diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 70283ad..ba0fdc2 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -7,6 +7,10 @@ edition = "2021"
 default = ["nvim"]
 nvim = []
 
+[lib]
+name = "library"
+path = "src/lib/lib.rs"
+
 [[bin]] # Bin to run the CodeMP gRPC server
 name = "server"
 path = "src/server/main.rs"
@@ -27,6 +31,7 @@ rmpv = "1"
 operational-transform = "0.6"
 nvim-rs = { version = "0.4", features = ["use_tokio"] }  # TODO put this behind a conditional feature
 uuid = { version = "1", features = ["v4", "fast-rng", "macro-diagnostics"] }
+rand = "0.8.5"
 
 [build-dependencies]
 tonic-build = "0.7"
diff --git a/src/server/events.rs b/src/lib/events.rs
similarity index 98%
rename from src/server/events.rs
rename to src/lib/events.rs
index 53551a6..2d01ad8 100644
--- a/src/server/events.rs
+++ b/src/lib/events.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 use std::fmt::Display;
-use crate::actor::state::User;
+use crate::user::User;
 
 #[derive(Debug, Clone)]
 pub enum Event {
diff --git a/src/lib/lib.rs b/src/lib/lib.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..84e0b84
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/lib/lib.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+pub mod events;
+pub mod user;
diff --git a/src/lib/user.rs b/src/lib/user.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0e80f53
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/lib/user.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+use std::fmt::Display;
+
+#[derive(Debug, Clone)]
+pub struct UserCursor{
+	pub buffer: i64,
+	pub x: i64,
+	pub y: i64
+}
+
+impl Display for UserCursor {
+	fn fmt(&self, f: &mut std::fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> std::fmt::Result {
+		write!(f, "Cursor(buffer:{}, x:{}, y:{})", self.buffer, self.x, self.y)
+	}
+}
+
+
+#[derive(Debug, Clone)]
+pub struct User {
+	pub name: String,
+	pub cursor: UserCursor,
+}
+
+impl Display for User {
+	fn fmt(&self, f: &mut std::fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> std::fmt::Result {
+		write!(f, "User(name:{}, cursor:{})", self.name, self.cursor)
+	}
+}
diff --git a/src/server/actor/buffer.rs b/src/server/actor/buffer.rs
index 2526ea4..0538e4e 100644
--- a/src/server/actor/buffer.rs
+++ b/src/server/actor/buffer.rs
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ use operational_transform::OperationSeq;
 use tokio::sync::{broadcast, mpsc, watch};
 use tracing::error;
 
-use crate::events::Event;
+use library::events::Event;
 
 #[derive(Debug, Clone)]
 /// A view of a buffer, with references to access value and send operations
diff --git a/src/server/actor/state.rs b/src/server/actor/state.rs
index e2094d6..4d27aca 100644
--- a/src/server/actor/state.rs
+++ b/src/server/actor/state.rs
@@ -5,32 +5,6 @@ use tracing::error;
 
 use crate::actor::workspace::Workspace;
 
-#[derive(Debug, Clone)]
-pub struct UserCursor{
-	pub buffer: i32,
-	pub x: i32,
-	pub y: i32
-}
-
-impl Display for UserCursor {
-	fn fmt(&self, f: &mut std::fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> std::fmt::Result {
-		write!(f, "Cursor(buffer:{}, x:{}, y:{})", self.buffer, self.x, self.y)
-	}
-}
-
-
-#[derive(Debug, Clone)]
-pub struct User {
-	pub name: String,
-	pub cursor: UserCursor,
-}
-
-impl Display for User {
-	fn fmt(&self, f: &mut std::fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> std::fmt::Result {
-		write!(f, "User(name:{}, cursor:{})", self.name, self.cursor)
-	}
-}
-
 
 #[derive(Debug)]
 enum WorkspaceAction {
diff --git a/src/server/actor/workspace.rs b/src/server/actor/workspace.rs
index d7e84d9..19c8500 100644
--- a/src/server/actor/workspace.rs
+++ b/src/server/actor/workspace.rs
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ use std::collections::HashMap;
 use tokio::sync::{broadcast, mpsc, watch::{self, Ref}};
 use tracing::warn;
 
-use crate::{events::Event, service::workspace::proto::CursorUpdate};
+use library::{events::Event, user::{User, UserCursor}};
 
 use super::{buffer::{BufferView, Buffer}, state::{User, UserCursor}};
 
diff --git a/src/server/main.rs b/src/server/main.rs
index a217e14..e74133d 100644
--- a/src/server/main.rs
+++ b/src/server/main.rs
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
 //!
 
 pub mod actor;
-pub mod events;
 pub mod service;
 
 use std::sync::Arc;
diff --git a/src/server/service/buffer.rs b/src/server/service/buffer.rs
index 723bf47..3f90732 100644
--- a/src/server/service/buffer.rs
+++ b/src/server/service/buffer.rs
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ pub mod proto {
 	tonic::include_proto!("buffer");
 }
 
+use library::events::Event;
+
 use tokio::sync::{broadcast, mpsc};
 use tokio_stream::{Stream, StreamExt}; // TODO example used this?
 
@@ -21,7 +23,6 @@ use tonic::Streaming;
 //use futures::{Stream, StreamExt};
 
 use crate::actor::{buffer::BufferView, state::StateManager};
-use crate::events::Event;
 
 use self::proto::{BufferPayload, BufferResponse}; // TODO fuck x2!
 
diff --git a/src/server/service/workspace.rs b/src/server/service/workspace.rs
index 9897b22..9503ba0 100644
--- a/src/server/service/workspace.rs
+++ b/src/server/service/workspace.rs
@@ -12,13 +12,15 @@ pub mod proto {
 	tonic::include_proto!("workspace");
 }
 
+use library::user::User;
+
 use tokio_stream::{Stream, StreamExt}; // TODO example used this?
 
 use proto::workspace_server::{Workspace, WorkspaceServer};
 use proto::{BufferList, WorkspaceEvent, WorkspaceRequest, WorkspaceResponse, UsersList, BufferRequest, CursorUpdate, JoinRequest};
 
-use crate::actor::state::UserCursor;
-use crate::actor::{buffer::Buffer, state::StateManager, workspace::Workspace as WorkspaceInstance}; // TODO fuck x2!
+use library::user::UserCursor;
+use crate::actor::{buffer::Buffer, state::StateManager}; // TODO fuck x2!
 
 pub struct WorkspaceExtension {
 	pub id: String
@@ -86,7 +88,7 @@ impl Workspace for WorkspaceService {
 					let mut event_receiver = w.bus.subscribe();
 					w.view().users.add(
 						crate::actor::state::User {
-							name: r.name.clone(),
+							name: "some-name".to_string(), // get from request
 							cursor: UserCursor { buffer:0, x:0, y:0 }
 						}
 					);