diff --git a/src/qmp/actor.rs b/src/qmp/actor.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f023372
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/qmp/actor.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,226 @@
+use std::collections::HashMap;
+
+// TODO
+use tokio::{
+	io::{AsyncReadExt, AsyncWriteExt, BufStream},
+	sync::{mpsc, oneshot},
+};
+
+use super::{
+	io, result,
+	types::{self, QmpExecute, QmpHandshake},
+};
+
+enum QmpActorState {
+	/// Disconnected.
+	Disconnected,
+
+	ConnectedToServer,
+
+	/// Handshake passed successfully and we're ready.
+	Ready,
+}
+
+/// Actor message type.
+pub(crate) enum QmpActorMessage {
+	/// Close
+	QmpDoClose,
+
+	QmpDoHandshake {
+		/// The oneshot response.
+		tx: oneshot::Sender<super::result::Result<QmpHandshake>>,
+	},
+
+	/// Used to send a QMP message.
+	QmpDoSend {
+		/// The message to send
+		command: String,
+		arguments: Option<serde_json::Value>,
+
+		/// The oneshot response.
+		tx: oneshot::Sender<serde_json::Value>,
+	},
+
+	/// Used to subscibe to a QMP event
+	QmpSubscribeToEvent {
+		event_name: String,
+		tx: mpsc::Sender<serde_json::Value>,
+	},
+}
+
+pub(crate) struct QmpClientActor<S>
+where
+	S: AsyncReadExt + AsyncWriteExt + Unpin + Send,
+{
+	stream: BufStream<S>,
+	state: QmpActorState,
+
+	rx: mpsc::Receiver<QmpActorMessage>,
+
+	// used to spit out events to subscribed clients
+	event_tx: HashMap<String, mpsc::Sender<serde_json::Value>>,
+
+	/// Used for QMP execute messages. This allows us to have multiple commands
+	/// in flight, and to manually send to all of them. Pretty nifty.
+	last_response_id: u32,
+
+	/// All in flight responses.
+	response_tx: HashMap<u32, Option<oneshot::Sender<serde_json::Value>>>,
+}
+
+impl<S> QmpClientActor<S>
+where
+	S: AsyncReadExt + AsyncWriteExt + Unpin + Send,
+{
+	fn new(stream: S, rx: mpsc::Receiver<QmpActorMessage>) -> Self {
+		Self {
+			stream: BufStream::new(stream),
+			state: QmpActorState::ConnectedToServer,
+			rx: rx,
+			event_tx: HashMap::new(),
+			last_response_id: 0,
+			response_tx: HashMap::new(),
+		}
+	}
+
+	async fn handshake(&mut self) -> result::Result<types::QmpHandshake> {
+		let handshake_as_string = io::read_qmp_line(&mut self.stream).await?;
+		let handshake_json =
+			serde_json::from_str::<types::QmpHandshake>(handshake_as_string.as_str())?;
+
+		// Now let's send the handshake. If this errors we're done anyways
+		let handshake_response = serde_json::json!({
+			"execute": "qmp_capabilities"
+		});
+		let serialized = serde_json::ser::to_string(&handshake_response)?;
+
+		io::write_qmp_line(&mut self.stream, &serialized).await?;
+
+		// Read what the server responded back
+		// FIXME: Make sure it's not an error.
+		let _handshake_server_response_as_string = io::read_qmp_line(&mut self.stream).await?;
+		//		let handshake_server_response_json =
+		//			serde_json::from_str::<serde_json::Value>(handshake_server_response_as_string.as_str())?;
+
+		self.state = QmpActorState::Ready;
+
+		Ok(handshake_json)
+	}
+
+	async fn handle_message(&mut self, msg: QmpActorMessage) -> result::Result<()> {
