diff --git a/src/app/file_finder.rs b/src/app/file_finder.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..75d2682
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/file_finder.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,78 @@
+use std::path::{Path, PathBuf};
+
+use crossterm::event::Event;
+use jocalsend::error::Result;
+use ratatui::widgets::WidgetRef;
+use ratatui_explorer::FileExplorer;
+use simsearch::{SearchOptions, SimSearch};
+use tui_input::Input;
+
+#[derive(Clone)]
+pub(crate) struct FileFinder {
+    pub explorer: FileExplorer,
+    pub fuzzy: SimSearch<usize>,
+    pub working_dir: Option<PathBuf>,
+    pub input: Input,
+}
+
+fn searcher() -> SimSearch<usize> {
+    SimSearch::new_with(
+        SearchOptions::new()
+            .stop_words(vec![std::path::MAIN_SEPARATOR_STR.to_string()])
+            .stop_whitespace(false)
+            .threshold(0.0),
+    )
+}
+
+impl FileFinder {
+    pub fn new() -> Result<Self> {
+        Ok(Self {
+            explorer: FileExplorer::new()?,
+            fuzzy: searcher(),
+            working_dir: None,
+            input: Default::default(),
+        })
+    }
+
+    pub fn handle(&mut self, event: &Event) -> Result<()> {
+        self.index();
+        Ok(self.explorer.handle(event)?)
+    }
+
+    pub fn cwd(&self) -> &Path {
+        self.explorer.cwd()
+    }
+
+    pub fn set_cwd(&mut self, cwd: &Path) -> Result<()> {
+        self.explorer.set_cwd(cwd)?;
+        self.index();
+        Ok(())
+    }
+
+    pub fn widget(&self) -> impl WidgetRef {
+        self.explorer.widget()
+    }
+
+    pub fn reset_fuzzy(&mut self) {
+        self.clear_fuzzy();
+        self.input.reset();
+    }
+
+    fn clear_fuzzy(&mut self) {
+        self.fuzzy = searcher();
+    }
+
+    pub fn index(&mut self) {
+        if let Some(owd) = self.working_dir.as_ref()
+            && owd == self.cwd()
+        {
+            return;
+        }
+        self.working_dir = Some(self.cwd().to_path_buf());
+        self.clear_fuzzy();
+
+        for (i, f) in self.explorer.files().iter().enumerate() {
+            self.fuzzy.insert(i, f.name());
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/app/mod.rs b/src/app/mod.rs
index 80c46a8..8f06714 100644
--- a/src/app/mod.rs
+++ b/src/app/mod.rs
@@ -1,8 +1,4 @@
-use std::{
-    collections::BTreeMap,
-    net::SocketAddr,
-    path::{Path, PathBuf},
-};
+use std::{collections::BTreeMap, net::SocketAddr};
 
 use crossterm::event::{Event, EventStream, KeyEventKind};
 use futures::{FutureExt, StreamExt};
@@ -11,15 +7,16 @@ use julid::Julid;
 use log::LevelFilter;
 use ratatui::{
     Frame,
-    widgets::{ListState, TableState, WidgetRef},
+    widgets::{ListState, TableState},
 };
 use ratatui_explorer::FileExplorer;
-use simsearch::{SearchOptions, SimSearch};
 use tokio::sync::mpsc::UnboundedReceiver;
 use tui_input::Input;
 
 pub mod widgets;
 
+mod file_finder;
+use file_finder::FileFinder;
 mod handle;
 
 #[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq, Eq)]
@@ -29,26 +26,9 @@ pub struct Peer {
     pub addr: SocketAddr,
 }
 
-#[derive(Clone)]
-struct FileFinder {
-    explorer: FileExplorer,
-    fuzzy: SimSearch<usize>,
-    working_dir: Option<PathBuf>,
-    input: Input,
-}
-
-fn searcher() -> SimSearch<usize> {
-    SimSearch::new_with(
-        SearchOptions::new()
-            .stop_words(vec![std::path::MAIN_SEPARATOR_STR.to_string()])
-            .stop_whitespace(false)
-            .threshold(0.0),
-    )
-}
-
 pub struct App {
     pub service: JocalService,
-    pub events: EventStream,
+    pub terminal_events: EventStream,
     pub peers: Vec<Peer>,
     pub peer_state: ListState,
     pub receive_requests: BTreeMap<Julid, ReceiveRequest>,
@@ -56,7 +36,7 @@ pub struct App {
     receiving_state: TableState,
     // for getting messages back from the web server or web client about things we've done; the
     // other end is held by the service
-    event_listener: UnboundedReceiver<JocalEvent>,
+    jocal_event_rx: UnboundedReceiver<JocalEvent>,
     file_finder: FileFinder,
     text: Option<String>,
     input: Input,
@@ -89,11 +69,11 @@ impl App {
     pub fn new(service: JocalService, event_listener: UnboundedReceiver<JocalEvent>) -> Self {
         App {
             service,
-            event_listener,
+            jocal_event_rx: event_listener,
             screen: vec![CurrentScreen::Main],
             file_finder: FileFinder::new().expect("could not create file explorer"),
             text: None,
-            events: Default::default(),
+            terminal_events: Default::default(),
             peers: Default::default(),
             peer_state: Default::default(),
             receive_requests: Default::default(),
@@ -104,7 +84,7 @@ impl App {
 
     pub async fn handle_events(&mut self) -> Result<()> {
         tokio::select! {
-            event = self.events.next().fuse() => {
+            event = self.terminal_events.next().fuse() => {
                 if let Some(Ok(evt)) = event {
                     match evt {
                         Event::Key(key)
@@ -116,7 +96,7 @@ impl App {
                     }
                 }
             }
-            transfer_event = self.event_listener.recv().fuse() => {
+            transfer_event = self.jocal_event_rx.recv().fuse() => {
                 if let Some(event) = transfer_event {
                     log::trace!("got JocalEvent {event:?}");
                     match event {
@@ -163,59 +143,6 @@ impl App {
     }
 }
 
-impl FileFinder {
-    pub fn new() -> Result<Self> {
-        Ok(Self {
-            explorer: FileExplorer::new()?,
-            fuzzy: searcher(),
-            working_dir: None,
-            input: Default::default(),
-        })
-    }
-
-    pub fn handle(&mut self, event: &Event) -> Result<()> {
-        self.index();
-        Ok(self.explorer.handle(event)?)
-    }
-
-    pub fn cwd(&self) -> &Path {
-        self.explorer.cwd()
-    }
-
-    pub fn set_cwd(&mut self, cwd: &Path) -> Result<()> {
-        self.explorer.set_cwd(cwd)?;
-        self.index();
-        Ok(())
-    }
-
-    pub fn widget(&self) -> impl WidgetRef {
-        self.explorer.widget()
-    }
-
-    pub fn reset_fuzzy(&mut self) {
-        self.clear_fuzzy();
-        self.input.reset();
-    }
-
-    fn clear_fuzzy(&mut self) {
-        self.fuzzy = searcher();
-    }
-
-    fn index(&mut self) {
-        if let Some(owd) = self.working_dir.as_ref()
-            && owd == self.cwd()
-        {
-            return;
-        }
-        self.working_dir = Some(self.cwd().to_path_buf());
-        self.clear_fuzzy();
-
-        for (i, f) in self.explorer.files().iter().enumerate() {
-            self.fuzzy.insert(i, f.name());
-        }
-    }
-}
-
 fn change_log_level(delta: isize) {
     let level = log::max_level() as isize;
     let max = log::LevelFilter::max() as isize;