diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index c5ca408..fe623ac 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -73,6 +73,55 @@ dependencies = [
  "libc",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "anstream"
+version = "0.3.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "0ca84f3628370c59db74ee214b3263d58f9aadd9b4fe7e711fd87dc452b7f163"
+dependencies = [
+ "anstyle",
+ "anstyle-parse",
+ "anstyle-query",
+ "anstyle-wincon",
+ "colorchoice",
+ "is-terminal",
+ "utf8parse",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "anstyle"
+version = "1.0.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "3a30da5c5f2d5e72842e00bcb57657162cdabef0931f40e2deb9b4140440cecd"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "anstyle-parse"
+version = "0.2.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "938874ff5980b03a87c5524b3ae5b59cf99b1d6bc836848df7bc5ada9643c333"
+dependencies = [
+ "utf8parse",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "anstyle-query"
+version = "1.0.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "5ca11d4be1bab0c8bc8734a9aa7bf4ee8316d462a08c6ac5052f888fef5b494b"
+dependencies = [
+ "windows-sys",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "anstyle-wincon"
+version = "1.0.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "180abfa45703aebe0093f79badacc01b8fd4ea2e35118747e5811127f926e188"
+dependencies = [
+ "anstyle",
+ "windows-sys",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "anyhow"
 version = "1.0.72"
@@ -145,9 +194,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "async-trait"
-version = "0.1.71"
+version = "0.1.72"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "a564d521dd56509c4c47480d00b80ee55f7e385ae48db5744c67ad50c92d2ebf"
+checksum = "cc6dde6e4ed435a4c1ee4e73592f5ba9da2151af10076cc04858746af9352d09"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2 1.0.66",
  "quote 1.0.31",
@@ -228,6 +277,12 @@ version = "1.3.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "bef38d45163c2f1dde094a7dfd33ccf595c92905c8f8f4fdc18d06fb1037718a"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "bitflags"
+version = "2.3.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "630be753d4e58660abd17930c71b647fe46c27ea6b63cc59e1e3851406972e42"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "blake3"
 version = "1.4.1"
@@ -382,6 +437,47 @@ dependencies = [
  "inout",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "clap"
+version = "4.3.19"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "5fd304a20bff958a57f04c4e96a2e7594cc4490a0e809cbd48bb6437edaa452d"
+dependencies = [
+ "clap_builder",
+ "clap_derive",
+ "once_cell",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "clap_builder"
+version = "4.3.19"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "01c6a3f08f1fe5662a35cfe393aec09c4df95f60ee93b7556505260f75eee9e1"
+dependencies = [
+ "anstream",
+ "anstyle",
+ "clap_lex",
+ "strsim",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "clap_derive"
+version = "4.3.12"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "54a9bb5758fc5dfe728d1019941681eccaf0cf8a4189b692a0ee2f2ecf90a050"
+dependencies = [
+ "heck",
+ "proc-macro2 1.0.66",
+ "quote 1.0.31",
+ "syn 2.0.26",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "clap_lex"
+version = "0.5.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "2da6da31387c7e4ef160ffab6d5e7f00c42626fe39aea70a7b0f1773f7dd6c1b"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "cli-log"
 version = "2.0.0"
@@ -400,9 +496,15 @@ version = "0.0.3"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "ddfc5b9aa5d4507acaf872de71051dfd0e309860e88966e1051e462a077aac4f"
 dependencies = [
- "bitflags",
+ "bitflags 1.3.2",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "colorchoice"
+version = "1.0.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "acbf1af155f9b9ef647e42cdc158db4b64a1b61f743629225fde6f3e0be2a7c7"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "const-oid"
