diff --git a/src/gen_server.rs b/src/gen_server.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ff72696
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/gen_server.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+use std::collections::HashMap;
+use std::net::SocketAddr;
+use tokio::sync::mpsc:: {Sender, Receiver};
+use crate::ws_client::Line;
+
+#[derive(Debug, Clone)]
+pub enum GSMsg {
+    NewClient((SocketAddr, Sender<GSMsg>)),
+    NewLine(Line),
+    DeleteClient(SocketAddr),
+    Clear
+}
+
+pub struct State {
+    pub gs_tx: Sender<GSMsg>
+}
+
+pub async fn gen_server(mut rx: Receiver<GSMsg>) {
+    let mut clients : HashMap<SocketAddr, Sender<GSMsg>> =
+	HashMap::new();
+    
+    let mut lines : Vec<Line> = vec![];
+    
+    while let Some(msg) = rx.recv().await {
+	match msg {
+	    GSMsg::NewClient((addr, c_tx)) => {
+		for line in &lines {
+		    c_tx.send(GSMsg::NewLine(line.clone()))
+			.await.unwrap();
+		}
+		clients.insert(addr, c_tx);		
+		tracing::info!("NewClient {addr}");
+	    },
+	    GSMsg::NewLine(line) => {
+		send_all(&mut clients, &GSMsg::NewLine(line.clone())).await;
+		lines.push(line);
+	    },
+	    GSMsg::DeleteClient(addr) => {
+		tracing::info!("Client {addr} removed");		
+		clients.remove(&addr);		
+	    },
+	    GSMsg::Clear => {
+		send_all(&mut clients, &GSMsg::Clear).await;
+		lines.clear();
+	    }
+	}
+    }
+}
+
+async fn send_all(
+    clients: &mut HashMap<SocketAddr, Sender<GSMsg>>,
+    msg: &GSMsg
+) {
+    let mut to_remove : Vec<SocketAddr> = vec![];
+		
+    for (addr, ref mut tx) in &mut *clients {
+	let ret = tx
+	    .send(msg.clone())
+	    .await;
+	if ret.is_err() {
+	    tracing::warn!("Client {addr} abruptly disconnected");
+	    to_remove.push(*addr);
+	}
+    }
+    
+    for addr in to_remove {
+	clients.remove(&addr);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index c91643a..068f1c7 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
+mod gen_server;
+mod ws_client;
+
 use axum::{
     extract::{
-        ws::{ Message, Message::Text, Message::Close,
-	      WebSocket, WebSocketUpgrade},
+        ws::WebSocketUpgrade,
         TypedHeader,
     },
     response::IntoResponse,
@@ -9,133 +11,23 @@ use axum::{
     Router,
     Extension
 };
-
 use std::{net::SocketAddr, path::PathBuf};
 use tower_http::{
     services::ServeDir,
     trace::{DefaultMakeSpan, TraceLayer},
 };
-
 use tracing_subscriber::{layer::SubscriberExt, util::SubscriberInitExt};
+use axum::extract::connect_info::ConnectInfo;
 
-//allows to extract the IP of connecting user
-use axum::extract::{
-    connect_info::ConnectInfo,
-    //ws::CloseFrame
-};
-
-//allows to split the websocket stream into separate TX and RX branches
-use futures::sink::SinkExt;
-use futures::stream::{SplitSink,StreamExt};
 use std::sync::Arc;
 use tokio::sync::{
     mpsc:: { self, Sender, Receiver },
     Mutex
 };
-use serde::{Serialize,Deserialize};
-use geo::Simplify;
-
-use std::collections::HashMap;
+use gen_server::{State,GSMsg,gen_server};
 
 const LISTEN_ON : &str = "0.0.0.0:3000";
 
