diff --git a/modules/sstats/commands.js b/modules/sstats/commands.js
index e7b661f..7d28d92 100644
--- a/modules/sstats/commands.js
+++ b/modules/sstats/commands.js
@@ -78,59 +78,28 @@ var commands = function(dbot) {
 
         // TODO: too much repeated code between loudest and cloudest yo
         '~loudest': function(event) {
-            var lines = {};
-            this.db.scan('user_stats', function(uStats) {
-                lines[uStats.id] = uStats.lines;   
-            }, function() {
-                var lCounts = _.chain(lines)
-                    .pairs()
-                    .sortBy(function(user) { return user[1]; })
-                    .reverse()
-                    .first(10)
-                    .value();
-
+            this.internalAPI.highscore('user_stats', 'lines', function(lCounts) {
                 async.eachSeries(lCounts, function(lCount, next) {
                     dbot.api.users.getUser(lCount[0], function(user) {
-                        lCount[0] = user.primaryNick;
-                        next();
+                        lCount[0] = user.primaryNick; next();
                     });
                 }, function() {
-                    var output = "Loudest users: ";
-                    for(var i=0;i<lCounts.length;i++) {
-                        output += lCounts[i][0] + " (" + lCounts[i][1] + "), ";
-                    }
-                    event.reply(output.slice(0, -2));
-                });
-            });
+                    event.reply(this.internalAPI.formatHighscore('Loudest users: ', lCounts));
+                }.bind(this));
+            }.bind(this));
         },
 
         '~cloudest': function(event) {
-            var lines = {};
-            this.db.scan('user_stats', function(uStats) {
-                if(_.has(uStats.channels, event.rChannel.id)) {
-                    lines[uStats.id] = uStats.channels[event.rChannel.id].lines;   
-                }
-            }, function() {
-                var lCounts = _.chain(lines)
-                    .pairs()
-                    .sortBy(function(user) { return user[1]; })
-                    .reverse()
-                    .first(10)
-                    .value();
-
+            var pathString = 'channels.' + event.rChannel.id + '.lines';
+            this.internalAPI.highscore('user_stats', pathString, function(lCounts) {
                 async.eachSeries(lCounts, function(lCount, next) {
                     dbot.api.users.getUser(lCount[0], function(user) {
-                        lCount[0] = user.primaryNick;
-                        next();
+                        lCount[0] = user.primaryNick; next();
                     });
                 }, function() {
-                    var output = "Loudest users in " + event.channel + ": ";
-                    for(var i=0;i<lCounts.length;i++) {
-                        output += lCounts[i][0] + " (" + lCounts[i][1] + "), ";
-                    }
-                    event.reply(output.slice(0, -2));
-                });
-            });
+                    event.reply(this.internalAPI.formatHighscore('Loudest users in ' + event.channel + ': ', lCounts));
+                }.bind(this));;
+            }.bind(this));
         },
 
         '~clines': function(event) {
diff --git a/modules/sstats/sstats.js b/modules/sstats/sstats.js
index eecaccf..72e03e1 100644
--- a/modules/sstats/sstats.js
+++ b/modules/sstats/sstats.js
@@ -7,12 +7,54 @@ var _ = require('underscore')._;
 var sstats = function(dbot) {
     if(!_.has(dbot.db, 'ssinception')) dbot.db.ssinception = new Date().getTime();
 
+    // This needs to be somewhere else
     this.isUpperCase = function(word) {
         return _.all(word.split(''), function(c) {
             return c == c.toUpperCase(); 
         });
     };
 
+    this.internalAPI = {
+        // I'm not a huge fan of this but it's better than all the code
+        // repetition
+        'highscore': function(key, property, callback) {
+            var pList = {}, 
+                pPointer = property.split('.');
+
+            this.db.scan(key, function(item) {
+                var id = item.id;
+                for(var i=0;i<pPointer.length;i++) {
+                    if(_.has(item, pPointer[i])) {
+                        item = item[pPointer[i]]; 
+                    } else {
+                        item = null; break;
+                    }
+                }
+
+                if(item) {
+                    pList[id] = item;
+                }
+            }, function() {
+                var pCounts = _.chain(pList)
+                    .pairs()
+                    .sortBy(function(p) { return p[1]; })
+                    .reverse()
+                    .first(10)
+                    .value();
+
+                callback(pCounts);
+            });
+        }.bind(this),
+
+        'formatHighscore': function(string, pCounts) {
+            var output = string;
+            for(var i=0;i<pCounts.length;i++) {
+                output += pCounts[i][0] + " (" + pCounts[i][1] + "), ";
+            }
+            return output.slice(0, -2);
+        }
+    };
+
     this.listener = function(event) {
         event.cStats.lines++;
         event.uStats.lines++;