diff --git a/src/post/cache.rs b/src/post/cache.rs
index f6b86cc..45a74f1 100644
--- a/src/post/cache.rs
+++ b/src/post/cache.rs
@@ -1,10 +1,13 @@
 use std::hash::{DefaultHasher, Hash, Hasher};
+use std::io::Read;
 
+use color_eyre::eyre::{self, Context};
 use scc::HashMap;
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
+use tokio::io::AsyncReadExt;
 use tracing::{debug, instrument};
 
-use crate::config::RenderConfig;
+use crate::config::{Config, RenderConfig};
 use crate::post::PostMetadata;
 
 /// do not persist cache if this version number changed
@@ -133,3 +136,29 @@ impl Cache {
         self.1
     }
 }
+
+pub(crate) async fn load_cache(config: &Config) -> Result<Cache, eyre::Report> {
+    let path = &config.cache.file;
+    let mut cache_file = tokio::fs::File::open(&path)
+        .await
+        .context("failed to open cache file")?;
+    let serialized = if config.cache.compress {
+        let cache_file = cache_file.into_std().await;
+        tokio::task::spawn_blocking(move || {
+            let mut buf = Vec::with_capacity(4096);
+            zstd::stream::read::Decoder::new(cache_file)?.read_to_end(&mut buf)?;
+            Ok::<_, std::io::Error>(buf)
+        })
+        .await?
+        .context("failed to read cache file")?
+    } else {
+        let mut buf = Vec::with_capacity(4096);
+        cache_file
+            .read_to_end(&mut buf)
+            .await
+            .context("failed to read cache file")?;
+        buf
+    };
+
+    bitcode::deserialize(serialized.as_slice()).context("failed to parse cache")
+}
diff --git a/src/post/markdown_posts.rs b/src/post/markdown_posts.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1f73f33
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/post/markdown_posts.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,279 @@
+use std::io::{self, Write};
+use std::ops::Deref;
+use std::path::Path;
+use std::time::Duration;
+use std::time::Instant;
+
+use color_eyre::eyre::{self, Context};
+use fronma::parser::{parse, ParsedData};
+use tokio::fs;
+use tokio::io::AsyncReadExt;
+use tracing::{error, info, warn};
+
+use crate::config::Config;
+use crate::markdown_render::render;
+use crate::post::cache::{load_cache, Cache, CACHE_VERSION};
+use crate::post::{FrontMatter, PostError, PostManager, PostMetadata, RenderStats};
+use crate::systemtime_as_secs::as_secs;
+
+pub struct MarkdownPosts<C>
+where
+    C: Deref<Target = Config>,
+{
+    cache: Option<Cache>,
+    config: C,
+}
+
+impl<C> MarkdownPosts<C>
+where
+    C: Deref<Target = Config>,
+{
+    pub async fn new(config: C) -> eyre::Result<MarkdownPosts<C>> {
+        if config.cache.enable {
+            if config.cache.persistence && tokio::fs::try_exists(&config.cache.file).await? {
+                info!("loading cache from file");
+                let mut cache = load_cache(&config).await.unwrap_or_else(|err| {
+                    error!("failed to load cache: {}", err);
+                    info!("using empty cache");
+                    Default::default()
+                });
+
+                if cache.version() < CACHE_VERSION {
+                    warn!("cache version changed, clearing cache");
+                    cache = Default::default();
+                };
+
+                Ok(Self {
+                    cache: Some(cache),
+                    config,
+                })
+            } else {
+                Ok(Self {
+                    cache: Some(Default::default()),
+                    config,
+                })
+            }
+        } else {
+            Ok(Self {
+                cache: None,
+                config,
+            })
+        }
+    }
+
+    async fn parse_and_render(
+        &self,
+        name: String,
+        path: impl AsRef<Path>,
+    ) -> Result<(PostMetadata, String, (Duration, Duration)), PostError> {
+        let parsing_start = Instant::now();
+        let mut file = match tokio::fs::OpenOptions::new().read(true).open(&path).await {
+            Ok(val) => val,
+            Err(err) => match err.kind() {
+                io::ErrorKind::NotFound => return Err(PostError::NotFound(name)),
+                _ => return Err(PostError::IoError(err)),
+            },
+        };
+        let stat = file.metadata().await?;
+        let modified = stat.modified()?;
+        let created = stat.created().ok();
+
+        let mut content = String::with_capacity(stat.len() as usize);
+        file.read_to_string(&mut content).await?;
+
+        let ParsedData { headers, body } = parse::<FrontMatter>(&content)?;
+        let metadata = headers.into_full(name.to_owned(), created, Some(modified));
+        let parsing = parsing_start.elapsed();
+
+        let before_render = Instant::now();
+        let post = render(body, &self.config.render);
+        let rendering = before_render.elapsed();
+
+        if let Some(cache) = self.cache.as_ref() {
+            cache
+                .insert(
+                    name.to_string(),
+                    metadata.clone(),
+                    as_secs(&modified),
+                    post.clone(),
+                    &self.config.render,
+                )
+                .await
+                .unwrap_or_else(|err| warn!("failed to insert {:?} into cache", err.0))
+        };
+
+        Ok((metadata, post, (parsing, rendering)))
+    }
+
+    fn cache(&self) -> Option<&Cache> {
+        self.cache.as_ref()
+    }
+
+    fn try_drop(&mut self) -> Result<(), eyre::Report> {
+        // write cache to file
+        let config = &self.config.cache;
+        if config.enable
+            && config.persistence
+            && let Some(cache) = self.cache()
+        {
+            let path = &config.file;
+            let serialized = bitcode::serialize(cache).context("failed to serialize cache")?;
