diff --git a/archreposrv b/archreposrv
index 9ce3a98..28202d0 100755
--- a/archreposrv
+++ b/archreposrv
@@ -1,314 +1,24 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
 # vim:fileencoding=utf-8
 
-import os
 import sys
-import re
-import pwd
 import configparser
-from functools import partial
-from itertools import filterfalse
-import queue
 import logging
-import sqlite3
 
-import pyinotify
-Event = pyinotify.Event
 from tornado.ioloop import IOLoop
-import tornado.process
 
-import archpkg
 from myutils import enable_pretty_logging
 enable_pretty_logging(logging.DEBUG)
 
-# handles only x86_64, i686 and any arch packages
-_pkgfile_pat = re.compile(r'(?:^|/)[a-z0-9_-]+-[a-z0-9_.]+-\d+-(?:x86_64|i686|any)\.pkg\.tar\.xz$')
-
-class ActionInfo(archpkg.PkgNameInfo):
-  def __new__(cls, path, action, four=None, five=None):
-    if four is not None:
-      return super().__new__(cls, path, action, four, five)
-    file = os.path.split(path)[1]
-    self = cls.parseFilename(file)
-    self.action = action
-    self.path = path
-    return self
-
-  def __repr__(self):
-    return '<ActionInfo: %s %s>' % (self.action, self.path)
-
-class RepoMan:
-  _timeout = None
-  _cmd_queue = queue.Queue()
-  _cmd_running = False
-
-  def __init__(self, config, base, ioloop=None):
-    self.action = []
-    self._ioloop = ioloop or IOLoop.instance()
-    self._base = base
-
-    self._repo_dir = config.get('path')
-    self._db_name = os.path.join(base, config.get('name') + '.db.tar.gz')
-    self._files_name = os.path.join(base, self._db_name.replace('.db.tar.gz', '.files.tar.gz'))
-    self._command_add = config.get('command-add', 'repo-add')
-    self._command_remove = config.get('command-remove', 'repo-remove')
-    self._wait_time = config.getint('wait-time', 10)
-
-  def queue_command(self, cmd, callbacks=None):
-    self._cmd_queue.put((cmd, callbacks))
-    if not self._cmd_running:
-      self.run_command()
-
-  def run_command(self):
-    self.__class__._cmd_running = True
-    try:
-      cmd, callbacks = self._cmd_queue.get_nowait()
-    except queue.Empty:
-      self.__class__._cmd_running = False
-      return
-
-    logging.info('Running cmd: %r', cmd)
-    # have to specify io_loop or we'll get error tracebacks
-    p = tornado.process.Subprocess(cmd, io_loop=self._ioloop)
-    p.set_exit_callback(partial(self.command_done, callbacks))
-
-  def command_done(self, callbacks, status):
-    if status == 0:
-      if callbacks:
-        for cb in callbacks:
-          cb()
-      logging.info('previous command done.')
-    else:
-      logging.warn('previous command failed with status code %d.', status)
-    self.run_command()
-
-  def _do_cmd(self, cmd, items, callbacks):
-    cmd1 = [cmd, self._db_name]
-    cmd1.extend(items)
-    cmd2 = [cmd, '-f', self._files_name]
-    cmd2.extend(items)
-    self.queue_command(cmd1)
-    self.queue_command(cmd2, callbacks)
-
-  def _do_add(self, toadd):
-    if toadd:
-      files, callbacks = zip(*toadd)
-      self._do_cmd(self._command_add, files, callbacks)
-
-  def _do_remove(self, toremove):
-    if toremove:
-      files, callbacks = zip(*toremove)
-      self._do_cmd(self._command_remove, files, callbacks)
-
-  def add_action(self, action):
-    logging.info('Adding action %r to db %r', action, self._db_name)
-    self._action_pending(action)
-
-  def _action_pending(self, act):
-    self.action.append(act)
-    if self._timeout:
-      self._ioloop.remove_timeout(self._timeout)
-    self._timeout = self._ioloop.add_timeout(
-      self._ioloop.time() + self._wait_time,
-      self.run,
-    )
-
-  def run(self):
-    self._timeout = None
-    actions = self.action
-    self.action = []
-    actiondict = {}
-    for act in actions:
-      if act.name not in actiondict:
-        actiondict[act.name] = act
-      else:
-        oldact = actiondict[act.name]
-        if oldact == act and oldact.action != act.action:
-          # same package, opposite actions, do nothing
-          del actiondict[act.name]
-        else:
-          # take the later action
-          actiondict[act.name] = act
-    toadd = [(x.path, x.callback) for x in actiondict.values() if x.action == 'add']
-    toremove = [(x.name, x.callback) for x in actiondict.values() if x.action == 'remove']
-    self._do_add(toadd)
-    self._do_remove(toremove)
