diff --git a/cmd/hw/main.go b/cmd/hw/main.go
index e6de592..2212c99 100644
--- a/cmd/hw/main.go
+++ b/cmd/hw/main.go
@@ -13,11 +13,6 @@ import (
 	"mcquay.me/metrics"
 )
 
-type v struct {
-	Hostname string `json:"hostname"`
-	V        string `json:"version"`
-}
-
 func main() {
 	m, err := metrics.New("hw")
 	if err != nil {
@@ -29,7 +24,7 @@ func main() {
 	}
 	http.HandleFunc("/", m.WrapFunc("/", func(w http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request) {
 		w.Header().Set("Content-Type", "application/json")
-		r := v{
+		r := hw.V{
 			Hostname: hn,
 			V:        hw.Version,
 		}
diff --git a/cmd/hwc/main.go b/cmd/hwc/main.go
index 38a141e..33d33be 100644
--- a/cmd/hwc/main.go
+++ b/cmd/hwc/main.go
@@ -17,11 +17,6 @@ import (
 
 var success *prometheus.CounterVec
 
-type v struct {
-	Hostname string `json:"hostname"`
-	V        string `json:"version"`
-}
-
 type state struct {
 	Hostname string `json:"hostname"`
 	V        string `json:"version"`
@@ -45,7 +40,7 @@ func (s *state) update(target string) {
 			continue
 		}
 		success.WithLabelValues("true").Inc()
-		rv := v{}
+		rv := hw.V{}
 		if err := json.NewDecoder(httpResp.Body).Decode(&rv); err != nil {
 			panic(err)
 		}
diff --git a/hw.go b/hw.go
index b3b9d55..aedec73 100644
--- a/hw.go
+++ b/hw.go
@@ -6,3 +6,9 @@ var Version = "unset"
 
 // OK simply return 200
 func OK(w http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request) {}
+
+// V houses version information
+type V struct {
+	Hostname string `json:"hostname"`
+	V        string `json:"version"`
+}