diff --git a/databaseHandler.go b/databaseHandler.go
index 5012ef1..ec3d87a 100644
--- a/databaseHandler.go
+++ b/databaseHandler.go
@@ -16,8 +16,6 @@ func (d *databaseHandler) ProcessItems(f *Feed, ch *Channel, items []*Item) {
 	if len(newitems) > 0 && d.itemhandler != nil {
 		d.itemhandler.ProcessItems(f, ch, newitems)
 	}
-
-	// No items to process, may as well end here
 }
 
 func (d *databaseHandler) ProcessChannels(f *Feed, ch []*Channel) {
@@ -30,28 +28,18 @@ func (d *databaseHandler) ProcessChannels(f *Feed, ch []*Channel) {
 	if len(newchannels) > 0 && d.chanhandler != nil {
 		d.chanhandler.ProcessChannels(f, newchannels)
 	}
-
-	// No channels to process, may as well end here
 }
 
-func NewDatabaseHandler(handler Handler) Handler {
+func NewDatabaseItemHandler(db *database, itemhandler ItemHandler) ItemHandler {
 	database := new(databaseHandler)
-	database.db = NewDatabase()
-	database.itemhandler = handler
-	database.chanhandler = handler
-	return database
-}
-
-func NewDatabaseItemHandler(itemhandler ItemHandler) ItemHandler {
-	database := new(databaseHandler)
-	database.db = NewDatabase()
+	database.db = db
 	database.itemhandler = itemhandler
 	return database
 }
 
-func NewDatabaseChannelHandler(chanhandler ChannelHandler) ChannelHandler {
+func NewDatabaseChannelHandler(db *database, chanhandler ChannelHandler) ChannelHandler {
 	database := new(databaseHandler)
-	database.db = NewDatabase()
+	database.db = db
 	database.chanhandler = chanhandler
 	return database
 }
diff --git a/feed.go b/feed.go
index 4348e47..69f0372 100644
--- a/feed.go
+++ b/feed.go
@@ -55,11 +55,6 @@ func (h ItemHandlerFunc) ProcessItems(f *Feed, ch *Channel, newitems []*Item) {
 	h(f, ch, newitems)
 }
 
-type Handler interface {
-	ChannelHandler
-	ItemHandler
-}
-
 type ChannelHandler interface {
 	ProcessChannels(f *Feed, newchannels []*Channel)
 }
@@ -68,26 +63,6 @@ type ItemHandler interface {
 	ProcessItems(f *Feed, ch *Channel, newitems []*Item)
 }
 
-type HandlerBonder struct {
-	itemhandler ItemHandler
-	chanhandler ChannelHandler
-}
-
-func (hb *HandlerBonder) ProcessChannels(f *Feed, newchannels []*Channel) {
-	hb.chanhandler.ProcessChannels(f, newchannels)
-}
-
-func (hb *HandlerBonder) ProcessItems(f *Feed, ch *Channel, newitems []*Item) {
-	hb.itemhandler.ProcessItems(f, ch, newitems)
-}
-
-func NewHandlerBonder(chanhandler ChannelHandler, itemhandler ItemHandler) Handler {
-	return &HandlerBonder{
-		itemhandler: itemhandler,
-		chanhandler: chanhandler,
-	}
-}
-
 type Feed struct {
 	// Custom cache timeout in minutes.
 	CacheTimeout int
@@ -108,8 +83,14 @@ type Feed struct {
 	// Url from which this feed was created.
 	Url string
 
-	// The channel and item handler
-	handler Handler
+	// Database
+	database *database
+
+	// The channel handler
+	channelHandler ChannelHandler
+
+	// The item handler
+	itemHandler ItemHandler
 
 	// Last time content was fetched. Used in conjunction with CacheTimeout
 	// to ensure we don't get content too often.
@@ -117,21 +98,25 @@ type Feed struct {
 }
 
 // New is a helper function to stay semi-compatible with
-// the old code. Includes the databse handler to ensure
+// the old code. Includes the database handlera to ensure
 // that this approach is functionally identical to the
 // old databse/handlers version
 func New(cachetimeout int, enforcecachelimit bool, ch ChannelHandlerFunc, ih ItemHandlerFunc) *Feed {
-	return NewWithHandler(cachetimeout, enforcecachelimit, NewDatabaseHandler(NewHandlerBonder(ch, ih)))
+	db := NewDatabase()
+	f := NewWithHandlers(cachetimeout, enforcecachelimit, NewDatabaseChannelHandler(db, ch), NewDatabaseItemHandler(db, ih))
+	f.database = db
+	return f
 }
 
-// NewWithHandler creates a new feed with a handler
-// People should use this appraoch from now on
-func NewWithHandler(cachetimeout int, enforcecachelimit bool, h Handler) *Feed {
+// NewWithHandler creates a new feed with handlers
+// People should use this approach from now on
+func NewWithHandlers(cachetimeout int, enforcecachelimit bool, ch ChannelHandler, ih ItemHandler) *Feed {
 	v := new(Feed)
 	v.CacheTimeout = cachetimeout
 	v.EnforceCacheLimit = enforcecachelimit
 	v.Type = "none"
-	v.handler = h
+	v.channelHandler = ch
+	v.itemHandler = ih
 	return v
 }
 
@@ -219,13 +204,13 @@ func (this *Feed) makeFeed(doc *xmlx.Document) (err error) {
 
 func (this *Feed) notifyListeners() {
 	for _, channel := range this.Channels {
-		if len(channel.Items) > 0 && this.handler != nil {
-			this.handler.ProcessItems(this, channel, channel.Items)
+		if len(channel.Items) > 0 && this.itemHandler != nil {
+			this.itemHandler.ProcessItems(this, channel, channel.Items)
 		}
 	}
 
-	if len(this.Channels) > 0 && this.handler != nil {
-		this.handler.ProcessChannels(this, this.Channels)
+	if len(this.Channels) > 0 && this.channelHandler != nil {
+		this.channelHandler.ProcessChannels(this, this.Channels)
 	}
 }