diff --git a/extensions/ql-vscode/src/helpers.ts b/extensions/ql-vscode/src/helpers.ts
index c5bcaa8e9..4b65aeb0f 100644
--- a/extensions/ql-vscode/src/helpers.ts
+++ b/extensions/ql-vscode/src/helpers.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
+import * as fs from 'fs-extra';
+import * as glob from 'glob-promise';
+import * as yaml from 'js-yaml';
 import * as path from 'path';
 import { CancellationToken, ExtensionContext, ProgressOptions, window as Window, workspace } from 'vscode';
+import { CodeQLCliServer } from './cli';
 import { logger } from './logging';
 import { QueryInfo } from './run-queries';
 
@@ -244,3 +248,53 @@ function createRateLimitedResult(): RateLimitedResult {
     kind: InvocationRateLimiterResultKind.RateLimited
   };
 }
+
+
+export type DatasetFolderInfo = {
+  dbscheme: string;
+  qlpack: string;
+}
+
+export async function getQlPackForDbscheme(cliServer: CodeQLCliServer, dbschemePath: string): Promise<string> {
+  const qlpacks = await cliServer.resolveQlpacks(getOnDiskWorkspaceFolders());
+  const packs: { packDir: string | undefined; packName: string }[] =
+    Object.entries(qlpacks).map(([packName, dirs]) => {
+      if (dirs.length < 1) {
+        logger.log(`In getQlPackFor ${dbschemePath}, qlpack ${packName} has no directories`);
+        return { packName, packDir: undefined };
+      }
+      if (dirs.length > 1) {
+        logger.log(`In getQlPackFor ${dbschemePath}, qlpack ${packName} has more than one directory; arbitrarily choosing the first`);
+      }
+      return {
+        packName,
+        packDir: dirs[0]
+      }
+    });
+  for (const { packDir, packName } of packs) {
+    if (packDir !== undefined) {
+      const qlpack = yaml.safeLoad(await fs.readFile(path.join(packDir, 'qlpack.yml'), 'utf8'));
+      if (qlpack.dbscheme !== undefined && path.basename(qlpack.dbscheme) === path.basename(dbschemePath)) {
+        return packName;
+      }
+    }
+  }
+  throw new Error(`Could not find qlpack file for dbscheme ${dbschemePath}`);
+}
+
+export async function resolveDatasetFolder(cliServer: CodeQLCliServer, datasetFolder: string): Promise<DatasetFolderInfo> {
+  const dbschemes = await glob(path.join(datasetFolder, '*.dbscheme'))
+
+  if (dbschemes.length < 1) {
+    throw new Error(`Can't find dbscheme for current database in ${datasetFolder}`);
+  }
+
+  dbschemes.sort();
+  const dbscheme = dbschemes[0];
+  if (dbschemes.length > 1) {
+    Window.showErrorMessage(`Found multiple dbschemes in ${datasetFolder} during quick query; arbitrarily choosing the first, ${dbscheme}, to decide what library to use.`);
+  }
+
+  const qlpack = await getQlPackForDbscheme(cliServer, dbscheme);
+  return { dbscheme, qlpack };
+}
diff --git a/extensions/ql-vscode/src/quick-query.ts b/extensions/ql-vscode/src/quick-query.ts
index aa0b15313..204d19c4b 100644
--- a/extensions/ql-vscode/src/quick-query.ts
+++ b/extensions/ql-vscode/src/quick-query.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 import * as fs from 'fs-extra';
-import * as glob from 'glob-promise';
 import * as yaml from 'js-yaml';
 import * as path from 'path';
 import { ExtensionContext, window as Window, workspace, Uri } from 'vscode';
@@ -18,33 +17,6 @@ export function isQuickQueryPath(queryPath: string): boolean {
   return path.basename(queryPath) === QUICK_QUERY_QUERY_NAME;
 }
 
-async function getQlPackFor(cliServer: CodeQLCliServer, dbschemePath: string): Promise<string> {
-  const qlpacks = await cliServer.resolveQlpacks(helpers.getOnDiskWorkspaceFolders());
-  const packs: { packDir: string | undefined; packName: string }[] =
-    Object.entries(qlpacks).map(([packName, dirs]) => {
-      if (dirs.length < 1) {
-        logger.log(`In getQlPackFor ${dbschemePath}, qlpack ${packName} has no directories`);
-        return { packName, packDir: undefined };
-      }
-      if (dirs.length > 1) {
-        logger.log(`In getQlPackFor ${dbschemePath}, qlpack ${packName} has more than one directory; arbitrarily choosing the first`);
-      }
-      return {
-        packName,
-        packDir: dirs[0]
-      }
-    });
-  for (const { packDir, packName } of packs) {
-    if (packDir !== undefined) {
-      const qlpack = yaml.safeLoad(await fs.readFile(path.join(packDir, 'qlpack.yml'), 'utf8'));
-      if (qlpack.dbscheme !== undefined && path.basename(qlpack.dbscheme) === path.basename(dbschemePath)) {
-        return packName;
-      }
-    }
-  }
-  throw new Error(`Could not find qlpack file for dbscheme ${dbschemePath}`);
-}
-
 /**
  * `getBaseText` heuristically returns an appropriate import statement
  * prelude based on the filename of the dbscheme file given. TODO: add
@@ -128,19 +100,7 @@ export async function displayQuickQuery(ctx: ExtensionContext, cliServer: CodeQL
     }
 
     const datasetFolder = await dbItem.getDatasetFolder(cliServer);
-    const dbschemes = await glob(path.join(datasetFolder, '*.dbscheme'))
-
-    if (dbschemes.length < 1) {
-      throw new Error(`Can't find dbscheme for current database in ${datasetFolder}`);
-    }
-
-    dbschemes.sort();
-    const dbscheme = dbschemes[0];
-    if (dbschemes.length > 1) {
-      Window.showErrorMessage(`Found multiple dbschemes in ${datasetFolder} during quick query; arbitrarily choosing the first, ${dbscheme}, to decide what library to use.`);
-    }
-
-    const qlpack = await getQlPackFor(cliServer, dbscheme);
+    const { qlpack, dbscheme } = await helpers.resolveDatasetFolder(cliServer, datasetFolder);
     const quickQueryQlpackYaml: any = {
       name: "quick-query",
       version: "1.0.0",