-#[derive(Serialize, Deserialize, Debug)]
-#[serde(tag = "t")]
-enum JMsg {
-    #[serde(rename = "clear")]     
-    Clear,
-    #[serde(rename = "moveTo")] 
-    MoveTo { x: f32, y: f32, color: String },
-    #[serde(rename = "lineTo")]     
-    LineTo { x: f32, y: f32, color: String },
-    #[serde(rename = "stroke")]     
-    Stroke,
-    #[serde(rename = "line")]     
-    Line { line: Vec<(f32,f32,String)> }
-}
-
-type Line = Vec<(f32,f32,u32)>;
-
-#[derive(Debug)]
-enum GSMsg {
-    NewClient((SocketAddr,SplitSink<WebSocket, Message>)),
-    NewLine(Line),
-    DeleteClient(SocketAddr),
-    Clear
-}
-
-
-struct State {
-    gs_tx: Sender<GSMsg>
-}
-
-async fn gen_server(mut rx: Receiver<GSMsg>) {
-    let mut clients : HashMap<SocketAddr, SplitSink<WebSocket, Message>> =
-	HashMap::new();
-    
-    let mut lines : Vec<Line> = vec![];
-    
-    while let Some(msg) = rx.recv().await {
-	match msg {
-	    GSMsg::NewClient((addr, mut tx)) => {
-		for line in &lines {
-		    tx
-			.send(Message::Text(line_to_json(&line)))
-			.await
-			.unwrap();		    
-		}
-		clients.insert(addr, tx);
-		tracing::info!("NewClient {addr}");
-	    },
-	    GSMsg::NewLine(line) => {
-		let msg = line_to_json(&line);
-		send_all(&mut clients, msg).await;
-		lines.push(line);
-	    },
-	    GSMsg::DeleteClient(addr) => {
-		tracing::info!("Client {addr} removed");		
-		clients.remove(&addr);		
-	    },
-	    GSMsg::Clear => {
-		let msg = serde_json::to_string(&JMsg::Clear).unwrap();
-		send_all(&mut clients, msg).await;
-		lines.clear();
-	    }
-	}
-    }
-}
-
-async fn send_all(
-    clients: &mut HashMap<SocketAddr, SplitSink<WebSocket, Message>>,
-    msg: String
-) {
-    let mut to_remove : Vec<SocketAddr> = vec![];
-		
-    for (addr, ref mut tx) in &mut *clients {
-	let ret = tx
-	    .send(Message::Text(msg.clone()))
-	    .await;
-	if ret.is_err() {
-	    tracing::warn!("Client {addr} abruptly disconnected");
-	    to_remove.push(*addr);
-	}
-    }
-    
-    for addr in to_remove {
-	clients.remove(&addr);
-    }
-}
-
-fn line_to_json(line: &Line) -> String {
-    let line = line.iter()
-	.map(| (x, y, c) | {
-	    (*x, *y, format!("#{:06x}", c))
-	})
-	.collect();    
-    serde_json::to_string(&JMsg::Line{ line }).unwrap()
-}
-
-
 #[tokio::main]
 async fn main() {
     tracing_subscriber::registry()
@@ -149,29 +41,23 @@ async fn main() {
     
     let assets_dir = PathBuf::from(env!("CARGO_MANIFEST_DIR")).join("assets");
 
-    let (tx, rx) : (Sender<GSMsg>, Receiver<GSMsg>) = mpsc::channel(32);
+    let (gs_tx, gs_rx) : (Sender<GSMsg>, Receiver<GSMsg>) = mpsc::channel(32);
     
-    let state = Arc::new(Mutex::new(State {
-	gs_tx: tx
-    }));
+    let state = Arc::new(Mutex::new(State { gs_tx }));
     
-    tokio::spawn(gen_server(rx));
+    tokio::spawn(gen_server(gs_rx));
     
-    // build our application with some routes
     let app = Router::new()
         .fallback_service(ServeDir::new(assets_dir)
 			  .append_index_html_on_directories(true))
-        .route("/ws", get(ws_handler))
-	
+        .route("/ws", get(ws_handler))	
 	.layer(Extension(state))
-    // logging so we can see whats going on
         .layer(
             TraceLayer::new_for_http()
                 .make_span_with(DefaultMakeSpan::default()
 				.include_headers(false)),
         );
-    
-    
+        
     let addr : SocketAddr = LISTEN_ON.parse().unwrap();
     
     tracing::info!("listening on {}", addr);
@@ -195,84 +81,6 @@ async fn ws_handler(
     tracing::info!("`{user_agent}` at {addr} connected.");
     // finalize the upgrade process by returning upgrade callback.
     // we can customize the callback by sending additional info such as address.
-    ws.on_upgrade(move |socket| handle_socket(socket, addr, state))
+    ws.on_upgrade(move |socket| ws_client::handle_socket(socket, addr, state))
 }
 
