diff --git a/app/formatters.py b/app/formatters.py
index 2442e70d0..4da95ae5c 100644
--- a/app/formatters.py
+++ b/app/formatters.py
@@ -6,11 +6,14 @@ from functools import partial
 from math import floor, log10
 from numbers import Number
 
+import markdown
+import os
 import ago
 import dateutil
 import humanize
 import pytz
-from flask import Markup, url_for
+from flask import Markup, url_for, render_template_string
+from flask.helpers import get_root_path
 from notifications_utils.field import Field
 from notifications_utils.formatters import make_quotes_smart
 from notifications_utils.formatters import nl2br as utils_nl2br
@@ -21,6 +24,18 @@ from app.utils.csv import get_user_preferred_timezone
 from app.utils.time import parse_naive_dt
 
 
+def convert_markdown_template(mdf):
+    APP_ROOT = get_root_path('notifications-admin')
+    file = 'app/content/' + mdf + '.md'
+    md_file = os.path.join(APP_ROOT, file)
+    with open(md_file) as f:
+         content_text = f.read()
+
+    md_render = markdown.markdown(content_text)
+    jn_render = render_template_string(md_render)
+
+    return jn_render
+
 def convert_to_boolean(value):
     if isinstance(value, str):
         if value.lower() in ["t", "true", "on", "yes", "1"]:
diff --git a/app/main/views/index.py b/app/main/views/index.py
index b26086e84..d768c6f74 100644
--- a/app/main/views/index.py
+++ b/app/main/views/index.py
@@ -4,37 +4,19 @@ from flask import (
     make_response,
     redirect,
     render_template,
-    render_template_string,
     request,
     url_for
 )
 from flask_login import current_user
-from flask.helpers import get_root_path
 from notifications_utils.template import HTMLEmailTemplate
 
-import markdown
-import os
-
 from app import email_branding_client, status_api_client
 from app.main import main
 from app.main.forms import FieldWithNoneOption
 from app.main.views.pricing import CURRENT_SMS_RATE
 from app.main.views.sub_navigation_dictionaries import features_nav, using_notify_nav
 from app.utils.user import user_is_logged_in
-
-#Should find a better home
-def get_md(mdf):
-    APP_ROOT = get_root_path('notifications-admin')
-    file = 'app/content/' + mdf + '.md'
-    md_file = os.path.join(APP_ROOT, file)
-    with open(md_file) as f:
-         content_text = f.read()
-
-    md_render = markdown.markdown(content_text)
-    jn_render = render_template_string(md_render)
-
-    return jn_render
-
+from app.formatters import convert_markdown_template
 
 @main.route("/")
 def index():
@@ -274,7 +256,8 @@ def get_started_old():
 def get_started():
     return render_template(
         "views/get-started.html",
-        navigation_links=using_notify_nav(), content=get_md('get-started')
+        navigation_links=using_notify_nav(),
+        content=convert_markdown_template('get-started')
     )