diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index f3ac839c..d93df970 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -216,6 +216,7 @@ if (USE_WS OR USE_TEST)
   add_subdirectory(ixcore)
   add_subdirectory(ixcrypto)
   add_subdirectory(ixcobra)
+  add_subdirectory(ixsnake)
 
   if (USE_WS)
       add_subdirectory(ws)
diff --git a/ixsnake/CMakeLists.txt b/ixsnake/CMakeLists.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c5adb15e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ixsnake/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+#
+# Author: Benjamin Sergeant
+# Copyright (c) 2019 Machine Zone, Inc. All rights reserved.
+#
+
+set (IXSNAKE_SOURCES
+    ixsnake/IXSnakeServer.cpp
+    ixsnake/IXSnakeProtocol.cpp
+    ixsnake/IXAppConfig.cpp
+    ixsnake/IXRedisClient.cpp
+)
+
+set (IXSNAKE_HEADERS
+    ixsnake/IXSnakeServer.h
+    ixsnake/IXSnakeProtocol.h
+    ixsnake/IXAppConfig.h
+    ixsnake/IXRedisClient.h
+)
+
+add_library(ixsnake STATIC
+    ${IXSNAKE_SOURCES}
+    ${IXSNAKE_HEADERS}
+)
+
+set(IXSNAKE_INCLUDE_DIRS
+    .
+    ..
+    ../ixcore
+    ../ixcrypto
+    ../ixwebsocket
+    ../third_party)
+
+target_include_directories( ixsnake PUBLIC ${IXSNAKE_INCLUDE_DIRS} )
diff --git a/ws/snake/IXAppConfig.cpp b/ixsnake/ixsnake/IXAppConfig.cpp
similarity index 100%
rename from ws/snake/IXAppConfig.cpp
rename to ixsnake/ixsnake/IXAppConfig.cpp
diff --git a/ws/snake/IXAppConfig.h b/ixsnake/ixsnake/IXAppConfig.h
similarity index 100%
rename from ws/snake/IXAppConfig.h
rename to ixsnake/ixsnake/IXAppConfig.h
diff --git a/ws/IXRedisClient.cpp b/ixsnake/ixsnake/IXRedisClient.cpp
similarity index 100%
rename from ws/IXRedisClient.cpp
rename to ixsnake/ixsnake/IXRedisClient.cpp
diff --git a/ws/IXRedisClient.h b/ixsnake/ixsnake/IXRedisClient.h
similarity index 100%
rename from ws/IXRedisClient.h
rename to ixsnake/ixsnake/IXRedisClient.h
diff --git a/ws/snake/IXSnakeConnectionState.h b/ixsnake/ixsnake/IXSnakeConnectionState.h
similarity index 100%
rename from ws/snake/IXSnakeConnectionState.h
rename to ixsnake/ixsnake/IXSnakeConnectionState.h
diff --git a/ws/snake/IXSnakeProtocol.cpp b/ixsnake/ixsnake/IXSnakeProtocol.cpp
similarity index 100%
rename from ws/snake/IXSnakeProtocol.cpp
rename to ixsnake/ixsnake/IXSnakeProtocol.cpp
diff --git a/ws/snake/IXSnakeProtocol.h b/ixsnake/ixsnake/IXSnakeProtocol.h
similarity index 100%
rename from ws/snake/IXSnakeProtocol.h
rename to ixsnake/ixsnake/IXSnakeProtocol.h
diff --git a/ws/snake/IXSnakeServer.cpp b/ixsnake/ixsnake/IXSnakeServer.cpp
similarity index 100%
rename from ws/snake/IXSnakeServer.cpp
rename to ixsnake/ixsnake/IXSnakeServer.cpp
diff --git a/ws/snake/IXSnakeServer.h b/ixsnake/ixsnake/IXSnakeServer.h
similarity index 100%
rename from ws/snake/IXSnakeServer.h
rename to ixsnake/ixsnake/IXSnakeServer.h
diff --git a/ws/snake/appsConfig.json b/ixsnake/ixsnake/appsConfig.json
similarity index 100%
rename from ws/snake/appsConfig.json
rename to ixsnake/ixsnake/appsConfig.json
diff --git a/makefile b/makefile
index f91b7114..fbdeb3f9 100644
--- a/makefile
+++ b/makefile
@@ -9,10 +9,10 @@ install: brew
 # on osx it is good practice to make /usr/local user writable
 # sudo chown -R `whoami`/staff /usr/local
 brew:
-	mkdir -p build && (cd build ; cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug -DUSE_TLS=1 -DUSE_WS=1 -DUSE_TEST=1 .. ; make -j install)
+	mkdir -p build && (cd build ; cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug -DUSE_TLS=1 -DUSE_WS=1 -DUSE_TEST=1 .. ; make -j 4 install)
 
