diff --git a/pywb/utils/limitreader.py b/pywb/utils/limitreader.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..49d5d713
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pywb/utils/limitreader.py
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+# ============================================================================
+class LimitReader(object):
+    """
+    A reader which will not read more than specified limit
+    """
+
+    def __init__(self, stream, limit):
+        self.stream = stream
+        self.limit = limit
+
+        if hasattr(stream, 'tell'):
+            self.tell = self._tell
+
+    def _update(self, buff):
+        length = len(buff)
+        self.limit -= length
+        return buff
+
+    def read(self, length=None):
+        if length is not None:
+            length = min(length, self.limit)
+        else:
+            length = self.limit
+
+        if length == 0:
+            return b''
+
+        buff = self.stream.read(length)
+        return self._update(buff)
+
+    def readline(self, length=None):
+        if length is not None:
+            length = min(length, self.limit)
+        else:
+            length = self.limit
+
+        if length == 0:
+            return b''
+
+        buff = self.stream.readline(length)
+        return self._update(buff)
+
+    def close(self):
+        self.stream.close()
+
+    def _tell(self):
+        return self.stream.tell()
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def wrap_stream(stream, content_length):
+        """
+        If given content_length is an int > 0, wrap the stream
+        in a LimitReader. Otherwise, return the stream unaltered
+        """
+        try:
+            content_length = int(content_length)
+            if content_length >= 0:
+                # optimize: if already a LimitStream, set limit to
+                # the smaller of the two limits
+                if isinstance(stream, LimitReader):
+                    stream.limit = min(stream.limit, content_length)
+                else:
+                    stream = LimitReader(stream, content_length)
+
+        except (ValueError, TypeError):
+            pass
+
+        return stream
+
diff --git a/pywb/utils/loaders.py b/pywb/utils/loaders.py
index d803333d..53be7896 100644
--- a/pywb/utils/loaders.py
+++ b/pywb/utils/loaders.py
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ import base64
 import cgi
 
 from io import open, BytesIO
+from pywb.utils.limitreader import LimitReader
 
 try:
     from boto import connect_s3
@@ -500,78 +501,6 @@ class HMACCookieMaker(object):
         return cookie
 
 
-#=================================================================
-# Limit Reader
-#=================================================================
-class LimitReader(object):
-    """
-    A reader which will not read more than specified limit
-    """
-
-    def __init__(self, stream, limit):
-        self.stream = stream
-        self.limit = limit
-
-        if hasattr(stream, 'tell'):
-            self.tell = self._tell
-
-    def _update(self, buff):
-        length = len(buff)
-        self.limit -= length
-        return buff
-
-    def read(self, length=None):
-        if length is not None:
-            length = min(length, self.limit)
-        else:
-            length = self.limit
-
-        if length == 0:
-            return b''
-
-        buff = self.stream.read(length)
-        return self._update(buff)
-
-    def readline(self, length=None):
-        if length is not None:
-            length = min(length, self.limit)
-        else:
-            length = self.limit
-
-        if length == 0:
-            return b''
-
-        buff = self.stream.readline(length)
-        return self._update(buff)
-
-    def close(self):
-        self.stream.close()
-
-    def _tell(self):
-        return self.stream.tell()
-
-    @staticmethod
-    def wrap_stream(stream, content_length):
-        """
-        If given content_length is an int > 0, wrap the stream
-        in a LimitReader. Otherwise, return the stream unaltered
-        """
-        try:
-            content_length = int(content_length)
-            if content_length >= 0:
-                # optimize: if already a LimitStream, set limit to
-                # the smaller of the two limits
-                if isinstance(stream, LimitReader):
-                    stream.limit = min(stream.limit, content_length)
-                else:
-                    stream = LimitReader(stream, content_length)
-
-        except (ValueError, TypeError):
-            pass
-
-        return stream
-
-
 # ============================================================================
 BlockLoader.init_default_loaders()
 
diff --git a/pywb/utils/test/test_bufferedreaders.py b/pywb/utils/test/test_bufferedreaders.py
index 1960e374..c5b91f21 100644
--- a/pywb/utils/test/test_bufferedreaders.py
+++ b/pywb/utils/test/test_bufferedreaders.py
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ Zero-Length chunk:
 from io import BytesIO
 from pywb.utils.bufferedreaders import ChunkedDataReader, ChunkedDataException
 from pywb.utils.bufferedreaders import DecompressingBufferedReader
-from pywb.utils.loaders import LimitReader
+from pywb.utils.limitreader import LimitReader
 
 from pywb import get_test_dir
 
diff --git a/pywb/utils/test/test_loaders.py b/pywb/utils/test/test_loaders.py
index dd5c3861..703ef81e 100644
--- a/pywb/utils/test/test_loaders.py
+++ b/pywb/utils/test/test_loaders.py
@@ -141,8 +141,9 @@ from io import BytesIO
 import requests
 
 from pywb.utils.loaders import BlockLoader, HMACCookieMaker, to_file_url
-from pywb.utils.loaders import LimitReader, extract_client_cookie, extract_post_query
+from pywb.utils.loaders import extract_client_cookie, extract_post_query
 from pywb.utils.loaders import append_post_query, read_last_line
+from pywb.utils.limitreader import LimitReader
 
 from pywb.utils.bufferedreaders import DecompressingBufferedReader
 
diff --git a/pywb/warc/recordloader.py b/pywb/warc/recordloader.py
index 3becb294..90af9496 100644
--- a/pywb/warc/recordloader.py
+++ b/pywb/warc/recordloader.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ from pywb.utils.statusandheaders import StatusAndHeaders
 from pywb.utils.statusandheaders import StatusAndHeadersParser
 from pywb.utils.statusandheaders import StatusAndHeadersParserException
 
-from pywb.utils.loaders import LimitReader
+from pywb.utils.limitreader import LimitReader
 from pywb.utils.loaders import to_native_str
 
 from pywb.utils.wbexception import WbException
diff --git a/pywb/webagg/inputrequest.py b/pywb/webagg/inputrequest.py
index 50112959..1d2196cf 100644
--- a/pywb/webagg/inputrequest.py
+++ b/pywb/webagg/inputrequest.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 from pywb.utils.loaders import extract_post_query, append_post_query
-from pywb.utils.loaders import LimitReader
+from pywb.utils.limitreader import LimitReader
 from pywb.utils.statusandheaders import StatusAndHeadersParser
 
 from six.moves.urllib.parse import urlsplit, quote
diff --git a/pywb/webapp/rangecache.py b/pywb/webapp/rangecache.py
index a45b36f9..53a5e2ac 100644
--- a/pywb/webapp/rangecache.py
+++ b/pywb/webapp/rangecache.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 from pywb.utils.statusandheaders import StatusAndHeaders
-from pywb.utils.loaders import LimitReader
+from pywb.utils.limitreader import LimitReader
 from pywb.framework.cache import create_cache
 
 from tempfile import NamedTemporaryFile, mkdtemp
diff --git a/pywb/webapp/replay_views.py b/pywb/webapp/replay_views.py
index 69e9ea2d..b05ade12 100644
--- a/pywb/webapp/replay_views.py
+++ b/pywb/webapp/replay_views.py
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ from itertools import chain
 
 from pywb.utils.statusandheaders import StatusAndHeaders
 from pywb.utils.wbexception import WbException, NotFoundException
-from pywb.utils.loaders import LimitReader
+from pywb.utils.limitreader import LimitReader
 from pywb.utils.timeutils import timestamp_now
 
 from pywb.framework.wbrequestresponse import WbResponse