diff --git a/src/tools/text-to-unicode/text-to-unicode.service.test.ts b/src/tools/text-to-unicode/text-to-unicode.service.test.ts
index 94a6fc62..7b4e7f74 100644
--- a/src/tools/text-to-unicode/text-to-unicode.service.test.ts
+++ b/src/tools/text-to-unicode/text-to-unicode.service.test.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import { type ConverterId, SKIP_ASCII_HTML, SKIP_ASCII_JS, converters } from './
 
 describe('text-to-unicode (legacy tests)', () => {
   const convertTextToUnicode = (text: string) => converters.decimalEntities.escape(text, false);
-  const convertUnicodeToText = converters.decimalEntities.unescape;
+  const convertUnicodeToText = (escaped: string) => converters.decimalEntities.unescape(escaped);
 
   describe('convertTextToUnicode', () => {
     it('a text string is converted to unicode representation', () => {
diff --git a/src/tools/text-to-unicode/text-to-unicode.service.ts b/src/tools/text-to-unicode/text-to-unicode.service.ts
index 22568044..ac07fd31 100644
--- a/src/tools/text-to-unicode/text-to-unicode.service.ts
+++ b/src/tools/text-to-unicode/text-to-unicode.service.ts
@@ -11,70 +11,63 @@ function codePoints(text: string): number[] {
   return [...text].map(char => char.codePointAt(0));
 }
 
-export interface Converter {
+interface ConverterConfig {
   name: string
-  escape(text: string, skipAscii: boolean): string
-  unescape(text: string): string
-};
+  escape: {
+    charValues?(text: string): number[]
+    mapper(charValue: number): string
+    /** @prop regular expression for default content to skip. Must have exactly 1 capture group. */
+    asciiSkipper: RegExp
+  }
+  unescape: {
+    regex: RegExp
+    radix: number
+  }
+}
+class Converter {
+  constructor(public config: ConverterConfig) {}
 
-interface EscapeConfig {
-  charValues?(text: string): number[]
-  mapper(charValue: number): string
-  /** @prop regular expression for default content to skip. Must have exactly 1 capture group. */
-  asciiSkipper: RegExp
-};
-
-function escaper({ charValues: getCharValues, mapper, asciiSkipper: skipper }: EscapeConfig) {
-  return (text: string, skip: boolean): string => {
-    getCharValues ??= codePoints;
+  escape(text: string, skipAscii: boolean): string {
+    const { asciiSkipper, charValues, mapper } = this.config.escape;
+    const getCharValues = charValues ?? codePoints;
 
     return text
-      .split(skip ? skipper : SKIP_NOTHING_RE)
-      .flatMap((x, i) => {
-        if (i % 2) {
-          return x;
-        }
-        return getCharValues(x).map(mapper);
-      })
+      .split(skipAscii ? asciiSkipper : SKIP_NOTHING_RE)
+      .flatMap((x, i) => i % 2 ? x : getCharValues(x).map(mapper))
       .join('');
-  };
-}
+  }
 
-interface UnescapeConfig {
-  regex: RegExp
-  radix: number
-};
+  unescape(escaped: string): string {
+    const { regex, radix } = this.config.unescape;
 
-function unescaper({ regex, radix }: UnescapeConfig) {
-  return (escaped: string): string => {
     return escaped.replace(regex, (match) => {
       return String.fromCodePoint(Number.parseInt(match.replace(/\P{AHex}/gu, ''), radix));
     });
-  };
+  }
 }
 
 export type ConverterId = keyof typeof converters;
 const converters = {
-  fullUnicode: {
+  fullUnicode: new Converter({
     name: 'Full Unicode',
-    escape: escaper({ mapper: convertCodePointToUnicode, asciiSkipper: SKIP_ASCII_JS }),
-    unescape: unescaper({ regex: /\\u\p{AHex}{4}|\\u\{\p{AHex}{1,6}\}/gu, radix: 16 }),
-  },
-  utf16: {
+    escape: { mapper: convertCodePointToUnicode, asciiSkipper: SKIP_ASCII_JS },
+    unescape: { regex: /\\u\p{AHex}{4}|\\u\{\p{AHex}{1,6}\}/gu, radix: 16 },
+  }),
+  utf16: new Converter({
     name: 'UTF-16 Code Units',
-    escape: escaper({ charValues: codeUnits, mapper: convertCodePointToUnicode, asciiSkipper: SKIP_ASCII_JS }),
-    unescape: unescaper({ regex: /\\u\p{AHex}{4}/gu, radix: 16 }),
-  },
-  hexEntities: {
+    escape: { charValues: codeUnits, mapper: convertCodePointToUnicode, asciiSkipper: SKIP_ASCII_JS },
+    unescape: { regex: /\\u\p{AHex}{4}/gu, radix: 16 },
+  }),
+  hexEntities: new Converter({
     name: 'HTML Entities (Hex)',
-    escape: escaper({ mapper: toHexEntities, asciiSkipper: SKIP_ASCII_HTML }),
-    unescape: unescaper({ regex: /&#x\p{AHex}{1,6};/gu, radix: 16 }),
-  },
-  decimalEntities: {
+    escape: { mapper: toHexEntities, asciiSkipper: SKIP_ASCII_HTML },
+    unescape: { regex: /&#x\p{AHex}{1,6};/gu, radix: 16 },
+  }),
+  decimalEntities: new Converter({
     name: 'HTML Entities (Decimal)',
-    escape: escaper({ mapper: toDecimalEntities, asciiSkipper: SKIP_ASCII_HTML }),
-    unescape: unescaper({ regex: /&#\d+;/gu, radix: 10 }),
-  },
+    escape: { mapper: toDecimalEntities, asciiSkipper: SKIP_ASCII_HTML },
+    unescape: { regex: /&#\d+;/gu, radix: 10 },
+  }),
 } satisfies Record<string, Converter>;
 
 function convertCodePointToUnicode(codePoint: number): string {