+            let mut cache_file = std::fs::File::create(path)
+                .with_context(|| format!("failed to open cache at {}", path.display()))?;
+            let compression_level = config.compression_level;
+            if config.compress {
+                std::io::Write::write_all(
+                    &mut zstd::stream::write::Encoder::new(cache_file, compression_level)?
+                        .auto_finish(),
+                    &serialized,
+                )
+            } else {
+                cache_file.write_all(&serialized)
+            }
+            .context("failed to write cache to file")?;
+            info!("wrote cache to {}", path.display());
+        }
+        Ok(())
+    }
+}
+
+impl<C> Drop for MarkdownPosts<C>
+where
+    C: Deref<Target = Config>,
+{
+    fn drop(&mut self) {
+        self.try_drop().unwrap()
+    }
+}
+
+impl<C> PostManager for MarkdownPosts<C>
+where
+    C: Deref<Target = Config>,
+{
+    async fn get_all_post_metadata(
+        &self,
+        filter: impl Fn(&PostMetadata) -> bool,
+    ) -> Result<Vec<PostMetadata>, PostError> {
+        let mut posts = Vec::new();
+
+        let mut read_dir = fs::read_dir(&self.config.dirs.posts).await?;
+        while let Some(entry) = read_dir.next_entry().await? {
+            let path = entry.path();
+            let stat = fs::metadata(&path).await?;
+
+            if stat.is_file() && path.extension().is_some_and(|ext| ext == "md") {
+                let mtime = as_secs(&stat.modified()?);
+                // TODO. this?
+                let name = path
+                    .clone()
+                    .file_stem()
+                    .unwrap()
+                    .to_string_lossy()
+                    .to_string();
+
+                if let Some(cache) = self.cache.as_ref()
+                    && let Some(hit) = cache.lookup_metadata(&name, mtime).await
+                    && filter(&hit)
+                {
+                    posts.push(hit);
+                } else {
+                    match self.parse_and_render(name, path).await {
+                        Ok((metadata, ..)) => {
+                            if filter(&metadata) {
+                                posts.push(metadata);
+                            }
+                        }
+                        Err(err) => match err {
+                            PostError::IoError(ref io_err)
+                                if matches!(io_err.kind(), io::ErrorKind::NotFound) =>
+                            {
+                                warn!("TOCTOU: {}", err)
+                            }
+                            _ => return Err(err),
+                        },
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        Ok(posts)
+    }
+
+    async fn get_all_posts(
+        &self,
+        filter: impl Fn(&PostMetadata, &str) -> bool,
+    ) -> Result<Vec<(PostMetadata, String, RenderStats)>, PostError> {
+        let mut posts = Vec::new();
+
+        let mut read_dir = fs::read_dir(&self.config.dirs.posts).await?;
+        while let Some(entry) = read_dir.next_entry().await? {
+            let path = entry.path();
+            let stat = fs::metadata(&path).await?;
+
+            if stat.is_file() && path.extension().is_some_and(|ext| ext == "md") {
+                let name = path
+                    .clone()
+                    .file_stem()
+                    .unwrap()
+                    .to_string_lossy()
+                    .to_string();
+
+                let post = self.get_post(&name).await?;
+                if filter(&post.0, &post.1) {
+                    posts.push(post);
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        Ok(posts)
+    }
+
+    async fn get_post(&self, name: &str) -> Result<(PostMetadata, String, RenderStats), PostError> {
+        let start = Instant::now();
+        let path = self.config.dirs.posts.join(name.to_owned() + ".md");
+
+        let stat = match tokio::fs::metadata(&path).await {
+            Ok(value) => value,
+            Err(err) => match err.kind() {
+                io::ErrorKind::NotFound => {
+                    if let Some(cache) = self.cache.as_ref() {
+                        cache.remove(name).await;
+                    }
+                    return Err(PostError::NotFound(name.to_string()));
+                }
+                _ => return Err(PostError::IoError(err)),
+            },
+        };
+        let mtime = as_secs(&stat.modified()?);
+
+        if let Some(cache) = self.cache.as_ref()
+            && let Some(hit) = cache.lookup(name, mtime, &self.config.render).await
+        {
+            Ok((
+                hit.metadata,
+                hit.rendered,
+                RenderStats::Cached(start.elapsed()),
+            ))
+        } else {
+            let (metadata, rendered, stats) = self.parse_and_render(name.to_string(), path).await?;
+            Ok((
+                metadata,
+                rendered,
+                RenderStats::ParsedAndRendered(start.elapsed(), stats.0, stats.1),
+            ))
+        }
+    }
+
+    async fn cleanup(&self) {
+        if let Some(cache) = self.cache.as_ref() {
+            cache
+                .cleanup(|name| {
+                    std::fs::metadata(self.config.dirs.posts.join(name.to_owned() + ".md"))
+                        .ok()
+                        .and_then(|metadata| metadata.modified().ok())
+                        .map(|mtime| as_secs(&mtime))
+                })
+                .await
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/post/mod.rs b/src/post/mod.rs
index 64e77f7..2cf4e09 100644
--- a/src/post/mod.rs
+++ b/src/post/mod.rs
@@ -1,24 +1,14 @@
 pub mod cache;
+pub mod markdown_posts;
 
