diff --git a/FlippR-Driver/src/utility/GPIOInterface.cpp b/FlippR-Driver/src/GPIOInterface.cpp
similarity index 96%
rename from FlippR-Driver/src/utility/GPIOInterface.cpp
rename to FlippR-Driver/src/GPIOInterface.cpp
index 52757b7..d3c2f5f 100644
--- a/FlippR-Driver/src/utility/GPIOInterface.cpp
+++ b/FlippR-Driver/src/GPIOInterface.cpp
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 
 #include "GPIOInterface.h"
 
-#include "config.h"
+#include "utility/config.h"
 
 #include "wiringPi/wiringPi.h"
 #include "json/json.hpp"
diff --git a/FlippR-Driver/src/utility/GPIOInterface.h b/FlippR-Driver/src/GPIOInterface.h
similarity index 97%
rename from FlippR-Driver/src/utility/GPIOInterface.h
rename to FlippR-Driver/src/GPIOInterface.h
index bbfa88a..61f5a0d 100644
--- a/FlippR-Driver/src/utility/GPIOInterface.h
+++ b/FlippR-Driver/src/GPIOInterface.h
@@ -17,8 +17,6 @@
 #include <fstream>
 namespace flippR_driver
 {
-namespace utility
-{
 
 class GPIOInterface
 {
@@ -43,7 +41,6 @@ private:
 };
 
 }
-}
 
 
 #endif
diff --git a/FlippR-Driver/src/input/Detector.h b/FlippR-Driver/src/input/Detector.h
index cc5902e..1282427 100644
--- a/FlippR-Driver/src/input/Detector.h
+++ b/FlippR-Driver/src/input/Detector.h
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 #include <vector>
 #include <map>
 
-#include "utility/IInputGPIOInterface.h"
+#include "IInputGPIOInterface.h"
 
 #include "IDetector.h"
 #include "DistributingEvent.h"
diff --git a/FlippR-Driver/src/utility/IInputGPIOInterface.h b/FlippR-Driver/src/input/IInputGPIOInterface.h
similarity index 100%
rename from FlippR-Driver/src/utility/IInputGPIOInterface.h
rename to FlippR-Driver/src/input/IInputGPIOInterface.h
diff --git a/FlippR-Driver/src/input/InputDriverFactory.h b/FlippR-Driver/src/input/InputDriverFactory.h
index 6fc9c44..3f038da 100644
--- a/FlippR-Driver/src/input/InputDriverFactory.h
+++ b/FlippR-Driver/src/input/InputDriverFactory.h
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 #include "Detector.h"
 #include "input/IInputDriver.h"
 
-#include "utility/InputGPIOInterface.h"
+#include "InputGPIOInterface.h"
 #include "json/json.hpp"
 #include "IEventNotifier.h"
 
diff --git a/FlippR-Driver/src/utility/InputGPIOInterface.cpp b/FlippR-Driver/src/input/InputGPIOInterface.cpp
similarity index 98%
rename from FlippR-Driver/src/utility/InputGPIOInterface.cpp
rename to FlippR-Driver/src/input/InputGPIOInterface.cpp
index 98acb50..2603496 100644
--- a/FlippR-Driver/src/utility/InputGPIOInterface.cpp
+++ b/FlippR-Driver/src/input/InputGPIOInterface.cpp
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 #include "InputGPIOInterface.h"
 #include "json/json.hpp"
 #include "easylogging/easylogging++.h"
-#include "config.h"
+#include "utility/config.h"
 #include <string>
 namespace flippR_driver
 {
diff --git a/FlippR-Driver/src/utility/InputGPIOInterface.h b/FlippR-Driver/src/input/InputGPIOInterface.h
similarity index 100%
rename from FlippR-Driver/src/utility/InputGPIOInterface.h
rename to FlippR-Driver/src/input/InputGPIOInterface.h
diff --git a/FlippR-Driver/src/output/DisplayController.cpp b/FlippR-Driver/src/output/DisplayController.cpp
index 071399d..6973cf0 100644
--- a/FlippR-Driver/src/output/DisplayController.cpp
+++ b/FlippR-Driver/src/output/DisplayController.cpp
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  */
 
 #include "DisplayController.h"
-#include "utility/IOutputGPIOInterface.h"
+#include "IOutputGPIOInterface.h"
 
 #include "utility/config.h"
 
diff --git a/FlippR-Driver/src/output/DisplayController.h b/FlippR-Driver/src/output/DisplayController.h
index e96ff19..fa4d510 100644
--- a/FlippR-Driver/src/output/DisplayController.h
+++ b/FlippR-Driver/src/output/DisplayController.h
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 #include <thread>
 
