diff --git a/src/app/app.ts b/src/app/app.ts
index 235f99a2..3dd4f76b 100644
--- a/src/app/app.ts
+++ b/src/app/app.ts
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ export class App<T extends typeof Component = any> extends TemplateSet {
     this.props = props;
   }
 
-  configure(config: Config) {
+  configure(config: Config): App<T> {
     if (config.dev) {
       this.dev = config.dev;
       console.info(DEV_MSG);
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ export class App<T extends typeof Component = any> extends TemplateSet {
     if (config.translatableAttributes) {
       this.translatableAttributes = config.translatableAttributes;
     }
+    return this;
   }
 
   mount(target: HTMLElement, options?: MountOptions): Promise<InstanceType<T>> {
diff --git a/src/app/template_helpers.ts b/src/app/template_helpers.ts
index c8fe974a..ba815896 100644
--- a/src/app/template_helpers.ts
+++ b/src/app/template_helpers.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
 import { BDom, multi, text, toggler } from "../blockdom";
 import { validateProps } from "../component/props_validation";
 
+/**
+ * This file contains utility functions that will be injected in each template,
+ * to perform various useful tasks in the compiled code.
+ */
+
 function withDefault(value: any, defaultValue: any): any {
   return value === undefined || value === null || value === false ? defaultValue : value;
 }
@@ -19,7 +24,6 @@ function callSlot(
   if (defaultSlot) {
     let child1: BDom | undefined = undefined;
     let child2: BDom | undefined = undefined;
-    // const result = new BMulti(2);
     if (slotBDom) {
       child1 = dynamic ? toggler(name, slotBDom) : slotBDom;
     } else {
diff --git a/src/component/fibers.ts b/src/component/fibers.ts
index bb0c9ceb..39d3b204 100644
--- a/src/component/fibers.ts
+++ b/src/component/fibers.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ import { mount } from "../blockdom";
 import type { ComponentNode } from "./component_node";
 import { STATUS } from "./status";
 import { fibersInError } from "./error_handling";
-// import { mountBlock } from "./bdom/block";
 
 export function makeChildFiber(node: ComponentNode, parent: Fiber): Fiber {
   let current = node.fiber;
diff --git a/src/event_bus.ts b/src/event_bus.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 7ae4e86e..00000000
--- a/src/event_bus.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-export class EventBus extends EventTarget {
-  trigger(name: string, payload?: any) {
-    this.dispatchEvent(new CustomEvent(name, { detail: payload }));
-  }
-}
diff --git a/src/index.ts b/src/index.ts
index 154809f3..72d41ca2 100644
--- a/src/index.ts
+++ b/src/index.ts
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import {
   toggler,
 } from "./blockdom";
 import { mainEventHandler } from "./component/handler";
+import { EventBus, whenReady, loadFile } from "./utils";
 
 config.shouldNormalizeDom = false;
 config.mainEventHandler = mainEventHandler;
@@ -57,7 +58,7 @@ export { Memo } from "./misc/memo";
 export { css, xml } from "./tags";
 export { useState } from "./reactivity";
 export { useRef } from "./refs";
-export { EventBus } from "./event_bus";
+export const utils = { EventBus, whenReady, loadFile };
 
 export {
   onWillStart,
diff --git a/src/utils.ts b/src/utils.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..160bde91
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/utils.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+export class EventBus extends EventTarget {
+  trigger(name: string, payload?: any) {
+    this.dispatchEvent(new CustomEvent(name, { detail: payload }));
+  }
+}
+
+export function whenReady(fn?: any): Promise<void> {
+  return new Promise(function (resolve) {
+    if (document.readyState !== "loading") {
+      resolve(true);
+    } else {
+      document.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded", resolve, false);
+    }
+  }).then(fn || function () {});
+}
+
+export async function loadFile(url: string): Promise<string> {
+  const result = await fetch(url);
+  if (!result.ok) {
+    throw new Error("Error while fetching xml templates");
+  }
+  return await result.text();
+}
diff --git a/tests/event_bus.test.ts b/tests/utils.test.ts
similarity index 95%
rename from tests/event_bus.test.ts
rename to tests/utils.test.ts
index ac2b67f0..b3892fe2 100644
--- a/tests/event_bus.test.ts
+++ b/tests/utils.test.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { EventBus } from "../src/event_bus";
+import { EventBus } from "../src/utils";
 
 describe("event bus behaviour", () => {
   test("can subscribe and be notified", () => {