-
-class EventHandler(pyinotify.ProcessEvent):
-  def my_init(self, config, wm, ioloop=None):
-    self.moved_away = {}
-    self.repomans = {}
-    self._ioloop = ioloop or IOLoop.instance()
-
-    base = config.get('path')
-    dbname = config.get('info-db', os.path.join(base, 'pkginfo.db'))
-    self._db = sqlite3.connect(dbname, isolation_level=None) # isolation_level=None means autocommit
-    self._db.execute('''create table if not exists pkginfo
-                        (filename text unique,
-                         pkgname text,
-                         pkgarch text,
-                         pkgver text,
-                         forarch text,
-                         owner text,
-                         mtime int,
-                         state int)''')
-
-    dirs = [os.path.join(base, x) for x in ('any', 'i686', 'x86_64')]
-    self.files = files = set()
-    for d in dirs:
-      files.update(os.path.join(d, f) for f in os.listdir(d))
-      wm.add_watch(d, pyinotify.ALL_EVENTS)
-      self.repomans[d] = RepoMan(config, d, self._ioloop)
-
-    self._initial_update(files)
-
-  def _initial_update(self, files):
-    oldfiles = {f[0] for f in self._db.execute('select filename from pkginfo')}
-
-    for f in sorted(filterfalse(filterPkg, files - oldfiles), key=pkgsortkey):
-      self.dispatch(f, 'add')
-
-    for f in sorted(filterfalse(filterPkg, oldfiles - files), key=pkgsortkey):
-      self.dispatch(f, 'remove')
-
-  def process_IN_CLOSE_WRITE(self, event):
-    logging.debug('Writing done: %s', event.pathname)
-    self.dispatch(event.pathname, 'add')
-    self.files.add(event.pathname)
-
-  def process_IN_DELETE(self, event):
-    logging.debug('Removing: %s', event.pathname)
-    self.dispatch(event.pathname, 'remove')
-    try:
-      self.files.remove(event.pathname)
-    except KeyError:
-      # symlinks haven't been added
-      pass
-
-  def movedOut(self, event):
-    logging.debug('Moved away: %s', event.pathname)
-    self.dispatch(event.pathname, 'remove')
-
-  def process_IN_MOVED_FROM(self, event):
-    self.moved_away[event.cookie] = self._ioloop.add_timeout(
-      self._ioloop.time() + 0.1,
-      partial(self.movedOut, event),
-    )
-    self.files.remove(event.pathname)
-
-  def process_IN_MOVED_TO(self, event):
-    if event.pathname in self.files:
-      logging.warn('Overwritten: %s', event.pathname)
-    self.files.add(event.pathname)
-
-    if event.cookie in self.moved_away:
-      self._ioloop.remove_timeout(self.moved_away[event.cookie])
-    else:
-      logging.debug('Moved here: %s', event.pathname)
-      self.dispatch(event.pathname, 'add')
-
-  def dispatch(self, path, action):
-    act = ActionInfo(path, action)
-    d, file = os.path.split(path)
-
-    base, arch = os.path.split(d)
-
-    # rename if a packager has added to a wrong directory
-    # but not for a link that has arch=any, as that's what we created
-    if action == 'add' and act.arch != arch and not (os.path.islink(path) and act.arch == 'any'):
-      newd = os.path.join(base, act.arch)
-      newpath = os.path.join(newd, file)
-      os.rename(path, newpath)
-
-      act.path = newpath
-      path = newpath
-      arch = act.arch
-      d = newd
-
-    if arch == 'any':
-      for newarch in ('i686', 'x86_64'):
-        newd = os.path.join(base, newarch)
-        newpath = os.path.join(newd, file)
-        if action == 'add':
-          try:
-            os.symlink(os.path.join('..', arch, file), newpath)
-          except FileExistsError:
-            pass
-          else:
-            # XXX: this should be removed as soon as symlinks are supported
-            self._real_dispatch(newd, ActionInfo(newpath, action))
-        else:
-          try:
-            os.unlink(newpath)
-            # this will be detected and handled later
-          except FileNotFoundError:
-            # someone deleted the file for us
-            pass
-
-    self._real_dispatch(d, act)
-
-  def _real_dispatch(self, d, act):
-    if act.action == 'add':
-      arch = os.path.split(d)[1]
-      def callback():
-        self._db.execute('update pkginfo set state = 0 where pkgname = ? and forarch = ?', (act.name, arch))
-        stat = os.stat(act.path)
-        mtime = int(stat.st_mtime)
-        try:
-          owner = pwd.getpwuid(stat.st_uid).pw_name
