diff --git a/abyss.go b/abyss.go
index b968ca9..20dac63 100644
--- a/abyss.go
+++ b/abyss.go
@@ -13,6 +13,28 @@ import (
 func main() {
 	app := new(Application)
 
+	parseEnv(app)
+
+	mux := http.NewServeMux()
+
+	setupHandlers(mux, app)
+
+	srv := &http.Server{
+		Addr:         app.port,
+		Handler:      mux,
+		IdleTimeout:  10 * time.Second,
+		ReadTimeout:  10 * time.Second,
+		WriteTimeout: 60 * time.Second,
+	}
+
+	log.Printf("starting server on %s", srv.Addr)
+
+	if err := srv.ListenAndServe(); err != nil {
+		log.Fatalf("Failed to start server: %v", err)
+	}
+}
+
+func parseEnv(app *Application) {
 	err := godotenv.Load()
 	if err != nil {
 		slog.Warn("no .env file detected, getting env from running process")
@@ -25,7 +47,7 @@ func main() {
 	app.filesDir = os.Getenv("ABYSS_FILEDIR")
 	app.port = os.Getenv("ABYSS_PORT")
 
-	auth := os.Getenv("SHOULD_AUTH")
+	app.authText = os.Getenv("SHOULD_AUTH")
 
 	if app.auth.username == "" {
 		log.Fatal("basic auth username must be provided")
@@ -56,9 +78,11 @@ func main() {
 		slog.Warn("no root url detected, defaulting to localhost.")
 		app.url = "localhost" + app.port
 	}
+}
 
-	mux := http.NewServeMux()
+func setupHandlers(mux *http.ServeMux, app *Application) {
 	mux.HandleFunc("/", app.indexHandler)
+
 	mux.Handle(
 		"/tree/",
 		http.StripPrefix(
@@ -66,26 +90,14 @@ func main() {
 			app.basicAuth(app.fileListingHandler),
 		),
 	)
+
 	mux.HandleFunc("/last", app.lastUploadedHandler)
-	if auth == "yes" {
+
+	if app.authText == "yes" {
 		mux.HandleFunc("/upload", app.basicAuth(app.uploadHandler))
 		slog.Warn("text uploading through the browser will be restricted")
 	} else {
 		mux.HandleFunc("/upload", app.uploadHandler)
 		slog.Warn("text uploading through the browser will NOT be restricted")
 	}
-
-	srv := &http.Server{
-		Addr:         app.port,
-		Handler:      mux,
-		IdleTimeout:  time.Minute,
-		ReadTimeout:  10 * time.Second,
-		WriteTimeout: 60 * time.Second,
-	}
-
-	log.Printf("starting server on %s", srv.Addr)
-
-	if err := srv.ListenAndServe(); err != nil {
-		log.Fatalf("Failed to start server: %v", err)
-	}
 }
diff --git a/handlers.go b/handlers.go
index 56ff74e..4bae77c 100644
--- a/handlers.go
+++ b/handlers.go
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ type Application struct {
 	key              string
 	filesDir         string
 	port             string
+	authText         string
 	lastUploadedFile string
 }