diff --git a/.devcontainer/Dockerfile b/.devcontainer/Dockerfile
index d675a01..832be1c 100644
--- a/.devcontainer/Dockerfile
+++ b/.devcontainer/Dockerfile
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 # [Choice] Go version (use -bullseye variants on local arm64/Apple Silicon): 1, 1.18, 1.17, 1-bullseye, 1.18-bullseye, 1.17-bullseye, 1-buster, 1.18-buster, 1.17-buster
 ARG VARIANT="1.18-bullseye"
-FROM mcr.microsoft.com/vscode/devcontainers/go:0-${VARIANT}
+FROM mcr.microsoft.com/vscode/devcontainers/go:${VARIANT}
 
 # [Choice] Node.js version: none, lts/*, 16, 14, 12, 10
 ARG NODE_VERSION="none"
diff --git a/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json b/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json
index 91ff96a..1f281f9 100644
--- a/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json
+++ b/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@
 	"features": {
 		"docker-in-docker": "latest",
 		"kubectl-helm-minikube": "latest",
-		"git": "latest"
+		"git": "latest",
+		"ghcr.io/devcontainers/features/docker-in-docker:2": {}
 	}
 }
diff --git a/animation.go b/animation.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..25ddc21
--- /dev/null
+++ b/animation.go
@@ -0,0 +1,148 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	b64 "encoding/base64"
+	"encoding/json"
+	"image"
+	"image/color"
+	"log"
+	"os"
+	"time"
+
+	rgbmatrix "gitea.wagshome.duckdns.org/publicWagsHome/go-rpi-rgb-led-matrix"
+	"github.com/disintegration/imaging"
+	mqtt "github.com/eclipse/paho.mqtt.golang"
+	"github.com/fogleman/gg"
+)
+
+// contents of struct mostly don't matter for toolkit.
+type incomingMessage struct {
+	Type  string `json:"type"`
+	Image string `json:"image"`
+}
+
+type Animation struct {
+	ctx      *gg.Context
+	position image.Point
+	dir      image.Point
+	height   int
+	width    int
+	stroke   int
+	image    []image.Image
+	images   map[string]image.Image
+	updown   string
+	mqmsg    chan mqtt.Message
+	msg      string
+
+	countDown int
+}
+
+// animator is a wrapping function for go routine that can receive an mq channel
+func animator(tk *rgbmatrix.ToolKit, mqMessages chan mqtt.Message) {
+	//Playanimation comes from the toolkit, all it takes is an animation struct
+	tk.PlayAnimation(NewAnimation(image.Point{127, 64}, mqMessages))
+}
+
+// initializes the struct for the an play animation function, this could all be dumped into function that's wrapping go routine if I wanted
+func NewAnimation(sz image.Point, mqMessages chan mqtt.Message) *Animation {
+	imageMap := make(map[string]image.Image)
+	reader, err := os.Open("marioUp.png")
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	rawMario, _, err := image.Decode(reader)
+
+	//marioUp := imaging.FlipH(imaging.Resize(rawMario, 16, 16, imaging.Lanczos))
+	marioUp := imaging.Resize(rawMario, 16, 16, imaging.Lanczos)
+	imageMap["marioUp"] = marioUp
+	reader, err = os.Open("marioDown.png")
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	rawMario, _, err = image.Decode(reader)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	//marioDown := imaging.FlipH(imaging.Resize(rawMario, 16, 16, imaging.Lanczos))
+	marioDown := imaging.Resize(rawMario, 16, 16, imaging.Lanczos)
+	imageMap["marioDown"] = marioDown
+	return &Animation{
+		ctx:       gg.NewContext(sz.X, sz.Y),
+		dir:       image.Point{1, 1},
+		height:    8,
+		width:     8,
+		stroke:    8,
+		images:    imageMap,
+		updown:    "marioUp",
+		mqmsg:     mqMessages,
+		countDown: 5000,
+	}
+}
+
+func appendImage(img string, a *Animation) {
+	baseImage, _ := b64.StdEncoding.DecodeString(img)
+	bigImage, _, _ := image.Decode(bytes.NewReader(baseImage))
+	a.images["doorbell"] = imaging.Resize(bigImage, 64, 64, imaging.Lanczos)
+}
+
+// what happens each frame, at an interval of 50 milliseconds
+func (a *Animation) Next() (image.Image, <-chan time.Time, error) {
+	var incoming incomingMessage
+
+	a.animateMario()
+	if a.images["doorbell"] != nil {
+		if a.countDown > 0 {
+			a.ctx.DrawImageAnchored(a.images["doorbell"], 0, 0, 0, 0)
+			a.countDown -= 50
+		} else {
+			//a.image = a.image[:len(a.image)-1]
+			delete(a.images, "doorbell")
+			a.countDown = 5000
+		}
+	}
+	a.ctx.SetColor(color.White)
+	select {
+	case msg := <-a.mqmsg:
+		json.Unmarshal([]byte(string(msg.Payload())), &incoming)
+		if incoming.Type == "doorbell" {
+			a.msg = string(msg.Payload())
+			a.ctx.DrawString(a.msg, 5, 9)
+		} else {
+			go appendImage(incoming.Image, a)
+		}
+	default:
+	}
+	return a.ctx.Image(), time.After(time.Millisecond * 50), nil
+}
+
+func (a *Animation) animateMario() {
+	defer a.updateMarioPosition()
+	a.ctx.SetColor(color.Black)
+	a.ctx.Clear()
+	if a.dir.X == 1 {
+		a.ctx.DrawImageAnchored(a.images[a.updown], a.position.X, a.position.Y, 0.5, 0.5)
+	} else {
+		a.ctx.DrawImageAnchored(imaging.FlipH(a.images[a.updown]), a.position.X, a.position.Y, 0.5, 0.5)
+	}
+}
+
+// what mario does every frame
+func (a *Animation) updateMarioPosition() {
+	a.position.X += 1 * a.dir.X
+	a.position.Y += 1 * a.dir.Y
+
+	if a.position.Y+a.height > a.ctx.Height() {
+		a.dir.Y = -1
+		a.updown = "marioUp"
+	} else if a.position.Y-a.height < 0 {
+		a.updown = "marioDown"
+		a.dir.Y = 1
+	}
+
+	if a.position.X+a.width > a.ctx.Width() {
+		a.dir.X = -1
+	} else if a.position.X-a.width < 0 {
+		a.dir.X = 1
+	}
+}
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index f1247c2..d2a7061 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 module rgb
 
