diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index ad4ffd3..d631085 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/golang/protobuf v1.4.3 // indirect
 	github.com/gorilla/websocket v1.4.2 // indirect
 	github.com/joho/godotenv v1.3.0
+	github.com/stieneee/tickerct v0.0.0-20210420020607-d1b092aa40e9 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20201221181555-eec23a3978ad // indirect
 	golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20210108172913-0df2131ae363 // indirect
 	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.25.0 // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index a7b2e37..2e6259b 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -46,6 +46,8 @@ github.com/joho/godotenv v1.3.0 h1:Zjp+RcGpHhGlrMbJzXTrZZPrWj+1vfm90La1wgB6Bhc=
 github.com/joho/godotenv v1.3.0/go.mod h1:7hK45KPybAkOC6peb+G5yklZfMxEjkZhHbwpqxOKXbg=
 github.com/prometheus/client_model v0.0.0-20190812154241-14fe0d1b01d4 h1:gQz4mCbXsO+nc9n1hCxHcGA3Zx3Eo+UHZoInFGUIXNM=
 github.com/prometheus/client_model v0.0.0-20190812154241-14fe0d1b01d4/go.mod h1:xMI15A0UPsDsEKsMN9yxemIoYk6Tm2C1GtYGdfGttqA=
+github.com/stieneee/tickerct v0.0.0-20210420020607-d1b092aa40e9 h1:0l2H6Oj6JHMmkqm9xaBMQA5MOGhPT+Nn/thlTUcD9Iw=
+github.com/stieneee/tickerct v0.0.0-20210420020607-d1b092aa40e9/go.mod h1:54+oZlabriEpT52rPAjAeEWUFgYqv325LrS3hNxHGFE=
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20181030102418-4d3f4d9ffa16 h1:y6ce7gCWtnH+m3dCjzQ1PCuwl28DDIc3VNnvY29DlIA=
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20181030102418-4d3f4d9ffa16/go.mod h1:6SG95UA2DQfeDnfUPMdvaQW0Q7yPrPDi9nlGo2tz2b4=
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20190308221718-c2843e01d9a2/go.mod h1:djNgcEr1/C05ACkg1iLfiJU5Ep61QUkGW8qpdssI0+w=
diff --git a/tickerct.go b/tickerct.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 7ada854..0000000
--- a/tickerct.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,81 +0,0 @@
-package main
-
-import (
-	"errors"
-	"fmt"
-	"sync"
-	"time"
-)
-
-// A Ticker holds a channel that delivers ``ticks'' of a clockinter
-// at intervals.
-type TickerCT struct {
-	sync.Mutex
-	C    <-chan time.Time // The channel on which the ticks are delivered.
-	c    chan<- time.Time // internal use
-	r    *time.Timer      // internal timer
-	d    time.Duration    // the set duration
-	last time.Time        // the last time the ticker ticked
-	stop bool             // mark the ticker as stopped
-}
-
-// NewTickerCT returns a new Ticker containing a channel that will send
-// the time on the channel after each tick. The period of the ticks is
-// specified by the duration argument. The ticker queue ticks.
-// The duration d must be greater than zero; if not, NewTickerCT will
-// panic. Stop the ticker to release associated resources.
-func NewTickerCT(d time.Duration) *TickerCT {
-	if d <= 0 {
-		panic(errors.New("non-positive interval for NewTickerCT"))
-	}
-
-	// Give the channel a large buffer to allow clients to catchup
-	c := make(chan time.Time, 100)
-
-	t := &TickerCT{
-		C:    c,
-		c:    c,
-		d:    d,
-		last: time.Now(),
-		stop: false,
-	}
-
-	t.Lock()
-	t.r = time.AfterFunc(d, func() { t.tick() })
-	t.Unlock()
-
-	return t
-}
-
-func (t *TickerCT) tick() {
-	t.Lock()
-	if t.stop {
-		fmt.Println("stopped")
-		return
-	}
-
-	now := time.Now()
-	t.c <- now
-
-	current := t.last.Add(t.d)
-	target := current.Add(t.d)
-
-	d := target.Sub(now)
-
-	// if d.Microseconds() < 1 {
-	// 	d = time.Duration(time.Microsecond)
-	// }
-	// delta := now.Sub(current)
-	// fmt.Println("delta", delta, d)
-
-	t.r.Reset(d)
-	t.last = current
-	t.Unlock()
-}
-
-func (t *TickerCT) Stop() {
-	t.stop = true
-	if t.r != nil {
-		t.r.Stop()
-	}
-}
diff --git a/timing_test.go b/timing_test.go
index 781138d..8592d90 100644
--- a/timing_test.go
+++ b/timing_test.go
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ import (
 	"sync"
 	"testing"
 	"time"
+
+	"github.com/stieneee/tickerct"
 )
 
 const testCount int64 = 10000
@@ -76,7 +78,7 @@ func testTickerCT(wg *sync.WaitGroup) {
 		now := time.Now()
 		start := now
 		// start the ticker
-		t := NewTickerCT(interval)
+		t := tickerct.NewTickerCT(interval)
 		var i int64
 		for i = 0; i < testCount; i++ {
 			if i+1 < testCount {