diff --git a/inkycal/Inkycal.py b/inkycal/Inkycal.py
index a09f5ff..b33f6b8 100644
--- a/inkycal/Inkycal.py
+++ b/inkycal/Inkycal.py
@@ -1,47 +1,40 @@
-from importlib import import_module
+from inkycal.config import settings
 
-from inkycal.config import settings, layout
 
-##modules = settings.which_modules()
-##for module in modules:
-##  if module == 'inkycal_rss':
-##    module = import_module('inkycal.modules.'+module)
-##    #import_module('modules.'+module)
-##print(module)
+f = '/home/pi/Desktop/settings.json'
 
-settings_file = "/home/pi/Desktop/Inkycal/inkycal/config/settings.json"
+settings = settings(f)
 
-class inkycal:
-  """Main class for inkycal
-  """
-
-  def __init__(self, settings_file_path):
-    """Load settings file from path"""
-
-    # Load settings file
-    self.settings = settings(settings_file_path)
-    self.model = self.settings.model
-
-  def create_canvas(self):
-    """Create a canvas with same size as the specified model"""
-
-    self.layout = layout(model=self.model)
-
-  def create_custom_canvas(self, width=None, height=None,
-                           supports_colour=False):
-    """Create a custom canvas by specifying height and width"""
-
-    self.layout = layout(model=model, width=width, height=height,
-               supports_colour=supports_colour)
-
-  def create_sections(self):
-    """Create sections with default sizes"""
-    self.layout.create_sections()
-
-  def create_custom_sections(self, top_section=0.10, middle_section=0.65,
-                      bottom_section=0.25):
-    """Create custom-sized sections in the canvas"""
-    self.layout.create_sections(top_section=top_section,
-        middle_section=middle_section,
-        bottom_section=bottom_section)
+specified_modules = settings.active_modules()
+for module in specified_modules:
+  try:
     
+    if module == 'inkycal_weather':
+      from inkycal import weather
+      conf = settings.get_config(module)
+      weather = weather(conf['size'], conf['config'])
+
+    if module == 'inkycal_rss':
+      from inkycal import rss
+      conf = settings.get_config(module)
+      rss = rss(conf['size'], conf['config'])
+
+    if module == 'inkycal_image':
+      from inkycal import image
+      conf = settings.get_config(module)
+      image = image(conf['size'], conf['config'])
+
+    if module == 'inkycal_calendar':
+      from inkycal import calendar
+      conf = settings.get_config(module)
+      calendar = calendar(conf['size'], conf['config'])
+
+    if module == 'inkycal_agenda':
+      from inkycal import agenda
+      conf = settings.get_config(module)
+      agenda = agenda(conf['size'], conf['config'])
+
+  except ImportError:
+    print(
+      'Could not find module: "{}". Please try to import manually.'.format(
+      module))
diff --git a/inkycal/__init__.py b/inkycal/__init__.py
index 96cd837..1955684 100644
--- a/inkycal/__init__.py
+++ b/inkycal/__init__.py
@@ -1 +1,5 @@
-from .Inkycal import inkycal
+from inkycal.modules.inkycal_agenda import agenda
+from inkycal.modules.inkycal_calendar import calendar
+from inkycal.modules.inkycal_weather import weather
+from inkycal.modules.inkycal_rss import rss
+
diff --git a/inkycal/config/__init__.py b/inkycal/config/__init__.py
index bea450e..1c877d3 100644
--- a/inkycal/config/__init__.py
+++ b/inkycal/config/__init__.py
@@ -1,4 +1,2 @@
 from .settings_parser import settings
-print('loaded settings')
 from .layout import layout
-print('loaded layout')
diff --git a/inkycal/config/layout.py b/inkycal/config/layout.py
index 07f8e2c..2c2e8ae 100644
--- a/inkycal/config/layout.py
+++ b/inkycal/config/layout.py
@@ -6,22 +6,21 @@ Copyright by aceisace
 """
 
 import logging
+import os
+
+filename = os.path.basename(__file__).split('.py')[0]
+logger = logging.getLogger(filename)
+logger.setLevel(level=logging.INFO)
 
 class layout:
   """Page layout handling"""
 