-go 1.18
+go 1.21.2
+
+toolchain go1.21.6
 
 require (
 	gitea.wagshome.duckdns.org/publicWagsHome/go-rpi-rgb-led-matrix v1.0.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 410c4b1..4b8e28a 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -17,8 +17,11 @@ github.com/gorilla/websocket v1.4.2/go.mod h1:YR8l580nyteQvAITg2hZ9XVh4b55+EU/ad
 github.com/jezek/xgb v1.1.0 h1:wnpxJzP1+rkbGclEkmwpVFQWpuE2PUGNUzP8SbfFobk=
 github.com/jezek/xgb v1.1.0/go.mod h1:nrhwO0FX/enq75I7Y7G8iN1ubpSGZEiA3v9e9GyRFlk=
 github.com/kr/pretty v0.3.1 h1:flRD4NNwYAUpkphVc1HcthR4KEIFJ65n8Mw5qdRn3LE=
+github.com/kr/pretty v0.3.1/go.mod h1:hoEshYVHaxMs3cyo3Yncou5ZscifuDolrwPKZanG3xk=
 github.com/kr/text v0.2.0 h1:5Nx0Ya0ZqY2ygV366QzturHI13Jq95ApcVaJBhpS+AY=
+github.com/kr/text v0.2.0/go.mod h1:eLer722TekiGuMkidMxC/pM04lWEeraHUUmBw8l2grE=
 github.com/rogpeppe/go-internal v1.11.0 h1:cWPaGQEPrBb5/AsnsZesgZZ9yb1OQ+GOISoDNXVBh4M=
+github.com/rogpeppe/go-internal v1.11.0/go.mod h1:ddIwULY96R17DhadqLgMfk9H9tvdUzkipdSkR5nkCZA=
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20190308221718-c2843e01d9a2/go.mod h1:djNgcEr1/C05ACkg1iLfiJU5Ep61QUkGW8qpdssI0+w=
 golang.org/x/exp/shiny v0.0.0-20231006140011-7918f672742d h1:grE48C8cjIY0aiHVmFyYgYxxSARQWBABLXKZfQPrBhY=
 golang.org/x/exp/shiny v0.0.0-20231006140011-7918f672742d/go.mod h1:UH99kUObWAZkDnWqppdQe5ZhPYESUw8I0zVV1uWBR+0=
@@ -39,3 +42,4 @@ golang.org/x/sys v0.13.0 h1:Af8nKPmuFypiUBjVoU9V20FiaFXOcuZI21p0ycVYYGE=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.13.0/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
 golang.org/x/text v0.3.0/go.mod h1:NqM8EUOU14njkJ3fqMW+pc6Ldnwhi/IjpwHt7yyuwOQ=
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v1.0.0-20201130134442-10cb98267c6c h1:Hei/4ADfdWqJk1ZMxUNpqntNwaWcugrBjAiHlqqRiVk=
+gopkg.in/check.v1 v1.0.0-20201130134442-10cb98267c6c/go.mod h1:JHkPIbrfpd72SG/EVd6muEfDQjcINNoR0C8j2r3qZ4Q=
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 551fdef..0bde2fc 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -1,48 +1,18 @@
 package main
 
