diff --git a/contrib/backends/nntpchan-daemon/.gitignore b/contrib/backends/nntpchan-daemon/.gitignore
index 37ae6dc..2084365 100644
--- a/contrib/backends/nntpchan-daemon/.gitignore
+++ b/contrib/backends/nntpchan-daemon/.gitignore
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 *.o
 *.a
 nntpd
-nntpchan-tool
+tools/authtool
+tools/testtool
 test
 .gdb_history
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/contrib/backends/nntpchan-daemon/Makefile b/contrib/backends/nntpchan-daemon/Makefile
index 6de7a3e..5a3a469 100644
--- a/contrib/backends/nntpchan-daemon/Makefile
+++ b/contrib/backends/nntpchan-daemon/Makefile
@@ -1,9 +1,4 @@
 
-EXE = nntpd
-
-TOOL = nntpchan-tool
-
-CXX = g++
 REPO=$(shell dirname $(realpath $(lastword $(MAKEFILE_LIST))))
 SRC_PATH = $(REPO)/src
 
@@ -11,24 +6,40 @@ SOURCES := $(wildcard $(SRC_PATH)/*.cpp)
 HEADERS := $(wildcard $(SRC_PATH)/*.hpp)
 OBJECTS := $(SOURCES:.cpp=.o)
 
+TOOL_SRC_PATH := $(REPO)/tools
+
+TOOL_SRC := $(wildcard $(TOOL_SRC_PATH)/*.cpp)
+TOOLS := $(TOOL_SRC:.cpp=)
+
+DAEMON_SRC = $(REPO)/daemon
+
 PKGS := libuv libsodium
 
 LD_FLAGS := $(shell pkg-config --libs $(PKGS))
 INC_FLAGS := $(shell pkg-config --cflags $(PKGS)) -I $(REPO)/src
-CXXFLAGS := -std=c++11 -Wall -Wextra $(INC_FLAGS) -g
+CXXFLAGS := -std=c++11 -Wall -Wextra $(INC_FLAGS)
 
-LIB = libnntpchan.a
+ifeq ($(DEBUG),1)
+	CXXFLAGS += -g
+endif
 
-all: $(EXE) $(TOOL)
+LIB = $(REPO)/libnntpchan.a
+
+EXE = $(REPO)/nntpd
+
+
+all: $(EXE) $(TOOLS)
 
 $(LIB): $(OBJECTS)
 	$(AR) -r $(LIB) $(OBJECTS)
 
 $(EXE): $(LIB)
-	$(CXX) -o $(EXE) $(CXXFLAGS) nntpd.cpp $(LIB) $(LD_FLAGS)
+	$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) $(DAEMON_SRC)/main.cpp $(LIB) $(LD_FLAGS) -o $(EXE)
 
-$(TOOL): $(LIB)
-	$(CXX) -o $(TOOL) $(CXXFLAGS) tool.cpp $(LIB) $(LD_FLAGS)
+$(TOOL_SRC): $(LIB)
+
+$(TOOLS): $(TOOL_SRC)
+	$(CXX)  $(CXXFLAGS) $< $(LIB) $(LD_FLAGS) -o $@
 
 build-test: $(LIB)
 	$(CXX) -o test $(CXXFLAGS) test.cpp $(LIB) $(LD_FLAGS)
@@ -40,4 +51,4 @@ test: build-test
 	$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -c -o $@
 
 clean:
-	rm -f $(OBJECTS) $(LIB) $(EXE) $(TOOL) test
+	rm -f $(OBJECTS) $(LIB) $(EXE) $(TOOLS)
diff --git a/contrib/backends/nntpchan-daemon/nntpd.cpp b/contrib/backends/nntpchan-daemon/daemon/main.cpp
similarity index 98%
rename from contrib/backends/nntpchan-daemon/nntpd.cpp
rename to contrib/backends/nntpchan-daemon/daemon/main.cpp
index 3d8660e..d77b165 100644
--- a/contrib/backends/nntpchan-daemon/nntpd.cpp
+++ b/contrib/backends/nntpchan-daemon/daemon/main.cpp
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 #include "ini.hpp"
 
