diff --git a/pages/earwigbot.mako b/pages/earwigbot.mako
index da36883..c97c62b 100644
--- a/pages/earwigbot.mako
+++ b/pages/earwigbot.mako
@@ -1,46 +1,5 @@
-<%!
-    from datetime import datetime
-    import os
-    import re
-    from shlex import split
-    from subprocess import check_output, CalledProcessError, STDOUT
-
-    os.environ["SGE_ROOT"] = "/sge/GE"
-
-    def format_date(d):
-        start = datetime.strptime(d, "%a %b %d %H:%M:%S %Y")
-        since = start.strftime("%b %d, %Y %H:%M:%S UTC")
-        diff = (datetime.utcnow() - start)
-        if diff.days:
-            uptime = "{0} days".format(diff.days)
-            if diff.seconds >= 3600:
-                uptime += ", {0} hours".format(diff.seconds / 3600)
-        else:
-            if diff.seconds > 3600:
-                uptime = "{0} hours".format(diff.seconds / 3600)
-            elif diff.seconds > 60:
-                uptime = "{0} minutes".format(diff.seconds / 60)
-            else:
-                uptime = "{0} seconds".format(diff.seconds)
-        return (since, uptime)
-
-    def collect_status_info():
-        try:
-            result = check_output(["qstat", "-j", "earwigbot"], stderr=STDOUT)
-        except CalledProcessError as e:
-            return ["offline", None, None, None]
-
-        if result.startswith("Following jobs do not exist:"):
-            return ["offline", None, None, None]
-
-        lines = result.splitlines()[1:]
-        re_key = "^(.*?):\s"
-        re_val = ":\s*(.*?)$"
-        data = dict((re.search(re_key, line).group(1), re.search(re_val, line).group(1)) for line in lines if re.search(re_key, line) and re.search(re_val, line))
-        since, uptime = format_date(data["submission_time"])
-        host = data["sge_o_host"]
-        return ["online", since, uptime, host]
-%>\
+<%include file="/support/header.mako" args="environ=environ, cookies=cookies, title='EarwigBot Status'"/>\
+<%namespace module="toolserver.earwigbot" import="collect_status_info"/>\
 <%def name="get_status()" filter="trim">
     <% status, since, uptime, host = collect_status_info() %>
     ${"has been" if status == "online" else "is"} <span class="${status}">${status}</span>
@@ -48,7 +7,6 @@
         since ${since} (${uptime} uptime) on <tt>${host}</tt>
     % endif
 </%def>\
-<%include file="/support/header.mako" args="environ=environ, cookies=cookies, title='EarwigBot Status'"/>
             <h1>EarwigBot Status</h1>
             <p>EarwigBot ${get_status()}.</p>
             <p>Additional information: <a href="http://status.toolserver.org/">status.toolserver.org</a></p>
diff --git a/toolserver/earwigbot.py b/toolserver/earwigbot.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e1f4f9b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/toolserver/earwigbot.py
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+from datetime import datetime
+import os
+import re
+from shlex import split
+from subprocess import check_output, CalledProcessError, STDOUT
+
+os.environ["SGE_ROOT"] = "/sge/GE"
+
+def collect_status_info(context):
+    try:
+        result = str(check_output(split("qstat -j earwigbot"), stderr=STDOUT))
+    except CalledProcessError:
+        return ["offline", None, None, None]
+
+    if result.startswith("Following jobs do not exist:"):
+        return ["offline", None, None, None]
+
+    lines = result.splitlines()[1:]
+    data = {}
+    for line in lines:
+        re_key = re.match(r"(.*?):\s", line)
+        re_val = re.search(r":\s*(.*?)$", line)
+        if re_key and re_val:
+            data[re_key.group(1)] = re_val
+    since, uptime = _format_date(data["submission_time"])
+    host = data["sge_o_host"]
+    return ["online", since, uptime, host]
+
+def _format_date(time):
+    start = datetime.strptime(time, "%a %b %d %H:%M:%S %Y")
+    since = start.strftime("%b %d, %Y %H:%M:%S UTC")
+    diff = (datetime.utcnow() - start)
+    if diff.days:
+        uptime = "{0} days".format(diff.days)
+        if diff.seconds >= 3600:
+            uptime += ", {0} hours".format(diff.seconds / 3600)
+    else:
+        if diff.seconds > 3600:
+            uptime = "{0} hours".format(diff.seconds / 3600)
+        elif diff.seconds > 60:
+            uptime = "{0} minutes".format(diff.seconds / 60)
+        else:
+            uptime = "{0} seconds".format(diff.seconds)
+    return (since, uptime)