diff --git a/euphoxide-bot/Cargo.toml b/euphoxide-bot/Cargo.toml
index 988a1d7..c1f80c3 100644
--- a/euphoxide-bot/Cargo.toml
+++ b/euphoxide-bot/Cargo.toml
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ edition = { workspace = true }
 [dependencies]
 cookie = { workspace = true }
 euphoxide = { path = "../euphoxide" }
+jiff = { workspace = true }
 log = { workspace = true }
 tokio = { workspace = true, features = ["rt"] }
 tokio-tungstenite = { workspace = true }
diff --git a/euphoxide-bot/src/bot.rs b/euphoxide-bot/src/bot.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0e24906
--- /dev/null
+++ b/euphoxide-bot/src/bot.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+use std::sync::Arc;
+
+use jiff::Timestamp;
+use tokio::sync::mpsc;
+
+use crate::{
+    instance::ServerConfig,
+    instances::{Event, Instances, InstancesConfig},
+};
+
+#[derive(Debug, Clone)]
+#[non_exhaustive]
+pub struct BotConfig<S> {
+    pub server: ServerConfig,
+    pub instances: InstancesConfig,
+    pub state: S,
+}
+
+impl<S> BotConfig<S> {
+    pub fn with_state<S2>(self, state: S2) -> BotConfig<S2> {
+        BotConfig {
+            server: self.server,
+            instances: self.instances,
+            state,
+        }
+    }
+
+    pub fn create(self, event_tx: mpsc::Sender<Event>) -> Bot<S> {
+        Bot::new(self, event_tx)
+    }
+}
+
+impl Default for BotConfig<()> {
+    fn default() -> Self {
+        Self {
+            server: ServerConfig::default(),
+            instances: InstancesConfig::default(),
+            state: (),
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+#[derive(Clone)]
+pub struct Bot<S> {
+    pub server_config: ServerConfig,
+    pub state: Arc<S>,
+    pub instances: Instances,
+    pub start_time: Timestamp,
+}
+
+impl<S> Bot<S> {
+    pub fn new(config: BotConfig<S>, event_tx: mpsc::Sender<Event>) -> Self {
+        Self {
+            server_config: config.server,
+            state: Arc::new(config.state),
+            instances: Instances::new(config.instances, event_tx),
+            start_time: Timestamp::now(),
+        }
+    }
+
+    pub fn handle_event(&self, event: Event) {
+        todo!()
+    }
+}
diff --git a/euphoxide-bot/src/instances.rs b/euphoxide-bot/src/instances.rs
index d9e5d2d..4d51526 100644
--- a/euphoxide-bot/src/instances.rs
+++ b/euphoxide-bot/src/instances.rs
@@ -134,6 +134,7 @@ impl InstancesTask {
     async fn on_cmd(&mut self, cmd: Command) {
         match cmd {
             Command::GetInstances(tx) => {
+                self.purge_instances(); // Not necessary for correctness
                 let _ = tx.send(self.instances.values().cloned().collect());
             }
             Command::AddInstance(config, tx) => {
diff --git a/euphoxide-bot/src/lib.rs b/euphoxide-bot/src/lib.rs
index d777157..4ecf479 100644
--- a/euphoxide-bot/src/lib.rs
+++ b/euphoxide-bot/src/lib.rs
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
+pub mod bot;
 pub mod instance;
 pub mod instances;