+#include "crypto.hpp"
 #include "storage.hpp"
 #include "nntp_server.hpp"
 #include "event.hpp"
@@ -15,6 +16,8 @@ int main(int argc, char * argv[]) {
     return 1;
   }
 
+  nntpchan::Crypto crypto();
+
   nntpchan::Mainloop loop;
 
   nntpchan::NNTPServer nntp(loop);
diff --git a/contrib/backends/nntpchan-daemon/src/crypto.cpp b/contrib/backends/nntpchan-daemon/src/crypto.cpp
index 5ca5c0b..be6fd06 100644
--- a/contrib/backends/nntpchan-daemon/src/crypto.cpp
+++ b/contrib/backends/nntpchan-daemon/src/crypto.cpp
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 #include "crypto.hpp"
+#include <sodium.h>
+#include <cassert>
 
 namespace nntpchan
 {
@@ -6,4 +8,13 @@ namespace nntpchan
   {
     crypto_hash(h.data(), d, l);
   }
+
+  Crypto::Crypto()
+  {
+    assert(sodium_init() == 0);
+  }
+
+  Crypto::~Crypto()
+  {
+  }
 }
diff --git a/contrib/backends/nntpchan-daemon/src/crypto.hpp b/contrib/backends/nntpchan-daemon/src/crypto.hpp
index fd529f7..c563566 100644
--- a/contrib/backends/nntpchan-daemon/src/crypto.hpp
+++ b/contrib/backends/nntpchan-daemon/src/crypto.hpp
@@ -7,8 +7,15 @@
 namespace nntpchan
 {
   typedef std::array<uint8_t, crypto_hash_BYTES> SHA512Digest;
-  
+
   void SHA512(const uint8_t * d, std::size_t l, SHA512Digest & h);
+
+  /** global crypto initializer */
+  struct Crypto
+  {
+    Crypto();
+    ~Crypto();
+  };
 }
 
 
diff --git a/contrib/backends/nntpchan-daemon/tool.cpp b/contrib/backends/nntpchan-daemon/tools/authtool.cpp
similarity index 89%
rename from contrib/backends/nntpchan-daemon/tool.cpp
rename to contrib/backends/nntpchan-daemon/tools/authtool.cpp
index e2f7095..e7a577b 100644
--- a/contrib/backends/nntpchan-daemon/tool.cpp
+++ b/contrib/backends/nntpchan-daemon/tools/authtool.cpp
@@ -9,11 +9,12 @@
 
 static void print_help(const std::string & exename)
 {
-  std::cout << "usage: " << exename << " [help|gencred|checkcred]" << std::endl;
+  std::cout << "usage: " << exename << " [help|gen|check]" << std::endl;
 }
 
-static void print_long_help() {
-  
+static void print_long_help()
+{
+
 }
 
 static void gen_passwd(const std::string & username, const std::string & passwd)
@@ -58,16 +59,16 @@ int main(int argc, char * argv[])
     print_long_help();
     return 0;
   }
-  if (cmd == "gencred") {
+  if (cmd == "gen") {
     if(argc == 4) {
       gen_passwd(argv[2], argv[3]);
       return 0;
     } else {
-      std::cout << "usage: " << argv[0] << " passwd username password" << std::endl;
+      std::cout << "usage: " << argv[0] << " gen username password" << std::endl;
       return 1;
     }
   }
-  if(cmd == "checkcred" ) {
+  if(cmd == "check" ) {
     std::string cred;
     std::cout << "credential: " ;
     if(!std::getline(std::cin, cred)) {
diff --git a/contrib/backends/nntpchan-daemon/tools/testtool.cpp b/contrib/backends/nntpchan-daemon/tools/testtool.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a84c670
--- /dev/null
+++ b/contrib/backends/nntpchan-daemon/tools/testtool.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+#include "exec_frontend.hpp"
+#include <cassert>
+#include <iostream>
+
+
+
+int main(int , char * [])
+{
+  nntpchan::Frontend * f = new nntpchan::ExecFrontend("./contrib/nntpchan.sh");
+  assert(f->AcceptsMessage("<test@server>"));
+  assert(f->AcceptsNewsgroup("overchan.test"));
+  std::cout << "all good" << std::endl;
+}