diff --git a/src/parse/index.ts b/src/parse/index.ts
index 1a1abb27..c8ef90cc 100644
--- a/src/parse/index.ts
+++ b/src/parse/index.ts
@@ -6,21 +6,15 @@ import type {
   ObjectExpression,
   StaticBlock,
 } from '@babel/types';
-import { Preprocessor } from 'content-tag';
 import type { Parser } from 'prettier';
 import { parsers as babelParsers } from 'prettier/plugins/babel.js';
 
 import { PRINTER_NAME } from '../config.js';
 import type { Options } from '../options.js';
-import { assert } from '../utils/index.js';
-import {
-  byteToCharIndex,
-  preprocessTemplateRange,
-  type Template,
-} from './preprocess.js';
+import { assert } from '../utils/assert.js';
+import { preprocess, type Template } from './preprocess.js';
 
 const typescript = babelParsers['babel-ts'] as Parser<Node | undefined>;
-const p = new Preprocessor();
 
 /** Converts a node into a GlimmerTemplate node */
 function convertNode(
@@ -36,43 +30,53 @@ function convertNode(
 
 /** Traverses the AST and replaces the transformed template parts with other AST */
 function convertAst(ast: File, templates: Template[]): void {
-  const unprocessedTemplates = [...templates];
-
   traverse(ast, {
     enter(path) {
       const { node } = path;
-      if (
-        node.type === 'BlockStatement' ||
-        node.type === 'ObjectExpression' ||
-        node.type === 'StaticBlock'
-      ) {
-        const { range } = node;
-        assert('expected range', range);
-        const [start, end] = range;
-
-        const templateIndex = unprocessedTemplates.findIndex(
-          (t) =>
-            (t.utf16Range.start === start && t.utf16Range.end === end) ||
-            (node.type === 'ObjectExpression' &&
-              t.utf16Range.start === start - 1 &&
-              t.utf16Range.end === end + 1),
-        );
-        if (templateIndex > -1) {
-          const rawTemplate = unprocessedTemplates.splice(templateIndex, 1)[0];
+
+      // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/switch-exhaustiveness-check
+      switch (node.type) {
+        case 'BlockStatement':
+        case 'ObjectExpression':
+        case 'StaticBlock': {
+          assert('expected range', node.range);
+          const [start, end] = node.range;
+
+          const templateIndex = templates.findIndex((template) => {
+            const { utf16Range } = template;
+
+            if (utf16Range.start === start && utf16Range.end === end) {
+              return true;
+            }
+
+            return (
+              node.type === 'ObjectExpression' &&
+              utf16Range.start === start - 1 &&
+              utf16Range.end === end + 1
+            );
+          });
+
+          if (templateIndex === -1) {
+            return null;
+          }
+
+          const rawTemplate = templates.splice(templateIndex, 1)[0];
+
           if (!rawTemplate) {
             throw new Error(
               'expected raw template because splice index came from findIndex',
             );
           }
+
           const index =
             node.innerComments?.[0] &&
             ast.comments?.indexOf(node.innerComments[0]);
+
           if (ast.comments && index !== undefined && index >= 0) {
             ast.comments.splice(index, 1);
           }
+
           convertNode(node, rawTemplate);
-        } else {
-          return null;
         }
       }
 
@@ -80,60 +84,24 @@ function convertAst(ast: File, templates: Template[]): void {
     },
   });
 
-  if (unprocessedTemplates.length > 0) {
+  if (templates.length > 0) {
     throw new Error(
-      `failed to process all templates, ${unprocessedTemplates.length} remaining`,
+      `failed to process all templates, ${templates.length} remaining`,
     );
   }
 }
 
-/**
- * Pre-processes the template info, parsing the template content to Glimmer AST,
- * fixing the offsets and locations of all nodes also calculates the block
- * params locations & ranges and adding it to the info
- */
-export function preprocess(
-  code: string,
-  fileName: string,
-): {
-  code: string;
-  templates: Template[];
-} {
-  const templates = codeToGlimmerAst(code, fileName);
-
-  for (const template of templates) {
-    code = preprocessTemplateRange(template, code);
-  }
-
-  return { templates, code };
-}
-
 export const parser: Parser<Node | undefined> = {
   ...typescript,
   astFormat: PRINTER_NAME,
 
   async parse(code: string, options: Options): Promise<Node> {
     const preprocessed = preprocess(code, options.filepath);
+
     const ast = await typescript.parse(preprocessed.code, options);
     assert('expected ast', ast);
     convertAst(ast as File, preprocessed.templates);
+
     return ast;
   },
 };
-
-/** Pre-processes the template info, parsing the template content to Glimmer AST. */
-export function codeToGlimmerAst(code: string, filename: string): Template[] {
-  const rawTemplates = p.parse(code, { filename });
-  const templates: Template[] = rawTemplates.map((r) => ({
-    type: r.type,
-    range: r.range,
-    contentRange: r.contentRange,
-    contents: r.contents,
-    utf16Range: {
-      start: byteToCharIndex(code, r.range.start),
-      end: byteToCharIndex(code, r.range.end),
-    },
-  }));
-
-  return templates;
-}
diff --git a/src/parse/preprocess.ts b/src/parse/preprocess.ts
index 0dd434a8..bfcab46b 100644
--- a/src/parse/preprocess.ts
+++ b/src/parse/preprocess.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+import { Preprocessor } from 'content-tag';
+
 export interface Template {
   contents: string;
   type: string;
@@ -13,7 +15,7 @@ export interface Template {
 
 const BufferMap: Map<string, Buffer> = new Map();
 