+		match msg {
+			QmpActorMessage::QmpDoClose => {
+				// FIXME: Actually close things.
+			}
+
+			QmpActorMessage::QmpDoHandshake { tx } => {
+				let handshake = self.handshake().await;
+				let _ = tx.send(handshake);
+			}
+
+			// this can only really fail in a way where it panics i'm pretty sure
+			QmpActorMessage::QmpSubscribeToEvent { event_name, tx } => {
+				self.event_tx.insert(event_name.to_uppercase(), tx);
+			},
+
+			QmpActorMessage::QmpDoSend { command, arguments, tx } => {
+				self.response_tx.insert(self.last_response_id, Some(tx));
+				self.send_execute(command, &arguments).await?;
+				self.last_response_id += 1;
+			}
+
+			_ => tracing::error!("Unknown message"),
+		}
+
+		Ok(())
+	}
+
+	async fn handle_qmp_read(&mut self, line: &String) -> result::Result<()> {
+		let res = serde_json::from_str::<serde_json::Value>(line.as_str())?;
+
+
+		
+
+		// Check if this is an event
+		if let Some(event) = res.get("event") {
+			let str = String::from(event.as_str().unwrap());
+
+			// Send the event to the subscriber
+			if let Some(tx) = self.event_tx.get(&str) {
+				let _ = tx.send(res.clone()).await;
+			}
+		}
+
+		// Check for a execute resposne
+		if let Some(id) = res.get("id") {
+			let id = id.as_u64().unwrap() as u32;
+
+			// Send the response
+			if let Some(txopt) = self.response_tx.get_mut(&id) {
+				let tx = txopt.take().unwrap();
+				let _ = tx.send(res.clone());
+				self.response_tx.remove(&id);
+			}
+		}
+
+
+		Ok(())
+	}
+
+	async fn send_execute(&mut self, command: String, arguments: &Option<serde_json::Value>) -> result::Result<()> {
+		// Send
+		let execute = QmpExecute {
+			execute: command,
+			id: self.last_response_id,
+			arguments: arguments.clone()
+		};
+
+		let serialized = serde_json::ser::to_string(&execute)?;
+		io::write_qmp_line(&mut self.stream, &serialized).await?;
+		Ok(())
+	}
+
+	/// Actor runloop.
+	async fn run(mut self) -> result::Result<()> {
+		loop {
+			tokio::select! {
+				str = io::read_qmp_line(&mut self.stream) => {
+					match str {
+						Ok(val) => {
+							self.handle_qmp_read(&val).await?;
+						}
+						Err(err) => { tracing::error!("stream error {err}"); break }
+					}
+				},
+
+				msg_opt = self.rx.recv() => {
+					if let Some(msg) = msg_opt {
+						self.handle_message(msg).await?;
+					} else {
+						break
+					}
+				}
+
+				else => break
+			}
+		}
+
+		Ok(())
+	}
+
+	/// Helper function to spawn the actor.
+	pub(crate) fn spawn_actor(socket: S) -> mpsc::Sender<QmpActorMessage>
+	where
+		S: AsyncReadExt + AsyncWriteExt + Unpin + Send + 'static,
+	{
+		let (tx, rx) = mpsc::channel(8);
+		let inner = QmpClientActor::new(socket, rx);
+		tokio::spawn(async move { 
+			let res = inner.run().await;
+			res.inspect_err(|err| {
+				tracing::error!("error in actor runloop: {err}");
+			});
+		 });
+		tx
+	}
+}
diff --git a/src/qmp/client.rs b/src/qmp/client.rs
index 41ea7f6..1b7f587 100644
--- a/src/qmp/client.rs
+++ b/src/qmp/client.rs
@@ -1,233 +1,11 @@
 //! QMP client.
-//! Uses a broadcast channel.
 
