diff --git a/libkpod/containerserver.go b/libkpod/containerserver.go
index c9580b78..f2abfe2f 100644
--- a/libkpod/containerserver.go
+++ b/libkpod/containerserver.go
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package libkpod
 
 import (
+	"encoding/json"
 	"sync"
 
 	"github.com/containers/image/types"
@@ -9,6 +10,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/docker/docker/pkg/truncindex"
 	"github.com/kubernetes-incubator/cri-o/oci"
 	"github.com/kubernetes-incubator/cri-o/pkg/storage"
+	"github.com/moby/moby/pkg/ioutils"
 )
 
 // ContainerServer implements the ImageServer
@@ -70,6 +72,35 @@ func New(runtime *oci.Runtime, store cstorage.Store, storageImageServer storage.
 	}
 }
 
+// ContainerStateFromDisk retrieves information on the state of a running container
+// from the disk
+func (c *ContainerServer) ContainerStateFromDisk(ctr *oci.Container) error {
+	if err := ctr.FromDisk(); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	// ignore errors, this is a best effort to have up-to-date info about
+	// a given container before its state gets stored
+	c.runtime.UpdateStatus(ctr)
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+// ContainerStateToDisk writes the container's state information to a JSON file
+// on disk
+func (c *ContainerServer) ContainerStateToDisk(ctr *oci.Container) error {
+	// ignore errors, this is a best effort to have up-to-date info about
+	// a given container before its state gets stored
+	c.Runtime().UpdateStatus(ctr)
+
+	jsonSource, err := ioutils.NewAtomicFileWriter(ctr.StatePath(), 0644)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	defer jsonSource.Close()
+	enc := json.NewEncoder(jsonSource)
+	return enc.Encode(c.runtime.ContainerStatus(ctr))
+}
+
 type containerServerState struct {
 	containers oci.ContainerStorer
 }
diff --git a/server/container_create.go b/server/container_create.go
index ebcd607f..c2d4abc7 100644
--- a/server/container_create.go
+++ b/server/container_create.go
@@ -335,7 +335,7 @@ func (s *Server) CreateContainer(ctx context.Context, req *pb.CreateContainerReq
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	s.containerStateToDisk(container)
+	s.ContainerStateToDisk(container)
 
 	resp := &pb.CreateContainerResponse{
 		ContainerId: containerID,
diff --git a/server/container_start.go b/server/container_start.go
index d3d97bc5..b8c7fdb0 100644
--- a/server/container_start.go
+++ b/server/container_start.go
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ func (s *Server) StartContainer(ctx context.Context, req *pb.StartContainerReque
 		if err != nil {
 			s.Runtime().SetStartFailed(c, err)
 		}
-		s.containerStateToDisk(c)
+		s.ContainerStateToDisk(c)
 	}()
 
 	err = s.Runtime().StartContainer(c)
diff --git a/server/container_status.go b/server/container_status.go
index ffa315bb..ece493eb 100644
--- a/server/container_status.go
+++ b/server/container_status.go
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ func (s *Server) ContainerStatus(ctx context.Context, req *pb.ContainerStatusReq
 	if err = s.Runtime().UpdateStatus(c); err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
-	s.containerStateToDisk(c)
+	s.ContainerStateToDisk(c)
 
 	containerID := c.ID()
 	resp := &pb.ContainerStatusResponse{
diff --git a/server/container_stop.go b/server/container_stop.go
index d069e603..ccbde3cc 100644
--- a/server/container_stop.go
+++ b/server/container_stop.go
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ func (s *Server) StopContainer(ctx context.Context, req *pb.StopContainerRequest
 		}
 	}
 
