diff --git a/includes/functions.php b/includes/functions.php
index 8ea93c84d91da8d10d7f45784718556532d78bb2..c62b8369c96a0b07d0902f9ff250ff12d8703d84 100644
--- a/includes/functions.php
+++ b/includes/functions.php
@@ -2,6 +2,57 @@
 
 namespace Automattic\WP\WP_CLI_Cron_Control_Offload;
 
+/**
+ * Create cron event for a given WP-CLI command
+ *
+ * return bool|\WP_Error
+ */
+function schedule_cli_command( $args ) {
+	$event_args = validate_args( $args );
+
+	if ( is_wp_error( $event_args ) ) {
+		return $event_args;
+	}
+
+	$scheduled = wp_schedule_single_event( strtotime( '+30 seconds' ), ACTION, array( 'command' => $event_args ) );
+
+	return false !== $scheduled;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Validate WP-CLI command to be scheduled
+ *
+ * @param string $args
+ * @return array|\WP_Error
+ */
+function validate_args( $args ) {
+	// Strip `wp` if included
+	if ( 0 === stripos( $args, 'wp' ) ) {
+		$args = trim( substr( $args, 2 ) );
+	}
+
+	// Block disallowed commands
+	$command = explode( ' ', $args );
+	$command = array_shift( $command );
+	if ( ! is_command_allowed( $command ) ) {
+		return new \WP_Error( "$command not allowed" );
+	}
+
+	// Don't worry about the user WP-CLI runs as
+	if ( false === stripos( $args, '--allow-root' ) ) {
+		$args .= ' --allow-root';
+	}
+
+	// TODO: validate further
+
+	// Nothing to run
+	if ( empty( $args ) ) {
+		return new \WP_Error( 'Invalid command provided' );
+	}
+
+	return $args;
+}
+
 /**
  * Check if command is allowed
  *
@@ -71,54 +122,3 @@ function get_command_blacklist() {
 		'server',
 	);
 }
-
-/**
- * Create cron event for a given WP-CLI command
- *
- * return bool|\WP_Error
- */
-function schedule_cli_command( $args ) {
-	$event_args = validate_args( $args );
-
-	if ( is_wp_error( $event_args ) ) {
-		return $event_args;
-	}
-
-	$scheduled = wp_schedule_single_event( strtotime( '+30 seconds' ), ACTION, array( 'command' => $event_args ) );
-
-	return false !== $scheduled;
-}
-
-/**
- * Validate WP-CLI command to be scheduled
- *
- * @param string $args
- * @return array|\WP_Error
- */
-function validate_args( $args ) {
-	// Strip `wp` if included
-	if ( 0 === stripos( $args, 'wp' ) ) {
-		$args = trim( substr( $args, 2 ) );
-	}
-
-	// Block disallowed commands
-	$command = explode( ' ', $args );
-	$command = array_shift( $command );
-	if ( ! is_command_allowed( $command ) ) {
-		return new \WP_Error( "$command not allowed" );
-	}
-
-	// Don't worry about the user WP-CLI runs as
-	if ( false === stripos( $args, '--allow-root' ) ) {
-		$args .= ' --allow-root';
-	}
-
-	// TODO: validate further
-
-	// Nothing to run
-	if ( empty( $args ) ) {
-		return new \WP_Error( 'Invalid command provided' );
-	}
-
-	return $args;
-}