diff --git a/src/main/lens-proxy.ts b/src/main/lens-proxy.ts
index 72646f1717..ef56fdf58d 100644
--- a/src/main/lens-proxy.ts
+++ b/src/main/lens-proxy.ts
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ import { Singleton } from "../common/utils";
 import type { Cluster } from "./cluster";
 import type { ProxyApiRequestArgs } from "./proxy-functions";
 import { appEventBus } from "../common/event-bus";
+import { getBoolean } from "./utils/parse-query";
 
 type GetClusterForRequest = (req: http.IncomingMessage) => Cluster | null;
 
@@ -40,21 +41,20 @@ export interface LensProxyFunctions {
   kubeApiRequest: (args: ProxyApiRequestArgs) => void | Promise<void>;
 }
 
-const truthyParams = ["1", "true", ""];
 const watchParam = "watch";
 const followParam = "follow";
 
 export function isLongRunningRequest(reqUrl: string) {
   const url = new URL(reqUrl, "http://localhost");
 
-  if (url.searchParams.has(watchParam) && truthyParams.includes(url.searchParams.get(watchParam)) ) {
+  if (url.searchParams.has(watchParam) && getBoolean(url.searchParams, watchParam)) {
     return true;
   }
 
-  if (url.searchParams.has(followParam) && truthyParams.includes(url.searchParams.get(followParam)) ) {
+  if (url.searchParams.has(followParam) && getBoolean(url.searchParams, followParam)) {
     return true;
   }
-  
+
   return false;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/main/routes/helm-route.ts b/src/main/routes/helm-route.ts
index 5e104f6a11..2f217a3193 100644
--- a/src/main/routes/helm-route.ts
+++ b/src/main/routes/helm-route.ts
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ import type { LensApiRequest } from "../router";
 import { helmService } from "../helm/helm-service";
 import logger from "../logger";
 import { respondJson, respondText } from "../utils/http-responses";
-import { getBoolean } from "./utils/parse-query";
+import { getBoolean } from "../utils/parse-query";
 
 export class HelmApiRoute {
   static async listCharts(request: LensApiRequest) {
diff --git a/src/main/routes/utils/index.ts b/src/main/routes/utils/index.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 4a7de80225..0000000000
--- a/src/main/routes/utils/index.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-/**
- * Copyright (c) 2021 OpenLens Authors
- *
- * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of
- * this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in
- * the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to
- * use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of
- * the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so,
- * subject to the following conditions:
- *
- * The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
- * copies or substantial portions of the Software.
- *
- * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
- * IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS
- * FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR
- * COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER
- * IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN
- * CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
- */
-export * from "./parse-query";
diff --git a/src/main/routes/utils/parse-query.ts b/src/main/utils/parse-query.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from src/main/routes/utils/parse-query.ts
rename to src/main/utils/parse-query.ts