diff --git a/file_checker.go b/file_checker.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8b41f1e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/file_checker.go
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"io/ioutil"
+	"time"
+
+	"golang.org/x/net/html"
+	"gopkg.in/russross/blackfriday.v2"
+)
+
+type fileChecker struct {
+	urlChecker urlChecker
+}
+
+func newFileChecker(timeout time.Duration, verbose bool) fileChecker {
+	return fileChecker{newURLChecker(timeout, verbose)}
+}
+
+func (c fileChecker) Check(f string) bool {
+	bs, err := ioutil.ReadFile(f)
+
+	if err != nil {
+		printToStderr(err.Error())
+		return false
+	}
+
+	n, err := html.Parse(bytes.NewReader(blackfriday.Run(bs)))
+
+	if err != nil {
+		printToStderr(err.Error())
+		return false
+	}
+
+	return c.urlChecker.CheckMany(extractURLs(n))
+}
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index ba9e19d..d1ef5b7 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -1,15 +1,12 @@
 package main
 
 import (
-	"bytes"
-	"io/ioutil"
 	"net/url"
 	"os"
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/docopt/docopt-go"
 	"golang.org/x/net/html"
-	"gopkg.in/russross/blackfriday.v2"
 )
 
 func main() {
@@ -23,11 +20,11 @@ func main() {
 	args := getArgs()
 	fs := args["<filenames>"].([]string)
 	bs := make(chan bool, len(fs))
-	c := newURLChecker(5*time.Second, args["--verbose"].(bool))
+	c := newFileChecker(5*time.Second, args["--verbose"].(bool))
 
 	for _, f := range fs {
 		go func(f string) {
-			bs <- checkFile(c, f)
+			bs <- c.Check(f)
 		}(f)
 	}
 
@@ -42,24 +39,6 @@ func main() {
 	}
 }
 
-func checkFile(c urlChecker, f string) bool {
-	bs, err := ioutil.ReadFile(f)
-
-	if err != nil {
-		printToStderr(err.Error())
-		return false
-	}
-
-	n, err := html.Parse(bytes.NewReader(blackfriday.Run(bs)))
-
-	if err != nil {
-		printToStderr(err.Error())
-		return false
-	}
-
-	return c.CheckMany(extractURLs(n))
-}
-
 func extractURLs(n *html.Node) []string {
 	ss := make(map[string]bool)
 	ns := make([]*html.Node, 0, 1024)