diff --git a/backend/rag_1/chain.py b/backend/rag_1/chain.py
index a0c5103..9afe492 100644
--- a/backend/rag_1/chain.py
+++ b/backend/rag_1/chain.py
@@ -13,8 +13,8 @@
 from backend.rag_components.chain_links.retrieve_and_format_multimodal_docs import (
     fetch_docs_chain,
 )
-from backend.utils.llm import get_vision_llm
-from backend.utils.retriever import get_retriever
+from backend.rag_components.llm import get_vision_llm
+from backend.rag_components.retriever import get_retriever
 
 from . import prompts
 
diff --git a/backend/rag_1/ingest.py b/backend/rag_1/ingest.py
index ac33adf..a09d5f1 100644
--- a/backend/rag_1/ingest.py
+++ b/backend/rag_1/ingest.py
@@ -10,13 +10,13 @@
 from unstructured.partition.pdf import partition_pdf
 
 from backend.rag_1.config import validate_config
-from backend.utils.unstructured import (
+from backend.rag_components.unstructured import (
     load_chunking_func,
     select_images,
     select_tables,
     select_texts,
 )
-from backend.utils.vectorstore import get_vectorstore
+from backend.rag_components.vectorstore import get_vectorstore
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
diff --git a/backend/rag_1/notebook.ipynb b/backend/rag_1/notebook.ipynb
index d440e6c..abced02 100644
--- a/backend/rag_1/notebook.ipynb
+++ b/backend/rag_1/notebook.ipynb
@@ -73,16 +73,16 @@
     "\n",
     "from backend.rag_1.chain import get_chain\n",
     "from backend.rag_1.config import validate_config\n",
-    "from backend.utils.elements import convert_documents_to_elements\n",
-    "from backend.utils.retriever import get_retriever\n",
-    "from backend.utils.unstructured import (\n",
+    "from backend.rag_components.elements import convert_documents_to_elements\n",
+    "from backend.rag_components.retriever import get_retriever\n",
+    "from backend.rag_components.unstructured import (\n",
     "    load_chunking_func,\n",
     "    select_images,\n",
     "    select_tables,\n",
     "    select_texts,\n",
     ")\n",
+    "from backend.rag_components.vectorstore import get_vectorstore\n",
     "from backend.utils.utils import format_time_delta\n",
-    "from backend.utils.vectorstore import get_vectorstore\n",
     "\n",
     "logging.basicConfig(format=\"[%(asctime)s] - %(name)s - %(levelname)s - %(message)s\")\n",
     "logging.getLogger(\"backend\").setLevel(logging.INFO)\n",
diff --git a/backend/rag_2/chain.py b/backend/rag_2/chain.py
index 3eb7b6e..4eef926 100644
--- a/backend/rag_2/chain.py
+++ b/backend/rag_2/chain.py
@@ -16,8 +16,8 @@
 from backend.rag_components.chain_links.retrieve_and_format_text_docs import (
     fetch_docs_chain,
 )
-from backend.utils.llm import get_text_llm
-from backend.utils.retriever import get_retriever
+from backend.rag_components.llm import get_text_llm
+from backend.rag_components.retriever import get_retriever
 
 from . import prompts
 
diff --git a/backend/rag_2/config.yaml b/backend/rag_2/config.yaml
index 7e23156..0482eb5 100644
--- a/backend/rag_2/config.yaml
+++ b/backend/rag_2/config.yaml
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ store:
   root_path: "${..path.database}/multi_vector_retriever_metadata/"
 
 retriever:
-  _target_: backend.utils.multi_vector.ThresholdedMultiVectorRetriever
+  _target_: backend.rag_components.multi_vector.ThresholdedMultiVectorRetriever
   vectorstore: ${..vectorstore}
   byte_store: ${..store}
   id_key: "doc_id"
diff --git a/backend/rag_2/ingest.py b/backend/rag_2/ingest.py
index 564802c..42893ff 100644
--- a/backend/rag_2/ingest.py
+++ b/backend/rag_2/ingest.py
@@ -12,15 +12,15 @@
 