 version = "0.7.1"
@@ -486,7 +588,7 @@ version = "0.25.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "e64e6c0fbe2c17357405f7c758c1ef960fce08bdfb2c03d88d2a18d7e09c4b67"
 dependencies = [
- "bitflags",
+ "bitflags 1.3.2",
  "crossterm_winapi",
  "libc",
  "mio",
@@ -690,9 +792,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "either"
-version = "1.8.1"
+version = "1.9.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "7fcaabb2fef8c910e7f4c7ce9f67a1283a1715879a7c230ca9d6d1ae31f16d91"
+checksum = "a26ae43d7bcc3b814de94796a5e736d4029efb0ee900c12e2d54c993ad1a1e07"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "encoding_rs"
@@ -738,12 +840,9 @@ checksum = "0206175f82b8d6bf6652ff7d71a1e27fd2e4efde587fd368662814d6ec1d9ce0"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "fastrand"
-version = "1.9.0"
+version = "2.0.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "e51093e27b0797c359783294ca4f0a911c270184cb10f85783b118614a1501be"
-dependencies = [
- "instant",
-]
+checksum = "6999dc1837253364c2ebb0704ba97994bd874e8f195d665c50b7548f6ea92764"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "file-size"
@@ -1003,6 +1102,12 @@ version = "0.14.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "2c6201b9ff9fd90a5a3bac2e56a830d0caa509576f0e503818ee82c181b3437a"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "heck"
+version = "0.4.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "95505c38b4572b2d910cecb0281560f54b440a19336cbbcb27bf6ce6adc6f5a8"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "hermit-abi"
 version = "0.3.2"
@@ -1194,23 +1299,23 @@ dependencies = [
  "web-sys",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "io-lifetimes"
-version = "1.0.11"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "eae7b9aee968036d54dce06cebaefd919e4472e753296daccd6d344e3e2df0c2"
-dependencies = [
- "hermit-abi",
- "libc",
- "windows-sys",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "ipnet"
 version = "2.8.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "28b29a3cd74f0f4598934efe3aeba42bae0eb4680554128851ebbecb02af14e6"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "is-terminal"
+version = "0.4.9"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "cb0889898416213fab133e1d33a0e5858a48177452750691bde3666d0fdbaf8b"
+dependencies = [
+ "hermit-abi",
+ "rustix",
+ "windows-sys",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "itertools"
 version = "0.10.5"
@@ -1267,9 +1372,9 @@ checksum = "b4668fb0ea861c1df094127ac5f1da3409a82116a4ba74fca2e58ef927159bb3"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "linux-raw-sys"
-version = "0.3.8"
+version = "0.4.3"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "ef53942eb7bf7ff43a617b3e2c1c4a5ecf5944a7c1bc12d7ee39bbb15e5c1519"
+checksum = "09fc20d2ca12cb9f044c93e3bd6d32d523e6e2ec3db4f7b2939cd99026ecd3f0"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "lock_api"
@@ -1614,7 +1719,7 @@ version = "0.10.55"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "345df152bc43501c5eb9e4654ff05f794effb78d4efe3d53abc158baddc0703d"
 dependencies = [
- "bitflags",
+ "bitflags 1.3.2",
  "cfg-if",
  "foreign-types",
  "libc",
@@ -2064,7 +2169,7 @@ version = "0.2.16"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "fb5a58c1855b4b6819d59012155603f0b22ad30cad752600aadfcb695265519a"
 dependencies = [
- "bitflags",
+ "bitflags 1.3.2",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -2073,7 +2178,7 @@ version = "0.3.5"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "567664f262709473930a4bf9e51bf2ebf3348f2e748ccc50dea20646858f8f29"
 dependencies = [
- "bitflags",
+ "bitflags 1.3.2",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -2199,7 +2304,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "thiserror",
  "tracing",
  "url",
- "uuid 1.4.0",
+ "uuid 1.4.1",
  "wildmatch",
 ]
 
