diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 2eea525..c9c6c28 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1 +1,3 @@
-.env
\ No newline at end of file
+.env
+tags
+.ycm_extra_conf.py
diff --git a/bot.py b/bot.py
index 451b280..944f8b3 100644
--- a/bot.py
+++ b/bot.py
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 import os
 
 import discord
+from game_logic import connections as con
 import re
 from collections import Counter
 from discord.ext import commands
@@ -79,28 +80,19 @@ async def stats(interaction: discord.Interaction, game, user: discord.User = Non
 
         async for message in channel.history(limit=1000):  # Limit can be adjusted
             if message.author == user:
-                message_content = message.content.strip()
-                if message_content.startswith("Connections") and "Puzzle #" in message_content:
-                    # Extract the puzzle number
-                    puzzle_number_start = message_content.find("Puzzle #") + len("Puzzle #")
-                    puzzle_number_end = message_content.find("\n", puzzle_number_start)
-                    puzzle_number = message_content[puzzle_number_start:puzzle_number_end].strip()
 
-                    # Extract the grid (assume the grid starts after the first two lines)
-                    grid_start = message_content.find("\n", message_content.find("Puzzle #")) + 1
-                    grid_content = message_content[grid_start:].strip()
+                color_grid = con.extract_connections_grid( message.content)
 
-                    # Split the grid into lines
-                    color_grid = grid_content.split("\n")
+                if color_grid:
 
-                    guesses = check_connections_win(color_grid)
+                    guesses = con.check_connections_win(color_grid)
 
                     total_games += 1
 
                     if guesses > 0:
                         total_guesses += guesses
                         wins += 1
-                        perfect_game = is_perfect_game(color_grid)
+                        perfect_game = con.is_perfect_game(color_grid)
                         if perfect_game:
                             perfects += 1
 
@@ -130,34 +122,7 @@ async def stats(interaction: discord.Interaction, game, user: discord.User = Non
             "Not a game.",
             ephemeral=True
         )
-    
-def check_connections_win(color_grid):
-    """
-    Check if the Connections game is a win and return the number of guesses.
-    A win is when there are exactly 4 groups of 4 colors each.
-    """
-    # Flatten the color grid into a list of colors
-    uniform_rows = [row for row in color_grid if len(set(row)) == 1]
 
-    flattened_grid = ''.join(uniform_rows)
-    
-    # Count the occurrences of each color in the grid
-    color_counts = Counter(flattened_grid)
-    
-    # Check if there are exactly 4 different colors with 4 squares each
-    if len(color_counts) == 4 and all(count == 4 for count in color_counts.values()):
-        # A win: return the number of guesses (lines in the grid)
-        return len(color_grid)
-    return 0  # Not a win
-
-def is_perfect_game(color_grid):
-    """
-    Check if the Connections game is a perfect game (solved in 4 guesses, no mistakes).
-    """
-    # A perfect game is one where the first 4 lines form perfect groups
-    if len(color_grid) == 4 and all(len(set(line)) == 1 for line in color_grid):
-        return True  # It's a perfect game
-    return False
         
 @bot.event
 async def on_ready():
diff --git a/game_logic/__init__.py b/game_logic/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
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diff --git a/game_logic/connections.py b/game_logic/connections.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..494cbae
--- /dev/null
+++ b/game_logic/connections.py
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+from collections import Counter
+
+def extract_connections_grid(message):
+    message_content = message.strip()
+    if message_content.startswith("Connections") and "Puzzle #" in message_content:
+        # Extract the puzzle number
+        puzzle_number_start = message_content.find("Puzzle #") + len("Puzzle #")
+        puzzle_number_end = message_content.find("\n", puzzle_number_start)
+        puzzle_number = message_content[puzzle_number_start:puzzle_number_end].strip()
+
+        # Extract the grid (assume the grid starts after the first two lines)
+        grid_start = message_content.find("\n", message_content.find("Puzzle #")) + 1
+        grid_content = message_content[grid_start:].strip()
+
+        # Split the grid into lines
+        color_grid = grid_content.split("\n")
+        return color_grid
+    else:
+        return False
+
+
+    
+def check_connections_win(color_grid):
+    """
+    Check if the Connections game is a win and return the number of guesses.
+    A win is when there are exactly 4 groups of 4 colors each.
+    """
+    # Flatten the color grid into a list of colors
+    uniform_rows = [row for row in color_grid if len(set(row)) == 1]
+
+    flattened_grid = ''.join(uniform_rows)
+    
+    # Count the occurrences of each color in the grid
+    color_counts = Counter(flattened_grid)
+    
+    # Check if there are exactly 4 different colors with 4 squares each
+    if len(color_counts) == 4 and all(count == 4 for count in color_counts.values()):
+        # A win: return the number of guesses (lines in the grid)
+        return len(color_grid)
+    return 0  # Not a win
+
+def is_perfect_game(color_grid):
+    """
+    Check if the Connections game is a perfect game (solved in 4 guesses, no mistakes).
+    """
+    # A perfect game is one where the first 4 lines form perfect groups
+    if len(color_grid) == 4 and all(len(set(line)) == 1 for line in color_grid):
+        return True  # It's a perfect game
+    return False
+