diff --git a/FredBoat-Bootloader/pom.xml b/FredBoat-Bootloader/pom.xml
index bd20413fa..a5844d026 100644
--- a/FredBoat-Bootloader/pom.xml
+++ b/FredBoat-Bootloader/pom.xml
@@ -24,17 +24,33 @@
   ~
   -->
 
-<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
+         xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+         xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+    <parent>
+        <groupId>fredboat</groupId>
+        <artifactId>FredBoat-Root</artifactId>
+        <version>1.0</version>
+    </parent>
+
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
-    <groupId>com.frederikam</groupId>
     <artifactId>FredBoat-Bootloader</artifactId>
     <version>1.0</version>
     <packaging>jar</packaging>
+
     <properties>
-        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-        <maven.compiler.source>1.8</maven.compiler.source>
-        <maven.compiler.target>1.8</maven.compiler.target>
+        <start-class>fredboat.bootloader.Bootloader</start-class>
     </properties>
+
+    <dependencies>
+        <dependency>
+            <!-- fredboat internal shared library -->
+            <groupId>fredboat</groupId>
+            <artifactId>Shared</artifactId>
+            <version>1.0</version>
+        </dependency>
+    </dependencies>
+
     <build>
         <plugins>
             <plugin>
@@ -51,7 +67,7 @@
                             <transformers>
                                 <transformer implementation="org.apache.maven.plugins.shade.resource.ManifestResourceTransformer">
                                     <manifestEntries>
-                                        <Main-Class>com.frederikam.fredboat.bootloader.Bootloader</Main-Class>
+                                        <Main-Class>fredboat.bootloader.Bootloader</Main-Class>
                                     </manifestEntries>
                                 </transformer>
                             </transformers>
@@ -61,12 +77,4 @@
             </plugin>
         </plugins>
     </build>
-    <dependencies>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.json</groupId>
-            <artifactId>json</artifactId>
-            <version>20170516</version>
-            <type>jar</type>
-        </dependency>
-    </dependencies>
-</project>
\ No newline at end of file
+</project>
diff --git a/FredBoat-Bootloader/src/main/java/com/frederikam/fredboat/bootloader/ExitCodes.java b/FredBoat-Bootloader/src/main/java/com/frederikam/fredboat/bootloader/ExitCodes.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 9c6a2d5a9..000000000
--- a/FredBoat-Bootloader/src/main/java/com/frederikam/fredboat/bootloader/ExitCodes.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,34 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * MIT License
- *
- * Copyright (c) 2017 Frederik Ar. Mikkelsen
- *
- * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
- * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
- * in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
- * to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
- * copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
- * furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
- *
- * The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
- * copies or substantial portions of the Software.
- *
- * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
- * IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
- * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
- * AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
- * LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
- * OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
- * SOFTWARE.
- *
- */
-
-package com.frederikam.fredboat.bootloader;
-
-public class ExitCodes {
-    
-    public static final int EXIT_CODE_NORMAL = 0;
-    public static final int EXIT_CODE_UPDATE = 20;
-    public static final int EXIT_CODE_RESTART = 21;
-    
-}
diff --git a/FredBoat-Bootloader/src/main/java/com/frederikam/fredboat/bootloader/Bootloader.java b/FredBoat-Bootloader/src/main/java/fredboat/bootloader/Bootloader.java
similarity index 93%
rename from FredBoat-Bootloader/src/main/java/com/frederikam/fredboat/bootloader/Bootloader.java
rename to FredBoat-Bootloader/src/main/java/fredboat/bootloader/Bootloader.java
index d894a5af8..9aa926ff7 100644
--- a/FredBoat-Bootloader/src/main/java/com/frederikam/fredboat/bootloader/Bootloader.java
+++ b/FredBoat-Bootloader/src/main/java/fredboat/bootloader/Bootloader.java
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 /*
+ *
  * MIT License
  *
  * Copyright (c) 2017 Frederik Ar. Mikkelsen
@@ -20,10 +21,13 @@
  * LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
  * OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
  * SOFTWARE.
- *
  */
 