@@ -2255,13 +2360,12 @@ checksum = "08d43f7aa6b08d49f382cde6a7982047c3426db949b1424bc4b7ec9ae12c6ce2"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "rustix"
-version = "0.37.23"
+version = "0.38.4"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "4d69718bf81c6127a49dc64e44a742e8bb9213c0ff8869a22c308f84c1d4ab06"
+checksum = "0a962918ea88d644592894bc6dc55acc6c0956488adcebbfb6e273506b7fd6e5"
 dependencies = [
- "bitflags",
+ "bitflags 2.3.3",
  "errno",
- "io-lifetimes",
  "libc",
  "linux-raw-sys",
  "windows-sys",
@@ -2290,11 +2394,11 @@ checksum = "d29ab0c6d3fc0ee92fe66e2d99f700eab17a8d57d1c1d3b748380fb20baa78cd"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "security-framework"
-version = "2.9.1"
+version = "2.9.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "1fc758eb7bffce5b308734e9b0c1468893cae9ff70ebf13e7090be8dcbcc83a8"
+checksum = "05b64fb303737d99b81884b2c63433e9ae28abebe5eb5045dcdd175dc2ecf4de"
 dependencies = [
- "bitflags",
+ "bitflags 1.3.2",
  "core-foundation",
  "core-foundation-sys",
  "libc",
@@ -2303,9 +2407,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "security-framework-sys"
-version = "2.9.0"
+version = "2.9.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "f51d0c0d83bec45f16480d0ce0058397a69e48fcdc52d1dc8855fb68acbd31a7"
+checksum = "e932934257d3b408ed8f30db49d85ea163bfe74961f017f405b025af298f0c7a"
 dependencies = [
  "core-foundation-sys",
  "libc",
@@ -2313,9 +2417,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "serde"
-version = "1.0.171"
+version = "1.0.174"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "30e27d1e4fd7659406c492fd6cfaf2066ba8773de45ca75e855590f856dc34a9"
+checksum = "3b88756493a5bd5e5395d53baa70b194b05764ab85b59e43e4b8f4e1192fa9b1"
 dependencies = [
  "serde_derive",
 ]
@@ -2331,9 +2435,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "serde_derive"
-version = "1.0.171"
+version = "1.0.174"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "389894603bd18c46fa56231694f8d827779c0951a667087194cf9de94ed24682"
+checksum = "6e5c3a298c7f978e53536f95a63bdc4c4a64550582f31a0359a9afda6aede62e"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2 1.0.66",
  "quote 1.0.31",
@@ -2520,11 +2624,10 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "tempfile"
-version = "3.6.0"
+version = "3.7.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "31c0432476357e58790aaa47a8efb0c5138f137343f3b5f23bd36a27e3b0a6d6"
+checksum = "5486094ee78b2e5038a6382ed7645bc084dc2ec433426ca4c3cb61e2007b8998"
 dependencies = [
- "autocfg 1.1.0",
  "cfg-if",
  "fastrand",
  "redox_syscall 0.3.5",
@@ -2700,12 +2803,14 @@ name = "trinitrix"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
+ "clap",
  "cli-log",
  "crossterm",
  "indexmap 2.0.0",
  "lua_macros",
  "matrix-sdk",
  "mlua",
+ "once_cell",
  "serde",
  "tokio",
  "tokio-util",
@@ -2725,7 +2830,7 @@ version = "0.19.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "ccdd26cbd674007e649a272da4475fb666d3aa0ad0531da7136db6fab0e5bad1"
 dependencies = [
- "bitflags",
+ "bitflags 1.3.2",
  "cassowary",
  "crossterm",
  "unicode-segmentation",
@@ -2808,6 +2913,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "percent-encoding",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "utf8parse"
+version = "0.2.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "711b9620af191e0cdc7468a8d14e709c3dcdb115b36f838e601583af800a370a"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "uuid"
 version = "0.7.4"
@@ -2828,9 +2939,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "uuid"
-version = "1.4.0"
+version = "1.4.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "d023da39d1fde5a8a3fe1f3e01ca9632ada0a63e9797de55a879d6e2236277be"
+checksum = "79daa5ed5740825c40b389c5e50312b9c86df53fccd33f281df655642b43869d"
 dependencies = [
  "getrandom 0.2.10",
  "wasm-bindgen",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 0d6971f..9414889 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -6,16 +6,29 @@ license = "MIT"
 