 ws:
-	mkdir -p build && (cd build ; cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug -DUSE_TLS=1 -DUSE_WS=1 -DUSE_MBED_TLS=1 .. ; make -j)
+	mkdir -p build && (cd build ; cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug -DUSE_TLS=1 -DUSE_WS=1 -DUSE_MBED_TLS=1 .. ; make -j 4)
 
 uninstall:
 	xargs rm -fv < build/install_manifest.txt
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ test_server:
 # env TEST=Websocket_chat make test
 # env TEST=heartbeat make test
 test:
-	mkdir -p build && (cd build ; cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug -DUSE_TLS=1 -DUSE_WS=1 -DUSE_TEST=1 .. ; make -j)
+	mkdir -p build && (cd build ; cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug -DUSE_TLS=1 -DUSE_WS=1 -DUSE_TEST=1 .. ; make -j 4)
 	(cd test ; python2.7 run.py -r)
 
 ws_test: ws
diff --git a/test/CMakeLists.txt b/test/CMakeLists.txt
index fe223776..55903b44 100644
--- a/test/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/test/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -15,15 +15,12 @@ if (MAC)
   option(USE_TLS "Add TLS support" ON)
 endif()
 
-set (WS ../ws)
-
 include_directories(
   ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/Catch2/single_include
   ../third_party
   ../third_party/msgpack11
   ../third_party/spdlog/include
   ../ws
-  ../ws/snake
 )
 
 # Shared sources
@@ -34,12 +31,6 @@ set (SOURCES
   ../third_party/msgpack11/msgpack11.cpp
   ../third_party/jsoncpp/jsoncpp.cpp
 
-  ${WS}/snake/IXSnakeServer.cpp
-  ${WS}/snake/IXSnakeProtocol.cpp
-  ${WS}/snake/IXAppConfig.cpp
-
-  ${WS}/IXRedisClient.cpp
-
   IXSocketTest.cpp
   IXSocketConnectTest.cpp
   IXWebSocketServerTest.cpp
@@ -83,12 +74,13 @@ if (MAC)
 endif()
 
 if (APPLE AND USE_TLS)
-    target_link_libraries(ixwebsocket_unittest "-framework foundation" "-framework security")
+  target_link_libraries(ixwebsocket_unittest "-framework foundation" "-framework security")
 endif()
 
 target_link_libraries(ixwebsocket_unittest ixcore)
 target_link_libraries(ixwebsocket_unittest ixcrypto)
 target_link_libraries(ixwebsocket_unittest ixcobra)
 target_link_libraries(ixwebsocket_unittest ixwebsocket)
+target_link_libraries(ixwebsocket_unittest ixsnake)
 
 install(TARGETS ixwebsocket_unittest DESTINATION bin)
diff --git a/test/IXCobraChatTest.cpp b/test/IXCobraChatTest.cpp
index 5a60904b..e540de62 100644
--- a/test/IXCobraChatTest.cpp
+++ b/test/IXCobraChatTest.cpp
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  *  Copyright (c) 2017 Machine Zone. All rights reserved.
  */
 
-#include "IXSnakeServer.h"
+#include <ixsnake/IXSnakeServer.h>
 #include "IXTest.h"
 #include "catch.hpp"
 #include <chrono>
diff --git a/test/IXCobraMetricsPublisherTest.cpp b/test/IXCobraMetricsPublisherTest.cpp
index 799ee9be..73e6e240 100644
--- a/test/IXCobraMetricsPublisherTest.cpp
+++ b/test/IXCobraMetricsPublisherTest.cpp
@@ -3,12 +3,12 @@
  *  Copyright (c) 2018 Machine Zone. All rights reserved.
  */
 
