diff --git a/io.go b/io.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d4fa70c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/io.go
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"image"
+	_ "image/gif"
+	_ "image/jpeg"
+	"image/png"
+	"log"
+	"os"
+)
+
+func readImage(path string) (img image.Image) {
+	reader, err := os.Open(path)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	img, _, err2 := image.Decode(reader)
+	if err2 != nil {
+		log.Fatal(err2)
+	}
+	return img
+}
+
+func writeImage(path string, img image.Image) {
+	f, err := os.Create(path)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	if err := png.Encode(f, img); err != nil {
+		f.Close()
+		log.Fatal(err)
+	}
+}
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 92e984a..934629e 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -1,23 +1,15 @@
 package main
 
 import (
-	"bufio"
-	"encoding/hex"
 	"flag"
-	"fmt"
 	"image"
-	"image/color"
-	_ "image/gif"
-	_ "image/jpeg"
-	"image/png"
 	"log"
-	"math/rand"
 	"net"
-	"net/textproto"
 	"os"
 	"runtime/pprof"
-	"strings"
 	"time"
+
+	"github.com/SpeckiJ/Hochwasser/pixelflut"
 )
 
 var err error
@@ -67,23 +59,23 @@ func main() {
 		b2 := b1.Add(image.Pt(b1.Dx(), 0))
 		b3 := b1.Add(image.Pt(0, b1.Dy()))
 		b4 := b1.Add(b1.Size())
-		go fetchImage(fetchedImg.SubImage(b1).(*image.NRGBA))
-		go fetchImage(fetchedImg.SubImage(b2).(*image.NRGBA))
-		go fetchImage(fetchedImg.SubImage(b3).(*image.NRGBA))
-		go fetchImage(fetchedImg.SubImage(b4).(*image.NRGBA))
+		go pixelflut.FetchImage(fetchedImg.SubImage(b1).(*image.NRGBA), *address)
+		go pixelflut.FetchImage(fetchedImg.SubImage(b2).(*image.NRGBA), *address)
+		go pixelflut.FetchImage(fetchedImg.SubImage(b3).(*image.NRGBA), *address)
+		go pixelflut.FetchImage(fetchedImg.SubImage(b4).(*image.NRGBA), *address)
 		*connections -= 4
 	}
 
 	// Generate and split messages into equal chunks
-	commands := genCommands(img, offset)
+	commands := pixelflut.CommandsFromImage(img, offset)
 	if *shuffle {
-		shuffleCommands(commands)
+		commands.Shuffle()
 	}
 
