diff --git a/apps/common/utils.py b/apps/common/utils.py
index 4bc38febca..f929f0d87b 100644
--- a/apps/common/utils.py
+++ b/apps/common/utils.py
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ from django.utils.http import urlquote  as django_urlquote
 from django.utils.http import urlencode as django_urlencode
 from django.utils.datastructures import MultiValueDict
 from django.conf import settings
+from django.utils.translation import ugettext_lazy as _
 
 
 def urlquote(link=None, get=None):
@@ -113,19 +114,6 @@ def exists_with_famfam(path):
 # The code here is based loosely on John Cardinal's notes found at:
 # http://www.johncardinal.com/tmgutil/capitalizenames.htm
 
-# 2006-03-16
-# Thanks to David Kern <kernd@reasonspace.com> for fixing some bugs.
-
-#class Name(str):
-#    """A Class (based on the string type) that properly capitalizes a name."""
-#
-#    def __new__(cls, value=''):
-#        original = value
-#        proper = Capitalize(value)
-#        obj = str.__new__(cls, proper)
-#        obj.original = original
-#        return obj
-
 def proper_name(name):
     """Does the work of capitalizing a name (can be a full name)."""
 
@@ -303,3 +291,15 @@ def proper_name(name):
 
 mc = re.compile(r'^Mc(\w)(?=\w)', re.I)
 mac = re.compile(r'^Mac(\w)(?=\w)', re.I)
+
+def return_type(value):
+    if isinstance(value, types.FunctionType):
+        return value.__doc__ if value.__doc__ else _(u'function found')
+    elif isinstance(value, types.ClassType):
+        return _(u'class found: %s') % unicode(value).split("'")[1].split('.')[-1]
+    elif isinstance(value, types.TypeType):
+        return _(u'class found: %s') % unicode(value).split("'")[1].split('.')[-1]
+    elif isinstance(value, types.DictType) or isinstance(value, types.DictionaryType):
+        return ','.join(list(value))
+    else:
+        return value
diff --git a/apps/main/urls.py b/apps/main/urls.py
index f74ee868d2..6c20d63064 100644
--- a/apps/main/urls.py
+++ b/apps/main/urls.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ from django.conf.urls.defaults import patterns, url
 urlpatterns = patterns('main.views',
     url(r'^$', 'home', (), 'home'),
     url(r'^check_settings/$', 'check_settings', (), 'check_settings'),
-    url(r'^tools_menu/$', 'blank_menu', (), 'tools_menu'),
+    url(r'^tools_menu/$', 'tools_menu', (), 'tools_menu'),
     url(r'^statistics/$', 'statistics', (), 'statistics'),
     url(r'^diagnostics/$', 'diagnostics_view', (), 'diagnostics'),
 )
diff --git a/apps/main/views.py b/apps/main/views.py
index 1eeb3fa219..ea288f87c8 100644
--- a/apps/main/views.py
+++ b/apps/main/views.py
@@ -1,11 +1,8 @@
-import types
-
 from django.shortcuts import render_to_response
 from django.template import RequestContext
 from django.utils.translation import ugettext_lazy as _
 
-from common.utils import exists_with_famfam
-
+from common.utils import exists_with_famfam, return_type
 from common.conf import settings as common_settings
 from documents.conf import settings as documents_settings
 from documents.statistics import get_statistics as documents_statistics
@@ -14,8 +11,8 @@ from ocr.conf import settings as ocr_settings
 from ocr.statistics import get_statistics as ocr_statistics
 from filesystem_serving.conf import settings as filesystem_serving_settings
 from dynamic_search.conf import settings as search_settings
-from main.conf import settings as main_settings
 
+from main.conf import settings as main_settings
 from main.api import diagnostics
 
 
@@ -110,7 +107,7 @@ def check_settings(request):
         'hide_object': True,
         'extra_columns': [
             {'name': _(u'name'), 'attribute': 'name'},
-            {'name': _(u'value'), 'attribute': lambda x: _return_type(x['value'])},
+            {'name': _(u'value'), 'attribute': lambda x: return_type(x['value'])},
             {'name': _(u'description'), 'attribute': lambda x: x.get('description', {}).get(x['name'], '')},
             {'name': _(u'exists'), 'attribute': lambda x: exists_with_famfam(x['value']) if 'exists' in x else ''},
         ]
@@ -120,20 +117,7 @@ def check_settings(request):
         context_instance=RequestContext(request))
 
 
-def _return_type(value):
-    if isinstance(value, types.FunctionType):
-        return value.__doc__ if value.__doc__ else _(u'function found')
-    elif isinstance(value, types.ClassType):
-        return _(u'class found: %s') % unicode(value).split("'")[1].split('.')[-1]
-    elif isinstance(value, types.TypeType):
-        return _(u'class found: %s') % unicode(value).split("'")[1].split('.')[-1]
-    elif isinstance(value, types.DictType) or isinstance(value, types.DictionaryType):
-        return ','.join(list(value))
-    else:
-        return value
-
-
-def blank_menu(request):
+def tools_menu(request):
     return render_to_response('generic_template.html', {
         'title': _(u'Tools menu'),
         'paragraphs': [