diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 13b5d5d47..32f8a186e 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,2 +1,5 @@
 # exclude the compiled binary
-/server
\ No newline at end of file
+/server
+
+# exclude built documentation, since readthedocs will build it for us anyway
+/docs/_build
diff --git a/cmd/server/main.go b/cmd/server/main.go
index 1d9dba33e..622ae9431 100644
--- a/cmd/server/main.go
+++ b/cmd/server/main.go
@@ -1,25 +1,25 @@
 /*
-    GoToSocial
-    Copyright (C) 2021 GoToSocial Authors admin@gotosocial.org
+   GoToSocial
+   Copyright (C) 2021 GoToSocial Authors admin@gotosocial.org
 
-    This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
-    it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published by
-    the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
-    (at your option) any later version.
+   This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+   it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published by
+   the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+   (at your option) any later version.
 
-    This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
-    GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
+   This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+   GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
 
-    You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
-    along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
+   along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 */
 
 package main
 
 import (
-	"github.com/gotosocial/gotosocial/internal/api"
+	"github.com/gotosocial/gotosocial/internal/client"
 )
 
 func main() {
diff --git a/internal/ap/api.go b/internal/ap/api.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7e56b54e6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/ap/api.go
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+/*
+   GoToSocial
+   Copyright (C) 2021 GoToSocial Authors admin@gotosocial.org
+
+   This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+   it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published by
+   the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+   (at your option) any later version.
+
+   This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+   GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
+   along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+*/
+
+// Package ap provides ActivityPub/federation functionality for GoToSocial
+package ap
diff --git a/internal/api/api.go b/internal/api/api.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 67757a7d7..000000000
--- a/internal/api/api.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,29 +0,0 @@
-/*
-    GoToSocial
-    Copyright (C) 2021 GoToSocial Authors admin@gotosocial.org
-
-    This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
-    it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published by
-    the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
-    (at your option) any later version.
-
-    This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
-    GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
-
-    You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
-    along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
-*/
-
-package api
-
-// API is the API exposed to the outside world for access by front-ends; this is distinct from the federation API
-type API interface {
-
-}
-
-// api implements Api interface
-type api struct {
-
-}
diff --git a/internal/api/route_statuses.go b/internal/api/route_statuses.go
deleted file mode 100644
index b6bbe5889..000000000
--- a/internal/api/route_statuses.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,31 +0,0 @@
-/*
-    GoToSocial
-    Copyright (C) 2021 GoToSocial Authors admin@gotosocial.org
-
-    This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
-    it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published by
-    the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
-    (at your option) any later version.
-
-    This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
-    GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
-
-    You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
-    along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
-*/
-
-package api
-
-import (
-	"net/http"
-
-	"github.com/gin-gonic/gin"
-)
-
-func statusGet(c *gin.Context) {
-	c.HTML(http.StatusOK, "index.tmpl", gin.H{
-		"title": "Posts",
-	})
-}
diff --git a/internal/api/router.go b/internal/api/router.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 3a44c81b3..000000000
--- a/internal/api/router.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,54 +0,0 @@
-/*
-    GoToSocial
-    Copyright (C) 2021 GoToSocial Authors admin@gotosocial.org
-
-    This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
-    it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published by
-    the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
-    (at your option) any later version.
-
-    This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
-    GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
-
-    You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
-    along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
-*/
-
-package api
-
-import "github.com/gin-gonic/gin"
-
-// Router provides the http routes used by the API
-type Router interface {
-	Route()
-}
-
-// NewRouter returns a new router
-func NewRouter() Router {
-	return &router{}
-}
-
-// router implements the router interface
-type router struct {
-
-}
-
-func (r *router) Route() {
-	ginRouter := gin.Default()
-	ginRouter.LoadHTMLGlob("web/template/*")
-
-	apiGroup := ginRouter.Group("/api")
-	{
-		v1 := apiGroup.Group("/v1")
-		{
-			statusesGroup := v1.Group("/statuses")
-			{
-				statusesGroup.GET(":id", statusGet)
-			}
-
-		}
-	}
-	ginRouter.Run()
-}
diff --git a/internal/client/api.go b/internal/client/api.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4e6bad863
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/client/api.go
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+/*
+   GoToSocial
+   Copyright (C) 2021 GoToSocial Authors admin@gotosocial.org
+
+   This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+   it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published by
+   the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+   (at your option) any later version.
+
+   This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+   GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
+   along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+*/
+
+// Package client AAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
+package client
+
+// API is the client API exposed to the outside world for access by front-ends; this is distinct from the federation API
+type API interface {
+}
+
+// api implements Api interface
+type api struct {
+}
diff --git a/internal/client/route_statuses.go b/internal/client/route_statuses.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d17a81dbb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/client/route_statuses.go
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+/*
+   GoToSocial
+   Copyright (C) 2021 GoToSocial Authors admin@gotosocial.org
+
+   This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+   it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published by
+   the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+   (at your option) any later version.
+
+   This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+   GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
+   along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+*/
+
+package client
+
+import (
+	"net/http"
+
+	"github.com/gin-gonic/gin"
+)
+
+func statusGet(c *gin.Context) {
+	c.HTML(http.StatusOK, "index.tmpl", gin.H{
+		"title": "Posts",
+	})
+}
diff --git a/internal/client/router.go b/internal/client/router.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a3353df62
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/client/router.go
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+/*
+   GoToSocial
+   Copyright (C) 2021 GoToSocial Authors admin@gotosocial.org
+
+   This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+   it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published by
+   the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+   (at your option) any later version.
+
+   This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+   GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
+   along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+*/
+
+package client
+
+import "github.com/gin-gonic/gin"
+
+// Router provides the http routes used by the API
+type Router interface {
+	Route()
+}
+
+// NewRouter returns a new router
+func NewRouter() Router {
+	return &router{}
+}
+
+// router implements the router interface
+type router struct {
+}
+
+func (r *router) Route() {
+	ginRouter := gin.Default()
+	ginRouter.LoadHTMLGlob("web/template/*")
+
+	apiGroup := ginRouter.Group("/api")
+	{
+		v1 := apiGroup.Group("/v1", {
+			statusesGroup := v1.Group("/statuses")
+			{
+				statusesGroup.GET(":id", statusGet)
+			}
+
+		})
+	}
+	ginRouter.Run()
+}