diff --git a/.changeset/thirty-olives-kneel.md b/.changeset/thirty-olives-kneel.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..882eb6ff5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/thirty-olives-kneel.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@hey-api/openapi-ts': patch
+---
+
+fix: export utils
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index dbbe59044..8ad1da2a7 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -35,4 +35,4 @@ Automatically update your code when the APIs it depends on change. [Find out mor
 
 ## Migration Guides
 
-[OpenAPI Typescript Codegen](https://heyapi.dev/openapi-ts/migrating.html#openapi-typescript-codegen).
+[OpenAPI Typescript Codegen](https://heyapi.dev/openapi-ts/migrating.html#openapi-typescript-codegen)
diff --git a/packages/client-axios/README.md b/packages/client-axios/README.md
index 34b053667..3f6101a86 100644
--- a/packages/client-axios/README.md
+++ b/packages/client-axios/README.md
@@ -36,4 +36,4 @@ Automatically update your code when the APIs it depends on change. [Find out mor
 
 ## Migration Guides
 
-[OpenAPI Typescript Codegen](https://heyapi.dev/openapi-ts/migrating.html#openapi-typescript-codegen).
+[OpenAPI Typescript Codegen](https://heyapi.dev/openapi-ts/migrating.html#openapi-typescript-codegen)
diff --git a/packages/client-fetch/README.md b/packages/client-fetch/README.md
index 36fcc9baf..01bd3510b 100644
--- a/packages/client-fetch/README.md
+++ b/packages/client-fetch/README.md
@@ -36,4 +36,4 @@ Automatically update your code when the APIs it depends on change. [Find out mor
 
 ## Migration Guides
 
-[OpenAPI Typescript Codegen](https://heyapi.dev/openapi-ts/migrating.html#openapi-typescript-codegen).
+[OpenAPI Typescript Codegen](https://heyapi.dev/openapi-ts/migrating.html#openapi-typescript-codegen)
diff --git a/packages/openapi-ts/README.md b/packages/openapi-ts/README.md
index dbbe59044..8ad1da2a7 100644
--- a/packages/openapi-ts/README.md
+++ b/packages/openapi-ts/README.md
@@ -35,4 +35,4 @@ Automatically update your code when the APIs it depends on change. [Find out mor
 
 ## Migration Guides
 
-[OpenAPI Typescript Codegen](https://heyapi.dev/openapi-ts/migrating.html#openapi-typescript-codegen).
+[OpenAPI Typescript Codegen](https://heyapi.dev/openapi-ts/migrating.html#openapi-typescript-codegen)
diff --git a/packages/openapi-ts/src/index.ts b/packages/openapi-ts/src/index.ts
index 57b859239..a1e8f831a 100644
--- a/packages/openapi-ts/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/openapi-ts/src/index.ts
@@ -545,12 +545,9 @@ export const defaultPlugins = [
  */
 export const defineConfig = (config: UserConfig): UserConfig => config;
 
-export default {
-  createClient,
-  defineConfig,
-};
-
 export type { IR } from './ir/types';
 export type { OpenApi } from './openApi/types';
 export type { Plugin } from './plugins/types';
 export type { UserConfig } from './types/config';
+export type { LegacyIR } from './types/types';
+export { utils } from './utils/exports';
diff --git a/packages/openapi-ts/src/types/types.d.ts b/packages/openapi-ts/src/types/types.d.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..028093740
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/openapi-ts/src/types/types.d.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+import type { Operation } from './client';
+
+export namespace LegacyIR {
+  export type LegacyOperation = Operation;
+}
diff --git a/packages/openapi-ts/src/utils/exports.ts b/packages/openapi-ts/src/utils/exports.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e529c9363
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/openapi-ts/src/utils/exports.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+import { stringCase } from './stringCase';
+
+// publicly exposed utils
+export const utils = {
+  stringCase,
+};