diff --git a/chunk.go b/chunk.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4d30837
--- /dev/null
+++ b/chunk.go
@@ -0,0 +1,117 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"bufio"
+	"fmt"
+	"os"
+	"time"
+)
+
+// type chunk represents a grouping of redis statements to be sent to a redis
+// server.
+type chunk struct {
+	id   int
+	vals []value
+	t    time.Time
+}
+
+// write out a chunk's statements onto a bufio.Writer.  After sending all
+// statements onto the bufio.Writer, reads from the provided channel of
+// responses N times, where N is the number of statements originally sent.
+func (c *chunk) send(w *bufio.Writer, responses chan maybe) *sendResult {
+	stats := new(sendResult)
+	stats.start()
+	defer stats.stop()
+
+	for _, v := range c.vals {
+		n, err := v.Write(w)
+		if err != nil {
+			fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "error writing a statement: %v\n", err)
+		}
+		stats.byteSize += n
+	}
+	if err := w.Flush(); err != nil {
+		fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "error flushing statement buffer: %v\n", err)
+	}
+
+	for _, request := range c.vals {
+		response, ok := <-responses
+		if !ok {
+			// we get here when the response channel closes too early
+			fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "error reading redis response stream: response chan closed early")
+			return stats
+		}
+		stats.accumulate(request, response)
+	}
+
+	return stats
+}
+
+// -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+type sendResult struct {
+	read     int           // number of statement sread on the incoming statement stream
+	errors   int           // number of error responses seen on the redis response stream
+	replies  int           // number of reply responses seen on the redis response stream
+	byteSize int           // number of bytes sent
+	elapsed  time.Duration // time taken to send requests and receive responses from redis
+	paused   time.Duration // sleep time inserted
+
+	startTime time.Time
+}
+
+func (s *sendResult) start() {
+	s.startTime = time.Now()
+}
+
+func (s *sendResult) stop() {
+	s.elapsed = time.Since(s.startTime)
+}
+
+func (s *sendResult) avg() time.Duration {
+	if s.read == 0 {
+		fmt.Fprintln(os.Stderr, "for some reason, we tried to divide by zero on sendResult.avg.  we recovered, though.")
+		return 100 * time.Microsecond
+	}
+	return time.Duration(int64(s.elapsed) / int64(s.read))
+}
+
+func (s *sendResult) log() {
+	if !options.chunkInfo {
+		return
+	}
+	fmt.Printf("errors: %d replies: %d total: %d sent: %d elapsed: %v avg: %v size: %v\n", s.errors, s.replies, s.errors+s.replies, s.read, s.elapsed, s.avg(), s.byteSize)
+}
+
+func (s *sendResult) nextSize() int {
+	target := int(int64(chunk_target) / int64(s.avg()))
+	return min(target, chunk_max, 2*s.read)
+}
+
+func (s *sendResult) accumulate(request value, response maybe) {
+	s.read++
+	if response.ok() {
+		switch r := response.val().(type) {
+		case ErrorVal:
+			// these errors are errors reported from redis. e.g., if you
+			// try to do something like delete a key that doesn't exist or
+			// send an invalid command to redis
+			if options.verbose {
+				fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "%q -> %q\n", request, response.val())
+			} else {
+				fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "%q\n", r)
+			}
+			s.errors++
+		default:
+			if options.verbose {
+				fmt.Fprintf(os.Stdout, "%q -> %q\n", request, response.val())
+			}
+			s.replies++
+		}
+	} else {
+		// we get here when we encounter an error in the response stream.
+		// That is, the response stream contains bytes that are not valid
+		// in the redis protocol.
+		fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "ResponseError: %v\n", response.err())
+	}
+}
diff --git a/misc.go b/misc.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0e840f9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/misc.go
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+package main
+
+func min(vals ...int) int {
+	var best int
+	switch len(vals) {
+	case 0:
+		return 0
+	case 1:
+		return vals[0]
+	default:
+		best = vals[0]
+	}
+	for _, v := range vals[1:] {
+		if v < best {
+			best = v
+		}
+	}
+	return best
+}
diff --git a/rsload.go b/rsload.go
index 0efed32..5807a38 100644
--- a/rsload.go
+++ b/rsload.go
@@ -15,13 +15,13 @@ var chunk_target = 250 * time.Millisecond
 var chunk_max = 10000
 
 var options struct {
-	host      string
-	port      int
-	password  string
-	pipe      bool
-	profile   string
-	verbose   bool
-	chunkInfo bool
+	host      string // hostname or ip address of the redis server to connect to
+	port      int    // redis port to connect to
+	password  string // redis password used with redis auth
+	pipe      bool   // whether or not to take input from stdin
+	profile   string // path to which a cpu profile will be written, used for debug purposes
+	verbose   bool   // whether or not to echo out request/response pairs
+	chunkInfo bool   // whether or not to write out stats about each chunk sent
 }
 
 func usage(status int) {
@@ -29,126 +29,6 @@ func usage(status int) {
 	os.Exit(status)
 }
 
