diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index a286945..50ba667 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ require (
 
 require (
 	github.com/go-chi/chi/v5 v5.0.12 // indirect
+	github.com/gofrs/uuid/v5 v5.1.0 // indirect
 	github.com/inconshreveable/mousetrap v1.1.0 // indirect
 	github.com/mattn/go-colorable v0.1.13 // indirect
 	github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.20 // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 5a8b8aa..2a0b075 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ github.com/cpuguy83/go-md2man/v2 v2.0.3/go.mod h1:tgQtvFlXSQOSOSIRvRPT7W67SCa46t
 github.com/go-chi/chi/v5 v5.0.12 h1:9euLV5sTrTNTRUU9POmDUvfxyj6LAABLUcEWO+JJb4s=
 github.com/go-chi/chi/v5 v5.0.12/go.mod h1:DslCQbL2OYiznFReuXYUmQ2hGd1aDpCnlMNITLSKoi8=
 github.com/godbus/dbus/v5 v5.0.4/go.mod h1:xhWf0FNVPg57R7Z0UbKHbJfkEywrmjJnf7w5xrFpKfA=
+github.com/gofrs/uuid/v5 v5.1.0 h1:S5rqVKIigghZTCBKPCw0Y+bXkn26K3TB5mvQq2Ix8dk=
+github.com/gofrs/uuid/v5 v5.1.0/go.mod h1:CDOjlDMVAtN56jqyRUZh58JT31Tiw7/oQyEXZV+9bD8=
 github.com/google/go-cmp v0.6.0 h1:ofyhxvXcZhMsU5ulbFiLKl/XBFqE1GSq7atu8tAmTRI=
 github.com/google/go-cmp v0.6.0/go.mod h1:17dUlkBOakJ0+DkrSSNjCkIjxS6bF9zb3elmeNGIjoY=
 github.com/inconshreveable/mousetrap v1.1.0 h1:wN+x4NVGpMsO7ErUn/mUI3vEoE6Jt13X2s0bqwp9tc8=
diff --git a/lib/host/stats.go b/lib/host/stats.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..42d2620
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/host/stats.go
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+package host
+
+import (
+	"context"
+
+	"libvirt.org/go/libvirtxml"
+)
+
+// Stats for hosts with channels to subscribe to
+
+// HostStats works as a handler that can be subscribed to.
+// It runs a go routine that sends Stats via a channel
+// when subscribed to
+type HostStats struct {
+	h *Host
+}
+
+type Stats struct {
+	Memory       NodeMemoryInfo
+	VMs          []*libvirtxml.Domain
+	StoragePools []*libvirtxml.StoragePool
+}
+
+func (hs *HostStats) Subscribe(parent context.Context, pubto <-chan Stats) error {
+	ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(parent)
+	go func() {
+		defer cancel()
+		for {
+			select {
+			case <-ctx.Done():
+				break
+			default:
+				hs.update()
+			}
+		}
+	}()
+	return nil
+}
+
+// update runs as a goroutine, and updates host stats
+func (hs *HostStats) update() {
+	hs.h.memoryInfo()
+	hs.h.getStoragePools()
+	hs.h.getDomainInfo()
+}
diff --git a/lib/storagepool/lib.go b/lib/storagepool/lib.go
index 0ab9992..25932db 100644
--- a/lib/storagepool/lib.go
+++ b/lib/storagepool/lib.go
@@ -1,46 +1,54 @@
+// Package storagepool provides utilities and data structures in relation to storage pools.
+// This library uses the libvirt and libvirtxml packages from libvirt.org to implement
+// wrappers on top of the base library
 package storagepool
 
-import "libvirt.org/go/libvirt"
+import (
+	//	log "git.staur.ca/stobbsm/simplelog"
+	//	"github.com/gofrs/uuid/v5"
+	"libvirt.org/go/libvirt"
+	// "libvirt.org/go/libvirtxml"
+)
 
 var StoragePoolStateMap = map[libvirt.StoragePoolState]string{
-	libvirt.STORAGE_POOL_INACTIVE: "inactive",
-	libvirt.STORAGE_POOL_BUILDING: "building",
-	libvirt.STORAGE_POOL_RUNNING: "running",
-	libvirt.STORAGE_POOL_DEGRADED: "degraded",
+	libvirt.STORAGE_POOL_INACTIVE:     "inactive",
+	libvirt.STORAGE_POOL_BUILDING:     "building",
+	libvirt.STORAGE_POOL_RUNNING:      "running",
+	libvirt.STORAGE_POOL_DEGRADED:     "degraded",
 	libvirt.STORAGE_POOL_INACCESSIBLE: "inaccessible",
 }
 
 var Types = []string{
-  "dir",
-  "fs",
-  "netfs",
-  "disk",
-  "iscsi",
-  "logical",
-  "scsi",
-  "mpath",
-  "rbd",
-  "sheepdog",
-  "gluster",
-  "zfs",
-  "iscsi-direct",
+	"dir",
+	"fs",
+	"netfs",
+	"disk",
+	"iscsi",
+	"logical",
+	"scsi",
+	"mpath",
+	"rbd",
+	"sheepdog",
+	"gluster",
+	"zfs",
+	"iscsi-direct",
 }
 
 var LocalTypes = []string{
-  "dir",
-  "fs",
-  "disk",
-  "logical",
-  "scsi",
-  "zfs",
+	"dir",
+	"fs",
+	"disk",
+	"logical",
+	"scsi",
+	"zfs",
 }
 
 var NetTypes = []string{
-  "netfs",
-  "iscsi",
-  "mpath",
-  "rbd",
-  "sheepdog",
-  "gluster",
-  "iscsi-direct",
+	"netfs",
+	"iscsi",
+	"mpath",
+	"rbd",
+	"sheepdog",
+	"gluster",
+	"iscsi-direct",
 }