diff --git a/src/providers/websql.js b/src/providers/websql.js
index 6da7038..4101de1 100644
--- a/src/providers/websql.js
+++ b/src/providers/websql.js
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ define(function(require) {
   var WSQL_VERSION = require('src/constants').WSQL_VERSION;
   var WSQL_SIZE = require('src/constants').WSQL_SIZE;
   var WSQL_DESC = require('src/constants').WSQL_DESC;
+  var u8toArray = require('src/shared').u8toArray;
 
   function WebSQLContext(db, isReadOnly) {
     var that = this;
@@ -62,14 +63,7 @@ define(function(require) {
     if(Object.prototype.toString.call(value) === "[object Uint8Array]") {
       value = {
         __isUint8Array: true,
-        __array: (function() {
-          var array = [];
-          var vlen = value.length;
-          for(var i = 0; i < vlen; i++) {
-            array[i] = value[i];
-          }
-          return array;
-        }())
+        __array: u8toArray(value)
       };
     }
     value = JSON.stringify(value);
diff --git a/src/shared.js b/src/shared.js
index a98d1d4..16d9439 100644
--- a/src/shared.js
+++ b/src/shared.js
@@ -15,9 +15,22 @@ define(function(require) {
 
   function nop() {}
 
+  /**
+   * Convert a Uint8Array to a regular array
+   */
+  function u8toArray(u8) {
+    var array = [];
+    var len = u8.length;
+    for(var i = 0; i < len; i++) {
+      array[i] = u8[i];
+    }
+    return array;
+  }
+
   return {
     guid: guid,
     hash: hash,
+    u8toArray: u8toArray,
     nop: nop
   };