diff --git a/app/pages/bot/accounts_add.py b/app/pages/bot/accounts_add.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0fa543c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/pages/bot/accounts_add.py
@@ -0,0 +1,90 @@
+from flask import session, render_template, request, redirect
+import requests
+from mastodon import Mastodon
+
+def bot_accounts_add(mysql):
+	if request.method == 'POST':
+		if session['step'] == 1:
+			if request.form['account'] == session['bot']:
+				error = "Bots cannot learn from themselves."
+				return render_template("bot/accounts_add.html", error = error)
+
+			# look up user
+			handle_list = request.form['account'].split('@')
+			if len(handle_list) != 3:
+				# not formatted correctly
+				error = "Incorrectly formatted handle."
+				return render_template("bot/accounts_add.html", error = error)
+
+			username = handle_list[1]
+			instance = handle_list[2]
+
+			# gab check
+			try:
+				r = requests.get("https://{}/api/v1/instance".format(instance), timeout=10)
+			except requests.exceptions.ConnectionError:
+				error = "Couldn't connect to {}.".format(instance)
+				return render_template("bot/accounts_add.html", error = error)
+			except:
+				error = "An unknown error occurred."
+				return render_template("bot/accounts_add.html", error = error)
+
+			if r.status_code == 200:
+				j = r.json()
+				if 'contact_account' in j and 'is_pro' in j['contact_account']:
+					# gab instance
+					error = "Gab instances are not supported."
+					return render_template("bot/accounts_add.html", error = error)
+
+			# 1. download host-meta to find webfinger URL
+			r = requests.get("https://{}/.well-known/host-meta".format(instance), timeout=10)
+			if r.status_code != 200:
+				error = "Couldn't get host-meta."
+				return render_template("bot/accounts_add.html", error = error)
+
+			# 2. use webfinger to find user's info page
+			#TODO: use more reliable method
+			try:
+				uri = re.search(r'template="([^"]+)"', r.text).group(1)
+				uri = uri.format(uri = "{}@{}".format(username, instance))
+			except:
+				error = "Couldn't find WebFinger URL."
+				return render_template("bot/accounts_add.html", error = error)
+
+			r = requests.get(uri, headers={"Accept": "application/json"}, timeout=10)
+			try:
+				j = r.json()
+			except:
+				error = "Invalid WebFinger response."
+				return render_template("bot/accounts_add.html", error = error)
+
+			found = False
+			for link in j['links']:
+				if link['rel'] == 'self':
+					#this is a link formatted like "https://instan.ce/users/username", which is what we need
+					uri = link['href']
+					found = True
+					break
+			if not found:
+				error = "Couldn't find a valid ActivityPub outbox URL."
+				return render_template("bot/accounts_add.html", error = error)
+
+			# 3. format as outbox URL and check to make sure it works
+			outbox = "{}/outbox?page=true".format(uri)
+			r = requests.get(uri, headers={"Accept": "application/json"}, timeout=10)
+			if r.status_code == 200:
+				# success!!
+				c = mysql.connection.cursor()
+				c.execute("REPLACE INTO `fedi_accounts` (`handle`, `outbox`) VALUES (%s, %s)", (request.form['account'], outbox))
+				c.execute("INSERT INTO `bot_learned_accounts` (`bot_id`, `fedi_id`) VALUES (%s, %s)", (session['bot'], request.form['account']))
+				c.close()
+				mysql.connection.commit()
+				return redirect("/bot/accounts/{}".format(session['bot']), 303)
+			else:
+				error = "Couldn't access ActivityPub outbox. {} may require authenticated fetches, which FediBooks doesn't support yet.".format(instance)
+				return render_template("bot/accounts_add.html", error = error)
+	else:
+		# new account add request
+		session['step'] = 1
+
+	return render_template("bot/accounts_add.html", error = session.pop('error', None))
diff --git a/app/pages/bot/create.py b/app/pages/bot/create.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..17cccc4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/pages/bot/create.py
@@ -0,0 +1,131 @@
+from flask import request, session, render_template, redirect, url_for
+import requests
+from mastodon import Mastodon
+import re
+
+def bot_create(mysql, cfg, scopes, scopes_pleroma):
+	if request.method == 'POST':
+		if session['step'] == 1:
+			# strip leading https://, if provided
+			session['instance'] = re.match(r"^(?:https?:\/\/)?(.*)", request.form['instance']).group(1)
+			
+			# check for mastodon/pleroma
+			try:
+				r = requests.get("https://{}/api/v1/instance".format(session['instance']), timeout=10)
+			except requests.ConnectionError:
+				session['error'] = "Couldn't connect to https://{}.".format(session['instance'])
+				return render_template("bot/create.html", error = session.pop('error', None))
+			except:
+				session['error'] = "An unknown error occurred while trying to load https://{}".format(session['instance'])
+				return render_template("bot/create.html", error = session.pop('error', None))
+
+			if r.status_code == 200:
+				j = r.json()
+				if "Pleroma" in j['version']:
+					session['instance_type'] = "Pleroma"
+					session['step'] += 1
+				else:
+					if 'contact_account' in j and 'is_pro' in j['contact_account']:
+						# gab instance
+						session['error'] = "Gab instances are not supported."