-        except KeyError:
-          owner = 'uid_%d' % stat.st_uid
-
-        self._db.execute(
-          '''insert or replace into pkginfo
-             (filename, pkgname, pkgarch, pkgver, forarch, state, owner, mtime) values
-             (?,        ?,       ?,       ?,      ?,       ?,     ?,     ?)''',
-          (act.path, act.name, act.arch, act.fullversion, arch, 1, owner, mtime))
-
-    else:
-      res = self._db.execute('select state from pkginfo where filename = ? and state = 1 limit 1', (act.path,))
-      if tuple(res) == ():
-        # the file isn't in repo database, just delete from our info database
-        logging.debug('deleting entry for not-in-database package: %s', act.path)
-        self._db.execute('delete from pkginfo where filename = ?', (act.path,))
-        return
-      def callback():
-        self._db.execute('delete from pkginfo where filename = ?', (act.path,))
-
-    act.callback = callback
-    self.repomans[d].add_action(act)
-
-  # def process_default(self, event):
-  #   print(event)
-
-def filterPkg(path):
-  if isinstance(path, Event):
-    path = path.pathname
-  return not _pkgfile_pat.search(path)
-
-def pkgsortkey(path):
-  pkg = archpkg.PkgNameInfo.parseFilename(os.path.split(path)[1])
-  return (pkg.name, pkg.arch, pkg)
+from repomon import repomon
 
 def main(conffile):
   config = configparser.ConfigParser()
   config.read(conffile)
 
-  wm = pyinotify.WatchManager()
+  notifier = repomon(config['repository'])
+
   ioloop = IOLoop.instance()
-
-  handler = EventHandler(
-    filterPkg,
-    config=config['repository'],
-    wm=wm,
-    ioloop=ioloop,
-  )
-  notifier = pyinotify.TornadoAsyncNotifier(
-    wm,
-    ioloop,
-    default_proc_fun=handler,
-  )
-
   try:
     ioloop.start()
   except KeyboardInterrupt:
diff --git a/repomon.py b/repomon.py
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..da28264
--- /dev/null
+++ b/repomon.py
@@ -0,0 +1,305 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+# vim:fileencoding=utf-8
+
+import os
+import re
+import pwd
+from functools import partial
+from itertools import filterfalse
+import queue
+import logging
+import sqlite3
+
+import pyinotify
+Event = pyinotify.Event
+from tornado.ioloop import IOLoop
+import tornado.process
+
+import archpkg
+
+logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+# handles only x86_64, i686 and any arch packages
+_pkgfile_pat = re.compile(r'(?:^|/)[a-z0-9_-]+-[a-z0-9_.]+-\d+-(?:x86_64|i686|any)\.pkg\.tar\.xz$')
+
+class ActionInfo(archpkg.PkgNameInfo):
+  def __new__(cls, path, action, four=None, five=None):
+    if four is not None:
+      return super().__new__(cls, path, action, four, five)
+    file = os.path.split(path)[1]
+    self = cls.parseFilename(file)
+    self.action = action
+    self.path = path
+    return self
+
+  def __repr__(self):
+    return '<ActionInfo: %s %s>' % (self.action, self.path)
+
+class RepoMan:
+  _timeout = None
+  _cmd_queue = queue.Queue()
+  _cmd_running = False
+
+  def __init__(self, config, base, ioloop=None):
+    self.action = []
+    self._ioloop = ioloop or IOLoop.instance()
+    self._base = base
+
+    self._repo_dir = config.get('path')
+    self._db_name = os.path.join(base, config.get('name') + '.db.tar.gz')
+    self._files_name = os.path.join(base, self._db_name.replace('.db.tar.gz', '.files.tar.gz'))
+    self._command_add = config.get('command-add', 'repo-add')
+    self._command_remove = config.get('command-remove', 'repo-remove')
+    self._wait_time = config.getint('wait-time', 10)
+
+  def queue_command(self, cmd, callbacks=None):
+    self._cmd_queue.put((cmd, callbacks))
+    if not self._cmd_running:
+      self.run_command()
+
+  def run_command(self):
+    self.__class__._cmd_running = True
+    try:
+      cmd, callbacks = self._cmd_queue.get_nowait()
+    except queue.Empty:
+      self.__class__._cmd_running = False
+      return
+
+    logger.info('Running cmd: %r', cmd)
+    # have to specify io_loop or we'll get error tracebacks
+    p = tornado.process.Subprocess(cmd, io_loop=self._ioloop)
+    p.set_exit_callback(partial(self.command_done, callbacks))
+
+  def command_done(self, callbacks, status):
+    if status == 0:
+      if callbacks:
+        for cb in callbacks:
+          cb()
+      logger.info('previous command done.')