 use std::collections::BTreeSet;
-use std::io::{self, Read, Write};
-use std::ops::Deref;
-use std::path::Path;
-use std::time::{Duration, Instant, SystemTime};
+use std::time::{Duration, SystemTime};
 
 use chrono::{DateTime, Utc};
-use color_eyre::eyre::{self, Context};
-use fronma::parser::{parse, ParsedData};
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
-use tokio::fs;
-use tokio::io::AsyncReadExt;
-use tracing::{error, info, warn};
 
-use crate::config::Config;
 use crate::error::PostError;
-use crate::markdown_render::render;
-use crate::post::cache::{Cache, CACHE_VERSION};
-use crate::systemtime_as_secs::as_secs;
+pub use crate::post::markdown_posts::MarkdownPosts;
 
 #[derive(Deserialize)]
 struct FrontMatter {
@@ -71,32 +61,6 @@ pub enum RenderStats {
     ParsedAndRendered(Duration, Duration, Duration),
 }
 
-async fn load_cache(config: &Config) -> Result<Cache, eyre::Report> {
-    let path = &config.cache.file;
-    let mut cache_file = tokio::fs::File::open(&path)
-        .await
-        .context("failed to open cache file")?;
-    let serialized = if config.cache.compress {
-        let cache_file = cache_file.into_std().await;
-        tokio::task::spawn_blocking(move || {
-            let mut buf = Vec::with_capacity(4096);
-            zstd::stream::read::Decoder::new(cache_file)?.read_to_end(&mut buf)?;
-            Ok::<_, std::io::Error>(buf)
-        })
-        .await?
-        .context("failed to read cache file")?
-    } else {
-        let mut buf = Vec::with_capacity(4096);
-        cache_file
-            .read_to_end(&mut buf)
-            .await
-            .context("failed to read cache file")?;
-        buf
-    };
-
-    bitcode::deserialize(serialized.as_slice()).context("failed to parse cache")
-}
-
 pub trait PostManager {
     async fn get_all_post_metadata(
         &self,
@@ -140,265 +104,3 @@ pub trait PostManager {
 