 	if *connections > 0 {
-		commandGroups := chunkCommands(commands, *connections)
+		commandGroups := commands.Chunk(*connections)
 		for _, messages := range commandGroups {
-			go bomb(messages)
+			go pixelflut.Bomb(messages, *address)
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -98,137 +90,3 @@ func main() {
 		writeImage(*fetchImgPath, fetchedImg)
 	}
 }
-
-func bomb(messages []byte) {
-	conn, err := net.Dial("tcp", *address)
-	if err != nil {
-		log.Fatal(err)
-	}
-
-	defer conn.Close()
-
-	// Start bombardement
-	for {
-		_, err := conn.Write(messages)
-		if err != nil {
-			log.Fatal(err)
-		}
-	}
-}
-
-func readImage(path string) (img image.Image) {
-	reader, err := os.Open(path)
-	if err != nil {
-		log.Fatal(err)
-	}
-
-	img, _, err2 := image.Decode(reader)
-	if err2 != nil {
-		log.Fatal(err2)
-	}
-
-	return img
-}
-
-func writeImage(path string, img image.Image) {
-	f, err := os.Create(path)
-	if err != nil {
-		log.Fatal(err)
-	}
-	if err := png.Encode(f, img); err != nil {
-		f.Close()
-		log.Fatal(err)
-	}
-}
-
-// Creates message based on given image
-func genCommands(img image.Image, offset image.Point) (commands [][]byte) {
-	b := img.Bounds()
-	commands = make([][]byte, b.Size().X*b.Size().Y)
-	numCmds := 0
-
-	for x := b.Min.X; x < b.Max.X; x++ {
-		for y := b.Min.Y; y < b.Max.Y; y++ {
-			// ensure we're working with RGBA colors (non-alpha-pre-multiplied)
-			c := color.NRGBAModel.Convert(img.At(x, y)).(color.NRGBA)
-
-			// ignore transparent pixels
-			if c.A == 0 {
-				continue
-			}
-			// @incomplete: also send alpha? -> bandwidth tradeoff
-			// @speed: this sprintf call is quite slow..
-			cmd := fmt.Sprintf("PX %d %d %.2x%.2x%.2x\n",
-				x + offset.X, y + offset.Y, c.R, c.G, c.B)
-			commands[numCmds] = []byte(cmd)
-			numCmds++
-		}
-	}
-
-	return commands[:numCmds]
-}
-
-// Splits messages into equally sized chunks
-func chunkCommands(commands [][]byte, numChunks int) [][]byte {
-	chunks := make([][]byte, numChunks)
-
-	chunkLength := len(commands) / numChunks
-	for i := 0; i < numChunks; i++ {
-		cmdOffset := i * chunkLength
-		for j := 0; j < chunkLength; j++ {
-			chunks[i] = append(chunks[i], commands[cmdOffset+j]...)
-		}
-	}
-	return chunks
-}
-
-func shuffleCommands(slice [][]byte) {
-	for i := range slice {
-		j := rand.Intn(i + 1)
-		slice[i], slice[j] = slice[j], slice[i]
-	}
-}
-
-func fetchImage(img *image.NRGBA) {
-	// FIXME @speed: this is unusably s l o w w w
-	// bottleneck seems to be our pixel reading/parsing code. cpuprofile!
-	// -> should buffer it just as in bomb()
-
-	conn, err := net.Dial("tcp", *address)
-	if err != nil {
-		log.Fatal(err)
-	}
-	defer conn.Close()
-
-	reader := bufio.NewReader(conn)
-	tp := textproto.NewReader(reader)
-
-	b := img.Bounds()
-	for {
-		for x := b.Min.X; x < b.Max.X; x++ {
-			for y := b.Min.Y; y < b.Max.Y; y++ {
-				// request pixel
-				fmt.Fprintf(conn, "PX %d %d\n", x, y)
-				if err != nil {
-					log.Fatal(err)
-				}
-
-				// read pixel
-				// @speed try to run this in a separate goroutine?
-				// we probably need to buffer the responses then
-				res, err := tp.ReadLine()
-				if err != nil {
-					log.Fatal(err)
-				}
-				res2 := strings.Split(res, " ")
-				col, _ := hex.DecodeString(res2[3])
-				img.Set(x, y, color.NRGBA{
-					uint8(col[0]),
-					uint8(col[1]),
-					uint8(col[2]),
-					255,
-				})
-			}
-		}
-	}
-}
diff --git a/pixelflut/commands.go b/pixelflut/commands.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..04fb8de
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pixelflut/commands.go
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+package pixelflut
+
+import (
+	"math/rand"
+)
+
+// Commands represent a list of messages to be sent to a pixelflut server.
+type Commands [][]byte
+
+// Chunk splits commands into equally sized chunks, while flattening each chunk
+// so that all commands are concatenated as a single `[]byte`.
+func (c Commands) Chunk(numChunks int) [][]byte {
+	chunks := make([][]byte, numChunks)
+	chunkLength := len(c) / numChunks
+	for i := 0; i < numChunks; i++ {
+		cmdOffset := i * chunkLength
+		for j := 0; j < chunkLength; j++ {
+			chunks[i] = append(chunks[i], c[cmdOffset+j]...)
+		}
+	}
+	return chunks
+}
+
+// Shuffle reorders commands randomly, in place.
+func (c Commands) Shuffle() {
+	for i := range c {
+		j := rand.Intn(i + 1)
+		c[i], c[j] = c[j], c[i]
+	}
+}
diff --git a/pixelflut/fetch.go b/pixelflut/fetch.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..55c3814
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pixelflut/fetch.go
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+package pixelflut
+
+import (
+	"bufio"
+	"encoding/hex"
+	"fmt"
+	"image"
+	"image/color"
+	"log"
+	"net"
+	"net/textproto"
+	"strings"
+)
+
+func FetchImage(img *image.NRGBA, address string) {
+	// FIXME @speed: this is unusably s l o w w w
+	// bottleneck seems to be our pixel reading/parsing code. cpuprofile!
+	// -> should buffer it just as in bomb()
+
+	conn, err := net.Dial("tcp", address)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	defer conn.Close()
+
+	reader := bufio.NewReader(conn)
+	tp := textproto.NewReader(reader)
+
+	b := img.Bounds()
+	for {
+		for x := b.Min.X; x < b.Max.X; x++ {
+			for y := b.Min.Y; y < b.Max.Y; y++ {
+				// request pixel
+				fmt.Fprintf(conn, "PX %d %d\n", x, y)
+				if err != nil {
+					log.Fatal(err)
+				}
+
+				// read pixel
+				// @speed try to run this in a separate goroutine?
+				// we probably need to buffer the responses then
+				res, err := tp.ReadLine()
+				if err != nil {
+					log.Fatal(err)
+				}
+				res2 := strings.Split(res, " ")
+				col, _ := hex.DecodeString(res2[3])
+				img.Set(x, y, color.NRGBA{
+					uint8(col[0]),
+					uint8(col[1]),
+					uint8(col[2]),
+					255,
+				})
+			}
+		}
+	}
+}
diff --git a/pixelflut/net.go b/pixelflut/net.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8b42d4c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pixelflut/net.go
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+package pixelflut
+
+import (
+	"net"
+	"log"
+)
+
+// Bomb writes the given message via plain TCP to the given address,
+// forever, as fast as possible.
+func Bomb(message []byte, address string) {
+	conn, err := net.Dial("tcp", address)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	defer conn.Close()
+
+	for {
+		_, err := conn.Write(message)
+		if err != nil {
+			log.Fatal(err)
+		}
+	}
+}
diff --git a/pixelflut/send.go b/pixelflut/send.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c4644b3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pixelflut/send.go
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+package pixelflut
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"image"
+	"image/color"
+)
+
+// CommandsFromImage converts an image to the respective pixelflut commands
+func CommandsFromImage(img image.Image, offset image.Point) (commands Commands) {
+	b := img.Bounds()
+	commands = make([][]byte, b.Size().X*b.Size().Y)
+	numCmds := 0
+
+	for x := b.Min.X; x < b.Max.X; x++ {
+		for y := b.Min.Y; y < b.Max.Y; y++ {
+			// ensure we're working with RGBA colors (non-alpha-pre-multiplied)
+			c := color.NRGBAModel.Convert(img.At(x, y)).(color.NRGBA)
+
+			// ignore transparent pixels
+			if c.A == 0 {
+				continue
+			}
+			// @incomplete: also send alpha? -> bandwidth tradeoff
+			// @speed: this sprintf call is quite slow..
+			cmd := fmt.Sprintf("PX %d %d %.2x%.2x%.2x\n",
+				x + offset.X, y + offset.Y, c.R, c.G, c.B)
+			commands[numCmds] = []byte(cmd)
+			numCmds++
+		}
+	}
+
+	return commands[:numCmds]
+}