diff --git a/src/brightness.rs b/src/brightness.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..09b7e55
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/brightness.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+use servicepoint::{Brightness, Command, Connection};
+use log::info;
+use crate::cli::BrightnessCommand;
+
+pub(crate) fn brightness(connection: &Connection, brightness_command: BrightnessCommand) {
+    match brightness_command {
+        BrightnessCommand::Max => brightness_set(connection, Brightness::MAX),
+        BrightnessCommand::Min => brightness_set(connection, Brightness::MIN),
+        BrightnessCommand::Set { brightness } => {
+            brightness_set(connection, Brightness::saturating_from(brightness))
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+pub(crate) fn brightness_set(connection: &Connection, brightness: Brightness) {
+    connection
+        .send(Command::Brightness(brightness))
+        .expect("Failed to set brightness");
+    info!("set brightness to {brightness:?}");
+}
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diff --git a/src/cli.rs b/src/cli.rs
index 3ef2286..8f205f1 100644
--- a/src/cli.rs
+++ b/src/cli.rs
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ pub enum PixelCommand {
     #[command(
         visible_alias = "r",
         visible_alias = "reset",
+        visible_alias = "clear",
         about = "Reset all pixels to the default (off) state"
     )]
     Off,
diff --git a/src/execute.rs b/src/execute.rs
deleted file mode 100644
index 17ac5df..0000000
--- a/src/execute.rs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,73 +0,0 @@
-use crate::cli::{BrightnessCommand, Mode, PixelCommand, StreamCommand};
-use crate::stream_stdin::stream_stdin;
-use crate::stream_window::stream_window;
-use log::info;
-use servicepoint::{BitVec, Brightness, Command, CompressionCode, Connection, PIXEL_COUNT};
-
-pub fn execute_mode(mode: Mode, connection: Connection) {
-    match mode {
-        Mode::ResetEverything => {
-            brightness_reset(&connection);
-            pixels_reset(&connection);
-        }
-        Mode::Pixels { pixel_command } => pixels(&connection, pixel_command),
-        Mode::Brightness { brightness_command } => brightness(&connection, brightness_command),
-        Mode::Stream { stream_command } => match stream_command {
-            StreamCommand::Stdin { slow } => stream_stdin(connection, slow),
-            StreamCommand::Screen { options } => stream_window(&connection, options),
-        },
-    }
-}
-
-fn pixels(connection: &Connection, pixel_command: PixelCommand) {
-    match pixel_command {
-        PixelCommand::Off => pixels_reset(connection),
-        PixelCommand::Invert => pixels_invert(connection),
-        PixelCommand::On => pixels_on(connection),
-    }
-}
-
-fn pixels_on(connection: &Connection) {
-    let mask = BitVec::repeat(true, PIXEL_COUNT);
-    connection
-        .send(Command::BitmapLinear(0, mask, CompressionCode::Lzma))
-        .expect("could not send command")
-}
-
-fn pixels_invert(connection: &Connection) {
-    let mask = BitVec::repeat(true, PIXEL_COUNT);
-    connection
-        .send(Command::BitmapLinearXor(0, mask, CompressionCode::Lzma))
-        .expect("could not send command")
-}
-
-fn brightness(connection: &Connection, brightness_command: BrightnessCommand) {
-    match brightness_command {
-        BrightnessCommand::Max => brightness_reset(connection),
-        BrightnessCommand::Min => brightness_set(connection, Brightness::MIN),
-        BrightnessCommand::Set { brightness } => {
-            brightness_set(connection, Brightness::saturating_from(brightness))
-        }
-    }
-}
-
-fn pixels_reset(connection: &Connection) {
-    connection
-        .send(Command::Clear)
-        .expect("failed to clear pixels");
-    info!("Reset pixels");
-}
-
-fn brightness_reset(connection: &Connection) {
-    connection
-        .send(Command::Brightness(Brightness::MAX))
-        .expect("Failed to reset brightness to maximum");
-    info!("Reset brightness");
-}
-
-fn brightness_set(connection: &Connection, brightness: Brightness) {
-    connection
-        .send(Command::Brightness(brightness))
-        .expect("Failed to set brightness");
-    info!("set brightness to {brightness:?}");
-}
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index a9878ca..bbdd20a 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -1,10 +1,17 @@
-use crate::cli::{Cli, Protocol};
+use crate::{
+    brightness::{brightness, brightness_set},
+    cli::{Cli, Mode, Protocol, StreamCommand},
+    pixels::{pixels, pixels_off},
+    stream_stdin::stream_stdin,
+    stream_window::stream_window,
+};
 use clap::Parser;
 use log::debug;
-use servicepoint::Connection;
+use servicepoint::{Brightness, Connection};
 
+mod brightness;
 mod cli;
-mod execute;
+mod pixels;
 mod stream_stdin;
 mod stream_window;
 
@@ -16,7 +23,22 @@ fn main() {
     let connection = make_connection(cli.destination, cli.transport);
     debug!("connection established: {:#?}", connection);
 
-    execute::execute_mode(cli.command, connection);
+    execute_mode(cli.command, connection);
+}
+
+pub fn execute_mode(mode: Mode, connection: Connection) {
+    match mode {
+        Mode::ResetEverything => {
+            brightness_set(&connection, Brightness::MAX);
+            pixels_off(&connection);
+        }
+        Mode::Pixels { pixel_command } => pixels(&connection, pixel_command),
+        Mode::Brightness { brightness_command } => brightness(&connection, brightness_command),
+        Mode::Stream { stream_command } => match stream_command {
+            StreamCommand::Stdin { slow } => stream_stdin(connection, slow),
+            StreamCommand::Screen { options } => stream_window(&connection, options),
+        },
+    }
 }
 
 fn make_connection(destination: String, transport: Protocol) -> Connection {
diff --git a/src/pixels.rs b/src/pixels.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0e4597e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/pixels.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+use servicepoint::{BitVec, Command, CompressionCode, Connection, PIXEL_COUNT};
+use log::info;
+use crate::cli::PixelCommand;
+
+pub(crate) fn pixels(connection: &Connection, pixel_command: PixelCommand) {
+    match pixel_command {
+        PixelCommand::Off => pixels_off(connection),
+        PixelCommand::Invert => pixels_invert(connection),
+        PixelCommand::On => pixels_on(connection),
+    }
+}
+
+fn pixels_on(connection: &Connection) {
+    let mask = BitVec::repeat(true, PIXEL_COUNT);
+    connection
+        .send(Command::BitmapLinear(0, mask, CompressionCode::Lzma))
+        .expect("could not send command");
+    info!("turned on all pixels")
+}
+
+fn pixels_invert(connection: &Connection) {
+    let mask = BitVec::repeat(true, PIXEL_COUNT);
+    connection
+        .send(Command::BitmapLinearXor(0, mask, CompressionCode::Lzma))
+        .expect("could not send command");
+    info!("inverted all pixels");
+}
+
+pub(crate) fn pixels_off(connection: &Connection) {
+    connection
+        .send(Command::Clear)
+        .expect("failed to clear pixels");
+    info!("reset pixels");
+}
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