 from backend.rag_2 import prompts
 from backend.rag_2.config import validate_config
-from backend.utils.elements import Image, Table, Text
-from backend.utils.ingest import add_elements_to_multivector_retriever
-from backend.utils.llm import get_text_llm, get_vision_llm
-from backend.utils.retriever import get_retriever
-from backend.utils.summarization import (
+from backend.rag_components.elements import Image, Table, Text
+from backend.rag_components.ingest import add_elements_to_multivector_retriever
+from backend.rag_components.llm import get_text_llm, get_vision_llm
+from backend.rag_components.retriever import get_retriever
+from backend.rag_components.summarization import (
     generate_image_summaries,
     generate_text_summaries,
 )
-from backend.utils.unstructured import (
+from backend.rag_components.unstructured import (
     load_chunking_func,
     select_images,
     select_tables,
diff --git a/backend/rag_2/notebook.ipynb b/backend/rag_2/notebook.ipynb
index 688ef5b..49a67f4 100644
--- a/backend/rag_2/notebook.ipynb
+++ b/backend/rag_2/notebook.ipynb
@@ -79,10 +79,10 @@
     "    apply_summarize_table,\n",
     "    apply_summarize_text,\n",
     ")\n",
-    "from backend.utils.elements import convert_documents_to_elements\n",
-    "from backend.utils.ingest import add_elements_to_multivector_retriever\n",
-    "from backend.utils.retriever import get_retriever\n",
-    "from backend.utils.unstructured import (\n",
+    "from backend.rag_components.elements import convert_documents_to_elements\n",
+    "from backend.rag_components.ingest import add_elements_to_multivector_retriever\n",
+    "from backend.rag_components.retriever import get_retriever\n",
+    "from backend.rag_components.unstructured import (\n",
     "    load_chunking_func,\n",
     "    select_images,\n",
     "    select_tables,\n",
diff --git a/backend/rag_3/chain.py b/backend/rag_3/chain.py
index 58ed3ad..f09f1e4 100644
--- a/backend/rag_3/chain.py
+++ b/backend/rag_3/chain.py
@@ -16,8 +16,8 @@
 from backend.rag_components.chain_links.retrieve_and_format_multimodal_docs import (
     fetch_docs_chain,
 )
-from backend.utils.llm import get_vision_llm
-from backend.utils.retriever import get_retriever
+from backend.rag_components.llm import get_vision_llm
+from backend.rag_components.retriever import get_retriever
 
 from . import prompts
 
diff --git a/backend/rag_3/config.yaml b/backend/rag_3/config.yaml
index b55e472..aebc473 100644
--- a/backend/rag_3/config.yaml
+++ b/backend/rag_3/config.yaml
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ store:
   root_path: "${..path.database}/multi_vector_retriever_metadata/"
 
 retriever:
-  _target_: backend.utils.multi_vector.ThresholdedMultiVectorRetriever
+  _target_: backend.rag_components.multi_vector.ThresholdedMultiVectorRetriever
   vectorstore: ${..vectorstore}
   byte_store: ${..store}
   id_key: "doc_id"
diff --git a/backend/rag_3/ingest.py b/backend/rag_3/ingest.py
index b654a09..24d5d1f 100644
--- a/backend/rag_3/ingest.py
+++ b/backend/rag_3/ingest.py
@@ -12,15 +12,15 @@
 
