diff --git a/lib/microformats2.rb b/lib/microformats2.rb
index e5a9257..8515004 100644
--- a/lib/microformats2.rb
+++ b/lib/microformats2.rb
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ require "json"
 require "active_support/inflector"
 
 require "microformats2/version"
+require "microformats2/parser"
 require "microformats2/format_parser"
 require "microformats2/property_parser"
 require "microformats2/collection"
@@ -22,17 +23,13 @@ require "microformats2/implied_property/url"
 module Microformats2
   class << self
     def parse(html)
-      html = read_html(html)
-      document = Nokogiri::HTML(html)
-      Collection.new(document).parse
+      Parser.new.parse(html)
     end
 
     def read_html(html)
-      open(html).read
-    rescue Errno::ENOENT, Errno::ENAMETOOLONG => e
-      html
+      Parser.new.read_html(html)
     end
   end # class << self
 
   class InvalidPropertyPrefix < StandardError; end
-end
\ No newline at end of file
+end
diff --git a/lib/microformats2/parser.rb b/lib/microformats2/parser.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..680a034
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/microformats2/parser.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+module Microformats2
+  class Parser
+    def parse(html)
+      html = read_html(html)
+      document = Nokogiri::HTML(html)
+      Collection.new(document).parse
+    end
+
+    def read_html(html)
+      open(html).read
+    rescue Errno::ENOENT, Errno::ENAMETOOLONG => e
+      html
+    end
+  end
+end