diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 6c37c38..8ebe41b 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ members = [
     "src/trx-ft8",
     "src/trx-core",
     "src/trx-protocol",
+    "src/trx-app",
     "src/trx-server",
     "src/trx-server/trx-backend",
     "src/trx-server/trx-backend/trx-backend-ft817",
diff --git a/src/trx-server/Cargo.toml b/src/trx-server/Cargo.toml
index bd0dfb7..4c65180 100644
--- a/src/trx-server/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src/trx-server/Cargo.toml
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ libloading = "0.8"
 bytes = "1"
 cpal = "0.15"
 opus = "0.3"
+trx-app = { path = "../trx-app" }
 trx-backend = { path = "trx-backend" }
 trx-core = { path = "../trx-core" }
 trx-ft8 = { path = "../trx-ft8" }
diff --git a/src/trx-server/src/main.rs b/src/trx-server/src/main.rs
index 49703cd..8ece3e7 100644
--- a/src/trx-server/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/trx-server/src/main.rs
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ use tracing::{error, info};
 
 use trx_core::audio::AudioStreamInfo;
 
+use trx_app::normalize_name;
 use trx_backend::{is_backend_registered, register_builtin_backends, registered_backends, RigAccess};
 use trx_core::rig::controller::{AdaptivePolling, ExponentialBackoff};
 use trx_core::rig::request::RigRequest;
@@ -76,14 +77,6 @@ enum AccessKind {
     Tcp,
 }
 
-/// Normalize a rig name to lowercase alphanumeric.
-fn normalize_name(name: &str) -> String {
-    name.to_ascii_lowercase()
-        .chars()
-        .filter(|c| c.is_ascii_alphanumeric())
-        .collect()
-}
-
 /// Parse a serial rig address of the form "<path> <baud>".
 fn parse_serial_addr(addr: &str) -> DynResult<(String, u32)> {
     let mut parts = addr.split_whitespace();