diff --git a/jrnl/exporters.py b/jrnl/exporters.py
index d7a730d6..490af6e2 100644
--- a/jrnl/exporters.py
+++ b/jrnl/exporters.py
@@ -3,7 +3,30 @@
 
 try: import simplejson as json
 except ImportError: import json
-from jrnl import get_tags_count
+
+def get_tags_count(journal):
+    """Returns a set of tuples (count, tag) for all tags present in the journal."""
+    # Astute reader: should the following line leave you as puzzled as me the first time
+    # I came across this construction, worry not and embrace the ensuing moment of enlightment.
+    tags = [tag
+        for entry in journal.entries
+        for tag in set(entry.tags)
+    ]
+    # To be read: [for entry in journal.entries: for tag in set(entry.tags): tag]
+    tag_counts = set([(tags.count(tag), tag) for tag in tags])
+    return tag_counts
+
+def to_tag_list(journal):
+    """Prints a list of all tags and the number of occurances."""
+    tag_counts = get_tags_count(journal)
+    result = ""
+    if not tag_counts:
+        return '[No tags found in journal.]'
+    elif min(tag_counts)[0] == 0:
+        tag_counts = filter(lambda x: x[0] > 1, tag_counts)
+        result += '[Removed tags that appear only once.]\n'
+    result += "\n".join("{0:20} : {1}".format(tag, n) for n, tag in sorted(tag_counts, reverse=False))
+    return result
 
 def to_json(journal):
     """Returns a JSON representation of the Journal."""
diff --git a/jrnl/jrnl.py b/jrnl/jrnl.py
index 6f071a47..4fc368c8 100755
--- a/jrnl/jrnl.py
+++ b/jrnl/jrnl.py
@@ -25,12 +25,6 @@ import sys
 try: import simplejson as json
 except ImportError: import json
 
-
-__title__ = 'jrnl'
-__version__ = '1.0.0-rc1'
-__author__ = 'Manuel Ebert, Stephan Gabler'
-__license__ = 'MIT'
-
 xdg_config = os.environ.get('XDG_CONFIG_HOME')
 CONFIG_PATH = os.path.join(xdg_config, "jrnl") if xdg_config else os.path.expanduser('~/.jrnl_config')
 PYCRYPTO = install.module_exists("Crypto")
@@ -104,31 +98,6 @@ def decrypt(journal, filename=None):
     journal.write(filename)
     print("Journal decrypted to {0}.".format(filename or journal.config['journal']))
 
-
-def get_tags_count(journal):
-    """Returns a set of tuples (count, tag) for all tags present in the journal."""
-    # Astute reader: should the following line leave you as puzzled as me the first time
-    # I came across this construction, worry not and embrace the ensuing moment of enlightment.
-    tags = [tag
-        for entry in journal.entries
-        for tag in set(entry.tags)
-    ]
-    # To be read: [for entry in journal.entries: for tag in set(entry.tags): tag]
-    tag_counts = set([(tags.count(tag), tag) for tag in tags])
-    return tag_counts
-
-def print_tags(journal):
-    """Prints a list of all tags and the number of occurances."""
-    tag_counts = get_tags_count(journal)
-    if not tag_counts:
-        print('[No tags found in journal.]')
-    elif min(tag_counts)[0] == 0:
-        tag_counts = filter(lambda x: x[0] > 1, tag_counts)
-        print('[Removed tags that appear only once.]')
-    for n, tag in sorted(tag_counts, reverse=False):
-        print("{0:20} : {1}".format(tag, n))
-
-
 def touch_journal(filename):
     """If filename does not exist, touch the file"""
     if not os.path.exists(filename):
@@ -218,7 +187,7 @@ def cli():
 
     # Various export modes
     elif args.tags:
-        print_tags(journal)
+        print(exporters.to_tag_list(journal))
 
     elif args.json: # export to json
         print(exporters.to_json(journal))