diff --git a/pkg/manager/operations.go b/pkg/manager/operations.go
index 5d6396a..b347900 100644
--- a/pkg/manager/operations.go
+++ b/pkg/manager/operations.go
@@ -240,40 +240,6 @@ func (im *instanceManager) StopInstance(name string) (*instance.Process, error)
 	return instance, nil
 }
 
-// EvictLRUInstance finds and stops the least recently used running instance.
-func (im *instanceManager) EvictLRUInstance() error {
-	im.mu.RLock()
-	var lruInstance *instance.Process
-
-	for name, _ := range im.runningInstances {
-		inst := im.instances[name]
-		if inst == nil {
-			continue
-		}
-
-		if inst.GetOptions() != nil && inst.GetOptions().IdleTimeout != nil && *inst.GetOptions().IdleTimeout <= 0 {
-			continue // Skip instances without idle timeout
-		}
-
-		if lruInstance == nil {
-			lruInstance = inst
-		}
-
-		if inst.LastRequestTime() < lruInstance.LastRequestTime() {
-			lruInstance = inst
-		}
-	}
-	im.mu.RUnlock()
-
-	if lruInstance == nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("failed to find lru instance")
-	}
-
-	// Evict Instance
-	_, err := im.StopInstance(lruInstance.Name)
-	return err
-}
-
 // RestartInstance stops and then starts an instance, returning the updated instance.
 func (im *instanceManager) RestartInstance(name string) (*instance.Process, error) {
 	instance, err := im.StopInstance(name)
diff --git a/pkg/manager/timeout.go b/pkg/manager/timeout.go
index a28bc67..c982f10 100644
--- a/pkg/manager/timeout.go
+++ b/pkg/manager/timeout.go
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 package manager
 
-import "log"
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"llamactl/pkg/instance"
+	"log"
+)
 
 func (im *instanceManager) checkAllTimeouts() {
 	im.mu.RLock()
@@ -24,3 +28,37 @@ func (im *instanceManager) checkAllTimeouts() {
 		}
 	}
 }
+
+// EvictLRUInstance finds and stops the least recently used running instance.
+func (im *instanceManager) EvictLRUInstance() error {
+	im.mu.RLock()
+	var lruInstance *instance.Process
+
+	for name, _ := range im.runningInstances {
+		inst := im.instances[name]
+		if inst == nil {
+			continue
+		}
+
+		if inst.GetOptions() != nil && inst.GetOptions().IdleTimeout != nil && *inst.GetOptions().IdleTimeout <= 0 {
+			continue // Skip instances without idle timeout
+		}
+
+		if lruInstance == nil {
+			lruInstance = inst
+		}
+
+		if inst.LastRequestTime() < lruInstance.LastRequestTime() {
+			lruInstance = inst
+		}
+	}
+	im.mu.RUnlock()
+
+	if lruInstance == nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to find lru instance")
+	}
+
+	// Evict Instance
+	_, err := im.StopInstance(lruInstance.Name)
+	return err
+}