 #include "items/IDisplay.h"
-#include "utility/IOutputGPIOInterface.h"
+#include "IOutputGPIOInterface.h"
 
 namespace flippR_driver
 {
diff --git a/FlippR-Driver/src/utility/IOutputGPIOInterface.h b/FlippR-Driver/src/output/IOutputGPIOInterface.h
similarity index 97%
rename from FlippR-Driver/src/utility/IOutputGPIOInterface.h
rename to FlippR-Driver/src/output/IOutputGPIOInterface.h
index 00e5dd1..8cba5c9 100644
--- a/FlippR-Driver/src/utility/IOutputGPIOInterface.h
+++ b/FlippR-Driver/src/output/IOutputGPIOInterface.h
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 
 namespace flippR_driver
 {
-namespace utility
+namespace output
 {
 
 class IOutputGPIOInterface
diff --git a/FlippR-Driver/src/output/OutputDriverFactory.cpp b/FlippR-Driver/src/output/OutputDriverFactory.cpp
index b6441e6..c2eef98 100644
--- a/FlippR-Driver/src/output/OutputDriverFactory.cpp
+++ b/FlippR-Driver/src/output/OutputDriverFactory.cpp
@@ -8,6 +8,77 @@ namespace flippR_driver
 {
 namespace output
 {
+namespace OutputDriverFactory
+{
+
+namespace
+{
+
+using namespace nlohmann;
+
+std::shared_ptr<OutputGPIOInterface> createOutputGPIOInterface(std::istream &output_gpio_config)
+{
+  json output_config;
+  output_gpio_config >> output_config;
+
+  return std::make_shared<OutputGPIOInterface>(
+    parse_pins_driver_board(output_config.at("driver_board")),
+    parse_pins_sound(output_config.at("sound_board")),
+    parse_pins_sound(output_config.at("display_board"))
+  );
+}
+
+std::map<std::string, uint8_t> parse_pins_driver_board(json &driver_board_config)
+{
+  std::map<std::string, uint8_t> pins_driver_board;
+
+  pins_driver_board["i2c_address"] = driver_board_config.at("i2c_address").get<uint8_t>();
+  pins_driver_board["pin_base"] = driver_board_config.at("pin_base").get<uint8_t>();
+  pins_driver_board["data"] = driver_board_config.at("data").get<uint8_t>();
+  pins_driver_board["CL"] = driver_board_config.at("CL").get<uint8_t>();
+
+  json pin_select = driver_board_config.at("pin-select");
+  pins_driver_board["pin-select-A"] = pin_select.at("A").get<uint8_t>();
+  pins_driver_board["pin-select-B"] = pin_select.at("B").get<uint8_t>();
+  pins_driver_board["pin-select-C"] = pin_select.at("C").get<uint8_t>();
+
+  json latch_select = driver_board_config.at("latch-select");
+  pins_driver_board["mux1"] = latch_select.at("mux1").get<uint8_t>();
+  pins_driver_board["mux2"] = latch_select.at("mux2").get<uint8_t>();
+  pins_driver_board["latch-select-A"] = latch_select.at("A").get<uint8_t>();
+  pins_driver_board["latch-select-B"] = latch_select.at("B").get<uint8_t>();
+  pins_driver_board["latch-select-C"] = latch_select.at("C").get<uint8_t>();
+
+  return pins_driver_board;
+}
+
+std::map<std::string, uint8_t> parse_pins_sound(json &sound_board_config)
+{
+  std::map<std::string, uint8_t> pins_sound;
+
+  pins_sound["i2c_address"] = sound_board_config.at("i2c_address").get<uint8_t>();
+  pins_sound["pin_base"] = sound_board_config.at("pin_base").get<uint8_t>();
+  pins_sound["fire"] = sound_board_config.at("fire").get<uint8_t>();
+
+  json sound_address = sound_board_config.at("sound_address");
+  pins_sound["A"] = sound_address.at("A").get<uint8_t>();
+  pins_sound["B"] = sound_address.at("B").get<uint8_t>();
+  pins_sound["C"] = sound_address.at("C").get<uint8_t>();
+  pins_sound["D"] = sound_address.at("D").get<uint8_t>();
+  pins_sound["E"] = sound_address.at("E").get<uint8_t>();
+  pins_sound["F"] = sound_address.at("F").get<uint8_t>();
+  pins_sound["G"] = sound_address.at("G").get<uint8_t>();
+
+  return pins_sound;
+}
+
+std::map<std::string, uint8_t> parse_pins_display(json &display_board_config)
+{
+  return std::map<std::string, uint8_t>();
+}
 
+}
+
+}
 }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/FlippR-Driver/src/output/OutputDriverFactory.h b/FlippR-Driver/src/output/OutputDriverFactory.h
index 640627d..da98a15 100644
--- a/FlippR-Driver/src/output/OutputDriverFactory.h
+++ b/FlippR-Driver/src/output/OutputDriverFactory.h
@@ -8,16 +8,25 @@
 #include <memory>
 
