diff --git a/tubearchivist/home/src/download/yt_dlp_handler.py b/tubearchivist/home/src/download/yt_dlp_handler.py
index 2cf17ae6..32e62279 100644
--- a/tubearchivist/home/src/download/yt_dlp_handler.py
+++ b/tubearchivist/home/src/download/yt_dlp_handler.py
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ from home.src.index.playlist import YoutubePlaylist
 from home.src.index.video import YoutubeVideo, index_new_video
 from home.src.index.video_constants import VideoTypeEnum
 from home.src.ta.config import AppConfig
-from home.src.ta.helper import ignore_filelist
+from home.src.ta.helper import get_channel_overwrites, ignore_filelist
 from home.src.ta.settings import EnvironmentSettings
 
 
@@ -317,26 +317,13 @@ class DownloadPostProcess:
 
     def run(self):
         """run all functions"""
-        self.channel_overwrites = self.get_channel_overwrites()
+        self.channel_overwrites = get_channel_overwrites()
         self.auto_delete_all()
         self.auto_delete_overwrites()
         to_refresh = self.refresh_playlist()
         self.match_videos(to_refresh)
         self.get_comments()
 
-    def get_channel_overwrites(self):
-        """get overwrites"""
-        data = {
-            "query": {
-                "bool": {"must": [{"exists": {"field": "channel_overwrites"}}]}
-            },
-            "_source": ["channel_id", "channel_overwrites"],
-        }
-        result = IndexPaginate("ta_channel", data).get_results()
-        overwrites = {i["channel_id"]: i["channel_overwrites"] for i in result}
-
-        return overwrites
-
     def auto_delete_all(self):
         """handle auto delete"""
         autodelete_days = self.download.config["downloads"]["autodelete_days"]
diff --git a/tubearchivist/home/src/ta/helper.py b/tubearchivist/home/src/ta/helper.py
index 4cecef4a..7ce056f0 100644
--- a/tubearchivist/home/src/ta/helper.py
+++ b/tubearchivist/home/src/ta/helper.py
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import random
 import string
 import subprocess
 from datetime import datetime
+from typing import Any
 from urllib.parse import urlparse
 
 import requests
@@ -241,3 +242,17 @@ def is_missing(
     dl = [i for i in to_check if i not in existing_ids]
 
     return dl
+
+
+def get_channel_overwrites() -> dict[str, dict[str, Any]]:
+    """get overwrites indexed my channel_id"""
+    data = {
+        "query": {
+            "bool": {"must": [{"exists": {"field": "channel_overwrites"}}]}
+        },
+        "_source": ["channel_id", "channel_overwrites"],
+    }
+    result = IndexPaginate("ta_channel", data).get_results()
+    overwrites = {i["channel_id"]: i["channel_overwrites"] for i in result}
+
+    return overwrites