+					else:
+						session['instance_type'] = "Mastodon"
+						session['step'] += 1
+
+			else:
+				# not a masto/pleroma instance
+				# misskey is currently unsupported
+				# all other instance types are also unsupported
+				# return an error message
+				#TODO: misskey
+				session['error'] = "Unsupported instance type. Misskey support is planned."
+
+		elif session['step'] == 2:
+			# nothing needs to be done here, this step just informs the user that their instance type is supported
+			session['step'] += 1
+
+		elif session['step'] == 3:
+			# authenticate with the given instance and obtain credentials
+			if session['instance_type'] in ['Mastodon', 'Pleroma']:
+				redirect_uri = '{}/do/authenticate_bot'.format(cfg['base_uri'])
+
+				session['client_id'], session['client_secret'] = Mastodon.create_app(
+					"FediBooks",
+					api_base_url="https://{}".format(session['instance']),
+					scopes=scopes if session['instance_type'] == 'Mastodon' else scopes_pleroma,
+					redirect_uris=[redirect_uri],
+					website=cfg['base_uri']
+				)
+
+				client = Mastodon(
+					client_id=session['client_id'],
+					client_secret=session['client_secret'],
+					api_base_url="https://{}".format(session['instance'])
+				)
+
+				url = client.auth_request_url(
+					client_id=session['client_id'],
+					redirect_uris=redirect_uri,
+					scopes=scopes if session['instance_type'] == 'Mastodon' else scopes_pleroma
+				)
+				return redirect(url, code=303)
+
+			elif session['instance_type'] == 'Misskey':
+				# todo
+				pass
+
+			else:
+				# the user clicked next on step 2 while having an unsupported instance type
+				# take them back home
+				del session['instance']
+				del session['instance_type']
+				session['step'] = 1
+				return redirect(url_for("home"), 303)
+
+	else:
+		if 'step' in session and session['step'] == 4:
+			try:
+				# test authentication
+				client = Mastodon(client_id=session['client_id'], client_secret=session['client_secret'], api_base_url=session['instance'])
+				session['secret'] = client.log_in(
+					code = session['code'],
+					scopes=scopes if session['instance_type'] == 'Mastodon' else scopes_pleroma,
+					redirect_uri='{}/do/authenticate_bot'.format(cfg['base_uri'])
+				)
+				username = client.account_verify_credentials()['username']
+				handle = "@{}@{}".format(username, session['instance'])
+			except:
+				# authentication error occurred
+				error = "Authentication failed."
+				session['step'] = 3
+				return render_template("bot/create.html", error = error)
+
+			# authentication success!!
+			c = mysql.connection.cursor()
+			c.execute("INSERT INTO `credentials` (client_id, client_secret, secret) VALUES (%s, %s, %s)", (session['client_id'], session['client_secret'], session['secret']))
+			credentials_id = c.lastrowid
+			mysql.connection.commit()
+
+			# get webpush url
+			privated, publicd = client.push_subscription_generate_keys()
+			private = privated['privkey']
+			public = publicd['pubkey']
+			secret = privated['auth']
+			client.push_subscription_set("{}/push/{}".format(cfg['base_uri'], handle), publicd, mention_events = True)
+
+			c.execute("INSERT INTO `bots` (handle, user_id, credentials_id, push_public_key, push_private_key, push_secret, instance_type) VALUES (%s, %s, %s, %s, %s, %s, %s)", (handle, session['user_id'], credentials_id, public, private, secret, session['instance_type']))
+			mysql.connection.commit()
+			c.close()
+
+			# clean up unneeded variables
+			del session['code']
+			del session['instance']
+			del session['instance_type']
+			del session['client_id']
+			del session['client_secret']
+		else:
+			# user is starting a new bot create request
+			session['step'] = 1
+
+
+	return render_template("bot/create.html", error = session.pop('error', None))
diff --git a/app/webui.py b/app/webui.py
index 8c57153..6112789 100644
--- a/app/webui.py
+++ b/app/webui.py
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ import functions
 from pages.home import home
 from pages.settings import settings
 from pages.bot.edit import bot_edit
+from pages.bot.accounts_add import accounts_add
+from pages.bot.create import create
 
 cfg = json.load(open("config.json"))
 
@@ -124,92 +126,8 @@ def bot_accounts(id):
 		return render_template("bot/accounts.html", users = users, post_count = post_count)
 
 @app.route("/bot/accounts/add", methods = ['GET', 'POST'])
-def bot_accounts_add():
-	if request.method == 'POST':
-		if session['step'] == 1:
-			if request.form['account'] == session['bot']:
-				error = "Bots cannot learn from themselves."
