diff --git a/src/blinkstick/blinkstick.py b/src/blinkstick/blinkstick.py
index 1ccbb78..76b036f 100644
--- a/src/blinkstick/blinkstick.py
+++ b/src/blinkstick/blinkstick.py
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 )
 from blinkstick.constants import VENDOR_ID, PRODUCT_ID, BlinkStickVariant
 from blinkstick.exceptions import BlinkStickException
+from blinkstick.utilities import string_to_info_block_data
 
 if sys.platform == "win32":
     from blinkstick.backends.win32 import Win32Backend as USBBackend
@@ -454,25 +455,6 @@ def get_info_block2(self) -> str:
             result += chr(i)
         return result
 
-    def _data_to_message(self, data: str) -> bytes:
-        """
-        Helper method to convert a string to byte array of 32 bytes.
-
-        @type  data: str
-        @param data: The data to convert to byte array
-
-        @rtype: byte[32]
-        @return: It fills the rest of bytes with zeros.
-        """
-        byte_array = bytearray([1])
-        for c in data:
-            byte_array.append(ord(c))
-
-        for i in range(32 - len(data)):
-            byte_array.append(0)
-
-        return bytes(byte_array)
-
     def set_info_block1(self, data: str) -> None:
         """
         Sets the infoblock1 with specified string.
@@ -482,7 +464,9 @@ def set_info_block1(self, data: str) -> None:
         @type  data: str
         @param data: InfoBlock1 for the backend to set
         """
-        self.backend.control_transfer(0x20, 0x9, 0x0002, 0, self._data_to_message(data))
+        self.backend.control_transfer(
+            0x20, 0x9, 0x0002, 0, string_to_info_block_data(data)
+        )
 
     def set_info_block2(self, data: str) -> None:
         """
@@ -493,7 +477,9 @@ def set_info_block2(self, data: str) -> None:
         @type  data: str
         @param data: InfoBlock2 for the backend to set
         """
-        self.backend.control_transfer(0x20, 0x9, 0x0003, 0, self._data_to_message(data))
+        self.backend.control_transfer(
+            0x20, 0x9, 0x0003, 0, string_to_info_block_data(data)
+        )
 
     def set_random_color(self) -> None:
         """
diff --git a/src/blinkstick/utilities.py b/src/blinkstick/utilities.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a828fc1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/blinkstick/utilities.py
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+def string_to_info_block_data(data: str) -> bytes:
+    """
+    Helper method to convert a string to byte array of 32 bytes.
+
+    @type  data: str
+    @param data: The data to convert to byte array
+
+    @rtype: byte[32]
+    @return: It fills the rest of bytes with zeros.
+    """
+    info_block_data = data[:31]
+    byte_array = bytearray([1] + [0] * 31)
+
+    for i, c in enumerate(info_block_data):
+        byte_array[i + 1] = ord(c)
+
+    return bytes(byte_array)
diff --git a/tests/utilities/__init__.py b/tests/utilities/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/tests/utilities/test_string_to_info_block.py b/tests/utilities/test_string_to_info_block.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bb0d709
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/utilities/test_string_to_info_block.py
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+from blinkstick.utilities import string_to_info_block_data
+
+
+def test_string_to_info_block_data_converts_string_to_byte_array():
+    block_string = "hello"
+    expected_padding_length = 31 - len(block_string)
+    result = string_to_info_block_data("hello")
+    expected = b"\x01hello" + b"\x00" * expected_padding_length
+    assert result == expected
+
+
+def test_string_to_info_block_data_handles_empty_string():
+    result = string_to_info_block_data("")
+    expected = b"\x01" + b"\x00" * 31
+    assert result == expected
+
+
+def test_string_to_info_block_data_truncates_long_string():
+    long_string = "a" * 40
+    result = string_to_info_block_data(long_string)
+    expected = b"\x01" + b"a" * 31
+    assert result == expected
+
+
+def test_string_to_info_block_data_handles_exact_31_characters():
+    exact_string = "a" * 31
+    result = string_to_info_block_data(exact_string)
+    expected = b"\x01" + b"a" * 31
+    assert result == expected