diff --git a/include/init_lua.h b/include/init_lua.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..38feab0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/init_lua.h
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+#ifndef LASER_INIT_LUA_H
+#define LASER_INIT_LUA_H
+
+#include <lauxlib.h>
+#include <lua.h>
+#include <lualib.h>
+
+extern lua_State *L;
+
+lua_State *laser_init_lua(void);
+void laser_lua_load_script(const char *script_path);
+
+#endif
diff --git a/include/main.h b/include/main.h
deleted file mode 100644
index 349d718..0000000
--- a/include/main.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-#ifndef LASER_MAIN_H
-#define LASER_MAIN_H
-
-#include <lauxlib.h>
-#include <lua.h>
-#include <lualib.h>
-
-extern lua_State *L;
-
-#endif
diff --git a/src/init_lua.c b/src/init_lua.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cce0d50
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/init_lua.c
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+#include "init_lua.h"
+#include "laser.h"
+#include <string.h>
+
+lua_State *L;
+
+lua_State *laser_init_lua(void)
+{
+    L = luaL_newstate();
+    luaL_openlibs(L);
+
+    return L;
+}
+
+void laser_lua_load_script(const char *script_path)
+{
+    char script_dir[LASER_PATH_MAX];
+
+    // set the package.path so that user can do relative requires
+    const char *last_slash = strrchr(script_path, '/');
+    if (last_slash != NULL)
+    {
+        size_t len = last_slash - script_path;
+        strncpy(script_dir, script_path, len);
+        script_dir[len] = '\0';
+
+        lua_getglobal(L, "package");
+        lua_getfield(L, -1, "path");
+        const char *current_path = lua_tostring(L, -1);
+
+        char new_path[2 * LASER_PATH_MAX];
+        snprintf(new_path, sizeof(new_path), "%s;%s/?.lua", current_path,
+                 script_dir);
+        lua_pop(L, 1);
+
+        lua_pushstring(L, new_path);
+        lua_setfield(L, -2, "path");
+        lua_pop(L, 1);
+    }
+
+    if (luaL_dofile(L, script_path) != LUA_OK)
+    {
+        fprintf(stderr, "lsr: error loading Lua script: %s\n",
+                lua_tostring(L, -1));
+        lua_pop(L, 1);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/main.c b/src/main.c
index 94f3c90..be296a8 100644
--- a/src/main.c
+++ b/src/main.c
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-#include "main.h"
 #include "cli.h"
 #include "colors.h"
+#include "init_lua.h"
 #include "laser.h"
 #include "utils.h"
 #include <lauxlib.h>
@@ -14,53 +14,9 @@
 #define DEFAULT_SCRIPT_PATH "/usr/local/share/lsr/lsr.lua"
 #endif
 
-lua_State *L;
-
-lua_State *initialize_lua(void)
-{
-    L = luaL_newstate();
-    luaL_openlibs(L);
-
-    return L;
-}
-
-void lua_load_script(const char *script_path)
-{
-    char script_dir[LASER_PATH_MAX];
-
-    // set the package.path so that user can do relative requires
-    const char *last_slash = strrchr(script_path, '/');
-    if (last_slash != NULL)
-    {
-        size_t len = last_slash - script_path;
-        strncpy(script_dir, script_path, len);
-        script_dir[len] = '\0';
-
-        lua_getglobal(L, "package");
-        lua_getfield(L, -1, "path");
-        const char *current_path = lua_tostring(L, -1);
-
-        char new_path[2 * LASER_PATH_MAX];
-        snprintf(new_path, sizeof(new_path), "%s;%s/?.lua", current_path,
-                 script_dir);
-        lua_pop(L, 1);
-
-        lua_pushstring(L, new_path);
-        lua_setfield(L, -2, "path");
-        lua_pop(L, 1);
-    }
-
-    if (luaL_dofile(L, script_path) != LUA_OK)
-    {
-        fprintf(stderr, "lsr: error loading Lua script: %s\n",
-                lua_tostring(L, -1));
-        lua_pop(L, 1);
-    }
-}
-
 int main(int argc, char **argv)
 {
-    if (!initialize_lua())
+    if (!laser_init_lua())
         return 1;
 
     const char *default_script = DEFAULT_SCRIPT_PATH;
@@ -80,9 +36,9 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
         script_to_load = user_config_path;
 
     if (script_to_load != default_script)
-        lua_load_script(script_to_load);
-    lua_load_script(default_script); // load the default script cuz user may
-                                     // not be defining everything
+        laser_lua_load_script(script_to_load);
+    laser_lua_load_script(default_script); // load the default script cuz user
+                                           // may not be defining everything
 
     laser_colors_init();