diff --git a/src/prune.rs b/src/prune.rs
index d9bd2ac115b68c99275f3f59944117fa1866ab2f..a8a2629313ed635f9ab8b1a6ebe5b252e2df26e0 100644
--- a/src/prune.rs
+++ b/src/prune.rs
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ fn handle_boolean_options(sd: &Prune) -> Vec<String> {
 /// - val The value to convert
 /// # Return
 /// The value in string form
-fn string_convert(val: Option<usize>) -> String {
+pub(crate) fn string_convert(val: Option<usize>) -> String {
     match val {
         Some(n) => n.to_string(),
         None => String::from(""),
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ fn string_convert(val: Option<usize>) -> String {
 /// - val The string to convert
 /// # Return
 /// The value in string form
-fn get_str(val: &Option<String>) -> String {
+pub(crate) fn get_str(val: &Option<String>) -> String {
     match val {
         Some(n) => n.to_owned(),
         None => String::from(""),