diff --git a/public/index.php b/public/index.php
index a864db4..308f76d 100644
--- a/public/index.php
+++ b/public/index.php
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 <?php
-#require_once __DIR__ . '/../bootstrap.php';
 
 define('APP_ROOT', dirname(dirname(__FILE__)));
 
@@ -33,10 +32,7 @@ foreach (recursive_glob('*.php', SRC_DIR) as $file) {
 }
 
 confirm_setup();
-
-$isLoggedIn = isset($_SESSION['user_id']);
 $config = Config::load();
-$user = User::load();
 
 // Get request data
 $method = $_SERVER['REQUEST_METHOD'];
@@ -80,21 +76,9 @@ function route($pattern, $callback, $methods = ['GET']) {
 
 // Set content type
 header('Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8');
-echo "Path: " . $path;
 
 // routes
-route('', function() use ($isLoggedIn, $config, $user) {
-    $page = isset($_GET['page']) ? max(1, (int)$_GET['page']) : 1;
-    $limit = $config->itemsPerPage;
-    $offset = ($page - 1) * $limit;
-    $ticks = iterator_to_array(stream_ticks($limit, $offset));
-
-    $vars = [
-        'isLoggedIn' => $isLoggedIn,
-        'config'     => $config,
-        'user'       => $user,
-        'ticks'      => $ticks,
-    ];
-
-    echo render_template(TEMPLATES_DIR . "/home.php", $vars);
+route('', function(){
+    $hc = new HomeController();
+    echo $hc->render();
 });
diff --git a/src/Controller/Home/Home.php b/src/Controller/Home/Home.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6bcfe6d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Controller/Home/Home.php
@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+<?php
+class HomeController{
+    private function stream_ticks(int $limit, int $offset = 0): Generator {
+        $tick_files = glob(TICKS_DIR . '/*/*/*.txt');
+        usort($tick_files, fn($a, $b) => strcmp($b, $a)); // sort filenames in reverse chronological order
+
+        $count = 0;
+        foreach ($tick_files as $file) {
+            // read all the ticks from the current file and reverse the order
+            // so the most recent ones are first
+            //
+            // each file is a single day, so we never hold more than
+            // one day's ticks in memory
+            $lines = array_reverse(
+                file($file, FILE_IGNORE_NEW_LINES | FILE_SKIP_EMPTY_LINES)
+            );
+
+            // split the path to the current file into the date components
+            $pathParts = explode('/', str_replace('\\', '/', $file));
+
+            // assign the different components to the appropriate part of the date 
+            $year = $pathParts[count($pathParts) - 3];
+            $month = $pathParts[count($pathParts) - 2];
+            $day = pathinfo($pathParts[count($pathParts) - 1], PATHINFO_FILENAME);
+
+            foreach ($lines as $line) {
+                // just keep skipping ticks until we get to the starting point
+                if ($offset > 0) {
+                    $offset--;
+                    continue;
+                }
+
+                // Ticks are pipe-delimited: timestamp|text
+                // But just in case a tick contains a pipe, only split on the first one that occurs
+                $tickParts = explode('|', $line, 2);
+                $time = $tickParts[0];
+                $tick = $tickParts[1];
+
+                // Build the timestamp from the date and time
+                // Ticks are always stored in UTC
+                $timestampUTC = "$year-$month-$day $time";
+                yield [
+                    'timestamp' => $timestampUTC,
+                    'tick' => $tick,
+                ];
+
+                if (++$count >= $limit) {
+                    return;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    public function render(){
+        $page = isset($_GET['page']) ? max(1, (int)$_GET['page']) : 1;
+        $isLoggedIn = isset($_SESSION['user_id']);
+        $config = Config::load();
+        $user = User::load();
+
+        $limit = $config->itemsPerPage;
+        $offset = ($page - 1) * $limit;
+        $ticks = iterator_to_array(stream_ticks($limit, $offset));
+
+        $view = new HomeView();
+        $tickList = $view->renderTicksSection($config->siteDescription, $ticks, $page, $limit);
+
+        $vars = [
+            'isLoggedIn' => $isLoggedIn,
+            'config'     => $config,
+            'user'       => $user,
+            'tickList'      => $tickList,
+        ];
+
+        echo render_template(TEMPLATES_DIR . "/home.php", $vars);
+
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/Config/Config.php b/src/Model/Config/Config.php
similarity index 81%
rename from src/Config/Config.php
rename to src/Model/Config/Config.php
index 58a6dab..1b37166 100644
--- a/src/Config/Config.php
+++ b/src/Model/Config/Config.php
@@ -1,10 +1,4 @@
 <?php
-#require_once __DIR__ . '/../bootstrap.php';
-
-#confirm_setup();
-
-// Made this a class so it could be more obvious where config settings are coming from.
-// Felt too much like magic constants in other files before.
 class Config {
     // properties and default values
     public string $siteTitle = 'My tkr';
@@ -39,9 +33,4 @@ class Config {
 
