diff --git a/newfol b/newfol
index fe42213..e799f22 100755
--- a/newfol
+++ b/newfol
@@ -55,25 +55,36 @@ def convert_color(x):
 
 locale.setlocale(locale.LC_ALL, '')
 
+class View:
+    def render(self, loop):
+        pass
+
+class IntroView(View):
+    def render(self, loop):
+        intro1 = urwid.Text(("text", "newfol " + __version__), align="center")
+        intro2 = urwid.Text(("text", "Press q to quit at any time."),
+                align="center")
+        pile = urwid.Pile([
+            urwid.AttrMap(intro1, "bg"),
+            urwid.AttrMap(intro2, "bg")])
+        fill = urwid.Filler(pile)
+        map2 = urwid.AttrMap(fill, "bg")
+        loop.widget = map2
+
+
 def start_curses():
     palette = [
             ('bg', 'black', 'yellow', '', 'black', '#ffa'),
             ('text', 'black', 'yellow', '', '#860', '#ffa'),
     ]
-    intro1 = urwid.Text(("text", "newfol " + __version__), align="center")
-    intro2 = urwid.Text(("text", "Press q to quit at any time."),
-            align="center")
-    pile = urwid.Pile([
-        urwid.AttrMap(intro1, "bg"),
-        urwid.AttrMap(intro2, "bg")])
-    fill = urwid.Filler(pile)
-    map2 = urwid.AttrMap(fill, "bg")
-
     def exit_on_q(inp):
         if inp in ('q', 'Q'):
             raise urwid.ExitMainLoop()
-    loop = urwid.MainLoop(map2, palette, unhandled_input=exit_on_q)
+
+    intro = IntroView()
+    loop = urwid.MainLoop(None, palette, unhandled_input=exit_on_q)
     loop.screen.set_terminal_properties(colors=256)
+    intro.render(loop)
     loop.run()
 
 def load_schemata():