 # See more keys and their definitions at https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/manifest.html
 
+[features]
+default = ["full"]
+full = ["cli", "tui"]
+
+cli = ["tokio/io-std"]
+tui = ["dep:tui", "dep:tui-textarea", "dep:crossterm", "dep:tokio-util", "dep:serde", "dep:indexmap"]
+
 [dependencies]
-lua_macros = { path = "./lua_macros" }
-tui = "0.19"
-tui-textarea = { version = "0.2", features = ["crossterm"] }
-crossterm = "0.25"
-matrix-sdk = "0.6"
-anyhow = "1.0"
-tokio = { version = "1.29", features = ["macros", "rt-multi-thread"] }
-tokio-util = "0.7"
-serde = "1.0"
+clap = { version = "4.3.19", features = ["derive"] }
 cli-log = "2.0"
-indexmap = "2.0.0"
+anyhow = "1.0"
+matrix-sdk = "0.6"
+tokio = { version = "1.29", features = ["macros", "rt-multi-thread"] }
+
+# lua stuff
+lua_macros = { path = "./lua_macros" }
 mlua = { version = "0.8.9", features = ["lua54", "async", "send"] }
+once_cell = "1.18.0"
+
+# tui feature specific parts
+tui = {version = "0.19", optional = true}
+tui-textarea = { version = "0.2", features = ["crossterm"], optional = true }
+crossterm = { version = "0.25", optional = true }
+tokio-util = { version = "0.7", optional = true }
+serde = { version = "1.0", optional = true }
+indexmap = { version = "2.0.0", optional = true }
diff --git a/src/cli.rs b/src/cli.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9717a22
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/cli.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+use clap::{Parser, Subcommand};
+
+// TODO: The description could be better
+/// A terminal client for the matrix chat protocol
+#[derive(Parser, Debug)]
+#[clap(author, version, about, long_about = None)]
+pub struct Args {
+    #[command(subcommand)]
+    /// The subcommand to execute, default is start
+    pub subcommand: Option<Command>,
+}
+#[derive(Subcommand, Debug)]
+pub enum Command {
+    /// Starts a repl, for the lua interface
+    #[cfg(feature = "cli")]
+    #[clap(value_parser)]
+    Repl {},
+
+    /// Starts the main tui client
+    #[cfg(feature = "tui")]
+    #[clap(value_parser)]
+    Start {},
+}
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 3ef9611..f613497 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -1,13 +1,43 @@
-mod accounts;
-mod app;
-mod ui;
+mod cli;
+pub mod event_handler;
+
+#[cfg(feature = "tui")]
+mod tui_app;
+
+#[cfg(feature = "cli")]
+mod repl;
+
+use clap::Parser;
+
+use crate::cli::{Args, Command};
+
+#[cfg(feature = "tui")]
+pub use tui_app::*;
 
 #[tokio::main]
 async fn main() -> anyhow::Result<()> {
     cli_log::init_cli_log!();
 
-    let mut app = app::App::new()?;
-    app.run().await?;
+    let args = Args::parse();
+    let command = args.subcommand.unwrap_or(
+        #[cfg(all(feature = "tui", not(feature = "cli")))]
+        Command::Start {},
+        #[cfg(all(feature = "cli", not(feature = "tui")))]
+        Command::Repl {},
+        #[cfg(all(feature = "cli", feature = "tui"))]
+        Command::Start {},
+    );
+    match command {
+        #[cfg(feature = "cli")]
+        Command::Repl {} => {
+            repl::run().await?;
+        }
+        #[cfg(feature = "tui")]
+        Command::Start {} => {
+            let mut app = app::App::new()?;
+            app.run().await?;
+        }
+    };
 