-package com.frederikam.fredboat.bootloader;
+package fredboat.bootloader;
+
+import fredboat.shared.constant.ExitCodes;
+import org.json.JSONArray;
+import org.json.JSONObject;
 
 import java.io.File;
 import java.io.FileInputStream;
@@ -31,8 +35,6 @@
 import java.io.InputStream;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Scanner;
-import org.json.JSONArray;
-import org.json.JSONObject;
 
 public class Bootloader {
 
@@ -40,7 +42,7 @@ public class Bootloader {
     private static String jarName;
     private static int recentBoots = 0;
     private static long lastBoot = 0L;
-    
+
     public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException, InterruptedException {
         OUTER:
         while (true) {
@@ -48,14 +50,14 @@ public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException, InterruptedException
             Scanner scanner = new Scanner(is);
             JSONObject json = new JSONObject(scanner.useDelimiter("\\A").next());
             scanner.close();
-        
+
             command = json.getJSONArray("command");
             jarName = json.getString("jarName");
 
             Process process = boot();
             process.waitFor();
             System.out.println("[BOOTLOADER] Bot exited with code " + process.exitValue());
-            
+
             switch (process.exitValue()) {
                 case ExitCodes.EXIT_CODE_UPDATE:
                     System.out.println("[BOOTLOADER] Now updating...");
@@ -65,7 +67,7 @@ public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException, InterruptedException
                 case ExitCodes.EXIT_CODE_NORMAL:
                     System.out.println("[BOOTLOADER] Now shutting down...");
                     break OUTER;
-                    //SIGINT received or clean exit
+                //SIGINT received or clean exit
                 default:
                     System.out.println("[BOOTLOADER] Now restarting..");
                     break;
@@ -75,18 +77,18 @@ public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException, InterruptedException
 
     private static Process boot() throws IOException {
         //Check that we are not booting too quick (we could be stuck in a login loop)
-        if(System.currentTimeMillis() - lastBoot > 3000 * 1000){
+        if (System.currentTimeMillis() - lastBoot > 3000 * 1000) {
             recentBoots = 0;
         }
-        
+
         recentBoots++;
         lastBoot = System.currentTimeMillis();
-        
-        if(recentBoots >= 4){
+
+        if (recentBoots >= 4) {
             System.out.println("[BOOTLOADER] Failed to restart 3 times, probably due to login errors. Exiting...");
             System.exit(-1);
         }
-        
+
         //ProcessBuilder pb = new ProcessBuilder(System.getProperty("java.home") + "/bin/java -jar "+new File("FredBoat-1.0.jar").getAbsolutePath())
         ProcessBuilder pb = new ProcessBuilder()
                 .inheritIO();
@@ -94,9 +96,9 @@ private static Process boot() throws IOException {
         command.forEach((Object str) -> {
             list.add((String) str);
         });
-        
+
         pb.command(list);
-        
+
         Process process = pb.start();
         return process;
     }
diff --git a/FredBoat/pom.xml b/FredBoat/pom.xml
index 080cb5414..87de39de7 100644
--- a/FredBoat/pom.xml
+++ b/FredBoat/pom.xml
@@ -24,207 +24,196 @@
   ~
   -->
 
