diff --git a/getdistorted/getdistorted.rb b/getdistorted/getdistorted.rb
index 6390930..171522b 100755
--- a/getdistorted/getdistorted.rb
+++ b/getdistorted/getdistorted.rb
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 # OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE.
 #
 
-podcasts = {
+@podcasts = {
 	"distortedview" => {
 		"rss" => 'http://www.distortedview.com/show/index.xml',
 		"savedir" => '/Users/ward/ipod_sync/[books]/Distorted View',
@@ -49,10 +49,20 @@ def fetch(uri_str, limit = 10)
 	end
 end
 
-for podcast in podcasts.keys.sort
+def deleteold(podcast)
+	Dir.open(@podcasts[podcast]["savedir"]).each {|entry|
+		if File.file?("#{@podcasts[podcast]["savedir"]}/#{entry}") &&
+		    ! @filelist[entry]
+			puts "deleting #{entry}"
+			File.unlink("#{@podcasts[podcast]["savedir"]}/#{entry}")
+		end
+	}
+end
+
+for podcast in @podcasts.keys.sort
 	puts podcast
-	res = fetch(podcasts[podcast]["rss"])
-	filelist = {}
+	res = fetch(@podcasts[podcast]["rss"])
+	@filelist = {}
 
 	xmldoc = REXML::Document.new(res.body)
 	xmldoc.elements.each("rss/channel/*/enclosure") {|x|
@@ -60,26 +70,20 @@ for podcast in podcasts.keys.sort
 			cast = x.attribute("url").to_s.dup
 			filename = cast.dup
 			filename.sub!(/^.*\//, "")
-			if podcasts[podcast]["rename"]
-				filename.sub!(podcasts[podcast]["rename"][0], podcasts[podcast]["rename"][1])
+			if @podcasts[podcast]["rename"]
+				filename.sub!(@podcasts[podcast]["rename"][0], @podcasts[podcast]["rename"][1])
 			end
-			filelist[filename] = true
-			if ! File.exists?("#{podcasts[podcast]["savedir"]}/#{filename}")
-				puts "gotta get #{podcasts[podcast]["savedir"]}/#{filename}"
+			@filelist[filename] = true
+			if ! File.exists?("#{@podcasts[podcast]["savedir"]}/#{filename}")
+				puts "gotta get #{@podcasts[podcast]["savedir"]}/#{filename}"
 				response = fetch(cast)
-				File.open("#{podcasts[podcast]["savedir"]}/#{filename}", "w"){|f|
+				File.open("#{@podcasts[podcast]["savedir"]}/#{filename}", "w"){|f|
 					f.print(response.body)
 				}
 			end
 		end
 	}
-	if podcasts[podcast]["delete"]
-		Dir.open(podcasts[podcast]["savedir"]).each {|entry|
-			if File.file?("#{podcasts[podcast]["savedir"]}/#{entry}") &&
-			    ! filelist[entry]
-				puts "deleting #{entry}"
-				File.unlink("#{podcasts[podcast]["savedir"]}/#{entry}")
-			end
-		}
+	if @podcasts[podcast]["delete"]
+		deleteold(podcast)
 	end
 end