diff --git a/services.py b/services.py
index 83f064e..ca32d40 100644
--- a/services.py
+++ b/services.py
@@ -1,18 +1,23 @@
+import json
 from typing import Optional
+from loguru import logger
 
 from lnbits.core import create_invoice
 
 from .crud import (
+    get_merchant_by_pubkey,
     get_merchant_for_user,
     get_order,
     get_order_by_event_id,
     get_products_by_ids,
     get_wallet_for_product,
+    update_order_paid_status,
 )
 from .models import (
     Nostrable,
     Order,
     OrderExtra,
+    OrderStatusUpdate,
     PartialOrder,
     PaymentOption,
     PaymentRequest,
@@ -78,3 +83,23 @@ async def sign_and_send_to_nostr(
     await publish_nostr_event(event)
 
     return event
+
+
+async def handle_order_paid(order_id: str, merchant_pubkey: str):
+    try:
+        order = await update_order_paid_status(order_id, True)
+        assert order, f"Paid order cannot be found. Order id: {order_id}"
+        order_status = OrderStatusUpdate(
+            id=order_id, message="Payment received.", paid=True, shipped=order.shipped
+        )
+
+        merchant = await get_merchant_by_pubkey(merchant_pubkey)
+        assert merchant, f"Merchant cannot be found for order {order_id}"
+        dm_content = json.dumps(
+            order_status.dict(), separators=(",", ":"), ensure_ascii=False
+        )
+
+        dm_event = merchant.build_dm_event(dm_content, order.pubkey)
+        await publish_nostr_event(dm_event)
+    except Exception as ex:
+        logger.warning(ex)
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tasks.py b/tasks.py
index 8123a8b..1b961f6 100644
--- a/tasks.py
+++ b/tasks.py
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import json
 from asyncio import Queue
 
 import httpx
+
 import websocket
 from loguru import logger
 from websocket import WebSocketApp
@@ -17,13 +18,12 @@ from .crud import (
     get_merchant_by_pubkey,
     get_public_keys_for_merchants,
     get_wallet_for_product,
-    update_order_paid_status,
 )
 from .helpers import order_from_json
-from .models import OrderStatusUpdate, PartialDirectMessage, PartialOrder
+from .models import PartialDirectMessage, PartialOrder
 from .nostr.event import NostrEvent
 from .nostr.nostr_client import connect_to_nostrclient_ws, publish_nostr_event
-
+from .services import handle_order_paid
 
 async def wait_for_paid_invoices():
     invoice_queue = Queue()
@@ -46,24 +46,7 @@ async def on_invoice_paid(payment: Payment) -> None:
     await handle_order_paid(order_id, merchant_pubkey)
 
 
-async def handle_order_paid(order_id: str, merchant_pubkey: str):
-    try:
-        order = await update_order_paid_status(order_id, True)
-        assert order, f"Paid order cannot be found. Order id: {order_id}"
-        order_status = OrderStatusUpdate(
-            id=order_id, message="Payment received.", paid=True, shipped=order.shipped
-        )
 
-        merchant = await get_merchant_by_pubkey(merchant_pubkey)
-        assert merchant, f"Merchant cannot be found for order {order_id}"
-        dm_content = json.dumps(
-            order_status.dict(), separators=(",", ":"), ensure_ascii=False
-        )
-
-        dm_event = merchant.build_dm_event(dm_content, order.pubkey)
-        await publish_nostr_event(dm_event)
-    except Exception as ex:
-        logger.warning(ex)
 
 
 async def subscribe_to_nostr_client(recieve_event_queue: Queue, send_req_queue: Queue):