-type chunk struct {
-	id   int
-	vals []value
-	t    time.Time
-}
-
-type sendResult struct {
-	read     int           // number of statement sread on the incoming statement stream
-	errors   int           // number of error responses seen on the redis response stream
-	replies  int           // number of reply responses seen on the redis response stream
-	byteSize int           // number of bytes sent
-	elapsed  time.Duration // time taken to send requests and receive responses from redis
-	paused   time.Duration // sleep time inserted
-
-	startTime time.Time
-}
-
-func (s *sendResult) start() {
-	s.startTime = time.Now()
-}
-
-func (s *sendResult) stop() {
-	s.elapsed = time.Since(s.startTime)
-}
-
-func (s *sendResult) avg() time.Duration {
-	if s.read == 0 {
-		fmt.Fprintln(os.Stderr, "for some reason, we tried to divide by zero on sendResult.avg.  we recovered, though.")
-		return 100 * time.Microsecond
-	}
-	return time.Duration(int64(s.elapsed) / int64(s.read))
-}
-
-func (s *sendResult) log() {
-	if !options.chunkInfo {
-		return
-	}
-	fmt.Printf("errors: %d replies: %d total: %d sent: %d elapsed: %v avg: %v size: %v\n", s.errors, s.replies, s.errors+s.replies, s.read, s.elapsed, s.avg(), s.byteSize)
-}
-
-func (s *sendResult) nextSize() int {
-	target := int(int64(chunk_target) / int64(s.avg()))
-	return min(target, chunk_max, 2*s.read)
-}
-
-func min(vals ...int) int {
-	var best int
-	switch len(vals) {
-	case 0:
-		return 0
-	case 1:
-		return vals[0]
-	default:
-		best = vals[0]
-	}
-	for _, v := range vals[1:] {
-		if v < best {
-			best = v
-		}
-	}
-	return best
-}
-
-func (s *sendResult) accumulate(request value, response maybe) {
-	s.read++
-	if response.ok() {
-		switch r := response.val().(type) {
-		case ErrorVal:
-			// these errors are errors reported from redis. e.g., if you
-			// try to do something like delete a key that doesn't exist or
-			// send an invalid command to redis
-			if options.verbose {
-				fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "%q -> %q\n", request, response.val())
-			} else {
-				fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "%q\n", r)
-			}
-			s.errors++
-		default:
-			if options.verbose {
-				fmt.Fprintf(os.Stdout, "%q -> %q\n", request, response.val())
-			}
-			s.replies++
-		}
-	} else {
-		// we get here when we encounter an error in the response stream.
-		// That is, the response stream contains bytes that are not valid
-		// in the redis protocol.
-		fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "ResponseError: %v\n", response.err())
-	}
-}
-
-func (c *chunk) send(w *bufio.Writer, responses chan maybe) *sendResult {
-	stats := new(sendResult)
-	stats.start()
-	defer stats.stop()
-
-	for _, v := range c.vals {
-		n, err := v.Write(w)
-		if err != nil {
-			fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "error writing a statement: %v\n", err)
-		}
-		stats.byteSize += n
-	}
-	if err := w.Flush(); err != nil {
-		fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "error flushing statement buffer: %v\n", err)
-	}
-
-	for _, request := range c.vals {
-		response, ok := <-responses
-		if !ok {
-			// we get here when the response channel closes too early
-			fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "error reading redis response stream: response chan closed early")
-			return stats
-		}
-		stats.accumulate(request, response)
-	}
-
-	return stats
-}
-
 // sets up our input file for reading.  If the --pipe option was specified, the
 // input file is stdin. Otherwise, the input file is the first argument on the
 // command line.
@@ -171,28 +51,38 @@ func infile() *os.File {
 	return f
 }
 
-func main() {
-	flag.Parse()
-
+func connect() net.Conn {
 	conn, err := net.Dial("tcp", fmt.Sprintf("%s:%d", options.host, options.port))
 	if err != nil {
-		fmt.Printf("unable to connect to redis: %v\n", err)
+		fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "unable to connect to redis: %v\n", err)
 		os.Exit(1)
 	}
-	defer conn.Close()
+	auth(conn)
+	return conn
+}
 
-	if options.password != "" {
-		fmt.Fprintf(conn, "*2\r\n$4\r\nauth\r\n$%d\r\n%s\r\n", len(options.password), options.password)
-		v, err := readValue(conn)
-		if err != nil {
-			fmt.Printf("unable to auth: %v\n", err)
-			os.Exit(1)
-		}
-		if !isOK(v) {
-			fmt.Printf("auth not OK: %q\n", v)
-			os.Exit(1)
-		}
+func auth(c net.Conn) {
+	if options.password == "" {
+		return
+	}
+
+	fmt.Fprintf(c, "*2\r\n$4\r\nauth\r\n$%d\r\n%s\r\n", len(options.password), options.password)
+	v, err := readValue(c)
+	if err != nil {
+		fmt.Printf("unable to auth: %v\n", err)
+		os.Exit(1)
 	}
+	if !isOK(v) {
+		fmt.Printf("auth not OK: %q\n", v)
+		os.Exit(1)
+	}
+}
+
+func main() {
+	flag.Parse()
+
+	conn := connect()
+	defer conn.Close()
 
 	if options.profile != "" {
 		f, err := os.Create(options.profile)