diff --git a/src-tauri/src/app.rs b/src-tauri/src/app.rs
index 31e928a42..29dac64ca 100644
--- a/src-tauri/src/app.rs
+++ b/src-tauri/src/app.rs
@@ -496,10 +496,7 @@ impl App {
         )
         .context("failed to open repository")?;
 
-        let session = gb_repository
-            .get_or_create_current_session()
-            .context("failed to get session")?;
-        let writer = sessions::Writer::open(&gb_repository, &session)?;
+        let pty_writer = pty::Writer::new(&gb_repository)?;
 
         let timestamp = std::time::SystemTime::now()
             .duration_since(std::time::UNIX_EPOCH)
@@ -512,7 +509,7 @@ impl App {
             bytes: bytes.to_vec(),
         };
 
-        writer.append_pty(&record).context("failed to append pty")?;
+        pty_writer.write(&record).context("failed to append pty")?;
 
         Ok(())
     }
diff --git a/src-tauri/src/pty/mod.rs b/src-tauri/src/pty/mod.rs
index f53923886..36e3c4d98 100644
--- a/src-tauri/src/pty/mod.rs
+++ b/src-tauri/src/pty/mod.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 mod connection;
 mod recorder;
 mod server;
+mod writer;
 
 pub use recorder::{Record, Type};
 pub use server::start_server;
+pub use writer::PtyWriter as Writer;
diff --git a/src-tauri/src/pty/writer.rs b/src-tauri/src/pty/writer.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4b3a3bf95
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src-tauri/src/pty/writer.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+use anyhow::{Context, Result};
+
+use crate::gb_repository;
+
+use super::Record;
+
+pub struct PtyWriter<'writer> {
+    repository: &'writer gb_repository::Repository,
+}
+
+impl<'writer> PtyWriter<'writer> {
+    pub fn new(repository: &'writer gb_repository::Repository) -> Result<Self> {
+        repository
+            .get_or_create_current_session()
+            .context("failed to create session")?;
+        Ok(Self { repository })
+    }
+
+    pub fn write(&self, record: &Record) -> Result<()> {
+        self.repository.lock()?;
+        defer! {
+            self.repository.unlock().expect("failed to unlock");
+        }
+
+        serde_jsonlines::append_json_lines(
+            self.repository.session_path().join("pty.jsonl"),
+            [record],
+        )?;
+
+        log::info!(
+            "{}: appended pty record to session",
+            self.repository.project_id
+        );
+
+        Ok(())
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src-tauri/src/sessions/writer.rs b/src-tauri/src/sessions/writer.rs
index 485addbaa..d4411aead 100644
--- a/src-tauri/src/sessions/writer.rs
+++ b/src-tauri/src/sessions/writer.rs
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ use std::time;
 use anyhow::{anyhow, Context, Result};
 
 use crate::{
-    bookmarks, gb_repository, pty,
+    bookmarks, gb_repository,
     reader::{self, Reader},
     writer::{self, Writer},
 };
@@ -127,25 +127,6 @@ impl<'writer> SessionWriter<'writer> {
         Ok(writer)
     }
 
-    pub fn append_pty(&self, record: &pty::Record) -> Result<()> {
-        self.repository.lock()?;
-        defer! {
-            self.repository.unlock().expect("failed to unlock");
-        }
-
-        serde_jsonlines::append_json_lines(
-            self.repository.session_path().join("pty.jsonl"),
-            [record],
-        )?;
-
-        log::info!(
-            "{}: appended pty record to session",
-            self.repository.project_id
-        );
-
-        Ok(())
-    }
-
     pub fn write_session_wd_file<P: AsRef<std::path::Path>>(
         &self,
         path: P,