diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index c48df49..a65d4fc 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@ use std::{
     //sync::{Arc, OnceLock},
     time::Duration,
 };
+use tracing_subscriber::{layer::SubscriberExt, util::SubscriberInitExt};
+
+pub mod server;
 
 use reqwest::Client;
 use sqlx::{
@@ -10,6 +13,7 @@ use sqlx::{
     types::chrono::Utc,
     SqlitePool,
 };
+use tokio::task::JoinHandle;
 use tokio_util::sync::CancellationToken;
 
 const MAX_CONNS: u32 = 200;
@@ -17,8 +21,9 @@ const MIN_CONNS: u32 = 5;
 const TIMEOUT: u64 = 2000; // in milliseconds
 
 pub struct BlogdorTheAggregator {
-    pub db: SqlitePool,
-    pub client: reqwest::Client,
+    db: SqlitePool,
+    client: reqwest::Client,
+    cancel: CancellationToken,
 }
 
 #[derive(Debug, Default, Clone, PartialEq, Eq)]
@@ -33,15 +38,25 @@ pub struct FeedEntry {
 
 impl BlogdorTheAggregator {
     pub async fn new() -> Self {
+        tracing_subscriber::registry()
+            .with(
+                tracing_subscriber::EnvFilter::try_from_default_env()
+                    .unwrap_or_else(|_| "blogdor=debug,axum=debug".into()),
+            )
+            .with(tracing_subscriber::fmt::layer())
+            .init();
+
         let db = get_db_pool().await;
         let client = reqwest::Client::new();
+        let cancel = CancellationToken::new();
 
-        Self { db, client }
+        Self { db, client, cancel }
     }
 
-    pub async fn aggregate(&self, cancel: CancellationToken) {
+    pub async fn aggregate(&self) -> JoinHandle<()> {
         let db = self.db.clone();
         let client = self.client.clone();
+        let cancel = self.cancel.clone();
         tokio::task::spawn(async move {
             let mut alarm = tokio::time::interval(Duration::from_hours(1));
             loop {
@@ -55,7 +70,15 @@ impl BlogdorTheAggregator {
                     }
                 }
             }
-        });
+        })
+    }
+
+    pub async fn listen(&self) -> JoinHandle<()> {
+        server::spawn_server(self.db.clone(), self.cancel.clone()).await
+    }
+
+    pub async fn close_db(&self) {
+        self.db.close().await;
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index ad75304..95ba837 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -1,79 +1,11 @@
-use axum::{routing::post, Router};
 use blogdor::BlogdorTheAggregator;
-use sqlx::SqlitePool;
-use std::net::SocketAddr;
-use tokio_util::sync::CancellationToken;
-use tracing_subscriber::{layer::SubscriberExt, util::SubscriberInitExt};
 
 #[tokio::main(flavor = "multi_thread")]
-async fn main() -> Result<(), ()> {
-    tracing_subscriber::registry()
-        .with(
-            tracing_subscriber::EnvFilter::try_from_default_env()
-                .unwrap_or_else(|_| "blogdor=debug,axum=debug".into()),
-        )
-        .with(tracing_subscriber::fmt::layer())
-        .init();
-
-    let blogdor_the_aggregator = BlogdorTheAggregator::new().await;
-
-    let pool = blogdor_the_aggregator.db.clone();
-
-    let server = make_router(pool.clone());
-
-    let cancel = CancellationToken::new();
-
-    blogdor_the_aggregator.aggregate(cancel.clone()).await;
-
-    let server_handle = tokio::task::spawn(async move {
-        let addr: SocketAddr = ([127, 0, 0, 1], 3000).into();
-        tracing::debug!("binding to {addr:?}");
-        let listener = tokio::net::TcpListener::bind(&addr).await.unwrap();
-        axum::serve(listener, server)
-            .with_graceful_shutdown(graceful_shutdown(cancel))
-            .await
-            .unwrap()
-    });
-
-    server_handle.await.unwrap();
-    pool.close().await;
-
-    Ok(())
-}
-
-fn make_router(db: SqlitePool) -> Router {
-    Router::new()
-        .route(
-            "/api/v1/add-feed",
-            post(async move || {
-                tracing::debug!("got a post to add a feed");
-            }),
-        )
-        .with_state(db)
-}
-
-async fn graceful_shutdown(cancel: CancellationToken) {
-    use tokio::signal;
-    let ctrl_c = async {
-        signal::ctrl_c()
-            .await
-            .expect("failed to install Ctrl+C handler");
-    };
-
-    #[cfg(unix)]
-    let terminate = async {
-        signal::unix::signal(signal::unix::SignalKind::terminate())
-            .expect("failed to install signal handler")
-            .recv()
-            .await;
-    };
-
-    #[cfg(not(unix))]
-    let terminate = std::future::pending::<()>();
-
-    tokio::select! {
-        _ = ctrl_c => {tracing::info!("received ctrl-c, shutting down web server")},
-        _ = terminate => {tracing::info!("received kill signal, shutting down web server")},
-    }
-    cancel.cancel();
+async fn main() {
+    let bta = BlogdorTheAggregator::new().await;
+    let aggregator_handle = bta.aggregate().await;
+    let server_handle = bta.listen().await;
+    server_handle.await.unwrap_or_default();
+    aggregator_handle.await.unwrap_or_default();
+    bta.close_db().await;
 }
diff --git a/src/server.rs b/src/server.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a2267a1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/server.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+use std::net::SocketAddr;
+
+use axum::{routing::post, Router};
+use sqlx::SqlitePool;
+use tokio_util::sync::CancellationToken;
+
+pub async fn spawn_server(
+    pool: SqlitePool,
+    cancel: CancellationToken,
+) -> tokio::task::JoinHandle<()> {
+    tokio::task::spawn(async move {
+        let server = make_router(pool);
+        let addr: SocketAddr = ([127, 0, 0, 1], 3000).into();
+        tracing::debug!("binding to {addr:?}");
+        let listener = tokio::net::TcpListener::bind(&addr).await.unwrap();
+        axum::serve(listener, server)
+            .with_graceful_shutdown(graceful_shutdown(cancel))
+            .await
+            .unwrap()
+    })
+}
+
+fn make_router(db: SqlitePool) -> Router {
+    Router::new()
+        .route(
+            "/api/v1/add-feed",
+            post(async move || {
+                tracing::debug!("got a post to add a feed");
+            }),
+        )
+        .with_state(db)
+}
+
+async fn graceful_shutdown(cancel: CancellationToken) {
+    use tokio::signal;
+    let ctrl_c = async {
+        signal::ctrl_c()
+            .await
+            .expect("failed to install Ctrl+C handler");
+    };
+
+    #[cfg(unix)]
+    let terminate = async {
+        signal::unix::signal(signal::unix::SignalKind::terminate())
+            .expect("failed to install signal handler")
+            .recv()
+            .await;
+    };
+
+    #[cfg(not(unix))]
+    let terminate = std::future::pending::<()>();
+
+    tokio::select! {
+        _ = ctrl_c => {tracing::info!("received ctrl-c, shutting down web server")},
+        _ = terminate => {tracing::info!("received kill signal, shutting down web server")},
+    }
+    cancel.cancel();
+}