 import (
-	"bytes"
-	b64 "encoding/base64"
-	"encoding/json"
 	"flag"
 	"fmt"
-	"image"
-	"image/color"
 	_ "image/jpeg"
 	"log"
 	"os"
 	"os/signal"
 	"syscall"
-	"time"
 
 	rgbmatrix "gitea.wagshome.duckdns.org/publicWagsHome/go-rpi-rgb-led-matrix"
-	"github.com/disintegration/imaging"
-	MQTT "github.com/eclipse/paho.mqtt.golang"
 	mqtt "github.com/eclipse/paho.mqtt.golang"
-	"github.com/fogleman/gg"
 )
 
-// contents of struct mostly don't matter for toolkit.
-type incomingImage struct {
-	Image string `json:"image"`
-}
-
-type Animation struct {
-	ctx      *gg.Context
-	position image.Point
-	dir      image.Point
-	height   int
-	width    int
-	stroke   int
-	image    []image.Image
-	images   map[string]image.Image
-	updown   string
-	mqmsg    chan mqtt.Message
-	msg      string
-
-	countDown int
-}
-
 // flags from cmd line
 var (
 	rows                     = flag.Int("led-rows", 64, "number of rows supported")
@@ -57,47 +27,6 @@ var (
 	led_slowdown_gpio        = flag.Int("led-slowdown-gpio", 1, "GPIO pin slowdown")
 )
 
-// listens on topic for messages
-func listener(mqMessages chan mqtt.Message) {
-	opts := setupMQTT()
-	client := MQTT.NewClient(opts)
-	topic := "home/rgbboard"
-	if token := client.Connect(); token.Wait() && token.Error() != nil {
-		log.Println(fmt.Sprintf("failed to connect to mq: %s", token.Error().Error()))
-		panic(token.Error())
-	}
-	log.Println("connected")
-	client.Subscribe(topic, 0, func(client mqtt.Client, msg mqtt.Message) {
-		log.Println("Receiving ", string(msg.Payload()), " on topic: ", msg.Topic())
-		mqMessages <- msg
-	})
-}
-
-// animator is a wrapping function for go routine that can receive an mq channel
-func animator(tk *rgbmatrix.ToolKit, mqMessages chan mqtt.Message) {
-	//Playanimation comes from the toolkit, all it takes is an animation struct
-	tk.PlayAnimation(NewAnimation(image.Point{128, 64}, mqMessages))
-
-}
-
-// connection lost management
-func onConnectionLostHandler(c MQTT.Client, reason error) {
-	log.Fatalf(reason.Error())
-}
-
-// setup connection to mqtt, topic to listen to, qos
-func setupMQTT() *mqtt.ClientOptions {
-	opts := MQTT.NewClientOptions()
-	opts.AddBroker(fmt.Sprintf("tcp://%s:%s", os.Getenv("MQTTBROKER"), os.Getenv("MQTTPORT")))
-	opts.SetUsername(os.Getenv("MQTTUSER"))
-	opts.SetPassword(os.Getenv("MQTTPASSWORD"))
-	opts.SetClientID("rgbboard")
-	opts.SetAutoReconnect(true)
-	opts.SetConnectionLostHandler(onConnectionLostHandler)
-
-	return opts
-}
-
 // runs before main, parses flags
 func init() {
 	flag.Parse()
@@ -110,108 +39,6 @@ func fatal(err error) {
 	}
 }
 
