diff --git a/src/backtrace/pp.rs b/src/backtrace/pp.rs
index 1cb75796..40e1930f 100644
--- a/src/backtrace/pp.rs
+++ b/src/backtrace/pp.rs
@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
 //! Pretty printing the backtrace
 
-use std::{borrow::Cow, path::Path};
+use std::borrow::Cow;
 
 use colored::Colorize as _;
 
+use crate::utils;
+
 use super::{symbolicate::Frame, Settings};
 
 /// Pretty prints processed backtrace frames up to `max_backtrace_len`
@@ -39,7 +41,7 @@ pub(crate) fn backtrace(frames: &[Frame], settings: &Settings) {
 
                 if let Some(location) = &subroutine.location {
                     let path = if settings.compress_cratesio_dep_paths {
-                        compress_cratesio_dep_path(&location.path)
+                        utils::compress_cratesio_dep_path(&location.path)
                     } else {
                         location.path.display().to_string()
                     };
@@ -73,57 +75,3 @@ pub(crate) fn backtrace(frames: &[Frame], settings: &Settings) {
         }
     }
 }
-
-// TODO use this for defmt logs
-fn compress_cratesio_dep_path(path: &Path) -> String {
-    if let Some(dep) = Dependency::from_path(path) {
-        format!("[{}]/{}", dep.name_version, dep.path.display())
-    } else {
-        path.display().to_string()
-    }
-}
-
-struct Dependency<'p> {
-    name_version: &'p str,
-    path: &'p Path,
-}
-
-impl<'p> Dependency<'p> {
-    // as of Rust 1.52.1 this path looks like this on Linux
-    // /home/some-user/.cargo/registry/src/github.com-0123456789abcdef/crate-name-0.1.2/src/lib.rs
-    // on Windows the `/home/some-user` part becomes something else
-    fn from_path(path: &'p Path) -> Option<Self> {
-        if !path.is_absolute() {
-            return None;
-        }
-
-        let mut components = path.components();
-        let _registry = components.find(|component| match component {
-            std::path::Component::Normal(component) => *component == "registry",
-            _ => false,
-        })?;
-
-        if let std::path::Component::Normal(src) = components.next()? {
-            if src != "src" {
-                return None;
-            }
-        }
-
-        if let std::path::Component::Normal(github) = components.next()? {
-            let github = github.to_str()?;
-            if !github.starts_with("github.com-") {
-                return None;
-            }
-        }
-
-        if let std::path::Component::Normal(name_version) = components.next()? {
-            let name_version = name_version.to_str()?;
-            Some(Dependency {
-                name_version,
-                path: components.as_path(),
-            })
-        } else {
-            None
-        }
-    }
-}
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 51384953..1c713bfa 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ mod backtrace;
 mod cortexm;
 mod registers;
 mod stacked;
+mod utils;
 
 use std::{
     collections::HashSet,
@@ -455,14 +456,16 @@ fn notmain() -> anyhow::Result<i32> {
 
                                 let (mut file, mut line, mut mod_path) = (None, None, None);
                                 if let Some(loc) = loc {
-                                    let relpath =
+                                    let path =
                                         if let Ok(relpath) = loc.file.strip_prefix(&current_dir) {
-                                            relpath
+                                            relpath.display().to_string()
+                                        } else if compress_cratesio_dep_paths {
+                                            utils::compress_cratesio_dep_path(&loc.file)
                                         } else {
-                                            // not relative; use full path
-                                            &loc.file
+                                            loc.file.display().to_string()
                                         };
-                                    file = Some(relpath.display().to_string());
+
+                                    file = Some(path);
                                     line = Some(loc.line as u32);
                                     mod_path = Some(loc.module.clone());
                                 }
diff --git a/src/utils.rs b/src/utils.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d8db3139
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/utils.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+use std::path::Path;
+
+pub(crate) fn compress_cratesio_dep_path(path: &Path) -> String {
+    if let Some(dep) = Dependency::from_path(path) {
+        format!("[{}]/{}", dep.name_version, dep.path.display())
+    } else {
+        path.display().to_string()
+    }
+}
+
+struct Dependency<'p> {
+    name_version: &'p str,
+    path: &'p Path,
+}
+
+impl<'p> Dependency<'p> {
+    // as of Rust 1.52.1 this path looks like this on Linux
+    // /home/some-user/.cargo/registry/src/github.com-0123456789abcdef/crate-name-0.1.2/src/lib.rs
+    // on Windows the `/home/some-user` part becomes something else
+    fn from_path(path: &'p Path) -> Option<Self> {
+        if !path.is_absolute() {
+            return None;
+        }
+
+        let mut components = path.components();
+        let _registry = components.find(|component| match component {
+            std::path::Component::Normal(component) => *component == "registry",
+            _ => false,
+        })?;
+
+        if let std::path::Component::Normal(src) = components.next()? {
+            if src != "src" {
+                return None;
+            }
+        }
+
+        if let std::path::Component::Normal(github) = components.next()? {
+            let github = github.to_str()?;
+            if !github.starts_with("github.com-") {
+                return None;
+            }
+        }
+
+        if let std::path::Component::Normal(name_version) = components.next()? {
+            let name_version = name_version.to_str()?;
+            Some(Dependency {
+                name_version,
+                path: components.as_path(),
+            })
+        } else {
+            None
+        }
+    }
+}