diff --git a/pynecone/el/constants/pynecone.py b/pynecone/el/constants/pynecone.py
index 90e158864..bc3ba4c4e 100644
--- a/pynecone/el/constants/pynecone.py
+++ b/pynecone/el/constants/pynecone.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 from collections import defaultdict
 
-from pynecone.utils import to_snake_case
+from pynecone.utils import format
 
 from .html import ATTR_TO_ELEMENTS
 from .react import POSSIBLE_STANDARD_NAMES
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ def attr_to_prop(attr_name: str) -> str:
     """
     if attr_name in ATTR_TO_PROP_OVERRIDES:
         return ATTR_TO_PROP_OVERRIDES[attr_name]
-    return to_snake_case(POSSIBLE_STANDARD_NAMES.get(attr_name, attr_name))
+    return format.to_snake_case(POSSIBLE_STANDARD_NAMES.get(attr_name, attr_name))
 
 
 # Names of HTML attributes that are provided by Pynecone out of the box.
diff --git a/pynecone/el/element.py b/pynecone/el/element.py
index 43c37a51f..849a60305 100644
--- a/pynecone/el/element.py
+++ b/pynecone/el/element.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 """Base class definition for raw HTML elements."""
 
-from pynecone import utils
 from pynecone.components.component import Component
+from pynecone.utils import path_ops
 
 
 class Element(Component):
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ class Element(Component):
                 style=self.style,
                 class_name=self.class_name,
             ).set(
-                contents=utils.join(
+                contents=path_ops.join(
                     [str(tag.contents)] + [child.render() for child in self.children]
                 ).strip(),
             )
diff --git a/pynecone/el/precompile.py b/pynecone/el/precompile.py
index ca4f0546c..036eec10e 100755
--- a/pynecone/el/precompile.py
+++ b/pynecone/el/precompile.py
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ running this script.
 
 import os
 
-from pynecone.compiler.templates import join
+from pynecone.utils import path_ops
 
 from .constants import ELEMENT_TO_PROPS, ELEMENTS
 
@@ -45,10 +45,10 @@ def compile_pyclass_props(element: str) -> str:
     Returns:
         A string containing compiled props for the element.
     """
-    return join(PROP(prop=prop) for prop in ELEMENT_TO_PROPS[element])
+    return path_ops.join(PROP(prop=prop) for prop in ELEMENT_TO_PROPS[element])
 
 
-PYCLASS = join(
+PYCLASS = path_ops.join(
     [
         "",
         "class {name}(Element):  # noqa: E742",
@@ -105,4 +105,4 @@ for element in sorted(ELEMENTS):
 
 os.makedirs(ELEMENTS_DIR, exist_ok=True)
 with open(INIT_PY_PATH, "w+") as f:
-    f.write(join(INIT_PY))
+    f.write(path_ops.join(INIT_PY))