diff --git a/src/favourites.js b/src/favourites.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3737e1cc66
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/favourites.js
@@ -0,0 +1,100 @@
+var	RDB = require('./redis.js'),
+	user = require('./user.js');
+
+(function(Favourites) {
+
+	Favourites.favourite = function(pid, room_id, uid, socket) {
+		if (uid === 0) {
+			socket.emit('event:alert', {
+				alert_id: 'post_favourite',
+				title: 'Not Logged In',
+				message: 'Please log in in order to favourite this post',
+				type: 'error',
+				timeout: 5000
+			});
+
+			socket.emit('api:posts.favourite', {
+				status: 'error',
+				pid: pid
+			});
+			return;
+		}
+
+		RDB.get('pid:' + pid + ':uid', function(err, uid_of_poster) {
+			RDB.handle(err);
+
+			Favourites.hasFavourited(pid, uid, function(hasFavourited) {
+				if (hasFavourited == false) {
+					RDB.sadd('pid:' + pid + ':users_favourited', uid);
+					RDB.incr('pid:' + pid + ':rep');
+
+					if (uid !== uid_of_poster) user.incrementUserFieldBy(uid_of_poster, 'reputation', 1);
+
+					if (room_id) {
+						io.sockets.in(room_id).emit('event:rep_up', {uid: uid !== uid_of_poster ? uid_of_poster : 0, pid: pid});
+					}
+
+					socket.emit('api:posts.favourite', {
+						status: 'ok'
+					});
+				}
+			});
+		});
+	}
+
+	Favourites.unfavourite = function(pid, room_id, uid, socket) {
+		if (uid === 0) {
+			socket.emit('event:alert', {
+				alert_id: 'post_favourite',
+				title: 'Not Logged In',
+				message: 'Please log in in order to favourite this post',
+				type: 'error',
+				timeout: 5000
+			});
+			return;
+		}
+
+		RDB.get('pid:' + pid + ':uid', function(err, uid_of_poster) {
+			RDB.handle(err);
+
+			Favourites.hasFavourited(pid, uid, function(hasFavourited) {
+				if (hasFavourited == true) {
+					
+					RDB.srem('pid:' + pid + ':users_favourited', uid);
+					RDB.decr('pid:' + pid + ':rep');
+					
+					if (uid !== uid_of_poster) user.incrementUserFieldBy(uid_of_poster, 'reputation', -1);
+
+					if (room_id) {
+						io.sockets.in(room_id).emit('event:rep_down', {uid: uid !== uid_of_poster ? uid_of_poster : 0, pid: pid});
+					}
+				}
+			});
+		});
+	}
+
+	Favourites.hasFavourited = function(pid, uid, callback) {
+		RDB.sismember('pid:' + pid + ':users_favourited', uid, function(err, hasFavourited) {
+			RDB.handle(err);
+			
+			callback(hasFavourited);
+		});
+	}
+
+	Favourites.getFavouritesByPostIDs = function(pids, uid, callback) {
+		var loaded = 0;
+		var data = {};
+
+		for (var i=0, ii=pids.length; i<ii; i++) {
+			(function(post_id) {
+				Favourites.hasFavourited(post_id, uid, function(hasFavourited) {
+			
+					data[post_id] = hasFavourited;
+					loaded ++;
+					if (loaded == pids.length) callback(data);
+				});
+			}(pids[i]))
+		}
+	}
+
+}(exports));
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/posts.js b/src/posts.js
index 23b4524298..59bf61a568 100644
--- a/src/posts.js
+++ b/src/posts.js
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ var	RDB = require('./redis.js'),
 	marked = require('marked'),
 	user = require('./user.js'),
 	topics = require('./topics.js'),
+	favourites = require('./favourites.js'),
 	config = require('../config.js'),
 	threadTools = require('./threadTools.js'),
 	async = require('async');
@@ -42,7 +43,7 @@ marked.setOptions({
 
 
 			function getFavouritesData(next) {
-				Posts.getFavouritesByPostIDs(pids, current_user, function(fav_data) {
+				favourites.getFavouritesByPostIDs(pids, current_user, function(fav_data) {
 					next(null, fav_data);
 				}); // to be moved
 			}
@@ -236,104 +237,10 @@ marked.setOptions({
 		});
 	}
 
