diff --git a/sirc-tiledit/libs/shared/src/mediancutquantizer.cpp b/sirc-tiledit/libs/shared/src/mediancutquantizer.cpp
index 5008ea3..af3e1b0 100644
--- a/sirc-tiledit/libs/shared/src/mediancutquantizer.cpp
+++ b/sirc-tiledit/libs/shared/src/mediancutquantizer.cpp
@@ -85,30 +85,6 @@ findChannelWithMostRange(const std::vector<SircColor> &originalPalette) {
   return ImageChannel::B;
 }
 
-std::vector<std::pair<SircColor, SircColor>>
-// NOLINTNEXTLINE(misc-no-recursion)
-quantizePalette(const std::vector<SircColor> &palette,
-                const size_t maxBucketSize) {
-  if (palette.size() <= maxBucketSize) {
-    const auto average = componentWiseAverageOfAllColors(palette);
-    return pairWithValue(palette, average);
-  }
-
-  const auto channelWithMostRange = findChannelWithMostRange(palette);
-
-  const auto sortedPalette =
-      paletteSortedByChannel(palette, channelWithMostRange);
-
-  const long halfSize = static_cast<long>(sortedPalette.size() / 2);
-  const std::vector lowerPalette(sortedPalette.begin(),
-                                 sortedPalette.begin() + halfSize);
-  const std::vector upperPalette(sortedPalette.begin() + halfSize,
-                                 sortedPalette.end());
-
-  return concatVecs(quantizePalette(lowerPalette, maxBucketSize),
-                    quantizePalette(upperPalette, maxBucketSize));
-}
-
 std::unordered_map<PaletteReference, PaletteReference> buildPaletteMapping(
     const std::vector<std::pair<SircColor, SircColor>> &quantizedColorPairs,
     std::vector<SircColor> originalPalette,
@@ -138,6 +114,31 @@ std::vector<SircColor> deduplicatePalette(
   return {quantizedPaletteSet.begin(), quantizedPaletteSet.end()};
 }
 
+std::vector<std::pair<SircColor, SircColor>>
+// NOLINTNEXTLINE(misc-no-recursion)
+splitPaletteIntoBucketsAndAverage(const std::vector<SircColor> &palette,
+                                  const size_t maxBucketSize) {
+  if (palette.size() <= maxBucketSize) {
+    const auto average = componentWiseAverageOfAllColors(palette);
+    return pairWithValue(palette, average);
+  }
+
+  const auto channelWithMostRange = findChannelWithMostRange(palette);
+
+  const auto sortedPalette =
+      paletteSortedByChannel(palette, channelWithMostRange);
+
+  const long halfSize = static_cast<long>(sortedPalette.size() / 2);
+  const std::vector lowerPalette(sortedPalette.begin(),
+                                 sortedPalette.begin() + halfSize);
+  const std::vector upperPalette(sortedPalette.begin() + halfSize,
+                                 sortedPalette.end());
+
+  return concatVecs(
+      splitPaletteIntoBucketsAndAverage(lowerPalette, maxBucketSize),
+      splitPaletteIntoBucketsAndAverage(upperPalette, maxBucketSize));
+}
+
 SircImage MedianCutQuantizer::quantize(const SircImage &sircImage,
                                        const PaletteReductionBpp bpp) const {
   const auto maxPaletteSize = to_underlying(bpp);
@@ -151,7 +152,7 @@ SircImage MedianCutQuantizer::quantize(const SircImage &sircImage,
       (existingPalette.size() + maxPaletteSize - 1) / maxPaletteSize;
 
   const auto quantizedPalettePairs =
-      quantizePalette(existingPalette, maxBucketSize);
+      splitPaletteIntoBucketsAndAverage(existingPalette, maxBucketSize);
   const auto quantizedPaletteWithoutDupes =
       deduplicatePalette(quantizedPalettePairs);
   const auto paletteMapping = buildPaletteMapping(