diff --git a/src/Model/Item.php b/src/Model/Item.php
index 7e0cbfcfe2..782c497ab2 100644
--- a/src/Model/Item.php
+++ b/src/Model/Item.php
@@ -843,14 +843,6 @@ class Item
 		return self::GRAVITY_UNKNOWN;   // Should not happen
 	}
 
-	private static function prepareOriginPost(array $item): array
-	{
-		$item = DI::contentItem()->initializePost($item);
-		$item = DI::contentItem()->finalizePost($item, false);
-
-		return $item;
-	}
-
 	/**
 	 * Inserts item record
 	 *
@@ -861,6 +853,8 @@ class Item
 	 */
 	public static function insert(array $item, int $notify = 0, bool $post_local = true): int
 	{
+		$itemInserter = new ItemInserter(DI::contentItem());
+
 		$orig_item = $item;
 
 		$priority = Worker::PRIORITY_HIGH;
@@ -869,7 +863,7 @@ class Item
 
 		// If it is a posting where users should get notifications, then define it as wall posting
 		if ($notify) {
-			$item = self::prepareOriginPost($item);
+			$item = $itemInserter->prepareOriginPost($item);
 
 			if (is_int($notify) && in_array($notify, Worker::PRIORITIES)) {
 				$priority = $notify;
diff --git a/src/Model/ItemInserter.php b/src/Model/ItemInserter.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6db36f8ed5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Model/ItemInserter.php
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+<?php
+
+// Copyright (C) 2010-2024, the Friendica project
+// SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2010-2024 the Friendica project
+//
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-or-later
+
+namespace Friendica\Model;
+
+use Friendica\Content\Item as ItemContent;
+
+/**
+ * A helper class for inserting an Item Model
+ *
+ * @see Item::insert()
+ */
+final class ItemInserter
+{
+    private ItemContent $itemContent;
+
+    public function __construct(ItemContent $itemContent)
+    {
+        $this->itemContent = $itemContent;
+    }
+
+    public function prepareOriginPost(array $item): array
+	{
+		$item = $this->itemContent->initializePost($item);
+		$item = $this->itemContent->finalizePost($item, false);
+
+		return $item;
+	}
+}
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