diff --git a/deno/app.ts b/deno/app.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..db71c60
--- /dev/null
+++ b/deno/app.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+// app.ts
+
+import { services } from "./services";
+import{DenoRequest, Method, ProcessedRoute, Request, Route} from './types'
+
+import {routes} from './routes'
+
+services.logging.log({ foo: 1 });
+const processedRoutes: ProcessedRoute[] = routes.map(
+    (route: Route, idx: number, allRoutes: Route[]) => {
+        const pattern: URLPattern = new URLPattern({ pathname: route.path });
+        const method: Method = route.method;
+        const handler = async (denoRequest: DenoRequest) => {
+            const req: Request = {
+                pattern: route.pattern,
+                path: denoRequest.path,
+                method: denoRequest.method,
+                parameters: { one: 1, two: 2 },
+                denoRequest,
+            };
+            return route.handler(req);
+        };
+
+        const retval: ProcessedRoute = { pattern, method, handler };
+
+         return retval
+    },
+);
+
+
+async function handler(req: globalThis.Request): globalThis.Response {
+    for (const [idx, pr] of processedRoutes.entries()) {
+        const match = pr.pattern.exec(req.url);
+        if (match) {
+            const resp = await pr.handler(req);
+
+            return new globalThis.Response(resp.result);
+        }
+    }
+
+    return new globalThis.Response("not found", { status: 404 });
+}
+
+Deno.serve(handler);
+
diff --git a/deno/routes.ts b/deno/routes.ts
index 5f0f4e7..c94b24a 100644
--- a/deno/routes.ts
+++ b/deno/routes.ts
@@ -1,18 +1,16 @@
-type Method = "get" | "post" | "put" | "patch" | "delete";
+/// <reference lib="dom" />
+
+import { sleep } from "https://deno.land/x/sleep/mod.ts";
 
 import { HttpCode, httpCodes } from "./http-codes.ts";
 import { ContentType, contentTypes } from "./content-types";
 import { services } from "./services";
+import {DenoRequest, Handler, Response, Method, UserRequest, Request, Route, ProcessedRoute } from './types.ts'
 
-type Response = {
-    code: HttpCode;
-    contentType: ContentType;
-    result: string;
-};
 
-type Handler = (req: Request) => Response;
 
-const phandler: Handler = (req: Request) => {
+
+const phandler: Handler = async (req: Request) => {
     const code = httpCodes.success.OK;
     return {
         code,
@@ -21,17 +19,54 @@ const phandler: Handler = (req: Request) => {
     };
 };
 
-type Route = {
-    path: string;
-    methods: Method[];
-    handler: Handler;
+
+
+// FIXME: Obviously put this somewhere else
+const okText = (out: string) => {
+    const code = httpCodes.success.OK;
+
+    return {
+        code,
+        result: out,
+        contentType: contentTypes.text.plain,
+    };
 };
 
 const routes: Route[] = [
+    {
+        path: "/slow",
+        methods: ["get"],
+        handler: async (_req) => {
+   console.log("starting slow request") ;     
+      await sleep(10);
+           console.log("finishing slow request"); return okText("that was slow");
+        },
+    },
+    {
+        path: "/list",
+        methods: ["get"],
+        handler: async (_req) => {
+            const code = httpCodes.success.OK;
+            const lr = (rr: Route[]) => {
+                const ret = rr.map((r: Route) => {
+                    return r.path;
+                });
+
+                return ret;
+            };
+
+            const listing = lr(routes).join(", ");
+            return {
+                code,
+                result: listing + "\n",
+                contentType: contentTypes.text.plain,
+            };
+        },
+    },
     {
         path: "/ok",
         methods: ["get"],
-        handler: (req) => {
+        handler: async (_req) => {
             const code = httpCodes.success.OK;
             const rn = services.random.randomNumber();
 
@@ -45,7 +80,7 @@ const routes: Route[] = [
     {
         path: "/alsook",
         methods: ["get"],
-        handler: (req) => {
+        handler: async (_req) => {
             const code = httpCodes.success.OK;
             return {
                 code,
@@ -56,46 +91,11 @@ const routes: Route[] = [
     },
 ];
 
-type DenoRequest = globalThis.Request;
-type UserRequest = {};
-type Request = {
-    pattern: string;
-    path: string;
-    method: Method;
-    parameters: object;
-    denoRequest: globalThis.Request;
-};
-type ProcessedRoute = { pattern: URLPattern; method: Method; handler: Handler };
-const processedRoutes: ProcessedRoute[] = routes.map(
-    (route: Route, idx: number, allRoutes: Route[]) => {
-        const pattern: URLPattern = new URLPattern({ pathname: route.path });
-        const method: Method = route.method;
-        const handler = (denoRequest: DenoRequest) => {
-            const req: Request = {
-                pattern: route.pattern,
-                path: denoRequest.path,
-                method: denoRequest.method,
-                parameters: { one: 1, two: 2 },
-                denoRequest,
-            };
-            return route.handler(req);
-        };
 
-        return { pattern, method, handler };
-    },
-);
 
-function handler(req: globalThis.Request): globalThis.Response {
-    for (const [idx, pr] of processedRoutes.entries()) {
-        const match = pr.pattern.exec(req.url);
-        if (match) {
-            const resp = pr.handler(req);
 
-            return new globalThis.Response(resp.result);
-        }
-    }
 
-    return new globalThis.Response("not found", { status: 404 });
-}
 
-Deno.serve(handler);
+ 
+ 
+ export {routes}
diff --git a/deno/run.sh b/deno/run.sh
index 7dbcf2c..713aad1 100755
--- a/deno/run.sh
+++ b/deno/run.sh
@@ -6,6 +6,6 @@ DIR="$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" && pwd )"
 
 cd "$DIR"
 
-deno run --allow-net --unstable-sloppy-imports --watch routes.ts
+deno run --allow-net --unstable-sloppy-imports --watch app.ts
 
 
diff --git a/deno/types.ts b/deno/types.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c99938c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/deno/types.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+// types.ts
+
+// FIXME: split this up into types used by app developers and types internal
+// to the framework.
+
+
+import { HttpCode, httpCodes } from "./http-codes.ts";
+import { ContentType, contentTypes } from "./content-types";
+
+
+export type Method = "get" | "post" | "put" | "patch" | "delete";
+
+
+export type DenoRequest = globalThis.Request;
+export type UserRequest = {};
+export type Request = {
+    pattern: string;
+    path: string;
+    method: Method;
+    parameters: object;
+    denoRequest: globalThis.Request;
+};
+export type ProcessedRoute = { pattern: URLPattern; method:  Method; handler: Handler };
+
+
+
+export type Response = {
+    code: HttpCode;
+    contentType: ContentType;
+    result: string;
+};
+
+export type Handler = (req: Request) => Promise<Response>;
+
+export type Route = {
+    path: string;
+    methods: Method[];
+    handler: Handler;
+    interruptable?: boolean
+};
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