-  logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
-  logging.basicConfig(level=logging.DEBUG)
-
   def __init__(self, model=None, width=None, height=None,
                supports_colour=False):
     """Initialize parameters for specified epaper model
     Use model parameter to specify display OR
     Crate a custom display with given width and height"""
 
-    self.background_colour = 'white'
-    self.text_colour = 'black'
-
     if (model != None) and (width == None) and (height == None):
       display_dimensions = {
       'epd_7_in_5_v2_colour': (800, 400),
@@ -78,15 +77,15 @@ class layout:
       self.bottom_section_height = (self.display_height -
         self.top_section_height - self.middle_section_height)
 
-    logging.debug('top-section size: {} x {} px'.format(
+    logger.debug('top-section size: {} x {} px'.format(
       self.top_section_width, self.top_section_height))
-    logging.debug('middle-section size: {} x {} px'.format(
+    logger.debug('middle-section size: {} x {} px'.format(
       self.middle_section_width, self.middle_section_height))
-    logging.debug('bottom-section size: {} x {} px'.format(
+    logger.debug('bottom-section size: {} x {} px'.format(
       self.bottom_section_width, self.bottom_section_height))
 
 
-  def get_section_size(self, section):
+  def get_size(self, section):
     """Enter top/middle/bottom to get the size of the section as a tuple:
     (width, height)"""
 
diff --git a/inkycal/config/settings_parser.py b/inkycal/config/settings_parser.py
index f5ea74f..2328924 100644
--- a/inkycal/config/settings_parser.py
+++ b/inkycal/config/settings_parser.py
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ Copyright by aceisace
 """
 import json
 import os
+from inkycal.config.layout import layout
 
 class settings:
   """Load and validate settings from the settings file"""
@@ -25,7 +26,6 @@ class settings:
   def __init__(self, settings_file_path):
     """Load settings from path (folder or settings.json file)"""
     try:
-      # If
       if settings_file_path.endswith('settings.json'):
         folder = settings_file_path.split('/settings.json')[0]
       else:
@@ -39,14 +39,23 @@ class settings:
     except FileNotFoundError:
       print('No settings file found in specified location')
 
+    # Validate the settings
     self._validate()
 
+    # Get the height-percentages of the modules
+    heights = [_['height']/100 for _ in self._settings['panels']]
+
+    self.layout = layout(model=self.model)
+    self.layout.create_sections(top_section= heights[0],
+                           middle_section=heights[1],
+                           bottom_section=heights[2])
+
   def _validate(self):
     """Validate the basic config"""
     settings = self._settings
 
-    required =  ['language', 'units', 'hours', 'model', 'calibration_hours',
-            'display_orientation']
+    required =  ['language', 'units', 'hours', 'model', 'calibration_hours']
+            #'display_orientation']
 
     # Check if all required settings exist
     for param in required:
@@ -60,7 +69,7 @@ class settings:
     self.hours = settings['hours']
     self.model = settings['model']
     self.calibration_hours = settings['calibration_hours']
-    self.display_orientation = settings['display_orientation']
+    #self.display_orientation = settings['display_orientation']
 
     # Validate the parameters
     if (not isinstance(self.language, str) or self.language not in
@@ -87,30 +96,31 @@ class settings:
       print('calibration_hours not supported, switching to fallback, [0,12,18]')
       self.calibration_hours = [0,12,18]
 
-    if (not isinstance(self.display_orientation, str) or self.display_orientation not in
-        self._supported_display_orientation):
-      print('display orientation not supported, switching to fallback, normal')
-      self.display_orientation = 'normal'
+##    if (not isinstance(self.display_orientation, str) or self.display_orientation not in
+##        self._supported_display_orientation):
+##      print('display orientation not supported, switching to fallback, normal')
+##      self.display_orientation = 'normal'
 
-    print('Settings file loaded')
+    print('Settings file OK!')
 