     Ok(())
 }
diff --git a/src/repl/mod.rs b/src/repl/mod.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9dacdce
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/repl/mod.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+use std::io::ErrorKind;
+
+use anyhow::{Context, Result};
+use cli_log::{info, warn};
+use tokio::io::{stdin, stdout, AsyncReadExt, AsyncWriteExt};
+
+pub async fn run() -> Result<()> {
+    let mut stdin = stdin();
+    let mut stdout = stdout();
+    let mut buffer = [0; 1];
+    let mut new_command = vec![];
+
+    loop {
+        stdout
+            .write("trinitrix:> ".as_bytes())
+            .await
+            .context("Failed to write prompt")?;
+        stdout.flush().await.context("Failed to flush prompt")?;
+        new_command.clear();
+        loop {
+            if let Err(err) = stdin.read_exact(&mut buffer).await {
+                if err.kind() == ErrorKind::UnexpectedEof {
+                    warn!("Unexpected EOF, we assume the user quit.");
+                    return Ok(());
+                } else {
+                    Err(err).context("Failed to read next character")?;
+                }
+            }
+            if buffer == "\n".as_bytes() {
+                break;
+            } else {
+                new_command.append(&mut buffer.to_vec());
+            }
+        }
+        info!(
+            "Got user repl input: {}",
+            String::from_utf8(new_command.clone())
+                .context("Failed to convert user input to utf8 string")?
+        )
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/accounts/mod.rs b/src/tui_app/accounts/mod.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from src/accounts/mod.rs
rename to src/tui_app/accounts/mod.rs
diff --git a/src/app/command_interface.rs b/src/tui_app/app/command_interface.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from src/app/command_interface.rs
rename to src/tui_app/app/command_interface.rs
diff --git a/src/app/events/event_types/event/handlers/command.rs b/src/tui_app/app/events/event_types/event/handlers/command.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from src/app/events/event_types/event/handlers/command.rs
rename to src/tui_app/app/events/event_types/event/handlers/command.rs
diff --git a/src/app/events/event_types/event/handlers/lua_command.rs b/src/tui_app/app/events/event_types/event/handlers/lua_command.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from src/app/events/event_types/event/handlers/lua_command.rs
rename to src/tui_app/app/events/event_types/event/handlers/lua_command.rs
diff --git a/src/app/events/event_types/event/handlers/main.rs b/src/tui_app/app/events/event_types/event/handlers/main.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from src/app/events/event_types/event/handlers/main.rs
rename to src/tui_app/app/events/event_types/event/handlers/main.rs
diff --git a/src/app/events/event_types/event/handlers/matrix.rs b/src/tui_app/app/events/event_types/event/handlers/matrix.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from src/app/events/event_types/event/handlers/matrix.rs
rename to src/tui_app/app/events/event_types/event/handlers/matrix.rs
diff --git a/src/app/events/event_types/event/handlers/mod.rs b/src/tui_app/app/events/event_types/event/handlers/mod.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from src/app/events/event_types/event/handlers/mod.rs
rename to src/tui_app/app/events/event_types/event/handlers/mod.rs
diff --git a/src/app/events/event_types/event/handlers/setup.rs b/src/tui_app/app/events/event_types/event/handlers/setup.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from src/app/events/event_types/event/handlers/setup.rs
rename to src/tui_app/app/events/event_types/event/handlers/setup.rs
diff --git a/src/app/events/event_types/event/mod.rs b/src/tui_app/app/events/event_types/event/mod.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from src/app/events/event_types/event/mod.rs
rename to src/tui_app/app/events/event_types/event/mod.rs
diff --git a/src/app/events/event_types/event_status.rs b/src/tui_app/app/events/event_types/event_status.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from src/app/events/event_types/event_status.rs
rename to src/tui_app/app/events/event_types/event_status.rs
diff --git a/src/app/events/event_types/mod.rs b/src/tui_app/app/events/event_types/mod.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from src/app/events/event_types/mod.rs
rename to src/tui_app/app/events/event_types/mod.rs
diff --git a/src/app/events/mod.rs b/src/tui_app/app/events/mod.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from src/app/events/mod.rs
rename to src/tui_app/app/events/mod.rs
diff --git a/src/app/mod.rs b/src/tui_app/app/mod.rs
similarity index 76%
rename from src/app/mod.rs
rename to src/tui_app/app/mod.rs
index e43f46a..aeaa529 100644
--- a/src/app/mod.rs
+++ b/src/tui_app/app/mod.rs
@@ -2,14 +2,17 @@ pub mod command_interface;
 pub mod events;
 pub mod status;
 
-use std::{path::Path, sync::Arc};
+use std::path::Path;
 
 use anyhow::{Context, Error, Result};
 use cli_log::info;
 use matrix_sdk::Client;
-use mlua::Lua;
+use once_cell::sync::OnceCell;
 use status::{State, Status};
-use tokio::sync::mpsc;
+use tokio::{
+    sync::{mpsc, Mutex},
+    task::LocalSet,
+};
 use tokio_util::sync::CancellationToken;
 
 use crate::{
@@ -31,16 +34,42 @@ pub struct App<'ui> {
     input_listener_killer: CancellationToken,
     matrix_listener_killer: CancellationToken,
 
-    lua: Arc<Lua>,
+    lua_command_tx: mpsc::Sender<String>,
 }
 
 impl App<'_> {
     pub fn new() -> Result<Self> {
-        fn set_up_lua(tx: mpsc::Sender<Event>) -> Arc<Lua> {
-            let mut lua = Lua::new();
+        fn set_up_lua(tx: mpsc::Sender<Event>) -> mpsc::Sender<String> {
+            info!("Setting up Lua context..");
+            static LUA: OnceCell<Mutex<mlua::Lua>> = OnceCell::new();
 
