diff --git a/packages/governance/src/models/api.ts b/packages/governance/src/models/api.ts
index cb0692a..d6f458d 100644
--- a/packages/governance/src/models/api.ts
+++ b/packages/governance/src/models/api.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { PublicKey } from '@solana/web3.js';
-import * as bs58 from 'bs58';
-import { deserializeBorsh, ParsedAccount } from '@oyster/common';
+
+import { ParsedAccount } from '@oyster/common';
 import { GOVERNANCE_SCHEMA } from './serialisation';
 import {
   GovernanceAccount,
@@ -9,14 +9,14 @@ import {
   Realm,
 } from './accounts';
 
-import { MemcmpFilter, RpcContext } from './core/api';
+import { getBorshProgramAccounts, MemcmpFilter, RpcContext } from './core/api';
 
 export async function getRealms(rpcContext: RpcContext) {
-  return getGovernanceAccountsImpl<Realm>(
+  return getBorshProgramAccounts<Realm>(
     rpcContext.programId,
+    GOVERNANCE_SCHEMA,
     rpcContext.endpoint,
     Realm,
-    GovernanceAccountType.Realm,
   );
 }
 
@@ -28,23 +28,25 @@ export async function getGovernanceAccounts<TAccount extends GovernanceAccount>(
   filters: MemcmpFilter[] = [],
 ) {
   if (accountTypes.length === 1) {
-    return getGovernanceAccountsImpl<TAccount>(
+    return getBorshProgramAccounts<TAccount>(
       programId,
+      GOVERNANCE_SCHEMA,
       endpoint,
-      accountClass,
-      accountTypes[0],
+      accountClass as any,
       filters,
+      accountTypes[0],
     );
   }
 
   const all = await Promise.all(
     accountTypes.map(at =>
-      getGovernanceAccountsImpl<TAccount>(
+      getBorshProgramAccounts<TAccount>(
         programId,
+        GOVERNANCE_SCHEMA,
         endpoint,
-        accountClass,
-        at,
+        accountClass as any,
         filters,
+        at,
       ),
     ),
   );
@@ -54,66 +56,3 @@ export async function getGovernanceAccounts<TAccount extends GovernanceAccount>(
     ParsedAccount<TAccount>
   >;
 }
-
-async function getGovernanceAccountsImpl<TAccount extends GovernanceAccount>(
-  programId: PublicKey,
-  endpoint: string,
-  accountClass: GovernanceAccountClass,
-  accountType: GovernanceAccountType,
-  filters: MemcmpFilter[] = [],
-) {
-  let getProgramAccounts = await fetch(endpoint, {
-    method: 'POST',
-    headers: {
-      'Content-Type': 'application/json',
-    },
-    body: JSON.stringify({
-      jsonrpc: '2.0',
-      id: 1,
-      method: 'getProgramAccounts',
-      params: [
-        programId.toBase58(),
-        {
-          commitment: 'single',
-          encoding: 'base64',
-          filters: [
-            {
-              memcmp: {
-                offset: 0,
-                bytes: bs58.encode([accountType]),
-              },
-            },
-            ...filters.map(f => ({
-              memcmp: { offset: f.offset, bytes: bs58.encode(f.bytes) },
-            })),
-          ],
-        },
-      ],
-    }),
-  });
-  const rawAccounts = (await getProgramAccounts.json())['result'];
-  let accounts: Record<string, ParsedAccount<TAccount>> = {};
-
-  for (let rawAccount of rawAccounts) {
-    try {
-      const account = {
-        pubkey: new PublicKey(rawAccount.pubkey),
-        account: {
-          ...rawAccount.account,
-          data: [], // There is no need to keep the raw data around once we deserialize it into TAccount
-        },
-        info: deserializeBorsh(
-          GOVERNANCE_SCHEMA,
-          accountClass,
-          Buffer.from(rawAccount.account.data[0], 'base64'),
-        ),
-      };
-
-      accounts[account.pubkey.toBase58()] = account;
-    } catch (ex) {
-      console.error(`Can't deserialize ${accountClass}`, ex);
-    }
-  }
-
-  return accounts;
-}
diff --git a/packages/governance/src/models/chat/api.ts b/packages/governance/src/models/chat/api.ts
index 57fbf2e..dc22182 100644
--- a/packages/governance/src/models/chat/api.ts
+++ b/packages/governance/src/models/chat/api.ts
@@ -1,90 +1,23 @@
 import { PublicKey } from '@solana/web3.js';
-import bs58 from 'bs58';
-import { MemcmpFilter, pubkeyFilter } from '../core/api';
+
 import {
-  ChatMessage,
-  GovernanceChatAccount,
-  GovernanceChatAccountClass,
-  GovernanceChatAccountType,
-  governanceChatProgramId,
-} from './accounts';
-import { deserializeBorsh, ParsedAccount } from '@oyster/common';
+  getBorshProgramAccounts,
+  MemcmpFilter,
+  pubkeyFilter,
+} from '../core/api';
+import { ChatMessage, governanceChatProgramId } from './accounts';
+
 import { GOVERNANCE_CHAT_SCHEMA } from './serialisation';
 
