diff --git a/cognee/modules/retrieval/utils/node_edge_vector_search.py b/cognee/modules/retrieval/utils/node_edge_vector_search.py
index 80116f6f2..558b9bc0c 100644
--- a/cognee/modules/retrieval/utils/node_edge_vector_search.py
+++ b/cognee/modules/retrieval/utils/node_edge_vector_search.py
@@ -27,6 +27,39 @@ class NodeEdgeVectorSearch:
             logger.error("Failed to initialize vector engine: %s", e)
             raise RuntimeError("Initialization error") from e
 
+    async def embed_and_retrieve_distances(
+        self,
+        query: Optional[str] = None,
+        query_batch: Optional[List[str]] = None,
+        collections: List[str] = None,
+        wide_search_limit: Optional[int] = None,
+    ):
+        """Embeds query/queries and retrieves vector distances from all collections."""
+        if query is not None and query_batch is not None:
+            raise ValueError("Cannot provide both 'query' and 'query_batch'; use exactly one.")
+        if query is None and query_batch is None:
+            raise ValueError("Must provide either 'query' or 'query_batch'.")
+        if not collections:
+            raise ValueError("'collections' must be a non-empty list.")
+
+        start_time = time.time()
+
+        if query_batch is not None:
+            self.query_list_length = len(query_batch)
+            search_results = await self._run_batch_search(collections, query_batch)
+        else:
+            self.query_list_length = None
+            search_results = await self._run_single_search(collections, query, wide_search_limit)
+
+        elapsed_time = time.time() - start_time
+        collections_with_results = sum(1 for result in search_results if any(result))
+        logger.info(
+            f"Vector collection retrieval completed: Retrieved distances from "
+            f"{collections_with_results} collections in {elapsed_time:.2f}s"
+        )
+
+        self.set_distances_from_results(collections, search_results, self.query_list_length)
+
     def has_results(self) -> bool:
         """Checks if any collections returned results."""
         if self.query_list_length is None:
@@ -43,6 +76,18 @@ class NodeEdgeVectorSearch:
             for collection_results in self.node_distances.values()
         )
 
+    def extract_relevant_node_ids(self) -> List[str]:
+        """Extracts unique node IDs from search results."""
+        if self.query_list_length is not None:
+            return []
+        relevant_node_ids = set()
+        for scored_results in self.node_distances.values():
+            for scored_node in scored_results:
+                node_id = getattr(scored_node, "id", None)
+                if node_id:
+                    relevant_node_ids.add(str(node_id))
+        return list(relevant_node_ids)
+
     def set_distances_from_results(
         self,
         collections: List[str],
@@ -74,23 +119,6 @@ class NodeEdgeVectorSearch:
                 else:
                     self.node_distances[collection] = result
 
-    def extract_relevant_node_ids(self) -> List[str]:
-        """Extracts unique node IDs from search results."""
-        if self.query_list_length is not None:
-            return []
-        relevant_node_ids = set()
-        for scored_results in self.node_distances.values():
-            for scored_node in scored_results:
-                node_id = getattr(scored_node, "id", None)
-                if node_id:
-                    relevant_node_ids.add(str(node_id))
-        return list(relevant_node_ids)
-
-    async def _embed_query(self, query: str):
-        """Embeds the query and stores the resulting vector."""
-        query_embeddings = await self.vector_engine.embedding_engine.embed_text([query])
-        self.query_vector = query_embeddings[0]
-
     async def _run_batch_search(
         self, collections: List[str], query_batch: List[str]
     ) -> List[List[Any]]:
@@ -127,38 +155,10 @@ class NodeEdgeVectorSearch:
         search_results = await asyncio.gather(*search_tasks)
         return search_results
 
-    async def embed_and_retrieve_distances(
-        self,
-        query: Optional[str] = None,
-        query_batch: Optional[List[str]] = None,
-        collections: List[str] = None,
-        wide_search_limit: Optional[int] = None,
-    ):
-        """Embeds query/queries and retrieves vector distances from all collections."""
-        if query is not None and query_batch is not None:
-            raise ValueError("Cannot provide both 'query' and 'query_batch'; use exactly one.")
-        if query is None and query_batch is None:
-            raise ValueError("Must provide either 'query' or 'query_batch'.")
-        if not collections:
-            raise ValueError("'collections' must be a non-empty list.")
-
-        start_time = time.time()
-
-        if query_batch is not None:
-            self.query_list_length = len(query_batch)
-            search_results = await self._run_batch_search(collections, query_batch)
-        else:
-            self.query_list_length = None
-            search_results = await self._run_single_search(collections, query, wide_search_limit)
-
-        elapsed_time = time.time() - start_time
-        collections_with_results = sum(1 for result in search_results if any(result))
-        logger.info(
-            f"Vector collection retrieval completed: Retrieved distances from "
-            f"{collections_with_results} collections in {elapsed_time:.2f}s"
-        )
-
-        self.set_distances_from_results(collections, search_results, self.query_list_length)
+    async def _embed_query(self, query: str):
+        """Embeds the query and stores the resulting vector."""
+        query_embeddings = await self.vector_engine.embedding_engine.embed_text([query])
+        self.query_vector = query_embeddings[0]
 
     async def _search_single_collection(
         self, vector_engine: Any, wide_search_limit: Optional[int], collection_name: str