diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index ca33810..87ff32d 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -16,14 +16,15 @@ dep:
 
 activitypub.o: activitypub.c xs.h xs_encdec.h xs_json.h xs_curl.h \
  xs_mime.h xs_openssl.h xs_regex.h xs_time.h snac.h
-data.o: data.c xs.h xs_io.h xs_json.h xs_openssl.h snac.h
+data.o: data.c xs.h xs_io.h xs_json.h xs_openssl.h xs_glob.h snac.h
 html.o: html.c xs.h xs_io.h xs_encdec.h xs_json.h xs_regex.h xs_set.h \
- xs_openssl.h snac.h
+ xs_openssl.h xs_time.h snac.h
 http.o: http.c xs.h xs_io.h xs_encdec.h xs_openssl.h xs_curl.h xs_time.h \
  snac.h
 httpd.o: httpd.c xs.h xs_io.h xs_encdec.h xs_json.h xs_socket.h \
  xs_httpd.h snac.h
 main.o: main.c xs.h xs_io.h xs_encdec.h xs_json.h snac.h
 snac.o: snac.c xs.h xs_io.h xs_encdec.h xs_json.h xs_curl.h xs_openssl.h \
- xs_socket.h xs_httpd.h xs_mime.h xs_regex.h xs_set.h xs_time.h snac.h
+ xs_socket.h xs_httpd.h xs_mime.h xs_regex.h xs_set.h xs_time.h xs_glob.h \
+ snac.h
 webfinger.o: webfinger.c xs.h xs_encdec.h xs_json.h xs_curl.h snac.h
diff --git a/data.c b/data.c
index 5e0ea66..b19d1c6 100644
--- a/data.c
+++ b/data.c
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 #include "xs_io.h"
 #include "xs_json.h"
 #include "xs_openssl.h"
+#include "xs_glob.h"
 
 #include "snac.h"
 
@@ -144,46 +145,6 @@ int user_open(snac *snac, char *uid)
 }
 
 
-d_char *xs_glob_n(const char *spec, int basename, int reverse, int max)
-/* does a globbing and returns the found files */
-{
-    glob_t globbuf;
-    d_char *list = xs_list_new();
-
-    if (glob(spec, 0, NULL, &globbuf) == 0) {
-        int n;
-
-        if (max > globbuf.gl_pathc)
-            max = globbuf.gl_pathc;
-
-        for (n = 0; n < max; n++) {
-            char *p;
-
-            if (reverse)
-                p = globbuf.gl_pathv[globbuf.gl_pathc - n - 1];
-            else
-                p = globbuf.gl_pathv[n];
-
-            if (p != NULL) {
-                if (basename) {
-                    if ((p = strrchr(p, '/')) == NULL)
-                        continue;
-
-                    p++;
-                }
-
-                list = xs_list_append(list, p);
-            }
-        }
-    }
-
-    globfree(&globbuf);
-
-    return list;
-}
-#define xs_glob(spec, basename, reverse) xs_glob_n(spec, basename, reverse, 0xfffffff)
-
-
 d_char *user_list(void)
 /* returns the list of user ids */
 {
diff --git a/snac.c b/snac.c
index 93b4e05..86a4c4f 100644
--- a/snac.c
+++ b/snac.c
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 #include "xs_regex.h"
 #include "xs_set.h"
 #include "xs_time.h"
+#include "xs_glob.h"
 
 #include "snac.h"
 
diff --git a/xs_glob.h b/xs_glob.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c5293dc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/xs_glob.h
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+/* copyright (c) 2022 grunfink - MIT license */
+
+#ifndef _XS_GLOB_H
+
+#define _XS_GLOB_H
+
+d_char *xs_glob_n(const char *spec, int basename, int reverse, int max);
+#define xs_glob(spec, basename, reverse) xs_glob_n(spec, basename, reverse, 0xfffffff)
+
+
+#ifdef XS_IMPLEMENTATION
+
+#include <glob.h>
+
+d_char *xs_glob_n(const char *spec, int basename, int reverse, int max)
+/* does a globbing and returns the found files */
+{
+    glob_t globbuf;
+    d_char *list = xs_list_new();
+
+    if (glob(spec, 0, NULL, &globbuf) == 0) {
+        int n;
+
+        if (max > globbuf.gl_pathc)
+            max = globbuf.gl_pathc;
+
+        for (n = 0; n < max; n++) {
+            char *p;
+
+            if (reverse)
+                p = globbuf.gl_pathv[globbuf.gl_pathc - n - 1];
+            else
+                p = globbuf.gl_pathv[n];
+
+            if (p != NULL) {
+                if (basename) {
+                    if ((p = strrchr(p, '/')) == NULL)
+                        continue;
+
+                    p++;
+                }
+
+                list = xs_list_append(list, p);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    globfree(&globbuf);
+
+    return list;
+}
+
+
+#endif /* XS_IMPLEMENTATION */
+
+#endif /* _XS_GLOB_H */