 #include "OutputDriver.h"
+#include "OutputGPIOInterface.h"
 
 namespace flippR_driver
 {
 namespace output
 {
-class OutputDriverFactory
+namespace OutputDriverFactory
 {
-public:
-  static std::shared_ptr <OutputDriver> getOutputDriver(std::ifstream &output_gpio_config, std::ifstream &output_config);
-};
+  static std::shared_ptr<OutputDriver> getOutputDriver(std::istream &output_gpio_config, std::istream &output_config);
+
+  namespace
+  {
+    static std::shared_ptr<OutputGPIOInterface> createOutputGPIOInterface(std::istream &output_gpio_config);
+
+    static std::map<std::string, uint8_t> parse_pins_driver_board(nlohmann::json &driver_board_config);
+    static std::map<std::string, uint8_t> parse_pins_sound(nlohmann::json &sound_board_config);
+    static std::map<std::string, uint8_t> parse_pins_display(nlohmann::json &display_board_config);
+  }
+}
 }
 }
 
diff --git a/FlippR-Driver/src/utility/OutputGPIOInterface.cpp b/FlippR-Driver/src/output/OutputGPIOInterface.cpp
similarity index 57%
rename from FlippR-Driver/src/utility/OutputGPIOInterface.cpp
rename to FlippR-Driver/src/output/OutputGPIOInterface.cpp
index 3e5c90c..620476f 100644
--- a/FlippR-Driver/src/utility/OutputGPIOInterface.cpp
+++ b/FlippR-Driver/src/output/OutputGPIOInterface.cpp
@@ -9,71 +9,19 @@
 
 namespace flippR_driver
 {
-namespace utility
+namespace output
 {
 using namespace output::items;
 using namespace nlohmann;
 
-OutputGPIOInterface::OutputGPIOInterface(std::istream &output_config_stream)
+OutputGPIOInterface::OutputGPIOInterface(std::map<std::string, uint8_t> pins_driver_board, std::map<std::string, uint8_t> pins_sound, std::map<std::string, uint8_t> pins_display)
+  : pins_driver_board(pins_driver_board), pins_sound(pins_sound), pins_display(pins_display)
 {
-  json output_config;
-  output_config_stream >> output_config;
-
-  parse_output_config(output_config);
-
   initialize_i2c_addresses();
 
   initialize_pins();
 }
 
-void OutputGPIOInterface::parse_output_config(json &output_config)
-{
-  parse_pins_driver_board(output_config.at("driver_board"));
-  parse_pins_sound(output_config.at("sound_board"));
-  parse_pins_sound(output_config.at("display_board"));
-}
-
-void OutputGPIOInterface::parse_pins_driver_board(json &driver_board_config)
-{
-  this->pins_driver_board["i2c_address"] = driver_board_config.at("i2c_address").get<uint8_t>();
-  this->pins_driver_board["pin_base"] = driver_board_config.at("pin_base").get<uint8_t>();
-  this->pins_driver_board["data"] = driver_board_config.at("data").get<uint8_t>();
-  this->pins_driver_board["CL"] = driver_board_config.at("CL").get<uint8_t>();
-
-  json pin_select = driver_board_config.at("pin-select");
-  this->pins_driver_board["pin-select-A"] = pin_select.at("A").get<uint8_t>();
-  this->pins_driver_board["pin-select-B"] = pin_select.at("B").get<uint8_t>();
-  this->pins_driver_board["pin-select-C"] = pin_select.at("C").get<uint8_t>();
-
-  json latch_select = driver_board_config.at("latch-select");
-  this->pins_driver_board["mux1"] = latch_select.at("mux1").get<uint8_t>();
-  this->pins_driver_board["mux2"] = latch_select.at("mux2").get<uint8_t>();
-  this->pins_driver_board["latch-select-A"] = latch_select.at("A").get<uint8_t>();
-  this->pins_driver_board["latch-select-B"] = latch_select.at("B").get<uint8_t>();
-  this->pins_driver_board["latch-select-C"] = latch_select.at("C").get<uint8_t>();
-}
-
-void OutputGPIOInterface::parse_pins_sound(json &sound_board_config)
-{
-  this->pins_sound["i2c_address"] = sound_board_config.at("i2c_address").get<uint8_t>();
-  this->pins_sound["pin_base"] = sound_board_config.at("pin_base").get<uint8_t>();
-  this->pins_sound["fire"] = sound_board_config.at("fire").get<uint8_t>();
-
-  json sound_address = sound_board_config.at("sound_address");
-  this->pins_sound["A"] = sound_address.at("A").get<uint8_t>();
-  this->pins_sound["B"] = sound_address.at("B").get<uint8_t>();
-  this->pins_sound["C"] = sound_address.at("C").get<uint8_t>();
-  this->pins_sound["D"] = sound_address.at("D").get<uint8_t>();
-  this->pins_sound["E"] = sound_address.at("E").get<uint8_t>();
-  this->pins_sound["F"] = sound_address.at("F").get<uint8_t>();
-  this->pins_sound["G"] = sound_address.at("G").get<uint8_t>();
-}
-
-void OutputGPIOInterface::parse_pins_display(json &display_board_config)
-{
-
-}
-
 void OutputGPIOInterface::initialize_pins()
 {
   // Since this are all outputs we just initialize everything as output conveniently
diff --git a/FlippR-Driver/src/utility/OutputGPIOInterface.h b/FlippR-Driver/src/output/OutputGPIOInterface.h
similarity index 85%
rename from FlippR-Driver/src/utility/OutputGPIOInterface.h
rename to FlippR-Driver/src/output/OutputGPIOInterface.h
index 3522b3b..15dfa73 100644
--- a/FlippR-Driver/src/utility/OutputGPIOInterface.h
+++ b/FlippR-Driver/src/output/OutputGPIOInterface.h
@@ -20,14 +20,14 @@
 #include <map>
 namespace flippR_driver
 {
-namespace utility
+namespace output
 {
 