+    else:
+      logger.warn('previous command failed with status code %d.', status)
+    self.run_command()
+
+  def _do_cmd(self, cmd, items, callbacks):
+    cmd1 = [cmd, self._db_name]
+    cmd1.extend(items)
+    cmd2 = [cmd, '-f', self._files_name]
+    cmd2.extend(items)
+    self.queue_command(cmd1)
+    self.queue_command(cmd2, callbacks)
+
+  def _do_add(self, toadd):
+    if toadd:
+      files, callbacks = zip(*toadd)
+      self._do_cmd(self._command_add, files, callbacks)
+
+  def _do_remove(self, toremove):
+    if toremove:
+      files, callbacks = zip(*toremove)
+      self._do_cmd(self._command_remove, files, callbacks)
+
+  def add_action(self, action):
+    logger.info('Adding action %r to db %r', action, self._db_name)
+    self._action_pending(action)
+
+  def _action_pending(self, act):
+    self.action.append(act)
+    if self._timeout:
+      self._ioloop.remove_timeout(self._timeout)
+    self._timeout = self._ioloop.add_timeout(
+      self._ioloop.time() + self._wait_time,
+      self.run,
+    )
+
+  def run(self):
+    self._timeout = None
+    actions = self.action
+    self.action = []
+    actiondict = {}
+    for act in actions:
+      if act.name not in actiondict:
+        actiondict[act.name] = act
+      else:
+        oldact = actiondict[act.name]
+        if oldact == act and oldact.action != act.action:
+          # same package, opposite actions, do nothing
+          del actiondict[act.name]
+        else:
+          # take the later action
+          actiondict[act.name] = act
+    toadd = [(x.path, x.callback) for x in actiondict.values() if x.action == 'add']
+    toremove = [(x.name, x.callback) for x in actiondict.values() if x.action == 'remove']
+    self._do_add(toadd)
+    self._do_remove(toremove)
+
+class EventHandler(pyinotify.ProcessEvent):
+  def my_init(self, config, wm, ioloop=None):
+    self.moved_away = {}
+    self.repomans = {}
+    self._ioloop = ioloop or IOLoop.instance()
+
+    base = config.get('path')
+    dbname = config.get('info-db', os.path.join(base, 'pkginfo.db'))
+    self._db = sqlite3.connect(dbname, isolation_level=None) # isolation_level=None means autocommit
+    self._db.execute('''create table if not exists pkginfo
+                        (filename text unique,
+                         pkgname text,
+                         pkgarch text,
+                         pkgver text,
+                         forarch text,
+                         owner text,
+                         mtime int,
+                         state int)''')
+
+    dirs = [os.path.join(base, x) for x in ('any', 'i686', 'x86_64')]
+    self.files = files = set()
+    for d in dirs:
+      files.update(os.path.join(d, f) for f in os.listdir(d))
+      wm.add_watch(d, pyinotify.ALL_EVENTS)
+      self.repomans[d] = RepoMan(config, d, self._ioloop)
+
+    self._initial_update(files)
+
+  def _initial_update(self, files):
+    oldfiles = {f[0] for f in self._db.execute('select filename from pkginfo')}
+
+    for f in sorted(filterfalse(filterPkg, files - oldfiles), key=pkgsortkey):
+      self.dispatch(f, 'add')
+
+    for f in sorted(filterfalse(filterPkg, oldfiles - files), key=pkgsortkey):
+      self.dispatch(f, 'remove')
+
+  def process_IN_CLOSE_WRITE(self, event):
+    logger.debug('Writing done: %s', event.pathname)
+    self.dispatch(event.pathname, 'add')
+    self.files.add(event.pathname)
+
+  def process_IN_DELETE(self, event):
+    logger.debug('Removing: %s', event.pathname)
+    self.dispatch(event.pathname, 'remove')
+    try:
+      self.files.remove(event.pathname)
+    except KeyError:
+      # symlinks haven't been added
+      pass
+
+  def movedOut(self, event):
+    logger.debug('Moved away: %s', event.pathname)
+    self.dispatch(event.pathname, 'remove')
+
+  def process_IN_MOVED_FROM(self, event):
