diff --git a/xmpp/src/event_loop.rs b/xmpp/src/event_loop.rs
index f28649a..6041b70 100644
--- a/xmpp/src/event_loop.rs
+++ b/xmpp/src/event_loop.rs
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ pub async fn wait_for_events(agent: &mut Agent) -> Option<Vec<Event>> {
                     events.extend(new_events);
                 } else if elem.is("presence", "jabber:client") {
                     let presence = Presence::try_from(elem).unwrap();
-                    let new_events = presence::handle_presence(agent, presence).await;
+                    let new_events = presence::receive::handle_presence(agent, presence).await;
                     events.extend(new_events);
                 } else if elem.is("error", "http://etherx.jabber.org/streams") {
                     println!("Received a fatal stream error: {}", String::from(&elem));
diff --git a/xmpp/src/presence/mod.rs b/xmpp/src/presence/mod.rs
index 123f4d7..ce689d6 100644
--- a/xmpp/src/presence/mod.rs
+++ b/xmpp/src/presence/mod.rs
@@ -4,47 +4,4 @@
 // License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
 // file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
 
-use tokio_xmpp::parsers::{
-    muc::user::{MucUser, Status},
-    presence::{Presence, Type as PresenceType},
-};
-
-use crate::{Agent, Event};
-
-/// Translate a `Presence` stanza into a list of higher-level `Event`s.
-pub async fn handle_presence(_agent: &mut Agent, presence: Presence) -> Vec<Event> {
-    // Allocate an empty vector to store the events.
-    let mut events = vec![];
-
-    // Extract the JID of the sender (i.e. the one whose presence is being sent).
-    let from = presence.from.unwrap().to_bare();
-
-    // Search through the payloads for a MUC user status.
-
-    if let Some(muc) = presence
-        .payloads
-        .iter()
-        .filter_map(|p| MucUser::try_from(p.clone()).ok())
-        .next()
-    {
-        // If a MUC user status was found, search through the statuses for a self-presence.
-        if muc.status.iter().any(|s| *s == Status::SelfPresence) {
-            // If a self-presence was found, then the stanza is about the client's own presence.
-
-            match presence.type_ {
-                PresenceType::None => {
-                    // According to https://xmpp.org/extensions/xep-0045.html#enter-pres, no type should be seen as "available".
-                    events.push(Event::RoomJoined(from.clone()));
-                }
-                PresenceType::Unavailable => {
-                    // According to https://xmpp.org/extensions/xep-0045.html#exit, the server will use type "unavailable" to notify the client that it has left the room/
-                    events.push(Event::RoomLeft(from.clone()));
-                }
-                _ => unimplemented!("Presence type {:?}", presence.type_), // TODO: What to do here?
-            }
-        }
-    }
-
-    // Return the list of events.
-    events
-}
+pub mod receive;
diff --git a/xmpp/src/presence/receive.rs b/xmpp/src/presence/receive.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..123f4d7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/xmpp/src/presence/receive.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+// Copyright (c) 2023 xmpp-rs contributors.
+//
+// This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+// License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
+// file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
+
+use tokio_xmpp::parsers::{
+    muc::user::{MucUser, Status},
+    presence::{Presence, Type as PresenceType},
+};
+
+use crate::{Agent, Event};
+
+/// Translate a `Presence` stanza into a list of higher-level `Event`s.
+pub async fn handle_presence(_agent: &mut Agent, presence: Presence) -> Vec<Event> {
+    // Allocate an empty vector to store the events.
+    let mut events = vec![];
+
+    // Extract the JID of the sender (i.e. the one whose presence is being sent).
+    let from = presence.from.unwrap().to_bare();
+
+    // Search through the payloads for a MUC user status.
+
+    if let Some(muc) = presence
+        .payloads
+        .iter()
+        .filter_map(|p| MucUser::try_from(p.clone()).ok())
+        .next()
+    {
+        // If a MUC user status was found, search through the statuses for a self-presence.
+        if muc.status.iter().any(|s| *s == Status::SelfPresence) {
+            // If a self-presence was found, then the stanza is about the client's own presence.
+
+            match presence.type_ {
+                PresenceType::None => {
+                    // According to https://xmpp.org/extensions/xep-0045.html#enter-pres, no type should be seen as "available".
+                    events.push(Event::RoomJoined(from.clone()));
+                }
+                PresenceType::Unavailable => {
+                    // According to https://xmpp.org/extensions/xep-0045.html#exit, the server will use type "unavailable" to notify the client that it has left the room/
+                    events.push(Event::RoomLeft(from.clone()));
+                }
+                _ => unimplemented!("Presence type {:?}", presence.type_), // TODO: What to do here?
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    // Return the list of events.
+    events
+}