-export const PLACEHOLDER = '~';
+const PLACEHOLDER = '~';
 
 function getBuffer(s: string): Buffer {
   let buf = BufferMap.get(s);
@@ -25,19 +27,19 @@ function getBuffer(s: string): Buffer {
 }
 
 /** Slice string using byte range */
-export function sliceByteRange(s: string, a: number, b?: number): string {
+function sliceByteRange(s: string, a: number, b?: number): string {
   const buf = getBuffer(s);
   return buf.subarray(a, b).toString();
 }
 
 /** Converts byte index to js char index (utf16) */
-export function byteToCharIndex(s: string, byteOffset: number): number {
+function byteToCharIndex(s: string, byteOffset: number): number {
   const buf = getBuffer(s);
   return buf.subarray(0, byteOffset).toString().length;
 }
 
 /** Calculate byte length */
-export function byteLength(s: string): number {
+function byteLength(s: string): number {
   return getBuffer(s).length;
 }
 
@@ -71,6 +73,7 @@ export function preprocessTemplateRange(
     suffix = '*/}';
 
     const nextToken = code.slice(template.range.end).toString().match(/\S+/);
+
     if (nextToken && (nextToken[0] === 'as' || nextToken[0] === 'satisfies')) {
       // Replace with parenthesized ObjectExpression
       prefix = '(' + prefix;
@@ -81,9 +84,52 @@ export function preprocessTemplateRange(
   // We need to replace forward slash with _something else_, because
   // forward slash breaks the parsed templates.
   const content = template.contents.replaceAll('/', PLACEHOLDER);
+
   const tplLength = template.range.end - template.range.start;
   const spaces =
     tplLength - byteLength(content) - prefix.length - suffix.length;
   const total = prefix + content + ' '.repeat(spaces) + suffix;
+
   return replaceRange(code, template.range.start, template.range.end, total);
 }
+
+const p = new Preprocessor();
+
+/** Pre-processes the template info, parsing the template content to Glimmer AST. */
+export function codeToGlimmerAst(code: string, filename: string): Template[] {
+  const rawTemplates = p.parse(code, { filename });
+
+  const templates: Template[] = rawTemplates.map((r) => ({
+    type: r.type,
+    range: r.range,
+    contentRange: r.contentRange,
+    contents: r.contents,
+    utf16Range: {
+      start: byteToCharIndex(code, r.range.start),
+      end: byteToCharIndex(code, r.range.end),
+    },
+  }));
+
+  return templates;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Pre-processes the template info, parsing the template content to Glimmer AST,
+ * fixing the offsets and locations of all nodes also calculates the block
+ * params locations & ranges and adding it to the info
+ */
+export function preprocess(
+  code: string,
+  fileName: string,
+): {
+  code: string;
+  templates: Template[];
+} {
+  const templates = codeToGlimmerAst(code, fileName);
+
+  for (const template of templates) {
+    code = preprocessTemplateRange(template, code);
+  }
+
+  return { templates, code };
+}
diff --git a/src/print/index.ts b/src/print/index.ts
index 110fd038..30b39901 100644
--- a/src/print/index.ts
+++ b/src/print/index.ts
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ import {
   isGlimmerTemplate,
   isGlimmerTemplateParent,
 } from '../types/glimmer.js';
-import { assert } from '../utils/index.js';
+import { assert } from '../utils/assert.js';
 import {
   fixPreviousPrint,
   saveCurrentPrintOnSiblingNode,
diff --git a/src/utils/index.ts b/src/utils/assert.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from src/utils/index.ts
rename to src/utils/assert.ts
diff --git a/tests/unit-tests/preprocess.test.ts b/tests/unit-tests/preprocess.test.ts
index 05bec1a8..f516c030 100644
--- a/tests/unit-tests/preprocess.test.ts
+++ b/tests/unit-tests/preprocess.test.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
 import { describe, expect, test } from 'vitest';
 
-import { codeToGlimmerAst } from '../../src/parse/index.js';
 import {
-  PLACEHOLDER,
+  codeToGlimmerAst,
   preprocessTemplateRange,
 } from '../../src/parse/preprocess.js';
 
@@ -13,21 +12,19 @@ const TEST_CASES = [
   },
   {
     code: '<template>/* hi */</template>',
-    expected: [`{/*${PLACEHOLDER}* hi *${PLACEHOLDER}               */}`],
+    expected: [`{/*~* hi *~               */}`],
   },
   {
     code: '<template><div>hi</div></template>',
-    expected: [`{/*<div>hi<${PLACEHOLDER}div>               */}`],
+    expected: [`{/*<div>hi<~div>               */}`],
   },
   {
     code: '<template>{{#if true}}hi{{/if}}</template>',
-    expected: [`{/*{{#if true}}hi{{${PLACEHOLDER}if}}               */}`],
+    expected: [`{/*{{#if true}}hi{{~if}}               */}`],
   },
   {
     code: '<template>////////////////</template>',
-    expected: [
-      `{/*${PLACEHOLDER}${PLACEHOLDER}${PLACEHOLDER}${PLACEHOLDER}${PLACEHOLDER}${PLACEHOLDER}${PLACEHOLDER}${PLACEHOLDER}${PLACEHOLDER}${PLACEHOLDER}${PLACEHOLDER}${PLACEHOLDER}${PLACEHOLDER}${PLACEHOLDER}${PLACEHOLDER}${PLACEHOLDER}               */}`,
-    ],
+    expected: [`{/*~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~               */}`],
   },
   {
     code: '<template>💩</template>',