diff --git a/src/virus_clade_utils/get_clade_list.py b/src/virus_clade_utils/get_clade_list.py
index d0a9610..e0be52a 100644
--- a/src/virus_clade_utils/get_clade_list.py
+++ b/src/virus_clade_utils/get_clade_list.py
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 """Get a list of SARS-CoV-2 clades."""
 
 import os
-import time
 from datetime import timedelta
 
 import polars as pl
@@ -15,13 +14,15 @@
     get_clade_counts,
     get_covid_genome_metadata,
 )
+from virus_clade_utils.util.timing import time_function
 
 logger = structlog.get_logger()
 
 
+@time_function
 def get_clades(clade_counts: pl.LazyFrame, threshold: float, threshold_weeks: int, max_clades: int) -> list[str]:
     """Get a list of clades to forecast based."""
-    start = time.perf_counter()
+    logger.info("generating clade list")
 
     # based on the data's most recent date, get the week start three weeks ago (not including this week)
     max_day = clade_counts.select(pl.max("date")).collect().item()
@@ -59,10 +60,6 @@ def get_clades(clade_counts: pl.LazyFrame, threshold: float, threshold_weeks: in
 
     variants = high_prev_variants.get_column("clade").to_list()[:max_clades]
 
-    end = time.perf_counter()
-    elapsed = end - start
-    logger.info("generated clade list", elapsed=elapsed)
-
     return variants
 
 
diff --git a/src/virus_clade_utils/util/sequence.py b/src/virus_clade_utils/util/sequence.py
index 0a87944..969043c 100644
--- a/src/virus_clade_utils/util/sequence.py
+++ b/src/virus_clade_utils/util/sequence.py
@@ -1,9 +1,7 @@
 """Functions for retrieving and parsing SARS-CoV-2 virus genome data."""
 
-import functools
 import json
 import lzma
-import time
 import zipfile
 from pathlib import Path
 
@@ -11,23 +9,12 @@
 import structlog
 import us
 from virus_clade_utils.util.session import check_response, get_session
+from virus_clade_utils.util.timing import time_function
 
 logger = structlog.get_logger()
 
 
-def timing(func):
-    @functools.wraps(func)
-    def wrapper(*args, **kwargs):
-        start_time = time.perf_counter()
-        value = func(*args, **kwargs)
-        end_time = time.perf_counter()
-        run_time = end_time - start_time
-        logger.info(f"{repr(func.__name__)} complete", elapsed_seconds=round(run_time, ndigits=2))
-        return value
-
-    return wrapper
-
-
+@time_function
 def get_covid_genome_data(released_since_date: str, base_url: str, filename: str):
     """
     Download genome data package from NCBI.
@@ -58,7 +45,6 @@ def get_covid_genome_data(released_since_date: str, base_url: str, filename: str
 
     logger.info("NCBI API call starting", released_since_date=released_since_date)
 
-    start = time.perf_counter()
     response = session.post(base_url, data=json.dumps(request_body), timeout=(300, 300))
     check_response(response)
 
@@ -70,13 +56,8 @@ def get_covid_genome_data(released_since_date: str, base_url: str, filename: str
     with open(filename, "wb") as f:
         f.write(response.content)
 
-    end = time.perf_counter()
-    elapsed = end - start
-
-    logger.info("NCBI API call completed", elapsed=elapsed)
-
 
-@timing
+@time_function
 def download_nextstrain_file(url: str, data_path: Path, use_existing: bool = False) -> Path:
     """Download genome file from Nextstrain."""
 
@@ -90,7 +71,7 @@ def download_nextstrain_file(url: str, data_path: Path, use_existing: bool = Fal
     # 16 MB * 1024 * 1024
     chunk_size_bytes = 16_777_216
 
-    logger.info("Downloading genome file", url=url)
+    logger.info("downloading genome file", url=url)
 
     with session.get(url, stream=True) as result:
         result.raise_for_status()
diff --git a/src/virus_clade_utils/util/timing.py b/src/virus_clade_utils/util/timing.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..10d2a71
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/virus_clade_utils/util/timing.py
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+"""Code to support the timing of functions."""
+
+import functools
+import time
+
+import structlog
+
+logger = structlog.get_logger()
+
+
+def time_function(func):
+    @functools.wraps(func)
+    def wrapper(*args, **kwargs):
+        start_time = time.perf_counter()
+        value = func(*args, **kwargs)
+        end_time = time.perf_counter()
+        run_time = end_time - start_time
+        logger.info(f"{repr(func.__name__)} complete", elapsed_seconds=round(run_time, ndigits=2))
+        return value
+
+    return wrapper