diff --git a/src/components/qrcode-scanner/qrcode-scanner-component.ts b/src/components/qrcode-scanner/qrcode-scanner-component.ts
index 8c13d3d..fab8055 100644
--- a/src/components/qrcode-scanner/qrcode-scanner-component.ts
+++ b/src/components/qrcode-scanner/qrcode-scanner-component.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import QrScanner from 'qr-scanner';
 import Services from '../../services/service';
+import { prepareAndSendPairingTx } from '~/utils/sp-address.utils';
 
         export default class QrScannerComponent extends HTMLElement {
           videoElement: any;
@@ -53,20 +54,9 @@ import Services from '../../services/service';
                 // Extract the 'sp_address' parameter
                 const spAddress = scannedUrl.searchParams.get('sp_address');
                 if(spAddress) {
-                  const service = await Services.getInstance();
                 // Call the sendPairingTx function with the extracted sp_address
                 try { 
-                  const sharedSecret = await service.getSecretForAddress(spAddress);
-                  if (!sharedSecret) {
-                    const member = {
-                      sp_addresses: [spAddress],
-                    }
-                    await service.connectMember([member]);
-                  }
-                  const mySPAddress = await service.getDeviceAddress()
-                  await service.createPairingProcess([spAddress], mySPAddress, 1);
-
-                  // await service.sendPairingTx(spAddress);
+                  await prepareAndSendPairingTx(spAddress)
                 } catch (e) {
                   console.error('Failed to pair:', e);
                 }
diff --git a/src/router.ts b/src/router.ts
index ba988e8..f9d314b 100755
--- a/src/router.ts
+++ b/src/router.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import Database from './services/database.service';
 import Services from './services/service';
 import { cleanSubscriptions } from './utils/subscription.utils';
 import { LoginComponent } from './pages/home/home-component';
+import { prepareAndSendPairingTx } from './utils/sp-address.utils';
 export {Services};
 const routes: { [key: string]: string } = {
   home: '/src/pages/home/home.html',
@@ -123,10 +124,7 @@ export async function init(): Promise<void> {
           setTimeout(async () => {
             try {
               // check if we have a shared secret with that address
-              const sharedSecret = await services.getSecretForAddress(pairingAddress);
-              if (!sharedSecret) {
-                await services.connectMember([{sp_addresses: [pairingAddress]}]);
-              }
+              await prepareAndSendPairingTx(pairingAddress)
             } catch (e) {
               console.error('Failed to pair:', e);
             }
diff --git a/src/services/service.ts b/src/services/service.ts
index 3c42f8f..24cf47b 100755
--- a/src/services/service.ts
+++ b/src/services/service.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ import { IProcess } from '~/models/process.model';
 import { initWebsocket, sendMessage } from '../websockets';
 import { ApiReturn, Member, PcdUpdates, Process, RoleDefinition } from '../../pkg/sdk_client';
 import ModalService from './modal.service';
-import { navigate } from '../router';
 import Database from './database.service';
 
 export const U32_MAX = 4294967295;
diff --git a/src/utils/sp-address.utils.ts b/src/utils/sp-address.utils.ts
index 4f05af5..68e8e99 100755
--- a/src/utils/sp-address.utils.ts
+++ b/src/utils/sp-address.utils.ts
@@ -149,34 +149,39 @@ export function initAddressInput() {
 
 async function onOkButtonClick() {
   const container = getCorrectDOM('login-4nk-component') as HTMLElement
-  const service = await Services.getInstance();
-  const addressInput = (container.querySelector('#addressInput') as HTMLInputElement).value;
+  const secondDeviceAddress = (container.querySelector('#addressInput') as HTMLInputElement).value;
   try {
     // Connect to target, if necessary
-    const sharedSecret = await service.getSecretForAddress(addressInput);
-    if (!sharedSecret) {
-      const member = {
-        sp_addresses: [addressInput],
-      }
-      const connectMemberResult = await service.connectMember([member]);
-      await service.handleApiReturn(connectMemberResult);
-    }
-    // Create the process
-    setTimeout(async () => {
-      const relayAddress = await service.getRelayAddresses(); // Get one (or more?) relay addresses
-      const createPairingProcessReturn = await service.createPairingProcess([addressInput], relayAddress[0], 1);
-
-      if (!createPairingProcessReturn.updated_process) {
-        throw new Error('createPairingProcess returned an empty new process'); // This should never happen
-      }
-
-      await service.handleApiReturn(createPairingProcessReturn);
-    }, 1000);
+    await prepareAndSendPairingTx(secondDeviceAddress);
   } catch (e) {
      console.error(`onOkButtonClick error: ${e}`);
   }
 }
 
+export async function prepareAndSendPairingTx(secondDeviceAddress: string) {
+  const service = await Services.getInstance();
+
+  const sharedSecret = await service.getSecretForAddress(secondDeviceAddress);
+  if (!sharedSecret) {
+    const member = {
+      sp_addresses: [secondDeviceAddress],
+    };
+    const connectMemberResult = await service.connectMember([member]);
+    await service.handleApiReturn(connectMemberResult);
+  }
+  // Create the process
+  setTimeout(async () => {
+    const relayAddress = await service.getRelayAddresses(); // Get one (or more?) relay addresses
+    const createPairingProcessReturn = await service.createPairingProcess([secondDeviceAddress], relayAddress[0], 1);
+
+    if (!createPairingProcessReturn.updated_process) {
+      throw new Error('createPairingProcess returned an empty new process'); // This should never happen
+    }
+
+    await service.handleApiReturn(createPairingProcessReturn);
+  }, 1000);
+}
+
 export async function generateQRCode(spAddress: string) {
   try {
     const container = getCorrectDOM('login-4nk-component') as HTMLElement