diff --git a/src/Clients.hs b/src/Clients.hs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..74aee34
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Clients.hs
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+{-# LANGUAGE OverloadedStrings #-}
+
+module Clients where
+
+import Control.Monad (replicateM)
+import System.Random (randomRIO)
+import qualified Database.Redis as R
+import qualified Data.ByteString.Char8 as BC
+
+idIsFree :: BC.ByteString -> R.Connection -> IO Bool
+idIsFree id rConn = do
+  response <- R.runRedis rConn (R.get id)
+  pure $ case response of
+    (Left _)  -> False -- maybe error here? look into what causes this more
+    (Right x) ->
+      case x of
+        (Just _) -> True
+        _        -> False
+
+genClientId :: IO String
+genClientId = replicateM 8 (randomRIO ('a', 'z'))
+
+-- todo: config file
+maxClients :: Int
+maxClients = 100
+
+getClients :: IO Int
+getClients = undefined
+
+acceptingClients :: IO Bool
+acceptingClients = do
+  clients <- getClients
+  pure $ clients < maxClients
diff --git a/src/Helpers.hs b/src/Helpers.hs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8d9de32
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Helpers.hs
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+module Helpers where
+
+import YTDL
+import qualified Data.Text.Lazy as TL
+import Network.URI (parseURI)
+
+getRes :: String -> Maybe Resolution
+getRes ("144p")  = Just P144
+getRes ("240p")  = Just P240
+getRes ("360p")  = Just P360
+getRes ("480p")  = Just P480
+getRes ("720p")  = Just P720
+getRes ("1080p") = Just P1080
+getRes ("max")   = Just PMAX
+getRes ("audio") = Just Audio
+getRes _         = Nothing
+
+isRes :: TL.Text -> Bool
+isRes res = case getRes (TL.unpack res) of
+              (Just _) -> True
+              _        -> False
+
+isURL :: TL.Text -> Bool
+isURL uri = case parseURI (TL.unpack uri) of
+              (Just _) -> True
+              _        -> False
diff --git a/src/Main.hs b/src/Main.hs
index 4cfff44..91add33 100644
--- a/src/Main.hs
+++ b/src/Main.hs
@@ -6,46 +6,15 @@ import Templates.Index
 import Templates.Loading
 import Templates.Error
 import YTDL
+import Clients
+import Helpers
 
 import Control.Monad.IO.Class
 import qualified Database.Redis as R
 import qualified Data.Text.Lazy as TL
 import Web.Scotty
-import Network.URI (URI, parseURI)
-
-getRes :: String -> Maybe Resolution
-getRes ("144p")  = Just P144
-getRes ("240p")  = Just P240
-getRes ("360p")  = Just P360
-getRes ("480p")  = Just P480
-getRes ("720p")  = Just P720
-getRes ("1080p") = Just P1080
-getRes ("max")   = Just PMAX
-getRes ("audio") = Just Audio
-getRes ("max")   = Nothing
-
-isRes :: TL.Text -> Bool
-isRes res = case getRes (TL.unpack res) of
-              (Just _) -> True
-              _        -> False
-
-isURL :: TL.Text -> Bool
-isURL uri = case parseURI (TL.unpack uri) of
-              (Just _) -> True
-              _        -> False
-
--- todo: config file
-maxClients :: Int
-maxClients = 100
-
-getClients :: IO Int
-getClients = undefined
-
-acceptingClients :: IO Bool
-acceptingClients = do
-  clients <- getClients
-  pure $ clients < maxClients
 
+-- todo ReaderT
 app :: R.Connection -> ScottyM ()
 app rConn = do
   get "/" $ do
diff --git a/src/Templates/Index.hs b/src/Templates/Index.hs
index 2c84063..856e1dc 100644
--- a/src/Templates/Index.hs
+++ b/src/Templates/Index.hs
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ indexPage = [r|
 	<center>
 		<h1>viddl</h1>
 		<p>Download videos from sources such as youtube, twitter, vimeo <a href="https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/blob/master/docs/supportedsites.md">and more!</a></p>
-		<table>
+		<table cellspacing="25">
 			<tr>
 				<td valign="top">
 					<h2>Video download</h2>
diff --git a/viddl.cabal b/viddl.cabal
index 4268255..71e11a0 100644
--- a/viddl.cabal
+++ b/viddl.cabal
@@ -17,17 +17,20 @@ library
                     , Templates.Loading
                     , Templates.Error
                     , YTDL
+                    , Clients
+                    , Helpers
     ghc-options:      -Wall -O2
     build-depends:    base ^>=4.14.1.0
                     , scotty
                     , hedis
                     , transformers
                     , text
-                    , unix
                     , raw-strings-qq
                     , network-uri
                     , directory
                     , process
+                    , bytestring
+                    , random
     hs-source-dirs:   src
     default-language: Haskell2010
 
@@ -37,12 +40,6 @@ executable viddl
     build-depends:    base ^>=4.14.1.0
                     , scotty
                     , hedis
-                    , transformers
                     , text
-                    , unix
-                    , raw-strings-qq
-                    , network-uri
-                    , directory
-                    , process
     hs-source-dirs:   src
     default-language: Haskell2010