-				return render_template("bot/accounts_add.html", error = error)
-
-			# look up user
-			handle_list = request.form['account'].split('@')
-			if len(handle_list) != 3:
-				# not formatted correctly
-				error = "Incorrectly formatted handle."
-				return render_template("bot/accounts_add.html", error = error)
-
-			username = handle_list[1]
-			instance = handle_list[2]
-
-			# gab check
-			try:
-				r = requests.get("https://{}/api/v1/instance".format(instance), timeout=10)
-			except requests.exceptions.ConnectionError:
-				error = "Couldn't connect to {}.".format(instance)
-				return render_template("bot/accounts_add.html", error = error)
-			except:
-				error = "An unknown error occurred."
-				return render_template("bot/accounts_add.html", error = error)
-
-			if r.status_code == 200:
-				j = r.json()
-				if 'contact_account' in j and 'is_pro' in j['contact_account']:
-					# gab instance
-					error = "Gab instances are not supported."
-					return render_template("bot/accounts_add.html", error = error)
-
-			# 1. download host-meta to find webfinger URL
-			r = requests.get("https://{}/.well-known/host-meta".format(instance), timeout=10)
-			if r.status_code != 200:
-				error = "Couldn't get host-meta."
-				return render_template("bot/accounts_add.html", error = error)
-
-			# 2. use webfinger to find user's info page
-			#TODO: use more reliable method
-			try:
-				uri = re.search(r'template="([^"]+)"', r.text).group(1)
-				uri = uri.format(uri = "{}@{}".format(username, instance))
-			except:
-				error = "Couldn't find WebFinger URL."
-				return render_template("bot/accounts_add.html", error = error)
-
-			r = requests.get(uri, headers={"Accept": "application/json"}, timeout=10)
-			try:
-				j = r.json()
-			except:
-				error = "Invalid WebFinger response."
-				return render_template("bot/accounts_add.html", error = error)
-
-			found = False
-			for link in j['links']:
-				if link['rel'] == 'self':
-					#this is a link formatted like "https://instan.ce/users/username", which is what we need
-					uri = link['href']
-					found = True
-					break
-			if not found:
-				error = "Couldn't find a valid ActivityPub outbox URL."
-				return render_template("bot/accounts_add.html", error = error)
-
-			# 3. format as outbox URL and check to make sure it works
-			outbox = "{}/outbox?page=true".format(uri)
-			r = requests.get(uri, headers={"Accept": "application/json"}, timeout=10)
-			if r.status_code == 200:
-				# success!!
-				c = mysql.connection.cursor()
-				c.execute("REPLACE INTO `fedi_accounts` (`handle`, `outbox`) VALUES (%s, %s)", (request.form['account'], outbox))
-				c.execute("INSERT INTO `bot_learned_accounts` (`bot_id`, `fedi_id`) VALUES (%s, %s)", (session['bot'], request.form['account']))
-				c.close()
-				mysql.connection.commit()
-				return redirect("/bot/accounts/{}".format(session['bot']), 303)
-			else:
-				error = "Couldn't access ActivityPub outbox. {} may require authenticated fetches, which FediBooks doesn't support yet.".format(instance)
-				return render_template("bot/accounts_add.html", error = error)
-	else:
-		# new account add request
-		session['step'] = 1
-
-	return render_template("bot/accounts_add.html", error = session.pop('error', None))
+def render_bot_accounts_add():
+	return bot_accounts_add(mysql)
 
 @app.route("/bot/accounts/toggle/<id>")
 def bot_accounts_toggle(id):
@@ -239,132 +157,8 @@ def bot_accounts_delete(id):
 		return redirect("/bot/accounts/{}".format(session['bot']), 303)
 
 @app.route("/bot/create/", methods=['GET', 'POST'])
-def bot_create():
-	if request.method == 'POST':
-		if session['step'] == 1:
-			# strip leading https://, if provided
-			session['instance'] = re.match(r"^(?:https?:\/\/)?(.*)", request.form['instance']).group(1)
-			
-			# check for mastodon/pleroma
-			try:
-				r = requests.get("https://{}/api/v1/instance".format(session['instance']), timeout=10)
-			except requests.ConnectionError:
-				session['error'] = "Couldn't connect to https://{}.".format(session['instance'])
-				return render_template("bot/create.html", error = session.pop('error', None))
-			except:
-				session['error'] = "An unknown error occurred while trying to load https://{}".format(session['instance'])
-				return render_template("bot/create.html", error = session.pop('error', None))
-
-			if r.status_code == 200:
-				j = r.json()
-				if "Pleroma" in j['version']:
-					session['instance_type'] = "Pleroma"
-					session['step'] += 1
-				else:
-					if 'contact_account' in j and 'is_pro' in j['contact_account']:
-						# gab instance
-						session['error'] = "Gab instances are not supported."