-  def _active_modules(self):
+  def active_modules(self):
     modules = [section['type'] for section in self._settings['panels']]
     return modules
 
   def get_config(self, module_name):
-    """Ge the config of this module"""
-    if module_name not in self._active_modules():
+    """Ge the config of this module (size, config)"""
+    if module_name not in self.active_modules():
       print('No config is available for this module')
     else:
       for section in self._settings['panels']:
         if section['type'] == module_name:
           config = section['config']
-    return config
+          size = self.layout.get_size(self.get_position(module_name))
+    return {'size':size, 'config':config}
 
   def get_position(self, module_name):
     """Get the position of this module's image on the display"""
-    if module_name not in self._active_modules():
+    if module_name not in self.active_modules():
       print('No position is available for this module')
     else:
       for section in self._settings['panels']:
diff --git a/inkycal/custom/functions.py b/inkycal/custom/functions.py
index 4efaac3..fcf580f 100644
--- a/inkycal/custom/functions.py
+++ b/inkycal/custom/functions.py
@@ -107,11 +107,11 @@ def write(image, xy, box_size, text, font=None, **kwargs):
 
   # Truncate text if text is too long so it can fit inside the box
   if (text_width, text_height) > (box_width, box_height):
-    logging.debug('text too big for space, truncating now...')
+    logging.debug(('truncating {}'.format(text)))
     while (text_width, text_height) > (box_width, box_height):
       text=text[0:-1]
       text_width, text_height = font.getsize(text)[0], font.getsize('hg')[1]
-    logging.debug(('truncated text:', text))
+    logging.debug((text))
 
   # Align text to desired position
   if alignment == "center" or None:
@@ -178,35 +178,41 @@ def draw_border(image, xy, size, radius=5, thickness=1, shrinkage=(0.1,0.1)):
   """
   
   colour='black'
+  
   # size from function paramter
-  width, height = size[0]*(1-shrinkage[0]), size[1]*(1-shrinkage[1])
+  width, height = int(size[0]*(1-shrinkage[0])), int(size[1]*(1-shrinkage[1]))
+
+  # shift cursor to move rectangle to center
   offset_x, offset_y = int((size[0] - width)/2), int((size[1]- height)/2)
   
   x, y, diameter = xy[0]+offset_x, xy[1]+offset_y, radius*2
   # lenght of rectangle size
   a,b = (width - diameter), (height-diameter)
 
-  # Set coordinates for round square
+  # Set coordinates for staright lines
   p1, p2 = (x+radius, y), (x+radius+a, y)
   p3, p4 = (x+width, y+radius), (x+width, y+radius+b)
   p5, p6 = (p2[0], y+height), (p1[0], y+height)
   p7, p8  = (x, p4[1]), (x,p3[1])
-  c1, c2 = (x,y), (x+diameter, y+diameter)
-  c3, c4 = ((x+width)-diameter, y), (x+width, y+diameter)
-  c5, c6 = ((x+width)-diameter, (y+height)-diameter), (x+width, y+height)
-  c7, c8 = (x, (y+height)-diameter), (x+diameter, y+height)
+  if radius != 0:
+    # Set coordinates for arcs
+    c1, c2 = (x,y), (x+diameter, y+diameter)
+    c3, c4 = ((x+width)-diameter, y), (x+width, y+diameter)
+    c5, c6 = ((x+width)-diameter, (y+height)-diameter), (x+width, y+height)
+    c7, c8 = (x, (y+height)-diameter), (x+diameter, y+height)
 
   # Draw lines and arcs, creating a square with round corners
   draw = ImageDraw.Draw(image)
-
   draw.line( (p1, p2) , fill=colour, width = thickness)
   draw.line( (p3, p4) , fill=colour, width = thickness)
   draw.line( (p5, p6) , fill=colour, width = thickness)
   draw.line( (p7, p8) , fill=colour, width = thickness)
-  draw.arc(  (c1, c2) , 180, 270, fill=colour, width=thickness)
-  draw.arc(  (c3, c4) , 270, 360, fill=colour, width=thickness)
-  draw.arc(  (c5, c6) , 0, 90, fill=colour, width=thickness)
-  draw.arc(  (c7, c8) , 90, 180, fill=colour, width=thickness)
+
+  if radius != 0:
+    draw.arc(  (c1, c2) , 180, 270, fill=colour, width=thickness)
+    draw.arc(  (c3, c4) , 270, 360, fill=colour, width=thickness)
+    draw.arc(  (c5, c6) , 0, 90, fill=colour, width=thickness)
+    draw.arc(  (c7, c8) , 90, 180, fill=colour, width=thickness)
 
