diff --git a/modules/async_worker.py b/modules/async_worker.py
index 5f03eaf4..6f52711e 100644
--- a/modules/async_worker.py
+++ b/modules/async_worker.py
@@ -46,8 +46,9 @@ def worker():
     from modules.sdxl_styles import apply_style, fooocus_expansion, apply_arrays
     from modules.private_logger import log
     from extras.expansion import safe_str
-    from modules.util import remove_empty_str, HWC3, resize_image, get_image_shape_ceil, set_image_shape_ceil, \
-        get_shape_ceil, resample_image, erode_or_dilate, ordinal_suffix, get_enabled_loras, parse_lora_references_from_prompt
+    from modules.util import (remove_empty_str, HWC3, resize_image, get_image_shape_ceil, set_image_shape_ceil,
+        get_shape_ceil, resample_image, erode_or_dilate, ordinal_suffix, get_enabled_loras,
+        parse_lora_references_from_prompt, apply_wildcards)
     from modules.upscaler import perform_upscale
     from modules.flags import Performance
     from modules.meta_parser import get_metadata_parser, MetadataScheme
@@ -444,11 +445,11 @@ def worker():
                     task_seed = (seed + i) % (constants.MAX_SEED + 1)  # randint is inclusive, % is not
 
                 task_rng = random.Random(task_seed)  # may bind to inpaint noise in the future
-                task_prompt = modules.config.apply_wildcards(prompt, task_rng, i, read_wildcards_in_order)
+                task_prompt = apply_wildcards(prompt, task_rng, i, read_wildcards_in_order)
                 task_prompt = apply_arrays(task_prompt, i)
-                task_negative_prompt = modules.config.apply_wildcards(negative_prompt, task_rng, i, read_wildcards_in_order)
-                task_extra_positive_prompts = [modules.config.apply_wildcards(pmt, task_rng, i, read_wildcards_in_order) for pmt in extra_positive_prompts]
-                task_extra_negative_prompts = [modules.config.apply_wildcards(pmt, task_rng, i, read_wildcards_in_order) for pmt in extra_negative_prompts]
+                task_negative_prompt = apply_wildcards(negative_prompt, task_rng, i, read_wildcards_in_order)
+                task_extra_positive_prompts = [apply_wildcards(pmt, task_rng, i, read_wildcards_in_order) for pmt in extra_positive_prompts]
+                task_extra_negative_prompts = [apply_wildcards(pmt, task_rng, i, read_wildcards_in_order) for pmt in extra_negative_prompts]
 
                 positive_basic_workloads = []
                 negative_basic_workloads = []
diff --git a/modules/config.py b/modules/config.py
index 5747d1a9..090a996c 100644
--- a/modules/config.py
+++ b/modules/config.py
@@ -680,32 +680,4 @@ def downloading_upscale_model():
     return os.path.join(path_upscale_models, 'fooocus_upscaler_s409985e5.bin')
 
 
-def apply_wildcards(wildcard_text, rng, i, read_wildcards_in_order):
-    for _ in range(wildcards_max_bfs_depth):
-        placeholders = re.findall(r'__([\w-]+)__', wildcard_text)
-        if len(placeholders) == 0:
-            return wildcard_text
-
-        print(f'[Wildcards] processing: {wildcard_text}')
-        for placeholder in placeholders:
-            try:
-                matches = [x for x in wildcard_filenames if os.path.splitext(os.path.basename(x))[0] == placeholder]
-                words = open(os.path.join(path_wildcards, matches[0]), encoding='utf-8').read().splitlines()
-                words = [x for x in words if x != '']
-                assert len(words) > 0
-                if read_wildcards_in_order:
-                    wildcard_text = wildcard_text.replace(f'__{placeholder}__', words[i % len(words)], 1)
-                else:
-                    wildcard_text = wildcard_text.replace(f'__{placeholder}__', rng.choice(words), 1)
-            except:
-                print(f'[Wildcards] Warning: {placeholder}.txt missing or empty. '
-                      f'Using "{placeholder}" as a normal word.')
-                wildcard_text = wildcard_text.replace(f'__{placeholder}__', placeholder)
-            print(f'[Wildcards] {wildcard_text}')
-
-    print(f'[Wildcards] BFS stack overflow. Current text: {wildcard_text}')
-    return wildcard_text
-
-
-
 update_files()
diff --git a/modules/util.py b/modules/util.py
index 7251ba14..ea5fa87e 100644
--- a/modules/util.py
+++ b/modules/util.py
@@ -396,3 +396,29 @@ def parse_lora_references_from_prompt(prompt: str, loras: List[Tuple[AnyStr, flo
 
     return updated_loras[:loras_limit]
 
+
+def apply_wildcards(wildcard_text, rng, i, read_wildcards_in_order) -> str:
+    for _ in range(modules.config.wildcards_max_bfs_depth):
+        placeholders = re.findall(r'__([\w-]+)__', wildcard_text)
+        if len(placeholders) == 0:
+            return wildcard_text
+
+        print(f'[Wildcards] processing: {wildcard_text}')
+        for placeholder in placeholders:
+            try:
+                matches = [x for x in modules.config.wildcard_filenames if os.path.splitext(os.path.basename(x))[0] == placeholder]
+                words = open(os.path.join(modules.config.path_wildcards, matches[0]), encoding='utf-8').read().splitlines()
+                words = [x for x in words if x != '']
+                assert len(words) > 0
+                if read_wildcards_in_order:
+                    wildcard_text = wildcard_text.replace(f'__{placeholder}__', words[i % len(words)], 1)
+                else:
+                    wildcard_text = wildcard_text.replace(f'__{placeholder}__', rng.choice(words), 1)
+            except:
+                print(f'[Wildcards] Warning: {placeholder}.txt missing or empty. '
+                      f'Using "{placeholder}" as a normal word.')
+                wildcard_text = wildcard_text.replace(f'__{placeholder}__', placeholder)
+            print(f'[Wildcards] {wildcard_text}')
+
+    print(f'[Wildcards] BFS stack overflow. Current text: {wildcard_text}')
+    return wildcard_text