diff --git a/api/tacticalrmm/agents/models.py b/api/tacticalrmm/agents/models.py
index c983c18d..c42e2522 100644
--- a/api/tacticalrmm/agents/models.py
+++ b/api/tacticalrmm/agents/models.py
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ from tacticalrmm.constants import (
     PAAction,
     PAStatus,
 )
-from tacticalrmm.helpers import get_nats_ports
+from tacticalrmm.helpers import setup_nats_options
 from tacticalrmm.models import PermissionQuerySet
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
@@ -799,18 +799,10 @@ class Agent(BaseAuditModel):
     async def nats_cmd(
         self, data: Dict[Any, Any], timeout: int = 30, wait: bool = True
     ) -> Any:
-        nats_std_port, _ = get_nats_ports()
-        options = {
-            "servers": f"tls://{settings.ALLOWED_HOSTS[0]}:{nats_std_port}",
-            "user": "tacticalrmm",
-            "name": "trmm-django",
-            "password": settings.SECRET_KEY,
-            "connect_timeout": 3,
-            "max_reconnect_attempts": 2,
-        }
 
+        opts = setup_nats_options()
         try:
-            nc = await nats.connect(**options)
+            nc = await nats.connect(**opts)
         except:
             return "natsdown"
 
diff --git a/api/tacticalrmm/tacticalrmm/helpers.py b/api/tacticalrmm/tacticalrmm/helpers.py
index f1865a12..d19674e4 100644
--- a/api/tacticalrmm/tacticalrmm/helpers.py
+++ b/api/tacticalrmm/tacticalrmm/helpers.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-from typing import TYPE_CHECKING
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any
 from urllib.parse import urlparse
 
 import pytz
@@ -60,3 +60,16 @@ def rand_range(min: int, max: int) -> float:
     Returns float truncated to 2 decimals.
     """
     return round(random.uniform(min, max) / 1000, 2)
+
+
+def setup_nats_options() -> dict[str, Any]:
+    nats_std_port, _ = get_nats_ports()
+    opts = {
+        "servers": f"tls://{settings.ALLOWED_HOSTS[0]}:{nats_std_port}",
+        "user": "tacticalrmm",
+        "name": "trmm-django",
+        "password": settings.SECRET_KEY,
+        "connect_timeout": 3,
+        "max_reconnect_attempts": 2,
+    }
+    return opts