-async fn handle_socket(
-    socket: WebSocket,
-    who: SocketAddr,
-    state: Arc<Mutex<State>>
-) {
-    let (tx, mut rx) = socket.split();
-    {
-	let st = state.lock().await;
-	(*st).gs_tx.send(GSMsg::NewClient((who.clone(), tx))).await.unwrap();
-    }
-    let mut line : Line = vec![];
-
-    while let Some(msg) = rx.next().await {
-	match msg {
-	    Ok(Text(msg)) => {
-		let Ok(msg) : Result<JMsg,_> = serde_json::from_str(&msg) else {
-		    tracing::warn!("{who}: Can't parse JSON: {:?}", msg);
-		    continue;
-		};
-		tracing::debug!("{who}: '{:?}'", msg);
-		match msg {
-		    JMsg::Clear => {
-			let st = state.lock().await;
-			(*st).gs_tx.send(GSMsg::Clear)
-			    .await.unwrap();			
-			line.clear();
-		    },
-		    JMsg::MoveTo { x, y, color } => {
-			line = vec![ (x, y, parse_color(color)) ];
-		    },
-		    JMsg::LineTo { x, y, color } => {
-			line.push( (x, y, parse_color(color)) );
-		    },
-		    JMsg::Stroke => {
-			if line.len() > 1 {
-			    let line = simplify_line(&line);
-			    
-			    let st = state.lock().await;
-			    (*st).gs_tx.send(GSMsg::NewLine(line))
-				.await.unwrap();				
-			}
-			line = vec![];
-		    },
-		    JMsg::Line{..} => { panic!("recieved a line message :/"); }
-		}
-	    },
-	    Ok(Close(close)) => {
-		tracing::info!("{who}: closing: {:?}", close);
-		let st = state.lock().await;
-		(*st).gs_tx.send(GSMsg::DeleteClient(who))
-		    .await.unwrap();		
-		break;
-	    },
-	    _ => {
-		tracing::warn!("{who}: Can't handle message: {:?}", msg);
-	    }
-	}
-    }
-}
-
-fn simplify_line(line: &Line) -> Line {
-    if line.len() < 2 {
-	return line.to_vec();
-    }
-    let color = line[0].2;
-    let linestring : geo::LineString =
-	line.iter()
-	.map(| (x, y, _) | (*x as f64, *y as f64 ))
-	.collect();
-    let linestring = linestring.simplify(&4.0);
-    linestring.0.iter()
-	.map(| c | (c.x as f32, c.y as f32, color))
-	.collect()
-}
-
-fn parse_color(s: String) -> u32 {
-    u32::from_str_radix(&s[1..], 16).unwrap()
-}
diff --git a/src/ws_client.rs b/src/ws_client.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fb663fb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/ws_client.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,161 @@
+use crate::gen_server::{State,GSMsg};
+
+use axum::extract::ws::{ Message, Message::Text, Message::Close, WebSocket };
+use std::net::SocketAddr;
+use std::sync::Arc;
+use tokio::sync::{
+    mpsc:: { self, Sender, Receiver },
+    Mutex
+};
+use serde::{Serialize,Deserialize};
+use geo::Simplify;
+
+use  core::ops::ControlFlow;
+
+#[derive(Serialize, Deserialize, Debug)]
+#[serde(tag = "t")]
+pub enum JMsg {
+    #[serde(rename = "clear")]     
+    Clear,
+    #[serde(rename = "moveTo")] 
+    MoveTo { x: f32, y: f32, color: String },
+    #[serde(rename = "lineTo")]     
+    LineTo { x: f32, y: f32, color: String },
+    #[serde(rename = "stroke")]     
+    Stroke,
+    #[serde(rename = "line")]     
+    Line { line: Vec<(f32,f32,String)> }
+}
+
+pub type Line = Vec<(f32,f32,u32)>;
+
+pub async fn handle_socket(
+    mut socket: WebSocket,