 
 """Not required anymore?"""
@@ -230,18 +236,6 @@ def draw_border(image, xy, size, radius=5, thickness=1, shrinkage=(0.1,0.1)):
 ##  return image
 
 
-"""Not required anymore?"""
-##def fix_ical(ical_url):
-##  """Use iCalendars in compatability mode (without alarms)"""
-##  ical = str(urlopen(ical_url).read().decode())
-##  beginAlarmIndex = 0
-##  while beginAlarmIndex >= 0:
-##    beginAlarmIndex = ical.find('BEGIN:VALARM')
-##    if beginAlarmIndex >= 0:
-##      endAlarmIndex = ical.find('END:VALARM')
-##      ical = ical[:beginAlarmIndex] + ical[endAlarmIndex+12:]
-##  return ical
-
 
 """Not required anymore?"""
 ##def image_cleanup():
@@ -296,7 +290,7 @@ def draw_border(image, xy, size, radius=5, thickness=1, shrinkage=(0.1,0.1)):
 ##  with open(path+'release.txt','r') as file:
 ##    lines = file.readlines()
 ##    installed_release = lines[0].rstrip()
-##
+
 ##  temp = subp.check_output(['curl','-s','https://github.com/aceisace/Inky-Calendar/releases/latest'])
 ##  latest_release_url = str(temp).split('"')[1]
 ##  latest_release = latest_release_url.split('/tag/')[1]
diff --git a/inkycal/modules/__init__.py b/inkycal/modules/__init__.py
index e69de29..8ad6905 100644
--- a/inkycal/modules/__init__.py
+++ b/inkycal/modules/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+##from .inkycal_agenda import agenda
+##from .inkycal_calendar import calendar
+##from .inkycal_weather import weather
+##from .inkycal_rss import rss
diff --git a/inkycal/modules/ical_parser.py b/inkycal/modules/ical_parser.py
index 60291f3..c0f9c90 100644
--- a/inkycal/modules/ical_parser.py
+++ b/inkycal/modules/ical_parser.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ iCalendar (parsing) module for Inky-Calendar Project
 Copyright by aceisace
 """
 
-""" ---info about iCalendars---
+"""               ---info about iCalendars---
 • all day events start at midnight, ending at midnight of the next day
 • iCalendar saves all event timings in UTC -> need to be converted into local
   time
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ import arrow
 from urllib.request import urlopen
 import logging
 import time # timezone, timing speed of execution
+import os
 
 try:
   import recurring_ical_events
@@ -30,20 +31,15 @@ except ModuleNotFoundError:
   print('icalendar library could not be found. Please install this with:')
   print('pip3 install icalendar')
 
-urls = [
-  # Default calendar
-  'https://calendar.google.com/calendar/ical/en.usa%23holiday%40group.v.calendar.google.com/public/basic.ics',
-  # inkycal debug calendar
-  'https://calendar.google.com/calendar/ical/6nqv871neid5l0t7hgk6jgr24c%40group.calendar.google.com/private-c9ab692c99fb55360cbbc28bf8dedb3a/basic.ics'
-  ]
+
+filename = os.path.basename(__file__).split('.py')[0]
+logger = logging.getLogger(filename)
+logger.setLevel(level=logging.INFO)
 
 class icalendar:
   """iCalendar parsing moudule for inkycal.
   Parses events from given iCalendar URLs / paths"""
 
-  logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
-  logging.basicConfig(level=logging.DEBUG)
-
   def __init__(self):
     self.icalendars = []
     self.parsed_events = []
@@ -82,7 +78,7 @@ class icalendar:
 
     # Add the parsed icalendar/s to the self.icalendars list
     if ical: self.icalendars += ical
-    logging.info('loaded iCalendars from URLs')
+    logger.info('loaded iCalendars from URLs')
 
   def load_from_file(self, filepath):
     """Input a string or list of strings containing valid iCalendar filepaths
@@ -97,7 +93,7 @@ class icalendar:
       raise Exception ("Input: '{}' is not a string or list!".format(url))
 
     self.icalendars += icals
-    logging.info('loaded iCalendars from filepaths')
+    logger.info('loaded iCalendars from filepaths')
 
   def get_events(self, timeline_start, timeline_end, timezone=None):
     """Input an arrow (time) object for:
@@ -148,8 +144,6 @@ class icalendar:
         if arrow.get(events.get('dtstart').dt).format('HH:mm') != '00:00' else 'UTC')
       } for ical in recurring_events for events in ical]
 
