diff --git a/gui/src/app/gists/saveAsGitHubGist.ts b/gui/src/app/gists/saveAsGitHubGist.ts
index 46d2ca1c..525db5fb 100644
--- a/gui/src/app/gists/saveAsGitHubGist.ts
+++ b/gui/src/app/gists/saveAsGitHubGist.ts
@@ -67,7 +67,6 @@ export const updateGitHubGist = async (
       files[path] = { content };
     }
   }
-  console.log("--------------- files", files);
   await octokit.request(`PATCH /gists/${gistId}`, {
     gist_id: gistId,
     files,
@@ -77,4 +76,24 @@ export const updateGitHubGist = async (
   });
 };
 
+export const createPatchForUpdatingGist = (
+  existingFiles: { [key: string]: string },
+  newFiles: { [key: string]: string },
+) => {
+  const patch: { [key: string]: string | null } = {};
+  for (const fname in newFiles) {
+    const newContent = newFiles[fname];
+    if (existingFiles[fname] === newContent) continue;
+    if (!newContent.trim()) continue;
+    patch[fname] = newContent;
+  }
+  // handle deleted files
+  for (const fname in existingFiles) {
+    if (!newFiles[fname] || !newFiles[fname].trim()) {
+      patch[fname] = null;
+    }
+  }
+  return patch;
+};
+
 export default saveAsGitHubGist;
diff --git a/gui/src/app/pages/HomePage/SaveProjectWindow.tsx b/gui/src/app/pages/HomePage/SaveProjectWindow.tsx
index 515a1483..39f61cc5 100644
--- a/gui/src/app/pages/HomePage/SaveProjectWindow.tsx
+++ b/gui/src/app/pages/HomePage/SaveProjectWindow.tsx
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import { serializeAsZip } from "@SpCore/ProjectSerialization";
 import { FileRegistry, mapModelToFileManifest } from "@SpCore/FileMapping";
 import { ProjectContext } from "@SpCore/ProjectContextProvider";
 import saveAsGitHubGist, {
+  createPatchForUpdatingGist,
   updateGitHubGist,
 } from "@SpCore/gists/saveAsGitHubGist";
 import { triggerDownload } from "@SpUtil/triggerDownload";
@@ -309,26 +310,6 @@ const SpecifyGistUrlToUpdateComponent: FunctionComponent<
   );
 };
 
-const createPatchForUpdatingGist = (
-  existingFiles: { [key: string]: string },
-  newFiles: { [key: string]: string },
-) => {
-  const patch: { [key: string]: string | null } = {};
-  for (const fname in newFiles) {
-    const newContent = newFiles[fname];
-    if (existingFiles[fname] === newContent) continue;
-    if (!newContent.trim()) continue;
-    patch[fname] = newContent;
-  }
-  // handle deleted files
-  for (const fname in existingFiles) {
-    if (!newFiles[fname] || !newFiles[fname].trim()) {
-      patch[fname] = null;
-    }
-  }
-  return patch;
-};
-
 const makeSPShareableLinkFromGistUrl = (gistUrl: string) => {
   const protocol = window.location.protocol;
   const host = window.location.host;