diff --git a/js/app.js b/js/app.js
index 4c819706..23078f2a 100644
--- a/js/app.js
+++ b/js/app.js
@@ -14,8 +14,8 @@ import AppConstants from './constants/application_constants';
 
 import { getDefaultSubdomainSettings, getSubdomainSettings } from './utils/constants';
 import { initLogging } from './utils/error';
-import { getSubdomain } from './utils/general';
 import requests from './utils/requests';
+import { getCurrentSubdomain } from './utils/url';
 
 
 // FIXME: rename these event actions
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ const AppGateway = {
         let subdomainSettings;
 
         try {
-            subdomainSettings = getSubdomainSettings(getSubdomain());
+            subdomainSettings = getSubdomainSettings(getCurrentSubdomain());
         } catch (err) {
             // if there are no matching subdomains, we''ll route to the default frontend
             console.logGlobal(err);
diff --git a/js/components/whitelabel/wallet/wallet_app.js b/js/components/whitelabel/wallet/wallet_app.js
index 04a8f44a..82593b2b 100644
--- a/js/components/whitelabel/wallet/wallet_app.js
+++ b/js/components/whitelabel/wallet/wallet_app.js
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import withContext from '../../context/with_context';
 import Header from '../../header';
 import { routerShape } from '../../prop_types';
 
-import { getSubdomain } from '../../../utils/general';
+import { getCurrentSubdomain } from '../../../utils/url';
 
 
 let WalletApp = React.createClass({
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ let WalletApp = React.createClass({
 
     render() {
         const { activeRoute, children, router, routes } = this.props;
-        const subdomain = getSubdomain();
+        const subdomain = getCurrentSubdomain();
         const path = activeRoute && activeRoute.path;
         const RouteFooterType = activeRoute && activeRoute.footer;
 
diff --git a/js/fetchers/license_fetcher.js b/js/fetchers/license_fetcher.js
index 8e1fdce8..67c5c103 100644
--- a/js/fetchers/license_fetcher.js
+++ b/js/fetchers/license_fetcher.js
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 import requests from '../utils/requests';
 
-import { getSubdomain } from '../utils/general';
+import { getCurrentSubdomain } from '../utils/url';
 
 
 let LicenseFetcher = {
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ let LicenseFetcher = {
      * Fetch the available licenses from the API (might be bound to the subdomain e.g. cc.ascribe.io).
      */
     fetch() {
-        return requests.get('licenses', {'subdomain': getSubdomain()});
+        return requests.get('licenses', { 'subdomain': getCurrentSubdomain() });
     }
 };
 
diff --git a/js/sources/whitelabel_source.js b/js/sources/whitelabel_source.js
index c7749125..ade1b95b 100644
--- a/js/sources/whitelabel_source.js
+++ b/js/sources/whitelabel_source.js
@@ -3,13 +3,13 @@
 import requests from '../utils/requests';
 import WhitelabelActions from '../actions/whitelabel_actions';
 
-import { getSubdomain } from '../utils/general';
+import { getCurrentSubdomain } from '../utils/url';
 
 
 const WhitelabelSource = {
     lookupWhitelabel: {
         remote() {
-            return requests.get('whitelabel_settings', { 'subdomain': getSubdomain() });
+            return requests.get('whitelabel_settings', { 'subdomain': getCurrentSubdomain() });
         },
 
         local(state) {
diff --git a/js/third_party/intercom_handler.js b/js/third_party/intercom_handler.js
index b4486dc6..368ac978 100644
--- a/js/third_party/intercom_handler.js
+++ b/js/third_party/intercom_handler.js
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 import { altThirdParty } from '../alt';
 import EventActions from '../actions/event_actions';
 
-import { getSubdomain } from '../utils/general';
+import { getCurrentSubdomain } from '../utils/url';
 
 
 class IntercomHandler {
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ class IntercomHandler {
         window.Intercom('boot', {
             app_id: 'oboxh5w1',
             email: user.email,
-            subdomain: getSubdomain(),
+            subdomain: getCurrentSubdomain(),
             widget: {
                 activator: '#IntercomDefaultWidget'
             }
diff --git a/js/third_party/notifications_handler.js b/js/third_party/notifications_handler.js
index ea078953..5f54e34d 100644
--- a/js/third_party/notifications_handler.js
+++ b/js/third_party/notifications_handler.js
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import EventActions from '../actions/event_actions';
 
 import NotificationActions from '../actions/notification_actions';
 
-import { getSubdomain } from '../utils/general';
+import { getCurrentSubdomain } from '../utils/url';
 
 
 class NotificationsHandler {
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ class NotificationsHandler {
             return;
         }
 
-        const subdomain = getSubdomain();
+        const subdomain = getCurrentSubdomain();
         if (subdomain === 'ikonotv') {
             NotificationActions.fetchContractAgreementListNotifications().then(
                 (res) => {
diff --git a/js/utils/general.js b/js/utils/general.js
index 42ea3bba..b74b3edf 100644
--- a/js/utils/general.js
+++ b/js/utils/general.js
@@ -26,14 +26,3 @@ export {
 export function escapeHTML(s) {
     return document.createElement('div').appendChild(document.createTextNode(s)).parentNode.innerHTML;
 }
-
-/**
- * Extracts the user's subdomain from the browser's window.
- * If no subdomain is found (for example on a naked domain), the default "www" is just assumed.
- * @return {string} subdomain as a string
- */
-export function getSubdomain() {
-    let { host } = window.location;
-    let tokens = host.split('.');
-    return tokens.length > 2 ? tokens[0] : 'www';
-}
diff --git a/js/utils/url.js b/js/utils/url.js
index 77fba848..f33ed84a 100644
--- a/js/utils/url.js
+++ b/js/utils/url.js
@@ -2,9 +2,23 @@
 export { getCurrentQueryParams, stringifyAsQueryParam, parseQueryParamStr } from 'js-utility-belt/es6/url';
 
 /**
- * Takes a string and a boolean and generates a string query parameter for
- * an API call.
+ * Takes a string and a boolean and generates an string ordering query parameter for API calls.
+ *
+ * @param  {string} orderBy  Property to order by
+ * @param  {bool}   orderAsc Whether the order should be ascending (false makes order descending)
+ * @return {string}          Ordering query parameter
  */
 export function generateOrderingQueryParams(orderBy, orderAsc) {
     return orderAsc ? orderBy : `-${orderBy}`;
 }
+
+/**
+ * Extracts the current location's subdomain.
+ * If no subdomain is found (for example on a naked domain), the default "www" is just assumed.
+ *
+ * @return {string} Subdomain (if none found, defaults to "www")
+ */
+export function getCurrentSubdomain() {
+    const tokens = window.location.host.split('.');
+    return tokens.length > 2 ? tokens[0] : 'www';
+}