diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 08b3f43..b31a110 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-/__pycache__/
+__pycache__/
 /passwords.py
diff --git a/common.py b/common.py
index 11bd9e2..cf64ff3 100644
--- a/common.py
+++ b/common.py
@@ -4,16 +4,11 @@ import urllib3
 import os
 import sys
 from io import StringIO
-from lxml import etree
-from lxml.builder import ElementMaker
 import requests
+from hid.DoorController import DoorController
 
 from passwords import *
 
-E_plain = ElementMaker(nsmap={"hid": "http://www.hidglobal.com/VertX"})
-E = ElementMaker(namespace="http://www.hidglobal.com/VertX",
-                 nsmap={"hid": "http://www.hidglobal.com/VertX"})
-
 # it's fine, ssl certs are for losers anyway
 urllib3.disable_warnings(urllib3.exceptions.InsecureRequestWarning)
 
@@ -23,6 +18,11 @@ try:
 except NameError:
     config = json.load(open("config.json"))
 
+doors = {doorName: DoorController(doorData['ip'],
+                                  DOOR_USERNAME, DOOR_PASSWORD,
+                                  name=doorName, access=doorData['access'])
+         for doorName, doorData in config["doors"].items()}
+
 fieldnames = "CardNumber,CardFormat,PinRequired,PinCode,ExtendedAccess,ExpiryDate,Forename,Initial,Surname,Email,Phone,Custom1,Custom2,Schedule1,Schedule2,Schedule3,Schedule4,Schedule5,Schedule6,Schedule7,Schedule8".split(",")
 
 def getMembershipworksData(folders, columns):
@@ -73,43 +73,3 @@ def getMembershipworksData(folders, columns):
         sys.exit(1)
 
     return list(csv.DictReader(StringIO(r.text)))
-
-def doImportRequest(ip, params=None, files=None):
-    """Send a request to the door control import script"""
-    r = requests.post(
-        'https://' + ip + '/cgi-bin/import.cgi',
-        params=params,
-        files=files,
-        auth=requests.auth.HTTPDigestAuth(DOOR_USERNAME, DOOR_PASSWORD),
-        timeout=60,
-        verify=False) # ignore insecure SSL
-    xml = etree.XML(r.content)
-    if r.status_code != 200 \
-       or len(xml.findall("{http://www.hidglobal.com/VertX}Error")) > 0:
-        print("Door Updating Error: ", r.status_code, r.reason)
-        print(r.text)
-        sys.exit(1)
-
-def doCSVImport(doorIP, csv):
-    """Do the CSV import procedure on a door control"""
-    doImportRequest(doorIP, {"task": "importInit"})
-    doImportRequest(doorIP,
-              {"task": "importCardsPeople", "name": "cardspeopleschedule.csv"},
-              {"importCardsPeopleButton": ("cardspeopleschedule.csv", csv, 'text/csv')})
-    doImportRequest(doorIP, {"task": "importDone"})
-
-def doXMLRequest(doorIP, xml, prefix=b'<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>'):
-    if not isinstance(xml, str): xml = etree.tostring(xml)
-    r = requests.get(
-        'https://' + doorIP + '/cgi-bin/vertx_xml.cgi',
-        params={'XML': prefix + xml},
-        auth=requests.auth.HTTPDigestAuth(DOOR_USERNAME, DOOR_PASSWORD),
-        verify=False)
-    resp_xml = etree.XML(r.content)
-    # probably meed to be more sane about this
-    if r.status_code != 200 \
-       or len(resp_xml.findall("{*}Error")) > 0:
-        print("Door Updating Error: ", r.status_code, r.reason)
-        print(r.text)
-        sys.exit(1)
-    return resp_xml
diff --git a/doorUpdater.py b/doorUpdater.py
index d3db6a4..69003b8 100755
--- a/doorUpdater.py
+++ b/doorUpdater.py
@@ -44,29 +44,29 @@ def makeMember(member, doorAuth):
 
