diff --git a/dr.botzo.py b/dr.botzo.py
index 00dfdc9..39f9e78 100755
--- a/dr.botzo.py
+++ b/dr.botzo.py
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ from dateutil.relativedelta import *
 from dateutil.tz import *
 import irclib
 
-class Module:
+class Module(object):
     """Base class used for creating classes that have real functionality.
     """
 
@@ -37,8 +37,6 @@ class Module:
         """
 
         print "looks like someone forgot to implement register_handlers!"
-        server.add_global_handler('pubmsg', self.on_pubmsg)
-        server.add_global_handler('privmsg', self.on_privmsg)
 
     def on_pubmsg(self, connection, event):
         """Does some variable setup and initial sanity checking before calling Module.do,
@@ -96,6 +94,15 @@ class Module:
 
         print "looks like someone forgot to implement do!"
 
+class GoogleTranslate(Module):
+    """Class that translates text via Google Translate.
+
+    http://code.google.com/apis/ajaxlanguage/documentation/
+    """
+
+    def __init__(self, config, server):
+        super(GoogleTranslate, self).__init__(config, server)
+
 #####
 # sub_join_channel
 # join a channel when told to by an admin
@@ -467,7 +474,7 @@ server.add_global_handler('privmsg', on_privmsg)
 server.add_global_handler('pubmsg', on_pubmsg)
 
 # test
-module = Module(config, server)
+gt = GoogleTranslate(config, server)
 
 # loop forever
 irc.process_forever()