diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index ed1cc551b..fe22125aa 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -2342,6 +2342,7 @@ version = "0.0.0"
 dependencies = [
  "git2",
  "gitbutler-core",
+ "gitbutler-tagged-string",
  "regex",
  "serde",
  "thiserror",
@@ -2425,6 +2426,13 @@ dependencies = [
  "tracing",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "gitbutler-tagged-string"
+version = "0.0.0"
+dependencies = [
+ "serde",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "gitbutler-tauri"
 version = "0.0.0"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index ce29445fd..2e274eca3 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -26,7 +26,8 @@ members = [
     "crates/gitbutler-storage", 
     "crates/gitbutler-fs",
     "crates/gitbutler-time", 
-    "crates/gitbutler-commit",
+    "crates/gitbutler-commit", 
+    "crates/gitbutler-tagged-string",
 ]
 resolver = "2"
 
@@ -65,6 +66,7 @@ gitbutler-storage = { path = "crates/gitbutler-storage" }
 gitbutler-fs = { path = "crates/gitbutler-fs" }
 gitbutler-time = { path = "crates/gitbutler-time" }
 gitbutler-commit = { path = "crates/gitbutler-commit" }
+gitbutler-tagged-string = { path = "crates/gitbutler-tagged-string" }
 
 [profile.release]
 codegen-units = 1 # Compile crates one after another so the compiler can optimize better
diff --git a/crates/gitbutler-core/src/lib.rs b/crates/gitbutler-core/src/lib.rs
index f098298ab..1d8b87b9b 100644
--- a/crates/gitbutler-core/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/gitbutler-core/src/lib.rs
@@ -14,6 +14,5 @@
 )]
 
 pub mod git;
-pub mod types;
 #[cfg(target_os = "windows")]
 pub mod windows;
diff --git a/crates/gitbutler-core/src/types/mod.rs b/crates/gitbutler-core/src/types/mod.rs
deleted file mode 100644
index 4660319b8..000000000
--- a/crates/gitbutler-core/src/types/mod.rs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-mod tagged_string;
-pub use tagged_string::*;
diff --git a/crates/gitbutler-reference/Cargo.toml b/crates/gitbutler-reference/Cargo.toml
index 075b74b13..d2debe696 100644
--- a/crates/gitbutler-reference/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/gitbutler-reference/Cargo.toml
@@ -9,5 +9,6 @@ publish = false
 regex = "1.10"
 git2.workspace = true
 gitbutler-core.workspace = true
+gitbutler-tagged-string.workspace = true
 serde = { workspace = true, features = ["std"]}
 thiserror.workspace = true
diff --git a/crates/gitbutler-reference/src/lib.rs b/crates/gitbutler-reference/src/lib.rs
index 8e161cd30..7f925d17a 100644
--- a/crates/gitbutler-reference/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/gitbutler-reference/src/lib.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 mod refname;
-use gitbutler_core::types::TaggedString;
+use gitbutler_tagged_string::TaggedString;
 pub use refname::{LocalRefname, Refname, RemoteRefname, VirtualRefname};
 use regex::Regex;
 
diff --git a/crates/gitbutler-tagged-string/Cargo.toml b/crates/gitbutler-tagged-string/Cargo.toml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..63dfd3854
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/gitbutler-tagged-string/Cargo.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+[package]
+name = "gitbutler-tagged-string"
+version = "0.0.0"
+edition = "2021"
+authors = ["GitButler <gitbutler@gitbutler.com>"]
+publish = false
+
+[dependencies]
+serde.workspace = true
diff --git a/crates/gitbutler-core/src/types/tagged_string.rs b/crates/gitbutler-tagged-string/src/lib.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from crates/gitbutler-core/src/types/tagged_string.rs
rename to crates/gitbutler-tagged-string/src/lib.rs