+    self.moved_away[event.cookie] = self._ioloop.add_timeout(
+      self._ioloop.time() + 0.1,
+      partial(self.movedOut, event),
+    )
+    self.files.remove(event.pathname)
+
+  def process_IN_MOVED_TO(self, event):
+    if event.pathname in self.files:
+      logger.warn('Overwritten: %s', event.pathname)
+    self.files.add(event.pathname)
+
+    if event.cookie in self.moved_away:
+      self._ioloop.remove_timeout(self.moved_away[event.cookie])
+    else:
+      logger.debug('Moved here: %s', event.pathname)
+      self.dispatch(event.pathname, 'add')
+
+  def dispatch(self, path, action):
+    act = ActionInfo(path, action)
+    d, file = os.path.split(path)
+
+    base, arch = os.path.split(d)
+
+    # rename if a packager has added to a wrong directory
+    # but not for a link that has arch=any, as that's what we created
+    if action == 'add' and act.arch != arch and not (os.path.islink(path) and act.arch == 'any'):
+      newd = os.path.join(base, act.arch)
+      newpath = os.path.join(newd, file)
+      os.rename(path, newpath)
+
+      act.path = newpath
+      path = newpath
+      arch = act.arch
+      d = newd
+
+    if arch == 'any':
+      for newarch in ('i686', 'x86_64'):
+        newd = os.path.join(base, newarch)
+        newpath = os.path.join(newd, file)
+        if action == 'add':
+          try:
+            os.symlink(os.path.join('..', arch, file), newpath)
+          except FileExistsError:
+            pass
+          else:
+            # XXX: this should be removed as soon as symlinks are supported
+            self._real_dispatch(newd, ActionInfo(newpath, action))
+        else:
+          try:
+            os.unlink(newpath)
+            # this will be detected and handled later
+          except FileNotFoundError:
+            # someone deleted the file for us
+            pass
+
+    self._real_dispatch(d, act)
+
+  def _real_dispatch(self, d, act):
+    if act.action == 'add':
+      arch = os.path.split(d)[1]
+      def callback():
+        self._db.execute('update pkginfo set state = 0 where pkgname = ? and forarch = ?', (act.name, arch))
+        stat = os.stat(act.path)
+        mtime = int(stat.st_mtime)
+        try:
+          owner = pwd.getpwuid(stat.st_uid).pw_name
+        except KeyError:
+          owner = 'uid_%d' % stat.st_uid
+
+        self._db.execute(
+          '''insert or replace into pkginfo
+             (filename, pkgname, pkgarch, pkgver, forarch, state, owner, mtime) values
+             (?,        ?,       ?,       ?,      ?,       ?,     ?,     ?)''',
+          (act.path, act.name, act.arch, act.fullversion, arch, 1, owner, mtime))
+
+    else:
+      res = self._db.execute('select state from pkginfo where filename = ? and state = 1 limit 1', (act.path,))
+      if tuple(res) == ():
+        # the file isn't in repo database, just delete from our info database
+        logger.debug('deleting entry for not-in-database package: %s', act.path)
+        self._db.execute('delete from pkginfo where filename = ?', (act.path,))
+        return
+      def callback():
+        self._db.execute('delete from pkginfo where filename = ?', (act.path,))
+
+    act.callback = callback
+    self.repomans[d].add_action(act)
+
+  # def process_default(self, event):
+  #   print(event)
+
+def filterPkg(path):
+  if isinstance(path, Event):
+    path = path.pathname
+  return not _pkgfile_pat.search(path)
+
+def pkgsortkey(path):
+  pkg = archpkg.PkgNameInfo.parseFilename(os.path.split(path)[1])
+  return (pkg.name, pkg.arch, pkg)
+
+def repomon(config):
+  wm = pyinotify.WatchManager()
+  ioloop = IOLoop.instance()
+
+  handler = EventHandler(
+    filterPkg,
+    config=config,
+    wm=wm,
+    ioloop=ioloop,
+  )
+  return pyinotify.TornadoAsyncNotifier(
+    wm,
+    ioloop,
+    default_proc_fun=handler,
+  )