-<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
+         xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+         xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+    <parent>
+        <groupId>fredboat</groupId>
+        <artifactId>FredBoat-Root</artifactId>
+        <version>1.0</version>
+    </parent>
+
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
-    <groupId>fredboat</groupId>
     <artifactId>FredBoat</artifactId>
     <version>1.0</version>
     <packaging>jar</packaging>
+
     <properties>
-        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-        <maven.compiler.source>1.8</maven.compiler.source>
-        <maven.compiler.target>1.8</maven.compiler.target>
         <start-class>fredboat.FredBoat</start-class>
     </properties>
+
     <dependencies>
         <dependency>
+            <!-- fredboat internal shared library -->
+            <groupId>fredboat</groupId>
+            <artifactId>Shared</artifactId>
+            <version>1.0</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <!-- discord api -->
             <groupId>net.dv8tion</groupId>
             <artifactId>JDA</artifactId>
             <version>3.1.1_217</version>
         </dependency>
-        <!-- because gradle doesn't make a good pom and the scope isn't set correctly -->
         <dependency>
+            <!-- because JDA's gradle doesn't make a good pom and the scope isn't set correctly -->
             <groupId>net.sf.trove4j</groupId>
             <artifactId>trove4j</artifactId>
             <version>3.0.3</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
+            <!-- used to send shardless messages -->
             <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
             <artifactId>commons-collections4</artifactId>
             <version>4.1</version>
             <scope>compile</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
+            <!-- audio player for discord -->
             <groupId>com.sedmelluq</groupId>
             <artifactId>lavaplayer</artifactId>
             <version>1.2.39</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
+            <!-- native audio system to avoid gc stutter in the audio -->
             <groupId>com.sedmelluq</groupId>
             <artifactId>jda-nas</artifactId>
             <version>1.0.5</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
+            <!-- cleverbot.io api -->
             <groupId>frederikam</groupId>
             <artifactId>JCA</artifactId>
             <version>1.0</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
+            <!-- utility -->
             <groupId>commons-io</groupId>
             <artifactId>commons-io</artifactId>
             <version>2.5</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
-            <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-web</artifactId>
-            <version>1.5.4.RELEASE</version>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
-            <artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
-            <version>1.7.25</version>
+            <!-- utility -->
+            <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
+            <artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
+            <version>3.6</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
+            <!-- logging framework -->
             <groupId>ch.qos.logback</groupId>
             <artifactId>logback-classic</artifactId>
             <version>1.2.3</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
-            <artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
-            <version>3.6</version>
+            <!-- logging framework -->
+            <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
+            <artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
+            <version>1.7.25</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
+            <!-- runs the fredboat rest api -->
             <groupId>com.sparkjava</groupId>
             <artifactId>spark-core</artifactId>
             <version>2.6.0</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
+            <!-- read and write yaml files -->
             <groupId>org.yaml</groupId>
             <artifactId>snakeyaml</artifactId>
             <version>1.18</version>
         </dependency>
-        <!-- provides a webclient which we use to get around cloudflare protection -->
         <dependency>
+            <!-- provides a webclient which we use to get around cloudflare protection -->
             <groupId>net.sourceforge.htmlunit</groupId>
             <artifactId>htmlunit</artifactId>
             <version>2.27</version>
             <exclusions>
-                <!-- exclude a transient dependency that clashes with one required by spark -->
                 <exclusion>
+                    <!-- exclude a transient dependency that clashes with one required by spark -->
                     <groupId>org.eclipse.jetty.websocket</groupId>
                     <artifactId>websocket-client</artifactId>
                 </exclusion>
             </exclusions>
         </dependency>
-        <!--faster and, more importantly, memory efficient collections-->
         <dependency>
+            <!-- faster and, more importantly, memory efficient collections -->
             <groupId>it.unimi.dsi</groupId>
             <artifactId>fastutil</artifactId>
             <version>8.1.0</version>
         </dependency>
 
