diff --git a/test/unit/test_llm_server.py b/test/unit/test_llm_server.py
index 38f6877890..942baea061 100644
--- a/test/unit/test_llm_server.py
+++ b/test/unit/test_llm_server.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ class TestLLMServer(unittest.TestCase):
     llm_module.eos_id = cls.eos_id
 
     from tinygrad.apps.llm import Handler
-    from tinygrad.helpers import TCPServerWithReuse
+    from tinygrad.viz.serve import TCPServerWithReuse
 
     cls.server = TCPServerWithReuse(('127.0.0.1', 0), Handler)
     cls.port = cls.server.server_address[1]
diff --git a/tinygrad/apps/llm.py b/tinygrad/apps/llm.py
index 52e33c7c1c..0a2880dd83 100644
--- a/tinygrad/apps/llm.py
+++ b/tinygrad/apps/llm.py
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 from __future__ import annotations
 import sys, argparse, typing, re, unicodedata, json, uuid, time, functools
 from tinygrad import Tensor, nn, UOp, TinyJit, getenv
-from tinygrad.helpers import partition, TCPServerWithReuse, HTTPRequestHandler, DEBUG, Timing, GlobalCounters, stderr_log, colored
+from tinygrad.helpers import partition, DEBUG, Timing, GlobalCounters, stderr_log, colored
+from tinygrad.viz.serve import TCPServerWithReuse, HTTPRequestHandler
 
 class SimpleTokenizer:
   def __init__(self, normal_tokens:dict[str, int], special_tokens:dict[str, int], preset:str="llama3"):
diff --git a/tinygrad/helpers.py b/tinygrad/helpers.py
index 068538accc..e75e5ae5b1 100644
--- a/tinygrad/helpers.py
+++ b/tinygrad/helpers.py
@@ -1,9 +1,8 @@
 from __future__ import annotations
 import os, functools, platform, time, re, contextlib, operator, hashlib, pickle, sqlite3, tempfile, pathlib, string, ctypes, sys, gzip, getpass, gc
-import urllib.request, subprocess, shutil, math, types, copyreg, inspect, importlib, decimal, itertools, socketserver, json
+import subprocess, shutil, math, types, copyreg, inspect, importlib, decimal, itertools
 from dataclasses import dataclass, field
 from typing import ClassVar, Iterable, Any, TypeVar, Callable, Sequence, TypeGuard, Iterator, Generic, Generator, cast, overload
-from http.server import BaseHTTPRequestHandler
 
 T = TypeVar("T")
 U = TypeVar("U")
@@ -380,6 +379,7 @@ def _ensure_downloads_dir() -> pathlib.Path:
 
 def fetch(url:str, name:pathlib.Path|str|None=None, subdir:str|None=None, gunzip:bool=False,
           allow_caching=not getenv("DISABLE_HTTP_CACHE"), headers:dict[str, str]={}) -> pathlib.Path:
+  import urllib.request
   if url.startswith(("/", ".")): return pathlib.Path(url)
   if name is not None and (isinstance(name, pathlib.Path) or '/' in name): fp = pathlib.Path(name)
   else:
@@ -400,33 +400,6 @@ def fetch(url:str, name:pathlib.Path|str|None=None, subdir:str|None=None, gunzip
       if length and (file_size:=os.stat(fp).st_size) < length: raise RuntimeError(f"fetch size incomplete, {file_size} < {length}")
   return fp
 
-# NOTE: using HTTPServer forces a potentially slow socket.getfqdn
-class TCPServerWithReuse(socketserver.TCPServer):
-  allow_reuse_address = True
-  def __init__(self, server_address, RequestHandlerClass):
-    print(f"*** started server on http://127.0.0.1:{server_address[1]}")
-    super().__init__(server_address, RequestHandlerClass)
-
-class HTTPRequestHandler(BaseHTTPRequestHandler):
-  def send_data(self, data:bytes, content_type:str="application/json", status_code:int=200):
-    self.send_response(status_code)
-    self.send_header("Content-Type", content_type)
-    self.send_header("Content-Length", str(len(data)))
-    self.end_headers()
-    return self.wfile.write(data)
-  def stream_json(self, source:Generator):
-    try:
-      self.send_response(200)
-      self.send_header("Content-Type", "text/event-stream")
-      self.send_header("Cache-Control", "no-cache")
-      self.end_headers()
-      for r in source:
-        self.wfile.write(f"data: {json.dumps(r)}\n\n".encode("utf-8"))
-        self.wfile.flush()
-      self.wfile.write("data: [DONE]\n\n".encode("utf-8"))
-    # pass if client closed connection
-    except (BrokenPipeError, ConnectionResetError): return
-
 # *** Exec helpers
 
