diff --git a/config/config.go b/config/config.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..93dfaa1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/config.go
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+package config
+
+import (
+	"os"
+
+	"gopkg.in/yaml.v3"
+)
+
+type ModelConfig struct {
+	Cmd   string `yaml:"cmd"`
+	Proxy string `yaml:"proxy"`
+}
+
+type Config struct {
+	Models map[string]ModelConfig `yaml:"models"`
+}
+
+func LoadConfig(path string) (*Config, error) {
+	data, err := os.ReadFile(path)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	var config Config
+	err = yaml.Unmarshal(data, &config)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	return &config, nil
+}
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index b9ef41a..ba48cea 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-module golang-llama-cpp-proxy
+module github.com/mostlygeek/go-llama-cpp-proxy
 
 go 1.23.0
 
-require gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1 // indirect
+require gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1 // indirect
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/llama-proxy.go b/llama-proxy.go
index b3e79de..445cf99 100644
--- a/llama-proxy.go
+++ b/llama-proxy.go
@@ -15,44 +15,19 @@ import (
 	"syscall"
 	"time"
 
-	"gopkg.in/yaml.v3"
+	"github.com/mostlygeek/go-llama-cpp-proxy/config"
 )
 
-type ModelConfig struct {
-	Cmd   string `yaml:"cmd"`
-	Proxy string `yaml:"proxy"`
-}
-
-type Config struct {
-	Models map[string]ModelConfig `yaml:"models"`
-}
-
 type ServiceState struct {
 	sync.Mutex
 	currentCmd   *exec.Cmd
 	currentModel string
 }
 
-func loadConfig(path string) (*Config, error) {
-	data, err := os.ReadFile(path)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-
-	var config Config
-	err = yaml.Unmarshal(data, &config)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-
-	return &config, nil
-}
-
 func startService(command string) (*exec.Cmd, error) {
 	args := strings.Fields(command)
 	cmd := exec.Command(args[0], args[1:]...)
 
-	// write it to the stdout/stderr of the proxy
 	cmd.Stdout = os.Stdout
 	cmd.Stderr = os.Stderr
 
@@ -64,7 +39,9 @@ func startService(command string) (*exec.Cmd, error) {
 	return cmd, nil
 }
 
-func checkHealthEndpoint(client *http.Client, healthURL string, maxDuration time.Duration) error {
+func checkHealthEndpoint(healthURL string, maxDuration time.Duration) error {
+	client := &http.Client{}
+
 	startTime := time.Now()
 	for {
 		req, err := http.NewRequest("GET", healthURL, nil)
@@ -108,9 +85,7 @@ func checkHealthEndpoint(client *http.Client, healthURL string, maxDuration time
 	}
 }
 
-func proxyRequest(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request, config *Config, state *ServiceState) {
-	client := &http.Client{}
-
+func proxyChatRequest(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request, config *config.Config, state *ServiceState) {
 	// Read the original request body
 	bodyBytes, err := io.ReadAll(r.Body)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -153,14 +128,21 @@ func proxyRequest(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request, config *Config, state
 
 		// Check the /health endpoint
 		healthURL := modelConfig.Proxy + "/health"
-		err = checkHealthEndpoint(client, healthURL, 30*time.Second)
+		err = checkHealthEndpoint(healthURL, 30*time.Second)
 		if err != nil {
 			http.Error(w, err.Error(), http.StatusServiceUnavailable)
 			return
 		}
 	}
 
-	req, err := http.NewRequest(r.Method, modelConfig.Proxy+r.URL.String(), io.NopCloser(bytes.NewBuffer(bodyBytes)))
+	// replace r.Body so it can be read again
+	r.Body = io.NopCloser(bytes.NewBuffer(bodyBytes))
+	proxyRequest(modelConfig.Proxy, w, r)
+}
+
+func proxyRequest(proxyHost string, w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+	client := &http.Client{}
+	req, err := http.NewRequest(r.Method, proxyHost+r.URL.String(), r.Body)
 	if err != nil {
 		http.Error(w, err.Error(), http.StatusInternalServerError)
 		return
@@ -211,7 +193,7 @@ func main() {
 
 	flag.Parse() // Parse the command-line flags
 
-	config, err := loadConfig(*configPath)
+	config, err := config.LoadConfig(*configPath)
 	if err != nil {
 		fmt.Printf("Error loading config: %v\n", err)
 		os.Exit(1)
@@ -221,7 +203,7 @@ func main() {
 
 	http.HandleFunc("/", func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 		if r.URL.Path == "/v1/chat/completions" {
-			proxyRequest(w, r, config, serviceState)
+			proxyChatRequest(w, r, config, serviceState)
 		} else {
 			http.Error(w, "Endpoint not supported", http.StatusNotFound)
 		}