     return out
 
-def makeDoor(doorName, doorData, members, hashes):
+def makeDoor(door, members, hashes):
     """Create a CSV for the given door"""
     outString = StringIO()
     writer = csv.DictWriter(outString, fieldnames)
     writer.writeheader()
     for member in members:
-        member = makeMember(member, "Access " + doorData["access"] + "?")
+        member = makeMember(member, "Access " + door.access + "?")
         if member is not None:
             writer.writerow(member)
 
     import datetime as DT
     timestamp = DT.datetime.now().strftime("%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S")
-    with open("/tmp/" + doorName + timestamp + ".csv", "w") as f:
+    with open("/tmp/" + door.name + timestamp + ".csv", "w") as f:
         f.write(outString.getvalue())
 
     outString.seek(0)
     doorHash = md5(bytes(outString.getvalue(), 'utf8')).hexdigest()
-    if doorHash == hashes.get(doorName):
-        print("Door", doorName, "not changed, not updating")
+    if doorHash == hashes.get(door.name):
+        print("Door", door.name, "not changed, not updating")
     else:
-        print("Door", doorName, "changed, trying to update")
-        hashes[doorName] = doorHash
-        doCSVImport(doorData["ip"], outString)
+        print("Door", door.name, "changed, trying to update")
+        hashes[door.name] = doorHash
+        door.doCSVImport(outString)
         # write out hash if we sucessfully updated this door
         with open('/tmp/doorUpdaterLastHash', 'w') as f:
             json.dump(hashes, f)
@@ -83,9 +83,9 @@ def main():
     else:
         hashes = {}
 
-    for doorName, doorData in config["doors"].items():
-        print(doorName, doorData)
-        makeDoor(doorName, doorData, members, hashes)
+    for door in doors.values():
+        print(door.name, door.ip)
+        makeDoor(door, members, hashes)
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     main()
diff --git a/doorUtil.py b/doorUtil.py
index 1feb77f..663fef3 100644
--- a/doorUtil.py
+++ b/doorUtil.py
@@ -16,53 +16,10 @@ def codeToHex(facility, code):
 
 # hexToCode("01E29DA1") <-> codeToHex(241, 20176)
 
-def sendSchedule(target_ip):
-    # clear all people
-    outString = StringIO()
-    writer = csv.DictWriter(outString, fieldnames)
-    writer.writeheader()
-    writer.writerow({})
-    outString.seek(0)
-    doCSVImport(target_ip, outString)
-
-    # clear all schedules
-    delXML = E_plain.VertXMessage(
-        *[E.Schedules({"action": "DD", "scheduleID": str(ii)})
-         for ii in range(1, 8)])
-    doXMLRequest(target_ip, delXML)
-
-    # load new schedules
-    with open("schedules.xml", "rb") as f:
-        doXMLRequest(target_ip, f.read())
-
-def sendCardFormat(targetIP, formatName, templateID, facilityCode):
-    # TODO: add delete formats
-    # delete example: <hid:CardFormats action="DD" formatID="7-1-244"/>
-
-    el = E_plain.VertXMessage(
-        E.CardFormats({"action": "AD"},
-            E.CardFormat({"formatName": formatName,
-                          "templateID": str(templateID)}
-                E.FixedField({"value": str(facilityCode)}))))
-    return doXMLRequest(targetIP, el)
-
-def lockOrUnlockDoor(targetIP, lock=True):
-    el = E_plain.VertXMessage(
-        E.Doors({"action": "CM",
-                 "command": "lockDoor" if lock else "unlockDoor"}))
-    return doXMLRequest(targetIP, el)
-
-def getStatus(targetIP):
-    el = E_plain.VertXMessage(
-        E.Doors({"action": "LR", "responseFormat": "status"}))
-    xml = doXMLRequest(targetIP, el)
-    relayState = xml.find('./{*}Doors/{*}Door').attrib['relayState']
-    return "unlocked" if relayState == "set" else "locked"
-
 def forEachDoor(fxn):
-    for doorName, doorData in config["doors"].items():
-        print(doorName)
-        fxn(doorName, doorData)
+    for door in doors.values():
+        print(door.name)
+        fxn(door)
 