+    who: SocketAddr,
+    state: Arc<Mutex<State>>
+) {
+
+    let (c_tx, mut c_rx) : (Sender<GSMsg>, Receiver<GSMsg>) = mpsc::channel(32);
+    
+    {
+	state.lock()
+	    .await
+	    .gs_tx.send(GSMsg::NewClient((who, c_tx)))
+	    .await.unwrap();
+    }
+    let mut line : Line = vec![];
+
+    loop {
+	tokio::select! {
+	    Some(msg) = socket.recv() => {
+		match process_ws_msg(&state, &who, &mut line, msg).await {
+		    ControlFlow::Break(()) => { return; },
+		    ControlFlow::Continue(()) => {}
+		}
+	    },
+	    Some(msg) = c_rx.recv() => {
+		match msg {
+		    GSMsg::NewLine(line) => {
+			socket.send(Message::Text(line_to_json(&line)))
+			    .await.unwrap();
+		    },
+		    GSMsg::Clear => {
+			let msg = serde_json::to_string(&JMsg::Clear).unwrap();
+			socket.send(Message::Text(msg))
+			    .await.unwrap();
+		    },
+		    msg => {
+			tracing::info!("{who} should not get this: {:?}", msg)
+		    }
+		}
+	    },
+	    else => {
+		tracing::warn!("{who}: Connection lost unexpectedly.");
+		return;
+	    }
+	}
+    }
+}
+
+async fn process_ws_msg(
+    state: &Arc<Mutex<State>>,
+    who: &SocketAddr,
+    line: &mut Line,
+    msg: Result<Message,axum::Error>
+) -> ControlFlow<(),()> {
+    match msg {
+	Ok(Text(msg)) => {
+	    let Ok(msg) : Result<JMsg,_> = serde_json::from_str(&msg) else {
+		tracing::warn!("{who}: Can't parse JSON: {:?}", msg);
+		return ControlFlow::Continue(());
+	    };
+	    tracing::debug!("{who}: '{:?}'", msg);
+	    match msg {
+		JMsg::Clear => {
+		    state.lock()
+			.await
+			.gs_tx.send(GSMsg::Clear)
+			.await.unwrap();			
+		    line.clear();
+		},
+		JMsg::MoveTo { x, y, color } => {
+		    *line = vec![ (x, y, parse_color(color)) ];
+		},
+		JMsg::LineTo { x, y, color } => {
+		    line.push( (x, y, parse_color(color)) );
+		},
+		JMsg::Stroke => {
+		    if line.len() > 1 {
+			state.lock()
+			    .await
+			    .gs_tx.send(GSMsg::NewLine(simplify_line(line)))
+			    .await.unwrap();		
+		    }
+		    *line = vec![];
+		},
+		JMsg::Line{..} => { panic!("recieved a line message :/"); }
+	    }
+	},
+	Ok(Close(close)) => {
+	    tracing::info!("{who}: closing: {:?}", close);
+	    state.lock()
+		.await
+		.gs_tx.send(GSMsg::DeleteClient(*who))
+		.await.unwrap();		
+	    return ControlFlow::Break(());
+	},
+	_ => {
+	    tracing::warn!("{who}: Can't handle message: {:?}", msg);
+	}
+    }
+    ControlFlow::Continue(())
+}
+
+fn simplify_line(line: &Line) -> Line {
+    if line.len() < 2 {
+	return line.to_vec();
+    }
+    let color = line[0].2;
+    let linestring : geo::LineString =
+	line.iter()
+	.map(| (x, y, _) | (*x as f64, *y as f64 ))
+	.collect();
+    let linestring = linestring.simplify(&4.0);
+    linestring.0.iter()
+	.map(| c | (c.x as f32, c.y as f32, color))
+	.collect()
+}
+
+
+fn line_to_json(line: &Line) -> String {
+    let line = line.iter()
+	.map(| (x, y, c) | {
+	    (*x, *y, format!("#{:06x}", c))
+	})
+	.collect();    
+    serde_json::to_string(&JMsg::Line{ line }).unwrap()
+}
+
+fn parse_color(s: String) -> u32 {
+    u32::from_str_radix(&s[1..], 16).unwrap()
+}