-
-
     # if any recurring events were found, add them to parsed_events
     if re_events: self.parsed_events += re_events
 
@@ -159,9 +153,9 @@ class icalendar:
     return self.parsed_events
 
   def sort(self):
-    """Sort all parsed events"""
+    """Sort all parsed events in order of beginning time"""
     if not self.parsed_events:
-      logging.debug('no events found to be sorted')
+      logger.debug('no events found to be sorted')
     else:
       by_date = lambda event: event['begin']
       self.parsed_events.sort(key=by_date)
@@ -208,7 +202,7 @@ class icalendar:
     """
 
     if not self.parsed_events:
-      logging.debug('no events found to be shown')
+      logger.debug('no events found to be shown')
     else:
       line_width = max(len(_['title']) for _ in self.parsed_events)
       for events in self.parsed_events:
@@ -217,6 +211,18 @@ class icalendar:
         print('{0} {1} | {2} | {3}'.format(
           title, ' ' * (line_width - len(title)), begin, end))
 
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+  print('running {0} in standalone mode'.format(filename))
+
+
+urls = [
+  # Default calendar
+  'https://calendar.google.com/calendar/ical/en.usa%23holiday%40group.v.calendar.google.com/public/basic.ics',
+  # inkycal debug calendar
+  'https://calendar.google.com/calendar/ical/6nqv871neid5l0t7hgk6jgr24c%40group.calendar.google.com/private-c9ab692c99fb55360cbbc28bf8dedb3a/basic.ics'
+  ]
+
 ##a = icalendar()
 ##a.load_url(urls)
 ##a.get_events(arrow.now(), arrow.now().shift(weeks=4), timezone = a.get_system_tz())
diff --git a/inkycal/modules/inkycal_agenda.py b/inkycal/modules/inkycal_agenda.py
index f08697c..e6c614b 100644
--- a/inkycal/modules/inkycal_agenda.py
+++ b/inkycal/modules/inkycal_agenda.py
@@ -5,85 +5,74 @@ Agenda module for Inky-Calendar Project
 Copyright by aceisace
 """
 
+from inkycal.modules.template import inkycal_module
 from inkycal.custom import *
-import calendar as cal
-import arrow
 from inkycal.modules.ical_parser import icalendar
 
-size = (400, 520)
-config = {'week_starts_on': 'Monday', 'ical_urls': ['https://calendar.google.com/calendar/ical/en.usa%23holiday%40group.v.calendar.google.com/public/basic.ics']}
+import calendar as cal
+import arrow
+
+filename = os.path.basename(__file__).split('.py')[0]
+logger = logging.getLogger(filename)
+logger.setLevel(level=logging.INFO)
 
 
-class agenda:
+class agenda(inkycal_module):
   """Agenda class
   Create agenda and show events from given icalendars
   """
-  logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
-  logging.basicConfig(level=logging.DEBUG)
 
   def __init__(self, section_size, section_config):
     """Initialize inkycal_agenda module"""
-    self.name = os.path.basename(__file__).split('.py')[0]
-    self.config = section_config
-    self.width, self.height = section_size
-    self.background_colour =  'white'
-    self.font_colour = 'black'
-    self.fontsize = 12
-    self.font = ImageFont.truetype(
-      fonts['NotoSans-SemiCondensed'], size = self.fontsize)
-    self.padding_x = 0.02 #rename to margin?
-    self.padding_y = 0.05
 
-    # Section specific config
-    # Format for formatting dates
+    super().__init__(section_size, section_config)
+    # Module specific parameters
+    required = ['week_starts_on', 'ical_urls']
+    for param in required:
+      if not param in section_config:
+        raise Exception('config is missing {}'.format(param))
+
+    # module name
+    self.name = filename
+
+    # module specific parameters
     self.date_format = 'ddd D MMM'
-    # Fromat for formatting event timings
-    self.time_format = "HH:mm" #use auto for 24/12 hour format?
-    self.language = 'en' # Grab from settings file?
+    self.time_format = "HH:mm"
+    self.language = 'en'
     self.timezone = get_system_tz()
-    # urls of icalendars
     self.ical_urls = config['ical_urls']
-    # filepaths of icalendar files
     self.ical_files = []
+
+    # give an OK message
     print('{0} loaded'.format(self.name))
 