-use std::collections::HashMap;
-
-use serde_json::json;
-// TODO
 use tokio::{
-	io::{AsyncReadExt, AsyncWriteExt, BufStream},
+	io::{AsyncReadExt, AsyncWriteExt},
 	sync::{mpsc, oneshot},
 };
 
-use super::{
-	io, result,
-	types::{self, QmpExecute, QmpHandshake},
-};
-
-enum QmpActorState {
-	/// Disconnected.
-	Disconnected,
-
-	ConnectedToServer,
-
-	/// Handshake passed successfully and we're ready.
-	Ready,
-}
-
-#[derive(Debug)]
-pub enum QmpActorMessage {
-	/// Close
-	DoClose,
-
-	QmpDoHandshake {
-		/// The oneshot response.
-		tx: oneshot::Sender<super::result::Result<QmpHandshake>>,
-	},
-
-	/// Used to send a QMP message.
-	QmpDoSend {
-		/// The message to send
-		command: String,
-		arguments: Option<serde_json::Value>,
-
-		/// The oneshot response.
-		tx: oneshot::Sender<serde_json::Value>,
-	},
-
-	/// Used to subscibe to a QMP event
-	QmpSubscribeToEvent {
-		event_name: String,
-		tx: mpsc::Sender<serde_json::Value>,
-	},
-}
-
-struct QmpClientActor<S>
-where
-	S: AsyncReadExt + AsyncWriteExt + Unpin + Send,
-{
-	stream: BufStream<S>,
-	state: QmpActorState,
-
-	rx: mpsc::Receiver<QmpActorMessage>,
-
-	// used to spit out events to subscribed clients
-	event_tx: HashMap<String, mpsc::Sender<serde_json::Value>>,
-
-	/// Used for QMP execute messages. This allows us to have multiple commands
-	/// in flight, and to manually send to all of them. Pretty nifty.
-	last_response_id: u32,
-
-	/// All in flight responses.
-	response_tx: HashMap<u32, Option<oneshot::Sender<serde_json::Value>>>,
-}
-
-impl<S> QmpClientActor<S>
-where
-	S: AsyncReadExt + AsyncWriteExt + Unpin + Send,
-{
-	fn new(stream: S, rx: mpsc::Receiver<QmpActorMessage>) -> Self {
-		Self {
-			stream: BufStream::new(stream),
-			state: QmpActorState::ConnectedToServer,
-			rx: rx,
-			event_tx: HashMap::new(),
-			last_response_id: 0,
-			response_tx: HashMap::new(),
-		}
-	}
-
-	async fn handshake(&mut self) -> result::Result<types::QmpHandshake> {
-		let handshake_as_string = io::read_qmp_line(&mut self.stream).await?;
-		let handshake_json =
-			serde_json::from_str::<types::QmpHandshake>(handshake_as_string.as_str())?;
-
-		// Now let's send the handshake. If this errors we're done anyways
-		let handshake_response = serde_json::json!({
-			"execute": "qmp_capabilities"
-		});
-		let serialized = serde_json::ser::to_string(&handshake_response)?;
-
-		io::write_qmp_line(&mut self.stream, &serialized).await?;
-
-		// Read what the server responded back
-		// FIXME: Make sure it's not an error.
-		let _handshake_server_response_as_string = io::read_qmp_line(&mut self.stream).await?;
-		//		let handshake_server_response_json =
-		//			serde_json::from_str::<serde_json::Value>(handshake_server_response_as_string.as_str())?;
-
-		self.state = QmpActorState::Ready;
-
-		Ok(handshake_json)
-	}
-
-	async fn handle_message(&mut self, msg: QmpActorMessage) -> result::Result<()> {
-		match msg {
-			QmpActorMessage::DoClose => {
-				// FIXME: Actually close things.
-			}
-
-			QmpActorMessage::QmpDoHandshake { tx } => {
-				let handshake = self.handshake().await;
-				let _ = tx.send(handshake);
-			}
-
-			// this can only really fail in a way where it panics i'm pretty sure
-			QmpActorMessage::QmpSubscribeToEvent { event_name, tx } => {
-				self.event_tx.insert(event_name.to_uppercase(), tx);
-			},
-
-			QmpActorMessage::QmpDoSend { command, arguments, tx } => {
-				self.response_tx.insert(self.last_response_id, Some(tx));
-				self.send_execute(command, &arguments).await?;
-				self.last_response_id += 1;
-			}
-
-			_ => tracing::error!("Unknown message"),
-		}
-
-		Ok(())
-	}
-
-	async fn handle_qmp_read(&mut self, line: &String) -> result::Result<()> {
-		let res = serde_json::from_str::<serde_json::Value>(line.as_str())?;
-
-
-		
-
-		// Check if this is an event
-		if let Some(event) = res.get("event") {
-			let str = String::from(event.as_str().unwrap());
-
-			// Send the event to the subscriber
-			if let Some(tx) = self.event_tx.get(&str) {
-				let _ = tx.send(res.clone()).await;
-			}
-		}
-
-		// Check for a execute resposne
-		if let Some(id) = res.get("id") {
-			let id = id.as_u64().unwrap() as u32;
-
-			// Send the response
-			if let Some(txopt) = self.response_tx.get_mut(&id) {
-				let tx = txopt.take().unwrap();
-				let _ = tx.send(res.clone());
-				self.response_tx.remove(&id);
-			}
-		}
-
-
-		Ok(())
-	}
-
-	async fn send_execute(&mut self, command: String, arguments: &Option<serde_json::Value>) -> result::Result<()> {
-		// Send
-		let execute = QmpExecute {
-			execute: command,
-			id: self.last_response_id,
-			arguments: arguments.clone()
-		};
-
-		let serialized = serde_json::ser::to_string(&execute)?;
-		io::write_qmp_line(&mut self.stream, &serialized).await?;
-		Ok(())
-	}
-
-	/// Actor runloop.
-	async fn run(mut self) -> result::Result<()> {
-		loop {
-			tokio::select! {
-				str = io::read_qmp_line(&mut self.stream) => {
-					match str {
-						Ok(val) => {
-							self.handle_qmp_read(&val).await?;
-						}
-						Err(err) => { tracing::error!("stream error {err}"); break }
-					}
-				},
-
-				msg_opt = self.rx.recv() => {
-					if let Some(msg) = msg_opt {
-						self.handle_message(msg).await?;
-					} else {
-						break
-					}
-				}
-
-				else => break
-			}
-		}
-
-		Ok(())
-	}
-
-	/// Helper function to spawn the actor.
-	fn spawn_actor(socket: S) -> mpsc::Sender<QmpActorMessage>
-	where
-		S: AsyncReadExt + AsyncWriteExt + Unpin + Send + 'static,
-	{
-		let (tx, rx) = mpsc::channel(8);
-		let inner = QmpClientActor::new(socket, rx);
-		tokio::spawn(async move { 
-			let res = inner.run().await;
-			res.inspect_err(|err| {
-				tracing::error!("error in actor runloop: {err}");
-			});
-		 });
-		tx
-	}
-}
+use super::{result, actor, types};
 