-        <!-- Postgres/Hibernate/OAuth2 stuff -->
+        <!-- Database stuff -->
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.hibernate</groupId>
             <artifactId>hibernate-core</artifactId>
             <version>5.2.10.Final</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
+            <!-- 2nd level cache -->
             <groupId>org.hibernate</groupId>
             <artifactId>hibernate-ehcache</artifactId>
             <version>5.2.10.Final</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
+            <!-- connection pool -->
             <groupId>org.hibernate</groupId>
             <artifactId>hibernate-hikaricp</artifactId>
             <version>5.2.10.Final</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
+            <!-- entity manager factory -->
+            <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
+            <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-web</artifactId>
+            <version>1.5.4.RELEASE</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <!-- entity manager factory -->
             <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
             <artifactId>spring-orm</artifactId>
             <version>4.3.9.RELEASE</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
+            <!-- postgres driver -->
             <groupId>org.postgresql</groupId>
             <artifactId>postgresql</artifactId>
             <version>42.1.1</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.junit.jupiter</groupId>
-            <artifactId>junit-jupiter-api</artifactId>
-            <version>5.0.0-M4</version>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
-
-        <!--sqlite driver for internal db aimed at selfhosting-->
-        <dependency>
+            <!-- sqlite driver for internal db aimed at selfhosting -->
             <groupId>org.xerial</groupId>
             <artifactId>sqlite-jdbc</artifactId>
             <version>3.19.3</version>
         </dependency>
-        <!--sqlite dialect for hibernate
-        official sqlite support is in the works, see here https://github.com/hibernate/hibernate-orm/pull/1874 -->
         <dependency>
+            <!-- sqlite dialect for hibernate
+            official sqlite support is in the works, see here https://github.com/hibernate/hibernate-orm/pull/1874 -->
             <groupId>com.github.gwenn</groupId>
             <artifactId>sqlite-dialect</artifactId>
             <version>24970986d0</version>
         </dependency>
-
-        <!-- ssh tunnel -->
         <dependency>
+            <!-- ssh tunnel -->
             <groupId>com.jcraft</groupId>
             <artifactId>jsch</artifactId>
             <version>0.1.54</version>
         </dependency>
-
-        <!-- libs for feature flag pattern -->
         <dependency>
+            <!-- feature flag pattern -->
             <groupId>org.togglz</groupId>
             <artifactId>togglz-core</artifactId>
             <version>2.4.1.Final</version>
         </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <!-- testing library -->
+            <groupId>org.junit.jupiter</groupId>
+            <artifactId>junit-jupiter-api</artifactId>
+            <version>5.0.0-M4</version>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
     </dependencies>
-    <repositories>
-        <repository>
-            <id>jcenter</id>
-            <name>jcenter-bintray</name>
-            <url>http://jcenter.bintray.com</url>
-        </repository>
-        <repository>
-            <snapshots>
-                <enabled>false</enabled>
-            </snapshots>
-            <id>bintray-frederikam-JCA</id>
-            <name>bintray</name>
-            <url>http://dl.bintray.com/frederikam/JCA</url>
-        </repository>
-        <repository>
-            <id>sedmelluq</id>
-            <name>sedmelluq</name>
-            <url>http://maven.sedmelluq.com/</url>
-        </repository>
-        <repository>
-            <id>jitpack.io</id>
-            <url>https://jitpack.io</url>
-        </repository>
-    </repositories>
+
     <build>
         <plugins>
-            <!-- force clean all the time-->
-            <plugin>
-                <artifactId>maven-clean-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>3.0.0</version>
-                <executions>
-                    <execution>
-                        <id>auto-clean</id>
-                        <phase>initialize</phase>
-                        <goals>
-                            <goal>clean</goal>
-                        </goals>
-                    </execution>
-                </executions>
-            </plugin>
             <plugin>
                 <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
                 <!-- careful when updating this one, 2.20 breaks travis builds and hides test logs-->
diff --git a/FredBoat/src/main/java/fredboat/Config.java b/FredBoat/src/main/java/fredboat/Config.java
index d1573394d..35f7e28e6 100644
--- a/FredBoat/src/main/java/fredboat/Config.java
+++ b/FredBoat/src/main/java/fredboat/Config.java
@@ -26,8 +26,8 @@
 package fredboat;
 
