diff --git a/appl/conjugateheattransfer/iterative/dumuxpreciceindexwrapper.cc b/appl/conjugateheattransfer/common/dumuxpreciceindexwrapper.cc
similarity index 100%
rename from appl/conjugateheattransfer/iterative/dumuxpreciceindexwrapper.cc
rename to appl/conjugateheattransfer/common/dumuxpreciceindexwrapper.cc
diff --git a/appl/conjugateheattransfer/iterative/dumuxpreciceindexwrapper.hh b/appl/conjugateheattransfer/common/dumuxpreciceindexwrapper.hh
similarity index 100%
rename from appl/conjugateheattransfer/iterative/dumuxpreciceindexwrapper.hh
rename to appl/conjugateheattransfer/common/dumuxpreciceindexwrapper.hh
diff --git a/appl/conjugateheattransfer/common/helperfunctions.cc b/appl/conjugateheattransfer/common/helperfunctions.cc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..a4e5b0abaf86859fd118446ee0e3214448d109ee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/appl/conjugateheattransfer/common/helperfunctions.cc
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+#include "helperfunctions.hh"
+
+helperfunctions::helperfunctions()
+{
+
+}
diff --git a/appl/conjugateheattransfer/common/helperfunctions.hh b/appl/conjugateheattransfer/common/helperfunctions.hh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..c842e6308f9348a8cc10e5ca810b88978250d95d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/appl/conjugateheattransfer/common/helperfunctions.hh
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+#ifndef HELPERFUNCTIONS_HH
+#define HELPERFUNCTIONS_HH
+
+
+class helperfunctions
+{
+  public:
+    helperfunctions();
+};
+
+#endif // HELPERFUNCTIONS_HH
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/appl/conjugateheattransfer/iterative/preciceadapter.cc b/appl/conjugateheattransfer/common/preciceadapter.cc
similarity index 100%
rename from appl/conjugateheattransfer/iterative/preciceadapter.cc
rename to appl/conjugateheattransfer/common/preciceadapter.cc
diff --git a/appl/conjugateheattransfer/iterative/preciceadapter.hh b/appl/conjugateheattransfer/common/preciceadapter.hh
similarity index 100%
rename from appl/conjugateheattransfer/iterative/preciceadapter.hh
rename to appl/conjugateheattransfer/common/preciceadapter.hh