 def system(cmd:str, **kwargs) -> str:
diff --git a/tinygrad/uop/ops.py b/tinygrad/uop/ops.py
index 1c7737453a..e350a9a939 100644
--- a/tinygrad/uop/ops.py
+++ b/tinygrad/uop/ops.py
@@ -888,8 +888,9 @@ def print_uops(uops:list[UOp]):
 def get_location() -> tuple[str, int]:
   frm = sys._getframe(1)
   # skip over ops.py and anything in mixin
-  while ((codepath:=pathlib.Path(frm.f_code.co_filename)).name == "ops.py" or codepath.parent.name == "mixin") and frm.f_back is not None and \
-      not frm.f_back.f_code.co_filename.startswith("<frozen"):
+  while frm.f_back is not None and not frm.f_back.f_code.co_filename.startswith("<frozen"):
+    fn = frm.f_code.co_filename.replace("\\", "/")
+    if not (fn.endswith("/ops.py") or "/mixin/" in fn): break
     frm = frm.f_back
   return frm.f_code.co_filename, frm.f_lineno
 
diff --git a/tinygrad/viz/serve.py b/tinygrad/viz/serve.py
index d0b7d757aa..1d9c36c99e 100755
--- a/tinygrad/viz/serve.py
+++ b/tinygrad/viz/serve.py
@@ -1,12 +1,41 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
 import multiprocessing, pickle, difflib, os, threading, json, time, sys, webbrowser, socket, argparse, functools, codecs, io, struct
-import ctypes, pathlib, traceback, itertools
+import ctypes, pathlib, traceback, itertools, socketserver
 from contextlib import redirect_stdout, redirect_stderr, contextmanager
 from decimal import Decimal
 from urllib.parse import parse_qs, urlparse
+from http.server import BaseHTTPRequestHandler
 from typing import Any, TypedDict, TypeVar, Generator, Callable
 from tinygrad.helpers import colored, getenv, tqdm, unwrap, word_wrap, TRACEMETA, ProfileEvent, ProfileRangeEvent, TracingKey, ProfilePointEvent, temp
-from tinygrad.helpers import printable, TCPServerWithReuse, HTTPRequestHandler
+from tinygrad.helpers import printable
+
+# NOTE: using HTTPServer forces a potentially slow socket.getfqdn
+class TCPServerWithReuse(socketserver.TCPServer):
+  allow_reuse_address = True
+  def __init__(self, server_address, RequestHandlerClass):
+    print(f"*** started server on http://127.0.0.1:{server_address[1]}")
+    super().__init__(server_address, RequestHandlerClass)
+
+class HTTPRequestHandler(BaseHTTPRequestHandler):
+  def send_data(self, data:bytes, content_type:str="application/json", status_code:int=200):
+    self.send_response(status_code)
+    self.send_header("Content-Type", content_type)
+    self.send_header("Content-Length", str(len(data)))
+    self.end_headers()
+    return self.wfile.write(data)
+  def stream_json(self, source:Generator):
+    try:
+      self.send_response(200)
+      self.send_header("Content-Type", "text/event-stream")
+      self.send_header("Cache-Control", "no-cache")
+      self.end_headers()
+      for r in source:
+        self.wfile.write(f"data: {json.dumps(r)}\n\n".encode("utf-8"))
+        self.wfile.flush()
+      self.wfile.write("data: [DONE]\n\n".encode("utf-8"))
+    # pass if client closed connection
+    except (BrokenPipeError, ConnectionResetError): return
+
 from tinygrad.uop.ops import TrackedGraphRewrite, RewriteTrace, UOp, Ops, GroupOp, srender, sint, sym_infer, range_str, pyrender
 from tinygrad.uop.ops import print_uops, range_start, multirange_str
 from tinygrad.device import ProfileDeviceEvent, ProfileGraphEvent, ProfileGraphEntry, Device, ProfileProgramEvent