 import com.mashape.unirest.http.exceptions.UnirestException;
+import fredboat.shared.constant.DistributionEnum;
 import fredboat.util.DiscordUtil;
-import fredboat.util.constant.DistributionEnum;
 import org.apache.commons.io.FileUtils;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
diff --git a/FredBoat/src/main/java/fredboat/FredBoat.java b/FredBoat/src/main/java/fredboat/FredBoat.java
index 601244027..879acc572 100644
--- a/FredBoat/src/main/java/fredboat/FredBoat.java
+++ b/FredBoat/src/main/java/fredboat/FredBoat.java
@@ -45,8 +45,8 @@
 import fredboat.event.EventListenerSelf;
 import fredboat.event.ShardWatchdogListener;
 import fredboat.feature.I18n;
+import fredboat.shared.constant.DistributionEnum;
 import fredboat.util.JDAUtil;
-import fredboat.util.constant.DistributionEnum;
 import fredboat.util.log.SimpleLogToSLF4JAdapter;
 import frederikam.jca.JCA;
 import frederikam.jca.JCABuilder;
diff --git a/FredBoat/src/main/java/fredboat/agent/ShardWatchdogAgent.java b/FredBoat/src/main/java/fredboat/agent/ShardWatchdogAgent.java
index 73488d6af..f24a57470 100644
--- a/FredBoat/src/main/java/fredboat/agent/ShardWatchdogAgent.java
+++ b/FredBoat/src/main/java/fredboat/agent/ShardWatchdogAgent.java
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 import fredboat.Config;
 import fredboat.FredBoat;
 import fredboat.event.ShardWatchdogListener;
-import fredboat.util.constant.DistributionEnum;
+import fredboat.shared.constant.DistributionEnum;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
diff --git a/FredBoat/src/main/java/fredboat/audio/AbstractPlayer.java b/FredBoat/src/main/java/fredboat/audio/AbstractPlayer.java
index f91ab2d3f..a47f321fe 100644
--- a/FredBoat/src/main/java/fredboat/audio/AbstractPlayer.java
+++ b/FredBoat/src/main/java/fredboat/audio/AbstractPlayer.java
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
 import fredboat.audio.queue.TrackEndMarkerHandler;
 import fredboat.audio.source.PlaylistImportSourceManager;
 import fredboat.audio.source.SpotifyPlaylistSourceManager;
-import fredboat.util.constant.DistributionEnum;
+import fredboat.shared.constant.DistributionEnum;
 import net.dv8tion.jda.core.audio.AudioSendHandler;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
diff --git a/FredBoat/src/main/java/fredboat/audio/MusicPersistenceHandler.java b/FredBoat/src/main/java/fredboat/audio/MusicPersistenceHandler.java
index 99607d2ed..da0720919 100644
--- a/FredBoat/src/main/java/fredboat/audio/MusicPersistenceHandler.java
+++ b/FredBoat/src/main/java/fredboat/audio/MusicPersistenceHandler.java
@@ -34,8 +34,8 @@
 import fredboat.audio.queue.RepeatMode;
 import fredboat.audio.queue.SplitAudioTrackContext;
 import fredboat.feature.I18n;
-import fredboat.util.constant.DistributionEnum;
-import fredboat.util.constant.ExitCodes;
+import fredboat.shared.constant.DistributionEnum;
+import fredboat.shared.constant.ExitCodes;
 import net.dv8tion.jda.core.entities.Member;
 import net.dv8tion.jda.core.entities.TextChannel;
 import net.dv8tion.jda.core.entities.VoiceChannel;
diff --git a/FredBoat/src/main/java/fredboat/command/admin/BotRestartCommand.java b/FredBoat/src/main/java/fredboat/command/admin/BotRestartCommand.java
index f1ec73197..3c379604d 100644
--- a/FredBoat/src/main/java/fredboat/command/admin/BotRestartCommand.java
+++ b/FredBoat/src/main/java/fredboat/command/admin/BotRestartCommand.java
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 import fredboat.commandmeta.abs.ICommand;
 import fredboat.commandmeta.abs.ICommandRestricted;
 import fredboat.perms.PermissionLevel;
-import fredboat.util.constant.ExitCodes;
+import fredboat.shared.constant.ExitCodes;
 import fredboat.util.TextUtils;
 import net.dv8tion.jda.core.entities.Guild;
 import net.dv8tion.jda.core.entities.Member;
diff --git a/FredBoat/src/main/java/fredboat/command/admin/ExitCommand.java b/FredBoat/src/main/java/fredboat/command/admin/ExitCommand.java
index e85300a73..22d0393b0 100644
--- a/FredBoat/src/main/java/fredboat/command/admin/ExitCommand.java
+++ b/FredBoat/src/main/java/fredboat/command/admin/ExitCommand.java
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 import fredboat.commandmeta.abs.ICommand;
 import fredboat.commandmeta.abs.ICommandRestricted;
 import fredboat.perms.PermissionLevel;
-import fredboat.util.constant.ExitCodes;
+import fredboat.shared.constant.ExitCodes;
 import fredboat.util.TextUtils;
 import net.dv8tion.jda.core.entities.Guild;
 import net.dv8tion.jda.core.entities.Member;
diff --git a/FredBoat/src/main/java/fredboat/command/admin/UpdateCommand.java b/FredBoat/src/main/java/fredboat/command/admin/UpdateCommand.java
index 3b0899373..db251f512 100644
--- a/FredBoat/src/main/java/fredboat/command/admin/UpdateCommand.java
+++ b/FredBoat/src/main/java/fredboat/command/admin/UpdateCommand.java
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 import fredboat.commandmeta.abs.ICommand;
 import fredboat.commandmeta.abs.ICommandRestricted;
 import fredboat.perms.PermissionLevel;
-import fredboat.util.constant.ExitCodes;
