2 files changed, 28 insertions, 26 deletions
diff --git a/app/app.js b/app/app.js
index 821ceb42c2..369cd6cebb 100644
--- a/app/app.js
+++ b/app/app.js
@@ -53,31 +53,8 @@ const updateTrayIcon = () => {
   ipcRenderer.send('changeTrayIcon', getName(connect.status));
 };
 
-/**
- * Patch backend state.
- * 
- * Currently backend does not have external state
- * such as VPN connection status or IP address.
- * 
- * So far we store everything in redux and have to
- * sync redux state with backend.
- * 
- * In future this will be the other way around.
- */
-const syncBackendWithReduxStore = (backend, store) => {
-  const mapConnStatus = (s) => {
-    const S = ConnectionState;
-    const BS = Backend.ConnectionState;
-    switch(s) {
-    case S.connected: return BS.connected;
-    case S.connecting: return BS.connecting;
-    default: return BS.disconnected;
-    }
-  };
-  const { connect } = store.getState();
-  backend._connStatus = mapConnStatus(connect.status);
-};
-syncBackendWithReduxStore(backend, store);
+// patch backend
+backend.syncWithReduxStore(backend, store);
 
 // Setup primary event handlers to translate backend events into redux dispatch
 mapBackendEventsToReduxActions(backend, store);
diff --git a/app/lib/backend.js b/app/lib/backend.js
index d028f4f8fe..adec32fdd4 100644
--- a/app/lib/backend.js
+++ b/app/lib/backend.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import Enum from './enum';
 import { EventEmitter } from 'events';
-import { servers } from '../constants';
+import { ConnectionState as ReduxConnectionState, servers } from '../constants';
 
 const EventType = Enum('connect', 'connecting', 'disconnect', 'login', 'logging', 'logout', 'updatedIp');
 const ConnectionState = Enum('disconnected', 'connecting', 'connected');
@@ -33,6 +33,31 @@ export default class Backend extends EventEmitter {
 
   // Public methods
 
+  /**
+   * Patch backend state.
+   * 
+   * Currently backend does not have external state
+   * such as VPN connection status or IP address.
+   * 
+   * So far we store everything in redux and have to
+   * sync redux state with backend.
+   * 
+   * In future this will be the other way around.
+   */
+  syncWithReduxStore(store) {
+    const mapConnStatus = (s) => {
+      const S = ReduxConnectionState;
+      const BS = ConnectionState;
+      switch(s) {
+      case S.connected: return BS.connected;
+      case S.connecting: return BS.connecting;
+      default: return BS.disconnected;
+      }
+    };
+    const { connect } = store.getState();
+    this._connStatus = mapConnStatus(connect.status);
+  }
+
   serverInfo(key) {
     switch(key) {
     case 'fastest': return this.fastestServer();