diff --git a/src/change/write-main-changelog.ts b/src/change/write-main-changelog.ts
index bffec38..13a8f79 100644
--- a/src/change/write-main-changelog.ts
+++ b/src/change/write-main-changelog.ts
@@ -1,13 +1,14 @@
-import { writeFileSync, existsSync, mkdirSync } from 'fs';
+import { existsSync, mkdirSync } from 'fs';
 
 import type { Module } from '../types';
 import { logger } from '../helpers/logger';
+import { writeFile } from '../helpers/write-file';
 
 const { error, log } = logger('[change] write main changelog');
 
 export const writeMainChangelog: Module = (env) => {
   const mainChangeLogDir = env.config!.changelogPath;
-  const mainChangeLogPath = env.mainChangelogPath;
+  const mainChangeLogPath = env.mainChangelogPath!;
 
   if (!mainChangeLogDir) {
     const errorMessage =
@@ -23,10 +24,7 @@ export const writeMainChangelog: Module = (env) => {
   }
 
   log('writing main changelog');
+  writeFile(mainChangeLogPath, env.changelog!);
 
-  writeFileSync(
-    mainChangeLogPath!,
-    `${JSON.stringify(env.changelog, null, 2)}\n`
-  );
   return env;
 };
diff --git a/src/change/write-package-changelogs.ts b/src/change/write-package-changelogs.ts
index 9228b82..b62e227 100644
--- a/src/change/write-package-changelogs.ts
+++ b/src/change/write-package-changelogs.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 import { join } from 'path';
 
-import fs from 'fs';
-
 import { clone } from 'ramda';
 import { white } from 'chalk';
 
@@ -9,10 +7,11 @@ import type { Module } from '../types';
 import { logger } from '../helpers/logger';
 
 import { getReleasablePackages } from '../helpers/get-releasable-packages';
+import { writeFile } from '../helpers/write-file';
 
 import { PackageAfterPrepareChangelogs } from '../types';
 
-const { error, log } = logger('[change] write package changelogs');
+const { log, error } = logger('[change] write package changelogs');
 
 export const writePackageChangelogs: Module = (env) => {
   if (!env.packages) {
@@ -20,7 +19,7 @@ export const writePackageChangelogs: Module = (env) => {
     error(errorMessage);
     throw new Error(errorMessage);
   }
-  const releasablePackages = getReleasablePackages(clone(env.packages));
+  const releasablePackages = getReleasablePackages(clone(env.packages!));
 
   releasablePackages.forEach((packageName) => {
     const currentPackage = env.packages![
@@ -31,10 +30,7 @@ export const writePackageChangelogs: Module = (env) => {
     const changelogJson = currentPackage.changelogs;
     const changelogFile = join(currentPackage.path, 'changelog.json');
 
-    fs.writeFileSync(
-      changelogFile,
-      `${JSON.stringify(changelogJson, null, 2)}\n`
-    );
+    writeFile(changelogFile, changelogJson);
   });
   return env;
 };
diff --git a/src/change/write-package-jsons-to-npm.ts b/src/change/write-package-jsons-to-npm.ts
index d12ab42..5867c9d 100644
--- a/src/change/write-package-jsons-to-npm.ts
+++ b/src/change/write-package-jsons-to-npm.ts
@@ -1,10 +1,7 @@
-import { writeFileSync } from 'fs';
-
-import { white } from 'chalk';
-
 import type { Module } from '../types';
 
 import { logger } from '../helpers/logger';
+import { writeFile } from '../helpers/write-file';
 
 const { log, error } = logger('[change] write packageJsons (NPM)');
 
@@ -23,11 +20,10 @@ export const writePackageJsonsToNpm: Module = (env) => {
       error(errorMessage);
       throw new Error(errorMessage);
     }
-    log(`Writting "${white(packageName)}"`);
-
-    writeFileSync(
+    log(`Writting "${packageName}"`);
+    writeFile(
       `${currentPackage.path}/package.json`,
-      `${JSON.stringify(currentPackage.packageJsonNpm, null, 2)}\n`
+      currentPackage.packageJsonNpm
     );
   });
 
diff --git a/src/change/write-rlsr-json.ts b/src/change/write-rlsr-json.ts
index 7517145..dbeb257 100644
--- a/src/change/write-rlsr-json.ts
+++ b/src/change/write-rlsr-json.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,7 @@
 import { join } from 'path';
-
-import { writeFileSync } from 'fs';
-
 import type { Module } from '../types';
 import { logger } from '../helpers/logger';
+import { writeFile } from '../helpers/write-file';
 
 const { error, log } = logger('[change] write main changelog');
 
@@ -17,7 +15,7 @@ export const writeRlsrJson: Module = (env) => {
   log('writing status information to rlsr.json');
 
   const statusFile = join(env.appRoot, 'rlsr.json');
+  writeFile(statusFile, env.newStatus);
 
-  writeFileSync(statusFile, `${JSON.stringify(env.newStatus, null, 2)}\n`);
   return env;
 };
diff --git a/src/helpers/write-file.ts b/src/helpers/write-file.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ec9b24b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/helpers/write-file.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+import { writeFileSync } from 'fs';
+
+export const writeFile = (filePath: string, content: object) =>
+  writeFileSync(filePath, `${JSON.stringify(content, null, 2)}\n`);
diff --git a/src/persist/write-package-jsons-for-git.ts b/src/persist/write-package-jsons-for-git.ts
index 46eeb2e..f4983d7 100644
--- a/src/persist/write-package-jsons-for-git.ts
+++ b/src/persist/write-package-jsons-for-git.ts
@@ -1,15 +1,10 @@
-import { writeFileSync } from 'fs';
-
 import type { Module } from '../types';
 
 import { logger } from '../helpers/logger';
+import { writeFile } from '../helpers/write-file';
 
 const { error, log } = logger('[persist] package.json files (git)');
 
-// revert package.jsons
-// after the package is publishet, we bring back the package.jsons with the `*`
-// dependencies. The data structure should be in the env.
-// This is a very similar step to change > writeToPackageJsons
 export const writePackageJsonsForGit: Module = (env) => {
   if (!env.packages) {
     const errorMessage = 'missing "packages" on env object.';
@@ -29,10 +24,7 @@ export const writePackageJsonsForGit: Module = (env) => {
     const packageJsonPath = `${currentPackage.path}/package.json`;
     log(`Reverting "${packageName}" (${packageJsonPath})`);
 
-    writeFileSync(
-      packageJsonPath,
-      `${JSON.stringify(currentPackage.packageJsonGit, null, 2)}\n`
-    );
+    writeFile(packageJsonPath, currentPackage.packageJsonGit);
   });
 
   return env;