 from backend.rag_3 import prompts
 from backend.rag_3.config import validate_config
-from backend.utils.elements import Image, Table, Text
-from backend.utils.ingest import add_elements_to_multivector_retriever
-from backend.utils.llm import get_text_llm, get_vision_llm
-from backend.utils.retriever import get_retriever
-from backend.utils.summarization import (
+from backend.rag_components.elements import Image, Table, Text
+from backend.rag_components.ingest import add_elements_to_multivector_retriever
+from backend.rag_components.llm import get_text_llm, get_vision_llm
+from backend.rag_components.retriever import get_retriever
+from backend.rag_components.summarization import (
     generate_image_summaries,
     generate_text_summaries,
 )
-from backend.utils.unstructured import (
+from backend.rag_components.unstructured import (
     load_chunking_func,
     select_images,
     select_tables,
diff --git a/backend/rag_3/notebook.ipynb b/backend/rag_3/notebook.ipynb
index 51b8ccb..aece0ed 100644
--- a/backend/rag_3/notebook.ipynb
+++ b/backend/rag_3/notebook.ipynb
@@ -79,10 +79,10 @@
     "    apply_summarize_table,\n",
     "    apply_summarize_text,\n",
     ")\n",
-    "from backend.utils.elements import convert_documents_to_elements\n",
-    "from backend.utils.ingest import add_elements_to_multivector_retriever\n",
-    "from backend.utils.retriever import get_retriever\n",
-    "from backend.utils.unstructured import (\n",
+    "from backend.rag_components.elements import convert_documents_to_elements\n",
+    "from backend.rag_components.ingest import add_elements_to_multivector_retriever\n",
+    "from backend.rag_components.retriever import get_retriever\n",
+    "from backend.rag_components.unstructured import (\n",
     "    load_chunking_func,\n",
     "    select_images,\n",
     "    select_tables,\n",
diff --git a/backend/rag_components/chain_links/rag_with_history.py b/backend/rag_components/chain_links/rag_with_history.py
index 9688386..53861a9 100644
--- a/backend/rag_components/chain_links/rag_with_history.py
+++ b/backend/rag_components/chain_links/rag_with_history.py
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 
 from backend.rag_components.chain_links.condense_question import condense_question
 from backend.rag_components.chat_message_history import get_chat_message_history
-from backend.utils.llm import get_text_llm
+from backend.rag_components.llm import get_text_llm
 
 
 class QuestionWithHistory(BaseModel):
diff --git a/backend/utils/elements.py b/backend/rag_components/elements.py
similarity index 99%
rename from backend/utils/elements.py
rename to backend/rag_components/elements.py
index 930414b..ce314e3 100644
--- a/backend/utils/elements.py
+++ b/backend/rag_components/elements.py
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 from langchain_core.documents import Document
 from pydantic import BaseModel, PrivateAttr, validator
 
-from .image import local_image_to_base64
+from backend.utils.image import local_image_to_base64
 
 
 class Element(BaseModel):
diff --git a/backend/utils/ingest.py b/backend/rag_components/ingest.py
similarity index 100%
rename from backend/utils/ingest.py
rename to backend/rag_components/ingest.py
diff --git a/backend/utils/llm.py b/backend/rag_components/llm.py
similarity index 100%
rename from backend/utils/llm.py
rename to backend/rag_components/llm.py
diff --git a/backend/utils/multi_vector.py b/backend/rag_components/multi_vector.py
similarity index 100%
rename from backend/utils/multi_vector.py
rename to backend/rag_components/multi_vector.py
diff --git a/backend/utils/retriever.py b/backend/rag_components/retriever.py
similarity index 100%
rename from backend/utils/retriever.py
rename to backend/rag_components/retriever.py
diff --git a/backend/utils/summarization.py b/backend/rag_components/summarization.py
similarity index 100%
rename from backend/utils/summarization.py
rename to backend/rag_components/summarization.py
diff --git a/backend/utils/unstructured.py b/backend/rag_components/unstructured.py
similarity index 98%
rename from backend/utils/unstructured.py
rename to backend/rag_components/unstructured.py
index 2562a42..8359fea 100644
--- a/backend/utils/unstructured.py
+++ b/backend/rag_components/unstructured.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 from omegaconf.dictconfig import DictConfig
 from unstructured.documents.coordinates import RelativeCoordinateSystem
 
-from backend.utils.elements import Image, Table, TableImage, TableText, Text
+from backend.rag_components.elements import Image, Table, TableImage, TableText, Text
 
 
 def get_element_size(element: unstructured_elements.Element) -> tuple[float, float]:
diff --git a/backend/utils/vectorstore.py b/backend/rag_components/vectorstore.py
similarity index 100%
rename from backend/utils/vectorstore.py
rename to backend/rag_components/vectorstore.py
diff --git a/tests/backend/utils/test_elements.py b/tests/backend/utils/test_elements.py
index 83a2b20..b1ba5f2 100644
--- a/tests/backend/utils/test_elements.py
+++ b/tests/backend/utils/test_elements.py
@@ -4,7 +4,14 @@
 from pytest import FixtureRequest
 from pytest_lazy_fixtures import lf
 
-from backend.utils.elements import Element, Image, Table, TableImage, TableText, Text
+from backend.rag_components.elements import (
+    Element,
+    Image,
+    Table,
+    TableImage,
+    TableText,
+    Text,
+)
 
 # ----------------------------------- Text ----------------------------------- #