         return self::load();
     }
-
-    // I'm making this 
-    public function setPassword(){
-
-    }
 }
diff --git a/src/User/User.php b/src/Model/User/User.php
similarity index 100%
rename from src/User/User.php
rename to src/Model/User/User.php
diff --git a/src/View/Home/Home.php b/src/View/Home/Home.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4ef7694
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/View/Home/Home.php
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+<?php
+class HomeView {
+    public function renderTicksSection(string $siteDescription, array $ticks, int $page, int $limit){
+        ob_start();
+        ?>
+
+        <section id="ticks" class="home-ticks">
+            <div class="home-ticks-header">
+                <h2><?= $siteDescription ?></h2>
+            </div>
+            <div class="home-ticks-list">
+            <?php foreach ($ticks as $tick): ?>
+                <article class="tick">
+                    <div class="tick-time"><?= htmlspecialchars(relative_time($tick['timestamp'])) ?></div>
+                    <span class="tick-text"><?= escape_and_linkify($tick['tick']) ?></span>
+                </article>
+            <?php endforeach; ?>
+            </div>
+            <div class="home-ticks-pagination">
+            <?php if ($page > 1): ?>
+                <a href="?page=<?= $page - 1 ?>">&laquo; Newer</a>
+            <?php endif; ?>
+            <?php if (count($ticks) === $limit): ?>
+                <a href="?page=<?= $page + 1 ?>">Older &raquo;</a>
+            <?php endif; ?>
+            </div>
+        </section>
+
+        <?php return ob_get_clean();
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/lib/mood.php b/src/lib/mood.php
index e065e79..3c3904d 100644
--- a/src/lib/mood.php
+++ b/src/lib/mood.php
@@ -1,17 +1,8 @@
 <?php
-#require_once __DIR__ . '/../bootstrap.php';
-#require_once CLASSES_DIR . '/Config.php';
-#require_once CLASSES_DIR . '/User.php';
-
-#require LIB_DIR . '/emoji.php';
 
 function save_mood(string $mood): void {
     $config = Config::load();
     $user = User::load();
-    //$db = get_db();
-
-    //$stmt = $db->prepare("UPDATE user SET mood=? WHERE username=?");
-    //$stmt->execute([$mood, $_SESSION['username']]);
 
     $user->mood = $mood;
     $user = $user->save();
diff --git a/src/lib/ticks.php b/src/lib/ticks.php
index 86bd407..b66640c 100644
--- a/src/lib/ticks.php
+++ b/src/lib/ticks.php
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 <?php
-#require_once __DIR__ . '/../bootstrap.php';
 
 function save_tick(string $tick): void {
     // build the tick path and filename from the current time
@@ -24,6 +23,8 @@ function save_tick(string $tick): void {
     file_put_contents($filename, $content, FILE_APPEND);
 }
 
+// TODO - move this into a view along with
+//        the code that builds the tick list.
 function stream_ticks(int $limit, int $offset = 0): Generator {
     $tick_files = glob(TICKS_DIR . '/*/*/*.txt');
     usort($tick_files, fn($a, $b) => strcmp($b, $a)); // sort filenames in reverse chronological order
@@ -46,9 +47,6 @@ function stream_ticks(int $limit, int $offset = 0): Generator {
         $year = $pathParts[count($pathParts) - 3];
         $month = $pathParts[count($pathParts) - 2];
         $day = pathinfo($pathParts[count($pathParts) - 1], PATHINFO_FILENAME);
-        // $date = $pathParts[count($pathParts) - 3] . '-' .
-        //        $pathParts[count($pathParts) - 2] . '-' .
-        //        pathinfo($pathParts[count($pathParts) - 1], PATHINFO_FILENAME);
 
         foreach ($lines as $line) {
             // just keep skipping ticks until we get to the starting point
diff --git a/src/lib/util.php b/src/lib/util.php
index 1c403a6..beffc38 100644
--- a/src/lib/util.php
+++ b/src/lib/util.php
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ function relative_time(string $tickTime): string {
     }
     return $diff->s . ' second' . ($diff->s != 1 ? 's' : '') . ' ago';
 }
+
 function verify_data_dir(string $dir, bool $allow_create = false): void {
     if (!is_dir($dir)) {
         if ($allow_create) {
@@ -117,9 +118,9 @@ function get_db(): PDO {
     return $db;
 }
 
+// TODO - Maybe this is the sort of thing that would be good
+//        in a Controller base class.
 function render_template(string $templateFile, array $vars = []): string {
-    #$templatePath = TEMPLATES_DIR . '/' . ltrim($templateFile, '/');
-    
     if (!file_exists($templateFile)) {
         throw new RuntimeException("Template not found: $templatePath");
     }
diff --git a/templates/home.php b/templates/home.php
index 341f926..064d7b3 100644
--- a/templates/home.php
+++ b/templates/home.php
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <?php /** @var bool $isLoggedIn */ ?>
 <?php /** @var Config $config */ ?>
 <?php /** @var User $user */ ?>
-<?php /** @var array $ticks */ ?>
+<?php /** @var string $tickList */ ?>
 
 <!DOCTYPE html>
 <html>
@@ -48,27 +48,7 @@
                 </div>
 <?php endif; ?>
             </section>
-            <section id="ticks" class="home-ticks">
-                <div class="home-ticks-header">
-                    <h2><?= $config->siteDescription ?></h2>
-                </div>
-                <div class="home-ticks-list">
-<?php foreach ($ticks as $tick): ?>
-                    <article class="tick">
-                        <div class="tick-time"><?= htmlspecialchars(relative_time($tick['timestamp'])) ?></div>
-                        <span class="tick-text"><?= escape_and_linkify($tick['tick']) ?></span>
-                    </article>
-<?php endforeach; ?>
-                </div>
-                <div class="home-ticks-pagination">
-<?php if ($page > 1): ?>
-                    <a href="?page=<?= $page - 1 ?>">&laquo; Newer</a>
-<?php endif; ?>
-<?php if (count($ticks) === $limit): ?>
-                    <a href="?page=<?= $page + 1 ?>">Older &raquo;</a>
-<?php endif; ?>
-                </div>
-            </section>
+            <?php echo $tickList ?>
         </div>
     </body>
 </html>