diff --git a/src/mpv/control.gleam b/src/mpv/control.gleam
index 9c94f26..3fcadb0 100644
--- a/src/mpv/control.gleam
+++ b/src/mpv/control.gleam
@@ -1,10 +1,9 @@
-import gleam/dynamic/decode
-import gleam/float
 import gleam/json
 import gleam/result
 import gleam/string
 
 import mpv/internal.{type Key, Char}
+import mpv/internal/control as control_internal
 import tcp/reason.{type Reason}
 import tcp/tcp.{type Socket}
 
@@ -58,32 +57,12 @@ pub fn get_playback_time(socket: Socket) -> Result(PlaybackTime, ControlError) {
 
   case send_command(socket, command) {
     Error(r) -> Error(ControlError(reason.to_string(r)))
-    Ok(json_string) -> parse_playback_time(json_string)
-  }
-}
-
-fn parse_playback_time(
-  json_string: String,
-) -> Result(PlaybackTime, ControlError) {
-  let decoder = {
-    let float_dececoder = fn(data_string) {
-      case float.parse(data_string) {
-        Error(_) -> decode.failure(0.0, "data")
-        Ok(float_value) -> decode.success(float_value)
+    Ok(json_string) ->
+      case control_internal.parse_playback_time(json_string) {
+        Error(e) -> Error(ControlError(string.inspect(e)))
+        Ok(data) -> Ok(PlaybackTime(data))
       }
-    }
-    use data <- decode.field(
-      "data",
-      decode.then(decode.string, float_dececoder),
-    )
-
-    decode.success(PlaybackTime(data))
   }
-
-  result.map_error(
-    json.parse(from: string.trim(json_string), using: decoder),
-    fn(r) { ControlError(string.inspect(r)) },
-  )
 }
 
 fn send_command(socket: Socket, command: json.Json) -> Result(String, Reason) {
diff --git a/src/mpv/internal/control.gleam b/src/mpv/internal/control.gleam
index d76d4d0..597a695 100644
--- a/src/mpv/internal/control.gleam
+++ b/src/mpv/internal/control.gleam
@@ -1,23 +1,25 @@
-// fn parse_playback_time(
-//   json_string: String,
-// ) -> Result(PlaybackTime, ControlError) {
-//   let decoder = {
-//     let float_dececoder = fn(data_string) {
-//       case float.parse(data_string) {
-//         Error(_) -> decode.failure(0.0, "data")
-//         Ok(float_value) -> decode.success(float_value)
-//       }
-//     }
-//     use data <- decode.field(
-//       "data",
-//       decode.then(decode.string, float_dececoder),
-//     )
+import gleam/dynamic/decode
+import gleam/float
+import gleam/json
+import gleam/string
 
-//     decode.success(PlaybackTime(data))
-//   }
+pub fn parse_playback_time(
+  json_string: String,
+) -> Result(Float, json.DecodeError) {
+  let decoder = {
+    let float_dececoder = fn(data_string) {
+      case float.parse(data_string) {
+        Error(_) -> decode.failure(0.0, "data")
+        Ok(float_value) -> decode.success(float_value)
+      }
+    }
+    use data <- decode.field(
+      "data",
+      decode.then(decode.string, float_dececoder),
+    )
 
-//   result.map_error(
-//     json.parse(from: string.trim(json_string), using: decoder),
-//     fn(r) { ControlError(string.inspect(r)) },
-//   )
-// }
+    decode.success(data)
+  }
+
+  json.parse(from: string.trim(json_string), using: decoder)
+}
diff --git a/test/mpv/control_test.gleam b/test/mpv/control_test.gleam
index ef346a9..34dfc13 100644
--- a/test/mpv/control_test.gleam
+++ b/test/mpv/control_test.gleam
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import gleeunit
 
 import mpv/control.{type Control}
 import mpv/internal.{type Key, Char}
+import mpv/internal/control as control_internal
 
 pub fn main() -> Nil {
   gleeunit.main()
@@ -22,9 +23,11 @@ pub fn control_from_key_test() {
     assert tc.expected == control.from_key(tc.key)
   })
 }
-// pub fn parse_playback_time_test() {
-//   let json_string =
-//     "{\"data\":\"123.456789\",\"request_id\":0,\"error\":\"success\"}\n"
 
-//   let assert Ok(_) = control.parse_p
-// }
+pub fn parse_playback_time_test() {
+  let json_string =
+    "{\"data\":\"123.456789\",\"request_id\":0,\"error\":\"success\"}\n"
+
+  let assert Ok(data) = control_internal.parse_playback_time(json_string)
+  assert data == 123.456789
+}