-	s.containerStateToDisk(c)
+	s.ContainerStateToDisk(c)
 
 	resp := &pb.StopContainerResponse{}
 	logrus.Debugf("StopContainerResponse: %+v", resp)
diff --git a/server/sandbox_run.go b/server/sandbox_run.go
index bfff47d2..8f8abe8b 100644
--- a/server/sandbox_run.go
+++ b/server/sandbox_run.go
@@ -500,7 +500,7 @@ func (s *Server) RunPodSandbox(ctx context.Context, req *pb.RunPodSandboxRequest
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	s.containerStateToDisk(container)
+	s.ContainerStateToDisk(container)
 
 	resp = &pb.RunPodSandboxResponse{PodSandboxId: id}
 	logrus.Debugf("RunPodSandboxResponse: %+v", resp)
diff --git a/server/sandbox_status.go b/server/sandbox_status.go
index ba00563d..48eb6695 100644
--- a/server/sandbox_status.go
+++ b/server/sandbox_status.go
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ func (s *Server) PodSandboxStatus(ctx context.Context, req *pb.PodSandboxStatusR
 	if err = s.Runtime().UpdateStatus(podInfraContainer); err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
-	s.containerStateToDisk(podInfraContainer)
+	s.ContainerStateToDisk(podInfraContainer)
 
 	cState := s.Runtime().ContainerStatus(podInfraContainer)
 
diff --git a/server/sandbox_stop.go b/server/sandbox_stop.go
index 1f863fc2..1689d87b 100644
--- a/server/sandbox_stop.go
+++ b/server/sandbox_stop.go
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ func (s *Server) StopPodSandbox(ctx context.Context, req *pb.StopPodSandboxReque
 				logrus.Warnf("failed to stop container %s in pod sandbox %s: %v", c.Name(), sb.ID(), err)
 			}
 		}
-		s.containerStateToDisk(c)
+		s.ContainerStateToDisk(c)
 	}
 
 	if err := label.ReleaseLabel(sb.ProcessLabel()); err != nil {
diff --git a/server/server.go b/server/server.go
index 71cb960b..28ce262f 100644
--- a/server/server.go
+++ b/server/server.go
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/Sirupsen/logrus"
 	"github.com/containers/image/types"
 	cstorage "github.com/containers/storage"
-	"github.com/docker/docker/pkg/ioutils"
 	"github.com/docker/docker/pkg/registrar"
 	"github.com/docker/docker/pkg/truncindex"
 	"github.com/kubernetes-incubator/cri-o/libkpod"
@@ -158,37 +157,12 @@ func (s *Server) loadContainer(id string) error {
 		return err
 	}
 
-	s.containerStateFromDisk(ctr)
+	s.ContainerStateFromDisk(ctr)
 
 	s.addContainer(ctr)
 	return s.CtrIDIndex().Add(id)
 }
 
-func (s *Server) containerStateFromDisk(c *oci.Container) error {
-	if err := c.FromDisk(); err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-	// ignore errors, this is a best effort to have up-to-date info about
-	// a given container before its state gets stored
-	s.Runtime().UpdateStatus(c)
-
-	return nil
-}
-
-func (s *Server) containerStateToDisk(c *oci.Container) error {
-	// ignore errors, this is a best effort to have up-to-date info about
-	// a given container before its state gets stored
-	s.Runtime().UpdateStatus(c)
-
-	jsonSource, err := ioutils.NewAtomicFileWriter(c.StatePath(), 0644)
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-	defer jsonSource.Close()
-	enc := json.NewEncoder(jsonSource)
-	return enc.Encode(s.Runtime().ContainerStatus(c))
-}
-
 func configNetNsPath(spec rspec.Spec) (string, error) {
 	for _, ns := range spec.Linux.Namespaces {
 		if ns.Type != rspec.NetworkNamespace {
@@ -302,7 +276,7 @@ func (s *Server) loadSandbox(id string) error {
 		return err
 	}
 
-	s.containerStateFromDisk(scontainer)
+	s.ContainerStateFromDisk(scontainer)
 
 	if err = label.ReserveLabel(processLabel); err != nil {
 		return err