-// initializes the struct for the an play animation function, this could all be dumped into function that's wrapping go routine if I wanted
-func NewAnimation(sz image.Point, mqMessages chan mqtt.Message) *Animation {
-	imageMap := make(map[string]image.Image)
-	reader, err := os.Open("marioUp.png")
-	if err != nil {
-		log.Fatal(err)
-	}
-	rawMario, _, err := image.Decode(reader)
-
-	//marioUp := imaging.FlipH(imaging.Resize(rawMario, 16, 16, imaging.Lanczos))
-	marioUp := imaging.Resize(rawMario, 16, 16, imaging.Lanczos)
-	imageMap["marioUp"] = marioUp
-	reader, err = os.Open("marioDown.png")
-	if err != nil {
-		log.Fatal(err)
-	}
-	rawMario, _, err = image.Decode(reader)
-	if err != nil {
-		log.Fatal(err)
-	}
-	//marioDown := imaging.FlipH(imaging.Resize(rawMario, 16, 16, imaging.Lanczos))
-	marioDown := imaging.Resize(rawMario, 16, 16, imaging.Lanczos)
-	imageMap["marioDown"] = marioDown
-	return &Animation{
-		ctx:       gg.NewContext(sz.X, sz.Y),
-		dir:       image.Point{1, 1},
-		height:    8,
-		width:     8,
-		stroke:    8,
-		images:    imageMap,
-		updown:    "marioUp",
-		mqmsg:     mqMessages,
-		countDown: 5000,
-	}
-}
-
-func appendImage(img string, a *Animation) {
-	baseImage, _ := b64.StdEncoding.DecodeString(img)
-	bigImage, _, _ := image.Decode(bytes.NewReader(baseImage))
-	a.images["doorbell"] = imaging.Resize(bigImage, 64, 64, imaging.Lanczos)
-}
-
-// what happens each frame, at an interval of 50 milliseconds
-func (a *Animation) Next() (image.Image, <-chan time.Time, error) {
-	incoming := incomingImage{}
-	a.animateMario()
-	if a.images["doorbell"] != nil {
-		if a.countDown > 0 {
-			a.ctx.DrawImageAnchored(a.images["doorbell"], 0, 0, 0, 0)
-			a.countDown -= 50
-		} else {
-			//a.image = a.image[:len(a.image)-1]
-			delete(a.images, "doorbell")
-			a.countDown = 5000
-		}
-	}
-	a.ctx.SetColor(color.White)
-	select {
-	case msg := <-a.mqmsg:
-		json.Unmarshal([]byte(string(msg.Payload())), &incoming)
-		if incoming.Image == "" {
-			a.msg = string(msg.Payload())
-			a.ctx.DrawString(a.msg, 5, 9)
-		} else {
-			go appendImage(incoming.Image, a)
-		}
-	default:
-	}
-	return a.ctx.Image(), time.After(time.Millisecond * 50), nil
-}
-
-func (a *Animation) animateMario() {
-	defer a.updateMarioPosition()
-	a.ctx.SetColor(color.Black)
-	a.ctx.Clear()
-	if a.dir.X == 1 {
-		a.ctx.DrawImageAnchored(a.images[a.updown], a.position.X, a.position.Y, 0.5, 0.5)
-	} else {
-		a.ctx.DrawImageAnchored(imaging.FlipH(a.images[a.updown]), a.position.X, a.position.Y, 0.5, 0.5)
-	}
-}
-
-// what mario does every frame
-func (a *Animation) updateMarioPosition() {
-	a.position.X += 1 * a.dir.X
-	a.position.Y += 1 * a.dir.Y
-
-	if a.position.Y+a.height > a.ctx.Height() {
-		a.dir.Y = -1
-		a.updown = "marioUp"
-	} else if a.position.Y-a.height < 0 {
-		a.updown = "marioDown"
-		a.dir.Y = 1
-	}
-
-	if a.position.X+a.width > a.ctx.Width() {
-		a.dir.X = -1
-	} else if a.position.X-a.width < 0 {
-		a.dir.X = 1
-	}
-}
-
 func main() {
 	config := &rgbmatrix.DefaultConfig
 	config.Rows = *rows
diff --git a/mqttcoms.go b/mqttcoms.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6263cf0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mqttcoms.go
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"log"
+	"os"
+
+	MQTT "github.com/eclipse/paho.mqtt.golang"
+	mqtt "github.com/eclipse/paho.mqtt.golang"
+)
+
+// listens on topic for messages
+func listener(mqMessages chan mqtt.Message) {
+	opts := setupMQTT()
+	client := MQTT.NewClient(opts)
+	topic := "home/rgbboard"
+	if token := client.Connect(); token.Wait() && token.Error() != nil {
+		log.Println(fmt.Sprintf("failed to connect to mq: %s", token.Error().Error()))
+		panic(token.Error())
+	}
+	log.Println("connected")
+	client.Subscribe(topic, 0, func(client mqtt.Client, msg mqtt.Message) {
+		log.Println("Receiving ", string(msg.Payload()), " on topic: ", msg.Topic())
+		mqMessages <- msg
+	})
+}
+
+// connection lost management
+func onConnectionLostHandler(c MQTT.Client, reason error) {
+	log.Fatalf(reason.Error())
+}
+
+// setup connection to mqtt, topic to listen to, qos
+func setupMQTT() *mqtt.ClientOptions {
+	opts := MQTT.NewClientOptions()
+	opts.AddBroker(fmt.Sprintf("tcp://%s:%s", os.Getenv("MQTTBROKER"), os.Getenv("MQTTPORT")))
+	opts.SetUsername(os.Getenv("MQTTUSER"))
+	opts.SetPassword(os.Getenv("MQTTPASSWORD"))
+	opts.SetClientID("rgbboard")
+	opts.SetAutoReconnect(true)
+	opts.SetConnectionLostHandler(onConnectionLostHandler)
+
+	return opts
+}