 /// A client for the Qemu Machine Protocol (also known as QMP).
 /// Generic so it works with any Tokio stream type (which fits QEMU's ability to run
@@ -238,7 +16,7 @@ where
 /// it's all in here.
 #[derive(Clone)]
 pub struct QmpClient {
-	tx: mpsc::Sender<QmpActorMessage>,
+	tx: mpsc::Sender<actor::QmpActorMessage>,
 }
 
 impl QmpClient {
@@ -251,7 +29,7 @@ impl QmpClient {
 		S: AsyncReadExt + AsyncWriteExt + Unpin + Send + 'static,
 	{
 		Self {
-			tx: QmpClientActor::spawn_actor(socket),
+			tx: actor::QmpClientActor::spawn_actor(socket),
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -262,7 +40,7 @@ impl QmpClient {
 
 		let _ = self
 			.tx
-			.send(QmpActorMessage::QmpDoHandshake { tx: tx })
+			.send(actor::QmpActorMessage::QmpDoHandshake { tx: tx })
 			.await;
 		match rx.await {
 			Ok(res) => res,
@@ -276,7 +54,7 @@ impl QmpClient {
 
 		let _ = self
 			.tx
-			.send(QmpActorMessage::QmpDoSend { command: command, arguments: arguments.clone(), tx: tx })
+			.send(actor::QmpActorMessage::QmpDoSend { command: command, arguments: arguments.clone(), tx: tx })
 			.await;
 
 		match rx.await {
@@ -295,7 +73,7 @@ impl QmpClient {
 
 		let _ = self
 			.tx
-			.send(QmpActorMessage::QmpSubscribeToEvent {
+			.send(actor::QmpActorMessage::QmpSubscribeToEvent {
 				event_name: event_name,
 				tx: tx,
 			})
diff --git a/src/qmp/mod.rs b/src/qmp/mod.rs
index df95a50..9f9e1f2 100644
--- a/src/qmp/mod.rs
+++ b/src/qmp/mod.rs
@@ -3,5 +3,6 @@
 pub(crate) mod types;
 pub mod result;
 pub(crate) mod io;
+pub(crate) mod actor;
 pub mod client;
 pub use client::*;
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