+import fredboat.shared.constant.ExitCodes;
 import net.dv8tion.jda.core.entities.Guild;
 import net.dv8tion.jda.core.entities.Member;
 import net.dv8tion.jda.core.entities.Message;
diff --git a/FredBoat/src/main/java/fredboat/command/moderation/PermissionsCommand.java b/FredBoat/src/main/java/fredboat/command/moderation/PermissionsCommand.java
index 0f8a9ce19..8ab907eec 100644
--- a/FredBoat/src/main/java/fredboat/command/moderation/PermissionsCommand.java
+++ b/FredBoat/src/main/java/fredboat/command/moderation/PermissionsCommand.java
@@ -35,9 +35,9 @@
 import fredboat.feature.togglz.FeatureFlags;
 import fredboat.perms.PermissionLevel;
 import fredboat.perms.PermsUtil;
+import fredboat.shared.constant.BotConstants;
 import fredboat.util.ArgumentUtil;
 import fredboat.util.TextUtils;
-import fredboat.util.constant.BotConstants;
 import net.dv8tion.jda.core.EmbedBuilder;
 import net.dv8tion.jda.core.Permission;
 import net.dv8tion.jda.core.entities.Guild;
diff --git a/FredBoat/src/main/java/fredboat/command/music/info/NowplayingCommand.java b/FredBoat/src/main/java/fredboat/command/music/info/NowplayingCommand.java
index abfaa80f3..d84210c53 100644
--- a/FredBoat/src/main/java/fredboat/command/music/info/NowplayingCommand.java
+++ b/FredBoat/src/main/java/fredboat/command/music/info/NowplayingCommand.java
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
 import fredboat.commandmeta.abs.Command;
 import fredboat.commandmeta.abs.IMusicCommand;
 import fredboat.feature.I18n;
-import fredboat.util.constant.BotConstants;
+import fredboat.shared.constant.BotConstants;
 import fredboat.util.TextUtils;
 import fredboat.util.rest.YoutubeAPI;
 import fredboat.util.rest.YoutubeVideo;
diff --git a/FredBoat/src/main/java/fredboat/command/util/ServerInfoCommand.java b/FredBoat/src/main/java/fredboat/command/util/ServerInfoCommand.java
index e32a66aef..fd61c7f49 100644
--- a/FredBoat/src/main/java/fredboat/command/util/ServerInfoCommand.java
+++ b/FredBoat/src/main/java/fredboat/command/util/ServerInfoCommand.java
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 import fredboat.commandmeta.abs.Command;
 import fredboat.commandmeta.abs.IUtilCommand;
 import fredboat.feature.I18n;
-import fredboat.util.constant.BotConstants;
+import fredboat.shared.constant.BotConstants;
 import net.dv8tion.jda.core.EmbedBuilder;
 import net.dv8tion.jda.core.OnlineStatus;
 import net.dv8tion.jda.core.entities.Guild;
diff --git a/FredBoat/src/main/java/fredboat/commandmeta/CommandManager.java b/FredBoat/src/main/java/fredboat/commandmeta/CommandManager.java
index 27d27a20c..7eb738f91 100644
--- a/FredBoat/src/main/java/fredboat/commandmeta/CommandManager.java
+++ b/FredBoat/src/main/java/fredboat/commandmeta/CommandManager.java
@@ -34,10 +34,10 @@
 import fredboat.feature.I18n;
 import fredboat.perms.PermissionLevel;
 import fredboat.perms.PermsUtil;
+import fredboat.shared.constant.BotConstants;
+import fredboat.shared.constant.DistributionEnum;
 import fredboat.util.DiscordUtil;
 import fredboat.util.TextUtils;
-import fredboat.util.constant.BotConstants;
-import fredboat.util.constant.DistributionEnum;
 import fredboat.util.rest.RestActionScheduler;
 import net.dv8tion.jda.core.Permission;
 import net.dv8tion.jda.core.entities.Guild;
diff --git a/FredBoat/src/main/java/fredboat/commandmeta/init/MusicCommandInitializer.java b/FredBoat/src/main/java/fredboat/commandmeta/init/MusicCommandInitializer.java
index 7e137998b..5a27e84ff 100644
--- a/FredBoat/src/main/java/fredboat/commandmeta/init/MusicCommandInitializer.java
+++ b/FredBoat/src/main/java/fredboat/commandmeta/init/MusicCommandInitializer.java
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
 import fredboat.command.util.UserInfoCommand;
 import fredboat.commandmeta.CommandRegistry;
 import fredboat.perms.PermissionLevel;
-import fredboat.util.constant.DistributionEnum;
+import fredboat.shared.constant.DistributionEnum;
 import fredboat.util.rest.SearchUtil;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
diff --git a/FredBoat/src/main/java/fredboat/util/DiscordUtil.java b/FredBoat/src/main/java/fredboat/util/DiscordUtil.java
index cccde82e6..03d07ae90 100644
--- a/FredBoat/src/main/java/fredboat/util/DiscordUtil.java
+++ b/FredBoat/src/main/java/fredboat/util/DiscordUtil.java
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 import com.mashape.unirest.http.exceptions.UnirestException;
 import fredboat.Config;
 import fredboat.feature.I18n;
-import fredboat.util.constant.BotConstants;
+import fredboat.shared.constant.BotConstants;
 import net.dv8tion.jda.core.JDA;
 import net.dv8tion.jda.core.OnlineStatus;
 import net.dv8tion.jda.core.entities.*;
diff --git a/FredBoat/src/test/java/fredboat/ProvideJDASingleton.java b/FredBoat/src/test/java/fredboat/ProvideJDASingleton.java
index 9eeec6638..99010a501 100644
--- a/FredBoat/src/test/java/fredboat/ProvideJDASingleton.java
+++ b/FredBoat/src/test/java/fredboat/ProvideJDASingleton.java
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 package fredboat;
 
