diff --git a/src/helper/startup.tcl b/src/helper/startup.tcl
index 41137f1ad..eb965e009 100644
--- a/src/helper/startup.tcl
+++ b/src/helper/startup.tcl
@@ -303,3 +303,11 @@ add_help_text srst_deasserted "Overridable procedure run when srst deassert is d
 proc srst_asserted {} {
 	puts "Sensed nSRST asserted."
 }
+
+# catch any exceptions, capture output and return output
+proc capture_catch {a} {
+	catch {
+		capture {uplevel $a}
+	} result
+	return $result 
+}
diff --git a/src/server/httpd/httpd.tcl b/src/server/httpd/httpd.tcl
index a2fee129d..5b012681a 100644
--- a/src/server/httpd/httpd.tcl
+++ b/src/server/httpd/httpd.tcl
@@ -99,14 +99,6 @@ proc encode {a} {
 	return [string map {\n <br/> { } {&nbsp;} \t {&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;} > &gt; < &lt; / &#47;} $a]
 }
 
-# catch any exceptions, capture output and return it 
-proc capture_catch {a} {
-	catch {
-		capture {uplevel $a}
-	} result
-	return $result 
-}
-
 proc first_flash_base {} {
 	set t [lindex 0 [ocd_flash_banks]]
 	return $t(base)