diff --git a/app/helpers/application_helper.rb b/app/helpers/application_helper.rb
index de6be79..b58d5c3 100644
--- a/app/helpers/application_helper.rb
+++ b/app/helpers/application_helper.rb
@@ -1,2 +1,18 @@
 module ApplicationHelper
+
+    def colored_pill_tag(content_or_options_with_block = nil, options = nil, &block)
+        if block_given?
+            options = content_or_options_with_block if content_or_options_with_block.is_a?(Hash)
+        end
+
+        color = options.fetch(:color).presence || "gray"
+        classes = "px-2 inline-flex text-xs leading-5 font-semibold rounded-full bg-#{color}-100 text-#{color}-800"
+
+        if block_given?
+            content_tag(:span, class: classes, &block)
+        else
+            content_tag(:span, content_or_options_with_block, class: classes)
+        end
+
+    end
 end
diff --git a/app/views/shared/_colored_pill.html.erb b/app/views/shared/_colored_pill.html.erb
deleted file mode 100644
index cc87348..0000000
--- a/app/views/shared/_colored_pill.html.erb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-<span class="px-2 inline-flex text-xs leading-5 font-semibold rounded-full bg-<%= (defined?(color) && color.presence) || "gray" %>-100 text-<%= (defined?(color) && color.presence) || "gray" %>-800">
-  <%= yield %>
-</span>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/app/views/users/index.html.erb b/app/views/users/index.html.erb
index 41cdae3..911a883 100644
--- a/app/views/users/index.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/users/index.html.erb
@@ -53,24 +53,16 @@
                   </td>
                   <td class="px-6 py-4 whitespace-nowrap text-sm text-gray-500">
                     <% if user.confirmed? %>
-                      <%= render "shared/colored_pill", { color: "green" } do %>
-                        Confirmed
-                      <% end %>
+                      <%= colored_pill_tag("Confirmed", color: "green") %>
                     <% else %>
-                      <%= render "shared/colored_pill", { color: "yellow" } do %>
-                        Unconfirmed
-                      <% end %>
+                      <%= colored_pill_tag("Unconfirmed", color: "yellow") %>
                     <% end %>
                   </td>
                   <td class="px-6 py-4 whitespace-nowrap text-sm text-gray-500">
                     <% if user.admin? %>
-                      <%= render "shared/colored_pill", { color: "green" } do %>
-                        Yes
-                      <% end %>
+                      <%= colored_pill_tag("Yes", color: "green") %>
                     <% else %>
-                      <%= render "shared/colored_pill", { color: "yellow" } do %>
-                        No
-                      <% end %>
+                      <%= colored_pill_tag("No", color: "yellow") %>
                     <% end %>
                   </td>
                   <td class="px-6 py-4 whitespace-nowrap text-right text-sm font-medium">