initializeApp({
@@ -9,34 +8,4 @@ admin.initializeApp({
 
 const bucket = admin.storage().bucket();
 
-const uploadFileToFirebase = async (
-  file: Express.Multer.File,
-): Promise<string> => {
-  return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
-    const fileName = uuidv4();
-    const ref = bucket.file(fileName);
-
-    const blobStream = ref.createWriteStream({
-      metadata: {
-        contentType: file.mimetype,
-      },
-    });
-
-    blobStream.on("error", (error) => {
-      reject(error);
-    });
-
-    blobStream.on("finish", async () => {
-      try {
-        await ref.makePublic();
-        resolve(`https://storage.googleapis.com/${bucket.name}/${fileName}`);
-      } catch (error) {
-        reject(error);
-      }
-    });
-
-    blobStream.end(file.buffer);
-  });
-};
-
-export { bucket, uploadFileToFirebase };
+export { bucket };
diff --git a/backend/question-service/src/controllers/questionController.ts b/backend/question-service/src/controllers/questionController.ts
index 4c74d581c3..e945c7d599 100644
--- a/backend/question-service/src/controllers/questionController.ts
+++ b/backend/question-service/src/controllers/questionController.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 import { Request, Response } from "express";
-import { v4 as uuidv4 } from "uuid";
 import Question from "../models/Question.ts";
 import { checkIsExistingQuestion } from "../utils/utils.ts";
 import {
@@ -8,8 +7,8 @@ import {
   QN_DESC_CHAR_LIMIT,
 } from "../utils/constants.ts";
 
-import { bucket, uploadFileToFirebase } from "../../config/firebase";
 import { upload } from "../../config/multer";
+import { uploadFileToFirebase } from "../utils/utils";
 
 export const createQuestion = async (
   req: Request,
diff --git a/backend/question-service/src/utils/utils.ts b/backend/question-service/src/utils/utils.ts
index 70bce97ed7..f6330915b8 100644
--- a/backend/question-service/src/utils/utils.ts
+++ b/backend/question-service/src/utils/utils.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
 import mongoose from "mongoose";
+import { v4 as uuidv4 } from "uuid";
+
+import { bucket } from "../../config/firebase";
 
 import Question from "../models/Question";
 
@@ -15,3 +18,33 @@ export const checkIsExistingQuestion = async (
     _id: { $ne: objectIdToExclude }, // Exclude current question's ID if provided
   });
 };
+
+export const uploadFileToFirebase = async (
+  file: Express.Multer.File,
+): Promise<string> => {
+  return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+    const fileName = uuidv4();
+    const ref = bucket.file(fileName);
+
+    const blobStream = ref.createWriteStream({
+      metadata: {
+        contentType: file.mimetype,
+      },
+    });
+
+    blobStream.on("error", (error) => {
+      reject(error);
+    });
+
+    blobStream.on("finish", async () => {
+      try {
+        await ref.makePublic();
+        resolve(`https://storage.googleapis.com/${bucket.name}/${fileName}`);
+      } catch (error) {
+        reject(error);
+      }
+    });
+
+    blobStream.end(file.buffer);
+  });
+};