diff --git a/examples/nothreads.rs b/examples/nothreads.rs
index 9185186..fbec2e1 100644
--- a/examples/nothreads.rs
+++ b/examples/nothreads.rs
@@ -1,12 +1,8 @@
-extern crate futures;
 extern crate irc;
-extern crate tokio_core;
 
 use std::default::Default;
-use futures::future;
 use irc::error;
 use irc::client::prelude::*;
-use tokio_core::reactor::Core;
 
 fn main() {
     let cfg1 = Config {
@@ -17,31 +13,23 @@ fn main() {
     };
 
     let cfg2 = Config {
-        nickname: Some("pickles".to_owned()),
-        server: Some("irc.pdgn.co".to_owned()),
+        nickname: Some("bananas".to_owned()),
+        server: Some("irc.fyrechat.net".to_owned()),
         channels: Some(vec!["#irc-crate".to_owned()]),
-        use_ssl: Some(true),
         ..Default::default()
     };
 
     let configs = vec![cfg1, cfg2];
 
-    // Create an event loop to run the multiple connections on.
-    let mut reactor = Core::new().unwrap();
-    let processor_handle = reactor.handle();
+    let mut reactor = IrcReactor::new().unwrap();
 
     for config in configs {
-        let handle = reactor.handle();
-        let server = reactor.run(IrcServer::new_future(handle, &config).unwrap()).unwrap();
+        let server = reactor.prepare_server_and_connect(&config).unwrap();
         server.identify().unwrap();
-
-        processor_handle.spawn(server.stream().for_each(move |message| {
-            process_msg(&server, message)
-        }).map_err(|e| Err(e).unwrap()))
+        reactor.register_server_with_handler(server, process_msg);
     }
 
-    // You might instead want to join all the futures and run them directly.
-    reactor.run(future::empty::<(), ()>()).unwrap();
+    reactor.run().unwrap();
 }
 
 fn process_msg(server: &IrcServer, message: Message) -> error::Result<()> {
diff --git a/src/client/mod.rs b/src/client/mod.rs
index 45085e7..4ab8f92 100644
--- a/src/client/mod.rs
+++ b/src/client/mod.rs
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 pub mod conn;
 pub mod data;
+pub mod reactor;
 pub mod server;
 pub mod transport;
 
@@ -29,6 +30,7 @@ pub mod prelude {
     //! as well as in the parsed form of received mode commands.
 
     pub use client::data::Config;
+    pub use client::reactor::IrcReactor;
     pub use client::server::{EachIncomingExt, IrcServer, Server};
     pub use client::server::utils::ServerExt;
     pub use proto::{Capability, ChannelExt, Command, Message, NegotiationVersion, Response};
diff --git a/src/client/reactor.rs b/src/client/reactor.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3817cc2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/client/reactor.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+//! A system for creating and managing multiple connections to IRC servers.
+
+use client::data::Config;
+use client::server::{IrcServer, IrcServerFuture, Server};
+use error;
+use proto::Message;
+
+use futures::{Future, Stream};
+use futures::future;
+use tokio_core::reactor::Core;
+
+pub struct IrcReactor {
+    inner: Core,
+    handlers: Vec<Box<Future<Item = (), Error = error::Error>>>,
+}
+
+impl IrcReactor {
+    pub fn new() -> error::Result<IrcReactor> {
+        Ok(IrcReactor {
+            inner: Core::new()?,
+            handlers: Vec::new(),
+        })
+    }
+
+    pub fn prepare_server<'a>(&mut self, config: &'a Config) -> error::Result<IrcServerFuture<'a>> {
+        IrcServer::new_future(self.inner.handle(), config)
+    }
+
+    pub fn connect_server(&mut self, future: IrcServerFuture) -> error::Result<IrcServer> {
+        self.inner.run(future)
+    }
+
+    pub fn prepare_server_and_connect(&mut self, config: &Config) -> error::Result<IrcServer> {
+        self.prepare_server(config).and_then(|future| self.connect_server(future))
+    }
+
+    pub fn register_server_with_handler<F>(
+        &mut self, server: IrcServer, handler: F
+    ) where F: Fn(&IrcServer, Message) -> error::Result<()> + 'static  {
+        self.handlers.push(Box::new(server.stream().for_each(move |message| {
+            handler(&server, message)
+        })));
+    }
+
+    pub fn run(&mut self) -> error::Result<()> {
+        let mut handlers = Vec::new();
+        while let Some(handler) = self.handlers.pop() {
+            handlers.push(handler);
+        }
+        self.inner.run(future::join_all(handlers).map(|_| ()))
+    }
+}