-					else:
-						session['instance_type'] = "Mastodon"
-						session['step'] += 1
-
-			else:
-				# not a masto/pleroma instance
-				# misskey is currently unsupported
-				# all other instance types are also unsupported
-				# return an error message
-				#TODO: misskey
-				session['error'] = "Unsupported instance type. Misskey support is planned."
-
-		elif session['step'] == 2:
-			# nothing needs to be done here, this step just informs the user that their instance type is supported
-			session['step'] += 1
-
-		elif session['step'] == 3:
-			# authenticate with the given instance and obtain credentials
-			if session['instance_type'] in ['Mastodon', 'Pleroma']:
-				redirect_uri = '{}/do/authenticate_bot'.format(cfg['base_uri'])
-
-				session['client_id'], session['client_secret'] = Mastodon.create_app(
-					"FediBooks",
-					api_base_url="https://{}".format(session['instance']),
-					scopes=scopes if session['instance_type'] == 'Mastodon' else scopes_pleroma,
-					redirect_uris=[redirect_uri],
-					website=cfg['base_uri']
-				)
-
-				client = Mastodon(
-					client_id=session['client_id'],
-					client_secret=session['client_secret'],
-					api_base_url="https://{}".format(session['instance'])
-				)
-
-				url = client.auth_request_url(
-					client_id=session['client_id'],
-					redirect_uris=redirect_uri,
-					scopes=scopes if session['instance_type'] == 'Mastodon' else scopes_pleroma
-				)
-				return redirect(url, code=303)
-
-			elif session['instance_type'] == 'Misskey':
-				# todo
-				pass
-
-			else:
-				# the user clicked next on step 2 while having an unsupported instance type
-				# take them back home
-				del session['instance']
-				del session['instance_type']
-				session['step'] = 1
-				return redirect(url_for("home"), 303)
-
-	else:
-		if 'step' in session and session['step'] == 4:
-			try:
-				# test authentication
-				client = Mastodon(client_id=session['client_id'], client_secret=session['client_secret'], api_base_url=session['instance'])
-				session['secret'] = client.log_in(
-					code = session['code'],
-					scopes=scopes if session['instance_type'] == 'Mastodon' else scopes_pleroma,
-					redirect_uri='{}/do/authenticate_bot'.format(cfg['base_uri'])
-				)
-				username = client.account_verify_credentials()['username']
-				handle = "@{}@{}".format(username, session['instance'])
-			except:
-				# authentication error occurred
-				error = "Authentication failed."
-				session['step'] = 3
-				return render_template("bot/create.html", error = error)
-
-			# authentication success!!
-			c = mysql.connection.cursor()
-			c.execute("INSERT INTO `credentials` (client_id, client_secret, secret) VALUES (%s, %s, %s)", (session['client_id'], session['client_secret'], session['secret']))
-			credentials_id = c.lastrowid
-			mysql.connection.commit()
-
-			# get webpush url
-			privated, publicd = client.push_subscription_generate_keys()
-			private = privated['privkey']
-			public = publicd['pubkey']
-			secret = privated['auth']
-			client.push_subscription_set("{}/push/{}".format(cfg['base_uri'], handle), publicd, mention_events = True)
-
-			c.execute("INSERT INTO `bots` (handle, user_id, credentials_id, push_public_key, push_private_key, push_secret, instance_type) VALUES (%s, %s, %s, %s, %s, %s, %s)", (handle, session['user_id'], credentials_id, public, private, secret, session['instance_type']))
-			mysql.connection.commit()
-			c.close()
-
-			# clean up unneeded variables
-			del session['code']
-			del session['instance']
-			del session['instance_type']
-			del session['client_id']
-			del session['client_secret']
-		else:
-			# user is starting a new bot create request
-			session['step'] = 1
-
-
-	return render_template("bot/create.html", error = session.pop('error', None))
+def render_bot_create():
+	return bot_create(mysql, cfg, scopes, scopes_pleroma)
 
 @app.route("/bot/create/back")
 def bot_create_back():