-#include "IXSnakeServer.h"
 #include "IXTest.h"
 #include "catch.hpp"
 #include <iostream>
 #include <ixcobra/IXCobraMetricsPublisher.h>
 #include <ixcrypto/IXUuid.h>
+#include <ixsnake/IXSnakeServer.h>
 #include <set>
 
 using namespace ix;
diff --git a/test/IXTest.h b/test/IXTest.h
index a111074b..baf76b2a 100644
--- a/test/IXTest.h
+++ b/test/IXTest.h
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
 #pragma once
 
-#include "IXAppConfig.h"
+#include <ixsnake/IXAppConfig.h>
 #include "IXGetFreePort.h"
 #include <iostream>
 #include <ixwebsocket/IXWebSocketServer.h>
diff --git a/ws/CMakeLists.txt b/ws/CMakeLists.txt
index d3c69d92..b44a2fd0 100644
--- a/ws/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/ws/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ include_directories(ws ../third_party)
 include_directories(ws ../third_party/statsd-client-cpp/src)
 include_directories(ws ../third_party/spdlog/include)
 include_directories(ws ../third_party/cpp-linenoise)
-include_directories(ws snake)
 
 if (UNIX)
   set( STATSD_CLIENT_SOURCES ../third_party/statsd-client-cpp/src/statsd_client.cpp)
@@ -35,11 +34,6 @@ add_executable(ws
   ../third_party/jsoncpp/jsoncpp.cpp
   ${STATSD_CLIENT_SOURCES}
 
-  snake/IXSnakeServer.cpp
-  snake/IXSnakeProtocol.cpp
-  snake/IXAppConfig.cpp
-
-  IXRedisClient.cpp
   IXSentryClient.cpp
 
   ws_http_client.cpp
@@ -53,12 +47,12 @@ add_executable(ws
   ws_receive.cpp
   ws_redis_publish.cpp
   ws_redis_subscribe.cpp
+  ws_snake.cpp
   ws_cobra_subscribe.cpp
   ws_cobra_metrics_publish.cpp
   ws_cobra_publish.cpp
   ws_cobra_to_statsd.cpp
   ws_cobra_to_sentry.cpp
-  ws_snake.cpp
   ws_httpd.cpp
   ws_autobahn.cpp
   ws.cpp)
@@ -67,6 +61,7 @@ target_link_libraries(ws ixcore)
 target_link_libraries(ws ixcrypto)
 target_link_libraries(ws ixcobra)
 target_link_libraries(ws ixwebsocket)
+target_link_libraries(ws ixsnake)
 
 if(NOT APPLE AND NOT USE_MBED_TLS)
   find_package(OpenSSL REQUIRED)
diff --git a/ws/ws_redis_publish.cpp b/ws/ws_redis_publish.cpp
index 6dcf751a..25619997 100644
--- a/ws/ws_redis_publish.cpp
+++ b/ws/ws_redis_publish.cpp
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  *  Copyright (c) 2019 Machine Zone, Inc. All rights reserved.
  */
 
-#include "IXRedisClient.h"
+#include <ixsnake/IXRedisClient.h>
 #include <iostream>
 #include <sstream>
 
diff --git a/ws/ws_redis_subscribe.cpp b/ws/ws_redis_subscribe.cpp
index 15f3041e..34065f83 100644
--- a/ws/ws_redis_subscribe.cpp
+++ b/ws/ws_redis_subscribe.cpp
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  *  Copyright (c) 2019 Machine Zone, Inc. All rights reserved.
  */
 
-#include "IXRedisClient.h"
+#include <ixsnake/IXRedisClient.h>
 #include <atomic>
 #include <chrono>
 #include <iostream>
diff --git a/ws/ws_snake.cpp b/ws/ws_snake.cpp
index b030870d..823bdd3b 100644
--- a/ws/ws_snake.cpp
+++ b/ws/ws_snake.cpp
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  *  Copyright (c) 2018 Machine Zone, Inc. All rights reserved.
  */
 
-#include "IXSnakeServer.h"
+#include <ixsnake/IXSnakeServer.h>
 #include <fstream>
 #include <iostream>
 #include <sstream>