-#forEachDoor(lambda name, data: sendCardFormat(data["ip"], "A901146A-244", 1, 244))
-#forEachDoor(lambda name, data: sendSchedule(data["ip"]))
+#forEachDoor(lambda door: door.sendCardFormat("A901146A-244", 1, 244))
+#forEachDoor(lambda door: door.sendSchedules())
diff --git a/events.py b/events.py
index e90aa2f..216debc 100755
--- a/events.py
+++ b/events.py
@@ -7,27 +7,27 @@ import requests
 
 from common import *
 
-def getStrings(targetIP):
+def getStrings(door):
     """Parses out the message strings from source."""
-    r = requests.get('https://' + targetIP + '/html/en_EN/en_EN.js',
-                     auth=requests.auth.HTTPDigestAuth(DOOR_USERNAME, DOOR_PASSWORD),
+    r = requests.get('https://' + door.ip + '/html/en_EN/en_EN.js',
+                     auth=requests.auth.HTTPDigestAuth(door.username, door.password),
                      verify=False)
     regex = re.compile(r'([0-9]+)="([^"]*)')
     strings = [regex.search(s) for s in r.text.split(';')
                if s.startswith('localeStrings.eventDetails')]
     print({int(g.group(1)): g.group(2) for g in strings})
 
-def getMessages(doorName, doorIP):
+def getMessages(door):
     # get parameters for messages to get?
     # honestly not really sure why this is required, their API is confusing
     parXMLIn = E_plain.VertXMessage(
         E.EventMessages({"action": "LR"}))
-    parXMLOut = doXMLRequest(doorIP, parXMLIn)
+    parXMLOut = door.doXMLRequest(parXMLIn)
     etree.dump(parXMLOut)
 
-    if os.path.exists("logs/" + doorName + ".xml"):
+    if os.path.exists("logs/" + door.name + ".xml"):
         # read last log
-        tree = etree.ElementTree(file="logs/" + doorName + ".xml")
+        tree = etree.ElementTree(file="logs/" + door.name + ".xml")
         root = tree.getroot()
         recordCount = int(parXMLOut[0].attrib["historyRecordMarker"]) - \
                       int(root[0][0].attrib["recordMarker"])
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ def getMessages(doorName, doorIP):
                          "recordCount": str(recordCount),
                          "historyRecordMarker": parXMLOut[0].attrib["historyRecordMarker"],
                          "historyTimestamp": parXMLOut[0].attrib["historyTimestamp"]}))
-    eventsXMLOut = doXMLRequest(doorIP, eventsXMLIn)
+    eventsXMLOut = door.doXMLRequest(eventsXMLIn)
     #TODO: handle modeRecords=true
 
     for index, event in enumerate(eventsXMLOut[0]):
@@ -60,8 +60,8 @@ def getMessages(doorName, doorIP):
     tree.write("logs/" + doorName + ".xml")
 