-import fredboat.util.constant.BotConstants;
+import fredboat.shared.constant.BotConstants;
 import fredboat.util.TextUtils;
 import net.dv8tion.jda.core.AccountType;
 import net.dv8tion.jda.core.EmbedBuilder;
diff --git a/Shared/pom.xml b/Shared/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..911d791d9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Shared/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+  ~
+  ~ MIT License
+  ~
+  ~ Copyright (c) 2017 Frederik Ar. Mikkelsen
+  ~
+  ~ Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+  ~ of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
+  ~ in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
+  ~ to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
+  ~ copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+  ~ furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+  ~
+  ~ The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
+  ~ copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+  ~
+  ~ THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+  ~ IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+  ~ FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+  ~ AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+  ~ LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
+  ~ OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
+  ~ SOFTWARE.
+  -->
+
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
+         xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+         xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+    <parent>
+        <groupId>fredboat</groupId>
+        <artifactId>FredBoat-Root</artifactId>
+        <version>1.0</version>
+    </parent>
+
+    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+    <artifactId>Shared</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0</version>
+
+    <dependencies>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.json</groupId>
+            <artifactId>json</artifactId>
+            <version>20170516</version>
+        </dependency>
+    </dependencies>
+</project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/FredBoat/src/main/java/fredboat/util/constant/BotConstants.java b/Shared/src/main/java/fredboat/shared/constant/BotConstants.java
similarity index 97%
rename from FredBoat/src/main/java/fredboat/util/constant/BotConstants.java
rename to Shared/src/main/java/fredboat/shared/constant/BotConstants.java
index 8a1e1bc18..54a8ae3bd 100644
--- a/FredBoat/src/main/java/fredboat/util/constant/BotConstants.java
+++ b/Shared/src/main/java/fredboat/shared/constant/BotConstants.java
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
  *
  */
 