-  def set(self, **kwargs):
-    """Manually set some parameters of this module"""
-
-    for key, value in kwargs.items():
-      if key in self.__dict__:
-        setattr(self, key, value)
-      else:
-        print('{0} does not exist'.format(key))
-        pass
-
-  def get(self, **kwargs):
-    """Manually get some parameters of this module"""
-
-    for key, value in kwargs.items():
-      if key in self.__dict__:
-        getattr(self, key, value)
-      else:
-        print('{0} does not exist'.format(key))
-        pass
-
-  def get_options(self):
-    """Get all options which can be changed"""
-
-    return self.__dict__
+  def _validate(self):
+    """Validate module-specific parameters"""
+    if not isinstance(self.date_format, str):
+      print('date_format has to be an arrow-compatible token')
+    if not isinstance(self.time_format, str):
+      print('time_format has to be an arrow-compatible token')
+    if not isinstance(self.language, str):
+      print('language has to be a string: "en" ')
+    if not isinstance(self.timezone, str):
+      print('The timezone has bo be a string.')
+    if not isinstance(self.ical_urls, list):
+      print('ical_urls has to be a list ["url1", "url2"] ')
+    if not isinstance(self.ical_files, list):
+      print('ical_files has to be a list ["path1", "path2"] ')
 
   def generate_image(self):
     """Generate image for this module"""
 
     # Define new image size with respect to padding
-    im_width = int(self.width - (self.width * 2 * self.padding_x))
-    im_height = int(self.height - (self.height * 2 * self.padding_y))
+    im_width = int(self.width - (self.width * 2 * self.margin_x))
+    im_height = int(self.height - (self.height * 2 * self.margin_y))
     im_size = im_width, im_height
 
-    logging.info('Image size: {0}'.format(im_size))
+    logger.info('Image size: {0}'.format(im_size))
 
     # Create an image for black pixels and one for coloured pixels
-    im_black = Image.new('RGB', size = im_size, color = self.background_colour)
+    im_black = Image.new('RGB', size = im_size, color = 'white')
     im_colour = Image.new('RGB', size = im_size, color = 'white')
 
     # Calculate the max number of lines that can fit on the image
@@ -91,7 +80,7 @@ class agenda:
     line_height = int(self.font.getsize('hg')[1]) + line_spacing
     line_width = im_width
     max_lines = im_height // line_height
-    logging.debug(('max lines:',max_lines))
+    logger.debug(('max lines:',max_lines))
 
     # Create timeline for agenda
     now = arrow.now()
@@ -117,37 +106,37 @@ class agenda:
     # Sort events by beginning time
     parser.sort()
     # parser.show_events()
-      
+
     # Set the width for date, time and event titles
     date_width = int(max([self.font.getsize(
           dates['begin'].format(self.date_format, locale=self.language))[0]
           for dates in agenda_events]) * 1.2)
-    logging.debug(('date_width:', date_width))
+    logger.debug(('date_width:', date_width))
 
     # Check if any events were filtered
     if upcoming_events:
-      
+
       # Find out how much space the event times take
       time_width = int(max([self.font.getsize(
           events['begin'].format(self.time_format, locale=self.language))[0]
           for events in upcoming_events]) * 1.2)
-      logging.debug(('time_width:', time_width))
+      logger.debug(('time_width:', time_width))
 
       # Calculate x-pos for time
       x_time = date_width
-      logging.debug(('x-time:', x_time))
+      logger.debug(('x-time:', x_time))
 
       # Find out how much space is left for event titles
       event_width = im_width - time_width - date_width
-      logging.debug(('width for events:', event_width))
+      logger.debug(('width for events:', event_width))
 
       # Calculate x-pos for event titles
       x_event = date_width + time_width
-      logging.debug(('x-event:', x_event))
+      logger.debug(('x-event:', x_event))
 