     async fn cleanup(&self);
 }
-
-pub struct MarkdownPosts<C>
-where
-    C: Deref<Target = Config>,
-{
-    cache: Option<Cache>,
-    config: C,
-}
-
-impl<C> MarkdownPosts<C>
-where
-    C: Deref<Target = Config>,
-{
-    pub async fn new(config: C) -> eyre::Result<MarkdownPosts<C>> {
-        if config.cache.enable {
-            if config.cache.persistence && tokio::fs::try_exists(&config.cache.file).await? {
-                info!("loading cache from file");
-                let mut cache = load_cache(&config).await.unwrap_or_else(|err| {
-                    error!("failed to load cache: {}", err);
-                    info!("using empty cache");
-                    Default::default()
-                });
-
-                if cache.version() < CACHE_VERSION {
-                    warn!("cache version changed, clearing cache");
-                    cache = Default::default();
-                };
-
-                Ok(Self {
-                    cache: Some(cache),
-                    config,
-                })
-            } else {
-                Ok(Self {
-                    cache: Some(Default::default()),
-                    config,
-                })
-            }
-        } else {
-            Ok(Self {
-                cache: None,
-                config,
-            })
-        }
-    }
-
-    async fn parse_and_render(
-        &self,
-        name: String,
-        path: impl AsRef<Path>,
-    ) -> Result<(PostMetadata, String, (Duration, Duration)), PostError> {
-        let parsing_start = Instant::now();
-        let mut file = match tokio::fs::OpenOptions::new().read(true).open(&path).await {
-            Ok(val) => val,
-            Err(err) => match err.kind() {
-                io::ErrorKind::NotFound => return Err(PostError::NotFound(name)),
-                _ => return Err(PostError::IoError(err)),
-            },
-        };
-        let stat = file.metadata().await?;
-        let modified = stat.modified()?;
-        let created = stat.created().ok();
-
-        let mut content = String::with_capacity(stat.len() as usize);
-        file.read_to_string(&mut content).await?;
-
-        let ParsedData { headers, body } = parse::<FrontMatter>(&content)?;
-        let metadata = headers.into_full(name.to_owned(), created, Some(modified));
-        let parsing = parsing_start.elapsed();
-
-        let before_render = Instant::now();
-        let post = render(body, &self.config.render);
-        let rendering = before_render.elapsed();
-
-        if let Some(cache) = self.cache.as_ref() {
-            cache
-                .insert(
-                    name.to_string(),
-                    metadata.clone(),
-                    as_secs(&modified),
-                    post.clone(),
-                    &self.config.render,
-                )
-                .await
-                .unwrap_or_else(|err| warn!("failed to insert {:?} into cache", err.0))
-        };
-
-        Ok((metadata, post, (parsing, rendering)))
-    }
-
-    fn cache(&self) -> Option<&Cache> {
-        self.cache.as_ref()
-    }
-
-    fn try_drop(&mut self) -> Result<(), eyre::Report> {
-        // write cache to file
-        let config = &self.config.cache;
-        if config.enable
-            && config.persistence
-            && let Some(cache) = self.cache()
-        {
-            let path = &config.file;
-            let serialized = bitcode::serialize(cache).context("failed to serialize cache")?;
-            let mut cache_file = std::fs::File::create(path)
-                .with_context(|| format!("failed to open cache at {}", path.display()))?;
-            let compression_level = config.compression_level;
-            if config.compress {
-                std::io::Write::write_all(
-                    &mut zstd::stream::write::Encoder::new(cache_file, compression_level)?
-                        .auto_finish(),
-                    &serialized,
-                )
-            } else {
-                cache_file.write_all(&serialized)
-            }
-            .context("failed to write cache to file")?;
-            info!("wrote cache to {}", path.display());
-        }
-        Ok(())
-    }
-}
-
-impl<C> Drop for MarkdownPosts<C>
-where
-    C: Deref<Target = Config>,
-{
-    fn drop(&mut self) {
-        self.try_drop().unwrap()
-    }
-}
-
-impl<C> PostManager for MarkdownPosts<C>
-where
-    C: Deref<Target = Config>,
-{
-    async fn get_all_post_metadata(
-        &self,
-        filter: impl Fn(&PostMetadata) -> bool,
