diff --git a/src/parse/preprocess.ts b/src/parse/preprocess.ts
index bfcab46b..7a06f11d 100644
--- a/src/parse/preprocess.ts
+++ b/src/parse/preprocess.ts
@@ -1,57 +1,23 @@
-import { Preprocessor } from 'content-tag';
+import {
+  getBuffer,
+  parse,
+  type Range,
+  replaceContents,
+  sliceByteRange,
+} from '../utils/content-tag.js';
 
 export interface Template {
   contents: string;
+  range: Range;
   type: string;
-  range: {
-    start: number;
-    end: number;
-  };
   utf16Range: {
-    start: number;
     end: number;
+    start: number;
   };
 }
 
-const BufferMap: Map<string, Buffer> = new Map();
-
 const PLACEHOLDER = '~';
 
-function getBuffer(s: string): Buffer {
-  let buf = BufferMap.get(s);
-  if (!buf) {
-    buf = Buffer.from(s);
-    BufferMap.set(s, buf);
-  }
-  return buf;
-}
-
-/** Slice string using byte range */
-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) */
-function byteToCharIndex(s: string, byteOffset: number): number {
-  const buf = getBuffer(s);
-  return buf.subarray(0, byteOffset).toString().length;
-}
-
-/** Calculate byte length */
-function byteLength(s: string): number {
-  return getBuffer(s).length;
-}
-
-function replaceRange(
-  s: string,
-  start: number,
-  end: number,
-  substitute: string,
-): string {
-  return sliceByteRange(s, 0, start) + substitute + sliceByteRange(s, end);
-}
-
 /**
  * Replace the template with a parsable placeholder that takes up the same
  * range.
@@ -72,7 +38,7 @@ export function preprocessTemplateRange(
     prefix = '{/*';
     suffix = '*/}';
 
-    const nextToken = code.slice(template.range.end).toString().match(/\S+/);
+    const nextToken = sliceByteRange(code, template.range.end).match(/\S+/);
 
     if (nextToken && (nextToken[0] === 'as' || nextToken[0] === 'satisfies')) {
       // Replace with parenthesized ObjectExpression
@@ -83,32 +49,38 @@ 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 contents = template.contents.replaceAll('/', PLACEHOLDER);
 
-  const tplLength = template.range.end - template.range.start;
+  const templateLength = template.range.end - template.range.start;
   const spaces =
-    tplLength - byteLength(content) - prefix.length - suffix.length;
-  const total = prefix + content + ' '.repeat(spaces) + suffix;
+    templateLength - getBuffer(contents).length - prefix.length - suffix.length;
 
-  return replaceRange(code, template.range.start, template.range.end, total);
+  return replaceContents(code, {
+    contents: [prefix, contents, ' '.repeat(spaces), suffix].join(''),
+    range: template.range,
+  });
 }
 
-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),
-    },
-  }));
+  const contentTags = parse(code, { filename });
+
+  const templates: Template[] = contentTags.map((contentTag) => {
+    const { contentRange, contents, range, type } = contentTag;
+
+    const utf16Range = {
+      end: sliceByteRange(code, 0, range.end).length,
+      start: sliceByteRange(code, 0, range.start).length,
+    };
+
+    return {
+      contentRange,
+      contents,
+      range,
+      type,
+      utf16Range,
+    };
+  });
 
   return templates;
 }
@@ -131,5 +103,5 @@ export function preprocess(
     code = preprocessTemplateRange(template, code);
   }
 
-  return { templates, code };
+  return { code, templates };
 }
diff --git a/src/types/glimmer.ts b/src/types/glimmer.ts
index 02bd049a..057062a6 100644
--- a/src/types/glimmer.ts
+++ b/src/types/glimmer.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,8 @@ import type {
   StaticBlock,
   TSAsExpression,
 } from '@babel/types';
-import type { Parsed as RawGlimmerTemplate } from 'content-tag';
+
+import type { ContentTag } from '../utils/content-tag.js';
 
 type GlimmerTemplateProperties = (
   | BlockStatement
@@ -28,7 +29,7 @@ type GlimmerTemplateProperties = (
 
   extra: {
     isGlimmerTemplate: true;
-    template: RawGlimmerTemplate;
+    template: ContentTag;
     [key: string]: unknown;
   };
 };
diff --git a/src/utils/content-tag.ts b/src/utils/content-tag.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..96d2ac6a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/utils/content-tag.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+/* eslint-disable @typescript-eslint/consistent-type-definitions, eslint-comments/disable-enable-pair, jsdoc/require-jsdoc, unicorn/prefer-export-from */
+import {
+  type Parsed as ContentTag,
+  Preprocessor,
+  type PreprocessorOptions,
+} from 'content-tag';
+
+type Range = {
+  end: number;
+  start: number;
+};
+
+const BufferMap = new Map<string, Buffer>();
+
+export function getBuffer(string_: string): Buffer {
+  let buffer = BufferMap.get(string_);
+
+  if (!buffer) {
+    buffer = Buffer.from(string_);
+    BufferMap.set(string_, buffer);
+  }
+
+  return buffer;
+}
+
+export function parse(
+  file: string,
+  options?: PreprocessorOptions,
+): ContentTag[] {
+  const preprocessor = new Preprocessor();
+
+  return preprocessor.parse(file, options);
+}
+
+export function replaceContents(
+  file: string,
+  options: {
+    contents: string;
+    range: Range;
+  },
+): string {
+  const { contents, range } = options;
+
+  return [
+    sliceByteRange(file, 0, range.start),
+    contents,
+    sliceByteRange(file, range.end),
+  ].join('');
+}
+
+export function sliceByteRange(
+  string_: string,
+  indexStart: number,
+  indexEnd?: number,
+): string {
+  const buffer = getBuffer(string_);
+
+  return buffer.slice(indexStart, indexEnd).toString();
+}
+
+export type { ContentTag, Range };
diff --git a/tests/helpers/ambiguous.ts b/tests/helpers/ambiguous.ts
index 6d6ac366..84a4f21d 100644
--- a/tests/helpers/ambiguous.ts
+++ b/tests/helpers/ambiguous.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-import { Preprocessor } from 'content-tag';
 import { describe, expect, test } from 'vitest';
 
 import type { Options } from '../../src/options.js';
+import { parse } from '../../src/utils/content-tag.js';
 import type { TestCase } from '../helpers/cases.js';
 import { getAllCases } from '../helpers/cases.js';
 import { format } from '../helpers/format.js';
@@ -13,8 +13,6 @@ import type { Config } from './make-suite.js';
  */
 export const AMBIGUOUS_PLACEHOLDER = '/*AMBIGUOUS*/';
 
-const preprocessor = new Preprocessor();
-
 const AMBIGUOUS_EXPRESSIONS = [
   '(oops) => {}',
   '(oh, no) => {}',
@@ -96,7 +94,7 @@ async function behavesLikeFormattedAmbiguousCase(
   try {
     const result = await format(code, formatOptions);
     expect(result).toMatchSnapshot();
-    preprocessor.parse(result);
+    parse(result);
   } catch (error: unknown) {
     // Some of the ambiguous cases are Syntax Errors when parsed
     const isSyntaxError =