diff --git a/load/load.go b/load/load.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d6e6aac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/load/load.go
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+package load
+
+import "bytes"
+
+import "github.com/firestuff/subcoding/vm"
+import "github.com/lunixbochs/struc"
+import "github.com/pkg/errors"
+
+const instructionBytes = 32
+
+func Load(byteCodes [][]byte) ([][]*vm.Instruction, error) {
+	fncs := [][]*vm.Instruction{}
+
+	for i, byteCode := range byteCodes {
+		instrs, err := loadFunction(byteCode)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, errors.Wrapf(err, "At function index %d", i)
+		}
+
+		fncs = append(fncs, instrs)
+	}
+
+	return fncs, nil
+}
+
+func loadFunction(byteCode []byte) ([]*vm.Instruction, error) {
+	instrs := []*vm.Instruction{}
+
+	for start := 0; start < len(byteCode); start += instructionBytes {
+		chunk := byteCode[start : start+instructionBytes]
+
+		instr, err := loadInstruction(chunk)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, errors.Wrapf(err, "At byte offset %d", start)
+		}
+
+		instrs = append(instrs, instr)
+	}
+
+	return instrs, nil
+}
+
+func loadInstruction(byteCode []byte) (*vm.Instruction, error) {
+	instr := &vm.Instruction{}
+
+	reader := bytes.NewReader(byteCode)
+
+	err := struc.Unpack(reader, instr)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, errors.Wrap(err, "Error decoding instruction")
+	}
+
+	return instr, nil
+}
diff --git a/test/load_test.go b/test/load_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9007a2c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/load_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+package test
+
+import "testing"
+
+import "github.com/firestuff/subcoding/load"
+
+func TestLoad(t *testing.T) {
+	_, err := load.Load(nil)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+}
diff --git a/vm/instruction.go b/vm/instruction.go
index 3b21965..ff472b2 100644
--- a/vm/instruction.go
+++ b/vm/instruction.go
@@ -1,10 +1,5 @@
 package vm
 
-import "bytes"
-
-import "github.com/lunixbochs/struc"
-import "github.com/pkg/errors"
-
 type Instruction struct {
 	OpCode   OpCodeType
 	Reserved [4]byte
@@ -13,33 +8,3 @@ type Instruction struct {
 
 	opHandler opHandler `struc:"skip"`
 }
-
-const instructionBytes = 32
-
-func NewInstructionFromByteCode(byteCode []byte) (*Instruction, error) {
-	instr := &Instruction{}
-
-	reader := bytes.NewReader(byteCode)
-
-	err := struc.Unpack(reader, instr)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, errors.Wrap(err, "Error decoding instruction")
-	}
-
-	return instr, nil
-}
-
-func NewInstructionsFromByteCode(byteCode []byte) ([]*Instruction, error) {
-	instrs := []*Instruction{}
-
-	for start := 0; start < len(byteCode); start += instructionBytes {
-		chunk := byteCode[start : start+instructionBytes]
-		instr, err := NewInstructionFromByteCode(chunk)
-		if err != nil {
-			return nil, errors.Wrapf(err, "At byte offset %d", start)
-		}
-		instrs = append(instrs, instr)
-	}
-
-	return instrs, nil
-}
diff --git a/vm/state.go b/vm/state.go
index eea02cf..a075b5d 100644
--- a/vm/state.go
+++ b/vm/state.go
@@ -2,8 +2,6 @@ package vm
 
 import "fmt"
 
-import "github.com/pkg/errors"
-
 type State struct {
 	running bool
 	err     error
@@ -24,21 +22,6 @@ func NewState(functions [][]*Instruction) (*State, error) {
 	}, nil
 }
 
-func NewStateFromByteCode(byteCodes [][]byte) (*State, error) {
-	functions := [][]*Instruction{}
-
-	for i, byteCode := range byteCodes {
-		instrs, err := NewInstructionsFromByteCode(byteCode)
-		if err != nil {
-			return nil, errors.Wrapf(err, "At function index %d", i)
-		}
-
-		functions = append(functions, instrs)
-	}
-
-	return NewState(functions)
-}
-
 func (state *State) Execute() error {
 	state.setHandlers()
 	state.call(0)