diff --git a/tui/src/types.rs b/tui/src/types.rs
index 3a06c5a..246b6b0 100644
--- a/tui/src/types.rs
+++ b/tui/src/types.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 use serde::{Serialize,Deserialize};
+use std::net::Ipv4Addr;
+use std::str::FromStr;
 
-#[derive(Deserialize, Serialize)]
+#[derive(Debug, Deserialize, Serialize)]
 pub struct Server {
     pub name: Option<String>,
     pub domain: Option<String>,
@@ -17,8 +19,17 @@ pub struct Config {
     pub servers: Vec<Server>
 }
 
-#[derive(Deserialize)]
+#[derive(Debug, Deserialize)]
 pub struct Channel {
     pub ip: String,
     pub name: String,
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
+
+impl Channel {
+    pub fn parts(&self) -> (Ipv4Addr, &str) {
+        // return the ip/name of the channel
+        let addr = Ipv4Addr::from_str(&self.ip).unwrap();
+
+        (addr, self.name.as_ref())
+    }
+}