diff --git a/cli/start_service.go b/cli/start_service.go
index b695f86..29736a8 100644
--- a/cli/start_service.go
+++ b/cli/start_service.go
@@ -49,10 +49,10 @@ func getStartCommand() *cobra.Command {
 		RunE: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 			ctx := cmd.Context()
 			flags := ctx.Value("flags").(ParsedFlags)
-			def, err := service_definition.GetServiceDefinitionFromFile(flags.definitionPath)
+			def, err := service_definition.GetServiceDefinition(flags.definitionPath)
 
 			if err != nil {
-				return fmt.Errorf("Failed to read service definition from file: %+v", err)
+				return fmt.Errorf("Failed to read service definition: %+v", err)
 			}
 
 			if flags.daemonHost != "" && flags.daemonPort != 0 {
diff --git a/service_definition/fetcher.go b/service_definition/fetcher.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4294906
--- /dev/null
+++ b/service_definition/fetcher.go
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+package service_definition
+
+import (
+	"github.com/goccy/go-yaml"
+	"os"
+)
+
+func GetServiceDefinitionFromFile(path string) (ServiceDefinition, error) {
+	var definition ServiceDefinition
+
+	defData, err := os.ReadFile(path)
+
+	if err != nil {
+		return ServiceDefinition{}, &FileDoesNotExistError{Message: "Could not find service configuration file", ExpectedPath: path}
+	}
+
+	if err = yaml.Unmarshal(defData, &definition); err != nil {
+		return ServiceDefinition{}, &InvalidServiceDefinitionError{Path: path}
+	}
+
+	return definition, nil
+}
diff --git a/service_definition/main.go b/service_definition/main.go
index 1557f16..301ceb5 100644
--- a/service_definition/main.go
+++ b/service_definition/main.go
@@ -1,11 +1,5 @@
 package service_definition
 
-import (
-	"os"
-
-	"github.com/goccy/go-yaml"
-)
-
 type BuildImage struct {
 	Path      string `yaml:"path"`
 	TagPrefix string `yaml:"tag"`
@@ -50,18 +44,6 @@ type ServiceDefinition struct {
 	Ports      []PortMapping         `yaml:"ports"`
 }
 
-func GetServiceDefinitionFromFile(path string) (ServiceDefinition, error) {
-	var definition ServiceDefinition
-
-	defData, err := os.ReadFile(path)
-
-	if err != nil {
-		return ServiceDefinition{}, &FileDoesNotExistError{Message: "Could not find service configuration file", ExpectedPath: path}
-	}
-
-	if err = yaml.Unmarshal(defData, &definition); err != nil {
-		return ServiceDefinition{}, &InvalidServiceDefinitionError{Path: path}
-	}
-
-	return definition, nil
+func GetServiceDefinition(path string) (ServiceDefinition, error) {
+	return GetServiceDefinitionFromFile(path)
 }