       # Calculate positions for each line
       line_pos = [(0, int(line * line_height)) for line in range(max_lines)]
-      logging.debug(('line_pos:', line_pos))
+      logger.debug(('line_pos:', line_pos))
 
       # Merge list of dates and list of events
       agenda_events += upcoming_events
@@ -159,7 +148,7 @@ class agenda:
       # Delete more entries than can be displayed (max lines)
       del agenda_events[max_lines:]
 
-      #print(agenda_events)
+      self._agenda_events = agenda_events
 
       cursor = 0
       for _ in agenda_events:
@@ -170,7 +159,7 @@ class agenda:
           ImageDraw.Draw(im_colour).line(
             (0, line_pos[cursor][1], im_width, line_pos[cursor][1]),
           fill = 'black')
-          
+
           write(im_black, line_pos[cursor], (date_width, line_height),
               title, font = self.font, alignment='left')
 
@@ -185,12 +174,12 @@ class agenda:
             write(im_black, (x_time, line_pos[cursor][1]),
                 (time_width, line_height), time,
                 font = self.font, alignment='left')
-  
+
           write(im_black, (x_event, line_pos[cursor][1]),
                 (event_width, line_height),
                 '• '+title, font = self.font, alignment='left')
           cursor += 1
-          
+
     # If no events were found, write only dates and lines
     else:
       cursor = 0
@@ -199,25 +188,21 @@ class agenda:
         ImageDraw.Draw(im_colour).line(
             (0, line_pos[cursor][1], im_width, line_pos[cursor][1]),
             fill = 'black')
-          
+
         write(im_black, line_pos[cursor], (date_width, line_height),
               title, font = self.font, alignment='left')
 
         cursor += 1
 
-      logging.info('no events found')
-
-############################################################################
-# Exception handling
-############################################################################
+      logger.info('no events found')
 
     # Save image of black and colour channel in image-folder
     im_black.save(images+self.name+'.png')
     im_colour.save(images+self.name+'_colour.png')
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
-  print('running {0} in standalone mode'.format(
-    os.path.basename(__file__).split('.py')[0]))
+  print('running {0} in standalone mode'.format(filename))
 
-  # remove below line later!
-  a = agenda(size, config).generate_image()
+##size = (400, 520)
+##config = {'week_starts_on': 'Monday', 'ical_urls': ['https://calendar.google.com/calendar/ical/en.usa%23holiday%40group.v.calendar.google.com/public/basic.ics']}
+##a = agenda(size, config).generate_image()
diff --git a/inkycal/modules/inkycal_calendar.py b/inkycal/modules/inkycal_calendar.py
index b790dc6..00086df 100644
--- a/inkycal/modules/inkycal_calendar.py
+++ b/inkycal/modules/inkycal_calendar.py
@@ -4,81 +4,62 @@
 Calendar module for Inky-Calendar Project
 Copyright by aceisace
 """
-
+from inkycal.modules.template import inkycal_module
 from inkycal.custom import *
+
 import calendar as cal
 import arrow
 
-size = (400, 520)
-config = {'week_starts_on': 'Monday', 'ical_urls': ['https://calendar.google.com/calendar/ical/en.usa%23holiday%40group.v.calendar.google.com/public/basic.ics']}
+filename = os.path.basename(__file__).split('.py')[0]
+logger = logging.getLogger(filename)
+logger.setLevel(level=logging.INFO)
 
-
-class calendar:
+class calendar(inkycal_module):
   """Calendar class
   Create monthly calendar and show events from given icalendars
   """
-  logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
-  logging.basicConfig(level=logging.DEBUG)
 
   def __init__(self, section_size, section_config):
     """Initialize inkycal_calendar module"""
 
