diff --git a/src/events.rs b/src/events.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7d405c1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/events.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+use tokio::sync::oneshot;
+
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq, Eq)]
+pub enum Source {
+    Irc,
+    Owncast,
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug, Clone)]
+pub enum BridgeEvent {
+    ChatMessage {
+        source: Source,
+        username: String,
+        body: String,
+        id: Option<String>,
+    },
+    StreamStarted {
+        title: String,
+    },
+    StreamStopped,
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq, Eq)]
+pub enum OwncastState {
+    Online,
+    OfflineChatOpen,
+    Unavailable,
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug)]
+pub enum ControlCommand {
+    IrcConnect,
+    IrcDisconnect,
+    IrcReconnect,
+    OwncastConnect,
+    OwncastDisconnect,
+    OwncastReconnect,
+    Status {
+        reply: oneshot::Sender<BridgeStatus>,
+    },
+    Quit,
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, serde::Serialize)]
+pub struct BridgeStatus {
+    pub irc_connected: bool,
+    pub owncast_state: String,
+    pub webhook_listening: bool,
+    pub websocket_connected: bool,
+    pub uptime_secs: u64,
+}
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 98a45b6..86ab3db 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 mod config;
+mod events;
 
 fn main() {
     println!("owncast-irc-bridge");