-package fredboat.util.constant;
+package fredboat.shared.constant;
 
 import java.awt.*;
 
diff --git a/FredBoat/src/main/java/fredboat/util/constant/DistributionEnum.java b/Shared/src/main/java/fredboat/shared/constant/DistributionEnum.java
similarity index 97%
rename from FredBoat/src/main/java/fredboat/util/constant/DistributionEnum.java
rename to Shared/src/main/java/fredboat/shared/constant/DistributionEnum.java
index acbc684d0..f2b803186 100644
--- a/FredBoat/src/main/java/fredboat/util/constant/DistributionEnum.java
+++ b/Shared/src/main/java/fredboat/shared/constant/DistributionEnum.java
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
  *
  */
 
-package fredboat.util.constant;
+package fredboat.shared.constant;
 
 public enum DistributionEnum {
     MAIN("production", false),
diff --git a/FredBoat/src/main/java/fredboat/util/constant/ExitCodes.java b/Shared/src/main/java/fredboat/shared/constant/ExitCodes.java
similarity index 97%
rename from FredBoat/src/main/java/fredboat/util/constant/ExitCodes.java
rename to Shared/src/main/java/fredboat/shared/constant/ExitCodes.java
index 4a7dffb59..100833eee 100644
--- a/FredBoat/src/main/java/fredboat/util/constant/ExitCodes.java
+++ b/Shared/src/main/java/fredboat/shared/constant/ExitCodes.java
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
  *
  */
 
-package fredboat.util.constant;
+package fredboat.shared.constant;
 
 public class ExitCodes {
 
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 455496d6e..7b56b6393 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -24,15 +24,68 @@
   ~
   -->
 
-<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
+         xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+         xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
     <groupId>fredboat</groupId>
-    <version>1.0</version>
     <artifactId>FredBoat-Root</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0</version>
     <packaging>pom</packaging>
 
     <modules>
         <module>FredBoat</module>
         <module>FredBoat-Bootloader</module>
+        <module>Shared</module>
     </modules>
-</project>
\ No newline at end of file
+
+    <properties>
+        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
+        <maven.compiler.source>1.8</maven.compiler.source>
+        <maven.compiler.target>1.8</maven.compiler.target>
+    </properties>
+
+    <repositories>
+        <repository>
+            <id>jcenter</id>
+            <name>jcenter-bintray</name>
+            <url>http://jcenter.bintray.com</url>
+        </repository>
+        <repository>
+            <snapshots>
+                <enabled>false</enabled>
+            </snapshots>
+            <id>bintray-frederikam-JCA</id>
+            <name>bintray</name>
+            <url>http://dl.bintray.com/frederikam/JCA</url>
+        </repository>
+        <repository>
+            <id>sedmelluq</id>
+            <name>sedmelluq</name>
+            <url>http://maven.sedmelluq.com/</url>
+        </repository>
+        <repository>
+            <id>jitpack.io</id>
+            <url>https://jitpack.io</url>
+        </repository>
+    </repositories>
+
+    <!-- force clean all the time-->
+    <build>
+        <plugins>
+            <plugin>
+                <artifactId>maven-clean-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>3.0.0</version>
+                <executions>
+                    <execution>
+                        <id>auto-clean</id>
+                        <phase>initialize</phase>
+                        <goals>
+                            <goal>clean</goal>
+                        </goals>
+                    </execution>
+                </executions>
+            </plugin>
+        </plugins>
+    </build>
+</project>