 class OutputGPIOInterface : public GPIOInterface, IOutputGPIOInterface
 {
 
 public:
-  OutputGPIOInterface(std::istream &output_config_stream);
+  OutputGPIOInterface(std::map<std::string, uint8_t> pins_driver_board, std::map<std::string, uint8_t> pins_sound, std::map<std::string, uint8_t> pins_display);
 
   virtual ~OutputGPIOInterface() = default;
 
@@ -40,11 +40,6 @@ public:
   virtual void write_display(output::items::IDisplay *display);
 
 private:
-  void parse_output_config(nlohmann::json &output_config);
-  void parse_pins_driver_board(nlohmann::json &driver_board_config);
-  void parse_pins_sound(nlohmann::json &sound_board_config);
-  void parse_pins_display(nlohmann::json &display_board_config);
-
   void initialize_i2c_addresses();
 
   void initialize_pins();
diff --git a/FlippR-Driver/src/output/items/Item.h b/FlippR-Driver/src/output/items/Item.h
index 05d0a1e..2ed1b04 100644
--- a/FlippR-Driver/src/output/items/Item.h
+++ b/FlippR-Driver/src/output/items/Item.h
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 
 #include "IItem.h"
 
-#include "utility/IOutputGPIOInterface.h"
+#include "output/IOutputGPIOInterface.h"
 
 #include <memory>
 #include <string>
diff --git a/FlippR-Driver/src/utility/DisplayGPIOInterface.cpp b/FlippR-Driver/src/utility/DisplayGPIOInterface.cpp
deleted file mode 100644
index 8ea2aec..0000000
--- a/FlippR-Driver/src/utility/DisplayGPIOInterface.cpp
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,27 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * DisplayGPIOInterface.cpp
- *
- *  Created on: Nov 9, 2018
- *      Author: Andreas Schneider, Johannes Wendel, Jonas Zeunert
- */
-
-#include "DisplayGPIOInterface.h"
-namespace flippR_driver
-{
-namespace utility
-{
-
-DisplayGPIOInterface::DisplayGPIOInterface()
-{
-  // TODO Auto-generated constructor stub
-
-}
-
-DisplayGPIOInterface::~DisplayGPIOInterface()
-{
-  // TODO Auto-generated destructor stub
-}
-
-}
-}
-
diff --git a/FlippR-Driver/src/utility/DisplayGPIOInterface.h b/FlippR-Driver/src/utility/DisplayGPIOInterface.h
deleted file mode 100644
index d7849e3..0000000
--- a/FlippR-Driver/src/utility/DisplayGPIOInterface.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,27 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * DisplayGPIOInterface.h
- *
- *  Created on: Nov 9, 2018
- *      Author: Andreas Schneider, Johannes Wendel, Jonas Zeunert
- */
-
-#ifndef SRC_UTILITY_DISPLAYGPIOINTERFACE_H_
-#define SRC_UTILITY_DISPLAYGPIOINTERFACE_H_
-
-namespace flippR_driver
-{
-namespace utility
-{
-
-class DisplayGPIOInterface
-{
-public:
-  DisplayGPIOInterface();
-  virtual
-  ~DisplayGPIOInterface();
-};
-
-}
-}
-
-#endif /* SRC_UTILITY_DISPLAYGPIOINTERFACE_H_ */