-    ) -> Result<Vec<PostMetadata>, PostError> {
-        let mut posts = Vec::new();
-
-        let mut read_dir = fs::read_dir(&self.config.dirs.posts).await?;
-        while let Some(entry) = read_dir.next_entry().await? {
-            let path = entry.path();
-            let stat = fs::metadata(&path).await?;
-
-            if stat.is_file() && path.extension().is_some_and(|ext| ext == "md") {
-                let mtime = as_secs(&stat.modified()?);
-                // TODO. this?
-                let name = path
-                    .clone()
-                    .file_stem()
-                    .unwrap()
-                    .to_string_lossy()
-                    .to_string();
-
-                if let Some(cache) = self.cache.as_ref()
-                    && let Some(hit) = cache.lookup_metadata(&name, mtime).await
-                    && filter(&hit)
-                {
-                    posts.push(hit);
-                } else {
-                    match self.parse_and_render(name, path).await {
-                        Ok((metadata, ..)) => {
-                            if filter(&metadata) {
-                                posts.push(metadata);
-                            }
-                        }
-                        Err(err) => match err {
-                            PostError::IoError(ref io_err)
-                                if matches!(io_err.kind(), io::ErrorKind::NotFound) =>
-                            {
-                                warn!("TOCTOU: {}", err)
-                            }
-                            _ => return Err(err),
-                        },
-                    }
-                }
-            }
-        }
-
-        Ok(posts)
-    }
-
-    async fn get_all_posts(
-        &self,
-        filter: impl Fn(&PostMetadata, &str) -> bool,
-    ) -> Result<Vec<(PostMetadata, String, RenderStats)>, PostError> {
-        let mut posts = Vec::new();
-
-        let mut read_dir = fs::read_dir(&self.config.dirs.posts).await?;
-        while let Some(entry) = read_dir.next_entry().await? {
-            let path = entry.path();
-            let stat = fs::metadata(&path).await?;
-
-            if stat.is_file() && path.extension().is_some_and(|ext| ext == "md") {
-                let name = path
-                    .clone()
-                    .file_stem()
-                    .unwrap()
-                    .to_string_lossy()
-                    .to_string();
-
-                let post = self.get_post(&name).await?;
-                if filter(&post.0, &post.1) {
-                    posts.push(post);
-                }
-            }
-        }
-
-        Ok(posts)
-    }
-
-    async fn get_post(&self, name: &str) -> Result<(PostMetadata, String, RenderStats), PostError> {
-        let start = Instant::now();
-        let path = self.config.dirs.posts.join(name.to_owned() + ".md");
-
-        let stat = match tokio::fs::metadata(&path).await {
-            Ok(value) => value,
-            Err(err) => match err.kind() {
-                io::ErrorKind::NotFound => {
-                    if let Some(cache) = self.cache.as_ref() {
-                        cache.remove(name).await;
-                    }
-                    return Err(PostError::NotFound(name.to_string()));
-                }
-                _ => return Err(PostError::IoError(err)),
-            },
-        };
-        let mtime = as_secs(&stat.modified()?);
-
-        if let Some(cache) = self.cache.as_ref()
-            && let Some(hit) = cache.lookup(name, mtime, &self.config.render).await
-        {
-            Ok((
-                hit.metadata,
-                hit.rendered,
-                RenderStats::Cached(start.elapsed()),
-            ))
-        } else {
-            let (metadata, rendered, stats) = self.parse_and_render(name.to_string(), path).await?;
-            Ok((
-                metadata,
-                rendered,
-                RenderStats::ParsedAndRendered(start.elapsed(), stats.0, stats.1),
-            ))
-        }
-    }
-
-    async fn cleanup(&self) {
-        if let Some(cache) = self.cache.as_ref() {
-            cache
-                .cleanup(|name| {
-                    std::fs::metadata(self.config.dirs.posts.join(name.to_owned() + ".md"))
-                        .ok()
-                        .and_then(|metadata| metadata.modified().ok())
-                        .map(|mtime| as_secs(&mtime))
-                })
-                .await
-        }
-    }
-}