diff --git a/src/taskutils.cpp b/src/taskutils.cpp
index 1995b87..74aec07 100644
--- a/src/taskutils.cpp
+++ b/src/taskutils.cpp
@@ -1,5 +1,25 @@
 #include "taskutils.h"
 
 namespace espcpputils {
+BaseType_t createTask(TaskFunction_t pvTaskCode,
+                      const char * const pcName,
+                      const uint32_t usStackDepth,
+                      void * const pvParameters,
+                      UBaseType_t uxPriority,
+                      TaskHandle_t * const pvCreatedTask,
+                      CoreAffinity coreAffinity)
+{
+    switch (coreAffinity)
+    {
+    case CoreAffinity::Core0:
+    case CoreAffinity::Core1:
+        return xTaskCreatePinnedToCore(pvTaskCode, pcName, usStackDepth, pvParameters, uxPriority, pvCreatedTask, int(coreAffinity));
+    case CoreAffinity::Both:
+        return xTaskCreate(pvTaskCode, pcName, usStackDepth, pvParameters, uxPriority, pvCreatedTask);
+    default:
+        __builtin_unreachable();
+    }
+}
+
 IMPLEMENT_TYPESAFE_ENUM(CoreAffinity, : uint8_t, CoreAffinityValues)
 } // namespace espcpputils
diff --git a/src/taskutils.h b/src/taskutils.h
index e3ee079..590928b 100644
--- a/src/taskutils.h
+++ b/src/taskutils.h
@@ -14,25 +14,11 @@ namespace espcpputils {
     x(Both)
 DECLARE_TYPESAFE_ENUM(CoreAffinity, : uint8_t, CoreAffinityValues)
 
-namespace {
 BaseType_t createTask(TaskFunction_t pvTaskCode,
                       const char * const pcName,
                       const uint32_t usStackDepth,
                       void * const pvParameters,
                       UBaseType_t uxPriority,
                       TaskHandle_t * const pvCreatedTask,
-                      CoreAffinity coreAffinity)
-{
-    switch (coreAffinity)
-    {
-    case CoreAffinity::Core0:
-    case CoreAffinity::Core1:
-        return xTaskCreatePinnedToCore(pvTaskCode, pcName, usStackDepth, pvParameters, uxPriority, pvCreatedTask, int(coreAffinity));
-    case CoreAffinity::Both:
-        return xTaskCreate(pvTaskCode, pcName, usStackDepth, pvParameters, uxPriority, pvCreatedTask);
-    default:
-        __builtin_unreachable();
-    }
-}
-} // namespace
+                      CoreAffinity coreAffinity);
 } // namespace espcpputils