 export function getGovernanceChatMessages(
   endpoint: string,
   proposal: PublicKey,
 ) {
-  return getGovernanceChatAccounts<ChatMessage>(
+  return getBorshProgramAccounts<ChatMessage>(
     governanceChatProgramId,
+    GOVERNANCE_CHAT_SCHEMA,
     endpoint,
     ChatMessage,
-    GovernanceChatAccountType.ChatMessage,
     [pubkeyFilter(1, proposal) as MemcmpFilter],
   );
 }
-
-export async function getGovernanceChatAccounts<
-  TAccount extends GovernanceChatAccount
->(
-  programId: PublicKey,
-  endpoint: string,
-  accountClass: GovernanceChatAccountClass,
-  accountType: GovernanceChatAccountType,
-  filters: MemcmpFilter[] = [],
-) {
-  let getProgramAccounts = await fetch(endpoint, {
-    method: 'POST',
-    headers: {
-      'Content-Type': 'application/json',
-    },
-    body: JSON.stringify({
-      jsonrpc: '2.0',
-      id: 1,
-      method: 'getProgramAccounts',
-      params: [
-        programId.toBase58(),
-        {
-          commitment: 'single',
-          encoding: 'base64',
-          filters: [
-            {
-              memcmp: {
-                offset: 0,
-                bytes: bs58.encode([accountType]),
-              },
-            },
-            ...filters.map(f => ({
-              memcmp: { offset: f.offset, bytes: bs58.encode(f.bytes) },
-            })),
-          ],
-        },
-      ],
-    }),
-  });
-  const rawAccounts = (await getProgramAccounts.json())['result'];
-  let accounts: Record<string, ParsedAccount<TAccount>> = {};
-
-  for (let rawAccount of rawAccounts) {
-    try {
-      const account = {
-        pubkey: new PublicKey(rawAccount.pubkey),
-        account: {
-          ...rawAccount.account,
-          data: [], // There is no need to keep the raw data around once we deserialize it into TAccount
-        },
-        info: deserializeBorsh(
-          GOVERNANCE_CHAT_SCHEMA,
-          accountClass,
-          Buffer.from(rawAccount.account.data[0], 'base64'),
-        ),
-      };
-
-      accounts[account.pubkey.toBase58()] = account;
-    } catch (ex) {
-      console.error(`Can't deserialize ${accountClass}`, ex);
-    }
-  }
-
-  return accounts;
-}
diff --git a/packages/governance/src/models/core/accounts.ts b/packages/governance/src/models/core/accounts.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5ea2f59
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/governance/src/models/core/accounts.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+// Interface for  accounts with type field
+export interface ProgramAccountWithType {
+  accountType: number;
+}
diff --git a/packages/governance/src/models/core/api.ts b/packages/governance/src/models/core/api.ts
index 02f5f95..9552519 100644
--- a/packages/governance/src/models/core/api.ts
+++ b/packages/governance/src/models/core/api.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 import { Connection, PublicKey } from '@solana/web3.js';
 import { WalletNotConnectedError } from '../errors';
+import bs58 from 'bs58';
+import { deserializeBorsh, ParsedAccount } from '@oyster/common';
+import { ProgramAccountWithType } from '../core/accounts';
+import { Schema } from 'borsh';
 
 export interface IWallet {
   publicKey: PublicKey;
@@ -63,3 +67,71 @@ export const pubkeyFilter = (
   offset: number,
   pubkey: PublicKey | undefined | null,
 ) => (!pubkey ? undefined : new MemcmpFilter(offset, pubkey.toBuffer()));
+
+export async function getBorshProgramAccounts<
+  TAccount extends ProgramAccountWithType
+>(
+  programId: PublicKey,
+  borshSchema: Schema,
+  endpoint: string,
+  accountFactory: new (args: any) => TAccount,
+  filters: MemcmpFilter[] = [],
+  accountType?: number,
+) {
+  accountType = accountType ?? new accountFactory({}).accountType;
+
+  let getProgramAccounts = await fetch(endpoint, {
+    method: 'POST',
+    headers: {
+      'Content-Type': 'application/json',
+    },
+    body: JSON.stringify({
+      jsonrpc: '2.0',
+      id: 1,
+      method: 'getProgramAccounts',
+      params: [
+        programId.toBase58(),
+        {
+          commitment: 'single',
+          encoding: 'base64',
+          filters: [
+            {
+              memcmp: {
+                offset: 0,
+                bytes: bs58.encode([accountType]),
+              },
+            },
+            ...filters.map(f => ({
+              memcmp: { offset: f.offset, bytes: bs58.encode(f.bytes) },
+            })),
+          ],
+        },
+      ],
+    }),
+  });
+  const rawAccounts = (await getProgramAccounts.json())['result'];
+  let accounts: { [pubKey: string]: ParsedAccount<TAccount> } = {};
+
+  for (let rawAccount of rawAccounts) {
+    try {
+      const account = {
+        pubkey: new PublicKey(rawAccount.pubkey),
+        account: {
+          ...rawAccount.account,
+          data: [], // There is no need to keep the raw data around once we deserialize it into TAccount
+        },
+        info: deserializeBorsh(
+          borshSchema,
+          accountFactory,
+          Buffer.from(rawAccount.account.data[0], 'base64'),
+        ),
+      };
+
+      accounts[account.pubkey.toBase58()] = account;
+    } catch (ex) {
+      console.error(`Can't deserialize ${accountFactory}`, ex);
+    }
+  }
+
+  return accounts;
+}