-
-	Posts.favourite = function(pid, room_id, uid, socket) {
-		if (uid === 0) {
-			socket.emit('event:alert', {
-				alert_id: 'post_favourite',
-				title: 'Not Logged In',
-				message: 'Please log in in order to favourite this post',
-				type: 'error',
-				timeout: 5000
-			});
-
-			socket.emit('api:posts.favourite', {
-				status: 'error',
-				pid: pid
-			});
-			return;
-		}
-
-		RDB.get('pid:' + pid + ':uid', function(err, uid_of_poster) {
-			RDB.handle(err);
-
-			Posts.hasFavourited(pid, uid, function(hasFavourited) {
-				if (hasFavourited == false) {
-					RDB.sadd('pid:' + pid + ':users_favourited', uid);
-					RDB.incr('pid:' + pid + ':rep');
-
-					if (uid !== uid_of_poster) user.incrementUserFieldBy(uid_of_poster, 'reputation', 1);
-
-					if (room_id) {
-						io.sockets.in(room_id).emit('event:rep_up', {uid: uid !== uid_of_poster ? uid_of_poster : 0, pid: pid});
-					}
-
-					socket.emit('api:posts.favourite', {
-						status: 'ok'
-					});
-				}
-			});
-		});
-	}
-
-	Posts.unfavourite = function(pid, room_id, uid, socket) {
-		if (uid === 0) {
-			socket.emit('event:alert', {
-				alert_id: 'post_favourite',
-				title: 'Not Logged In',
-				message: 'Please log in in order to favourite this post',
-				type: 'error',
-				timeout: 5000
-			});
-			return;
-		}
-
-		RDB.get('pid:' + pid + ':uid', function(err, uid_of_poster) {
-			RDB.handle(err);
-
-			Posts.hasFavourited(pid, uid, function(hasFavourited) {
-				if (hasFavourited == true) {
-					
-					RDB.srem('pid:' + pid + ':users_favourited', uid);
-					RDB.decr('pid:' + pid + ':rep');
-					
-					if (uid !== uid_of_poster) user.incrementUserFieldBy(uid_of_poster, 'reputation', -1);
-
-					if (room_id) {
-						io.sockets.in(room_id).emit('event:rep_down', {uid: uid !== uid_of_poster ? uid_of_poster : 0, pid: pid});
-					}
-				}
-			});
-		});
-	}
-
-	Posts.hasFavourited = function(pid, uid, callback) {
-		RDB.sismember('pid:' + pid + ':users_favourited', uid, function(err, hasFavourited) {
-			RDB.handle(err);
-			
-			callback(hasFavourited);
-		});
-	}
-
-	Posts.getFavouritesByPostIDs = function(pids, uid, callback) {
-		var loaded = 0;
-		var data = {};
-
-		for (var i=0, ii=pids.length; i<ii; i++) {
-			(function(post_id) {
-				Posts.hasFavourited(post_id, uid, function(hasFavourited) {
-			
-					data[post_id] = hasFavourited;
-					loaded ++;
-					if (loaded == pids.length) callback(data);
-				});
-			}(pids[i]))
-		}
-	}
-
 	Posts.getRawContent = function(pid, socket) {
 		RDB.get('pid:' + pid + ':content', function(err, raw) {
 			socket.emit('api:posts.getRawPost', { post: raw });
 		});
 	}
+
 }(exports));
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/websockets.js b/src/websockets.js
index 4af2a7f28d..4d65ddaa80 100644
--- a/src/websockets.js
+++ b/src/websockets.js
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ var SocketIO = require('socket.io').listen(global.server,{log:false}),
 	config = require('../config.js'),
 	user = require('./user.js'),
 	posts = require('./posts.js'),
+	favourites = require('./favourites.js'),
 	utils = require('../public/src/utils.js'),
 	topics = require('./topics.js'),
 	categories = require('./categories.js'),
@@ -180,11 +181,11 @@ var SocketIO = require('socket.io').listen(global.server,{log:false}),
 		});
 
 		socket.on('api:posts.favourite', function(data) {
-			posts.favourite(data.pid, data.room_id, uid, socket);
+			favourites.favourite(data.pid, data.room_id, uid, socket);
 		});
 
 		socket.on('api:posts.unfavourite', function(data) {
-			posts.unfavourite(data.pid, data.room_id, uid, socket);
+			favourites.unfavourite(data.pid, data.room_id, uid, socket);
 		});
 
 		socket.on('api:user.active.get_record', function() {