diff --git a/frontend/js/sidebar.js b/frontend/js/sidebar.js
index 739a411..b4fe8ad 100644
--- a/frontend/js/sidebar.js
+++ b/frontend/js/sidebar.js
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import { safeCreateIcons, getFileIcon } from './utils.js';
 import { api } from './auth.js';
 import { populateCustomDropdown, TabManager, closeMobileSidebar, ContextMenuManager } from './ui.js';
 import { _populateRecentVaultFilter, switchSidebarTab } from './config.js';
-import { el, icon, getVaultIcon, smallBadge, attachTreeItemActionButton, attachTreeItemLongPress, showWelcome } from './viewer.js';
+import { el, icon, getVaultIcon, smallBadge, attachTreeItemActionButton, attachTreeItemLongPress, showWelcome, appendHighlightedText } from './viewer.js';
 import { performAdvancedSearch } from './search.js';
 
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/frontend/js/viewer.js b/frontend/js/viewer.js
index 0c37405..d40f037 100644
--- a/frontend/js/viewer.js
+++ b/frontend/js/viewer.js
@@ -790,7 +790,7 @@ function makeBreadcrumbSpan(text, onClick) {
   return s;
 }
 
-function appendHighlightedText(container, text, query, caseSensitive) {
+export function appendHighlightedText(container, text, query, caseSensitive) {
   container.textContent = "";
   if (!query) {
     container.appendChild(document.createTextNode(text));