-            generate_ci_functions(&mut lua, tx);
-            Arc::new(lua)
+            let (lua_command_tx, mut rx) = mpsc::channel(256);
+
+            let local_set = LocalSet::new();
+            local_set.spawn_local(async move {
+                let lua = LUA
+                    .get_or_init(|| Mutex::new(generate_ci_functions(mlua::Lua::new(), tx)))
+                    .lock()
+                    .await;
+                info!("Initialized Lua context");
+
+                while let Some(command) = rx.recv().await {
+                    info!("Recieved command to execute: `{}`", &command);
+                    let output = lua
+                        .load(&command)
+                        // FIXME this assumes string output only
+                        .eval_async::<String>()
+                        .await
+                        .with_context(|| format!("Failed to execute: `{command}`"));
+                    info!(
+                        "Function `{}` returned: `{}`",
+                        command,
+                        output.unwrap_or("<returned error>".to_owned())
+                    );
+                }
+            });
+
+            lua_command_tx
         }
 
         let path: &std::path::Path = Path::new("userdata/accounts.json");
@@ -62,7 +91,7 @@ impl App<'_> {
             input_listener_killer: CancellationToken::new(),
             matrix_listener_killer: CancellationToken::new(),
 
-            lua: set_up_lua(tx),
+            lua_command_tx: set_up_lua(tx),
         })
     }
 
@@ -86,11 +115,10 @@ impl App<'_> {
             self.ui.update(&self.status).await?;
 
             let event = self.rx.recv().await.context("Failed to get next event")?;
-
             match event.handle(self).await? {
                 event_types::EventStatus::Ok => (),
                 event_types::EventStatus::Terminate => break,
-                _ => (),
+                _ => todo!(),
             };
         }
 
diff --git a/src/app/status.rs b/src/tui_app/app/status.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from src/app/status.rs
rename to src/tui_app/app/status.rs
diff --git a/src/tui_app/mod.rs b/src/tui_app/mod.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c0d91db
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/tui_app/mod.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+pub mod app;
+pub mod ui;
+pub mod accounts;
+
+pub use app::*;
+pub use ui::*;
+pub use accounts::*;
diff --git a/src/ui/central/mod.rs b/src/tui_app/ui/central/mod.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from src/ui/central/mod.rs
rename to src/tui_app/ui/central/mod.rs
diff --git a/src/ui/central/update/mod.rs b/src/tui_app/ui/central/update/mod.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from src/ui/central/update/mod.rs
rename to src/tui_app/ui/central/update/mod.rs
diff --git a/src/ui/central/update/widgets/messages.rs b/src/tui_app/ui/central/update/widgets/messages.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from src/ui/central/update/widgets/messages.rs
rename to src/tui_app/ui/central/update/widgets/messages.rs
diff --git a/src/ui/central/update/widgets/mod.rs b/src/tui_app/ui/central/update/widgets/mod.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from src/ui/central/update/widgets/mod.rs
rename to src/tui_app/ui/central/update/widgets/mod.rs
diff --git a/src/ui/central/update/widgets/room_info.rs b/src/tui_app/ui/central/update/widgets/room_info.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from src/ui/central/update/widgets/room_info.rs
rename to src/tui_app/ui/central/update/widgets/room_info.rs
diff --git a/src/ui/central/update/widgets/rooms.rs b/src/tui_app/ui/central/update/widgets/rooms.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from src/ui/central/update/widgets/rooms.rs
rename to src/tui_app/ui/central/update/widgets/rooms.rs
diff --git a/src/ui/central/update/widgets/status.rs b/src/tui_app/ui/central/update/widgets/status.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from src/ui/central/update/widgets/status.rs
rename to src/tui_app/ui/central/update/widgets/status.rs
diff --git a/src/ui/mod.rs b/src/tui_app/ui/mod.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from src/ui/mod.rs
rename to src/tui_app/ui/mod.rs
diff --git a/src/ui/setup.rs b/src/tui_app/ui/setup.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from src/ui/setup.rs
rename to src/tui_app/ui/setup.rs