 def main():
-    for doorName, doorData in config["doors"].items():
-        getMessages(doorName, doorData["ip"])
+    for door in doors.values():
+        getMessages(door)
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     main()
diff --git a/hid/DoorController.py b/hid/DoorController.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cae8962
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hid/DoorController.py
@@ -0,0 +1,98 @@
+import sys
+from lxml import etree
+from lxml.builder import ElementMaker
+import requests
+
+E_plain = ElementMaker(nsmap={"hid": "http://www.hidglobal.com/VertX"})
+E = ElementMaker(namespace="http://www.hidglobal.com/VertX",
+                 nsmap={"hid": "http://www.hidglobal.com/VertX"})
+
+class DoorController():
+    def __init__(self, ip, username, password, name="", access=""):
+        self.ip = ip
+        self.username = username
+        self.password = password
+        self.name = name
+        self.access = access
+
+    def doImportRequest(self, params=None, files=None):
+        """Send a request to the door control import script"""
+        r = requests.post(
+            'https://' + self.ip + '/cgi-bin/import.cgi',
+            params=params,
+            files=files,
+            auth=requests.auth.HTTPDigestAuth(self.username, self.password),
+            timeout=60,
+            verify=False) # ignore insecure SSL
+        xml = etree.XML(r.content)
+        if r.status_code != 200 \
+           or len(xml.findall("{http://www.hidglobal.com/VertX}Error")) > 0:
+            print("Door Updating Error: ", r.status_code, r.reason)
+            print(r.text)
+            sys.exit(1)
+
+    def doCSVImport(self, csv):
+        """Do the CSV import procedure on a door control"""
+        self.doImportRequest({"task": "importInit"})
+        self.doImportRequest({"task": "importCardsPeople", "name": "cardspeopleschedule.csv"},
+                        {"importCardsPeopleButton": ("cardspeopleschedule.csv", csv, 'text/csv')})
+        self.doImportRequest({"task": "importDone"})
+
+    def doXMLRequest(self, xml, prefix=b'<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>'):
+        if not isinstance(xml, str): xml = etree.tostring(xml)
+        r = requests.get(
+            'https://' + self.ip + '/cgi-bin/vertx_xml.cgi',
+            params={'XML': prefix + xml},
+            auth=requests.auth.HTTPDigestAuth(self.username, self.password),
+            verify=False)
+        resp_xml = etree.XML(r.content)
+        # probably meed to be more sane about this
+        if r.status_code != 200 \
+           or len(resp_xml.findall("{*}Error")) > 0:
+            print("Door Updating Error: ", r.status_code, r.reason)
+            print(r.text)
+            sys.exit(1)
+        return resp_xml
+
+    def sendSchedules(self):
+        # clear all people
+        outString = StringIO()
+        writer = csv.DictWriter(outString, fieldnames)
+        writer.writeheader()
+        writer.writerow({})
+        outString.seek(0)
+        self.doCSVImport(outString)
+
+        # clear all schedules
+        delXML = E_plain.VertXMessage(
+            *[E.Schedules({"action": "DD", "scheduleID": str(ii)})
+             for ii in range(1, 8)])
+        self.doXMLRequest(delXML)
+
+        # load new schedules
+        with open("schedules.xml", "rb") as f:
+            self.doXMLRequest(f.read())
+
+    def sendCardFormat(self, formatName, templateID, facilityCode):
+        # TODO: add delete formats
+        # delete example: <hid:CardFormats action="DD" formatID="7-1-244"/>
+
+        el = E_plain.VertXMessage(
+            E.CardFormats({"action": "AD"},
+                E.CardFormat({"formatName": formatName,
+                              "templateID": str(templateID)},
+                    E.FixedField({"value": str(facilityCode)}))))
+        return self.doXMLRequest(el)
+
+    def lockOrUnlockDoor(self, lock=True):
+        el = E_plain.VertXMessage(
+            E.Doors({"action": "CM",
+                     "command": "lockDoor" if lock else "unlockDoor"}))
+        return self.doXMLRequest(el)
+
+    def getStatus(self):
+        el = E_plain.VertXMessage(
+            E.Doors({"action": "LR", "responseFormat": "status"}))
+        xml = self.doXMLRequest(el)
+        relayState = xml.find('./{*}Doors/{*}Door').attrib['relayState']
+        return "unlocked" if relayState == "set" else "locked"
diff --git a/membershipViewer.py b/membershipViewer.py
index 8b99177..a905d8f 100644
--- a/membershipViewer.py
+++ b/membershipViewer.py
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ from flask import Flask, render_template, request
 app = Flask(__name__)
 
 from common import *
-from doorUtil import lockOrUnlockDoor
+from hid.DoorController import DoorController
 
 def parse_list(member, regex):
     data_list = []
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ def main():
 
 @app.route('/frontDoor/<lock>', methods=['POST'])
 def unlockLockDoor(lock):
-    lockOrUnlockDoor(config['doors']['Front Door']['ip'], lock != 'unlock')
+    doors['Front Door'].lockOrUnlockDoor(lock != 'unlock')
     return ('', http.HTTPStatus.NO_CONTENT)
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":