-    self.name = os.path.basename(__file__).split('.py')[0]
-    self.config = section_config
-    self.width, self.height = section_size
-    self.fontsize = 12
-    self.font = ImageFont.truetype(
-      fonts['NotoSans-SemiCondensed'], size = self.fontsize)
-    self.padding_x = 0.02
-    self.padding_y = 0.05
+    super().__init__(section_size, section_config)
+
+    # Module specific parameters
+    required = ['week_starts_on']
+    for param in required:
+      if not param in section_config:
+        raise Exception('config is missing {}'.format(param))
+
+    # module name
+    self.name = filename
+
+    # module specific parameters
+    self.shuffle_feeds = True
 
     self.num_font = ImageFont.truetype(
       fonts['NotoSans-SemiCondensed'], size = self.fontsize)
-    self.weekstart = 'Monday'
+    self.weekstart = self.config['week_starts_on']
     self.show_events = True
     self.date_format = 'D MMM' # used for dates 
     self.time_format = "HH:mm" # used for timings
     self.language = 'en' # Grab from settings file?
     
     self.timezone = get_system_tz()
-    self.ical_urls = config['ical_urls']
+    self.ical_urls = self.config['ical_urls']
     self.ical_files = []
+
+    # give an OK message
     print('{0} loaded'.format(self.name))
 
-  def set(self, **kwargs):
-    """Manually set some parameters of this module"""
-
-    for key, value in kwargs.items():
-      if key in self.__dict__:
-        setattr(self, key, value)
-      else:
-        print('{0} does not exist'.format(key))
-        pass
-
-  def get(self, **kwargs):
-    """Manually get some parameters of this module"""
-
-    for key, value in kwargs.items():
-      if key in self.__dict__:
-        getattr(self, key, value)
-      else:
-        print('{0} does not exist'.format(key))
-        pass
-
-  def get_options(self):
-    """Get all options which can be changed"""
-
-    return self.__dict__
-
   def generate_image(self):
     """Generate image for this module"""
 
     # Define new image size with respect to padding
-    im_width = int(self.width - (self.width * 2 * self.padding_x))
-    im_height = int(self.height - (self.height * 2 * self.padding_y))
+    im_width = int(self.width - (self.width * 2 * self.margin_x))
+    im_height = int(self.height - (self.height * 2 * self.margin_y))
     im_size = im_width, im_height
 
-    logging.info('Image size: {0}'.format(im_size))
+    logger.info('Image size: {0}'.format(im_size))
 
     # Create an image for black pixels and one for coloured pixels
     im_black = Image.new('RGB', size = im_size, color = 'white')
@@ -91,13 +72,13 @@ class calendar:
     if self.show_events == True:
       calendar_height = int(self.height*0.6)
       events_height = int(self.height*0.25)
-      logging.debug('calendar-section size: {0} x {1} px'.format(
+      logger.debug('calendar-section size: {0} x {1} px'.format(
         im_width, calendar_height))
-      logging.debug('events-section size: {0} x {1} px'.format(
+      logger.debug('events-section size: {0} x {1} px'.format(
         im_width, events_height))
     else:
       calendar_height = self.height - month_name_height - weekday_height
-      logging.debug('calendar-section size: {0} x {1} px'.format(
+      logger.debug('calendar-section size: {0} x {1} px'.format(
         im_width, calendar_height))
 
     # Create grid and calculate icon sizes
@@ -141,7 +122,7 @@ class calendar:
     # Set up weeknames in local language and add to main section
     weekday_names = [weekstart.shift(days=+_).format('ddd',locale=self.language)
       for _ in range(7)]
-    logging.debug('weekday names: {}'.format(weekday_names))
+    logger.debug('weekday names: {}'.format(weekday_names))
 
     for _ in range(len(weekday_pos)):
       write(
@@ -300,8 +281,10 @@ class calendar:
     im_colour.save(images+self.name+'_colour.png')
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
-  print('running {0} in standalone mode'.format(
-    os.path.basename(__file__).split('.py')[0]))
+  print('running {0} in standalone mode'.format(filename))
 
+
+##size = (400, 520)
+##config = {'week_starts_on': 'Monday', 'ical_urls': ['https://calendar.google.com/calendar/ical/en.usa%23holiday%40group.v.calendar.google.com/public/basic.ics']}
 ##a = calendar(size, config)
 ##a.generate_image()
diff --git a/inkycal/modules/inkycal_rss.py b/inkycal/modules/inkycal_rss.py
index 6c36275..f778bad 100644
--- a/inkycal/modules/inkycal_rss.py
+++ b/inkycal/modules/inkycal_rss.py
@@ -1,81 +1,64 @@
 #!/usr/bin/python3
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+
 """
 RSS module for Inky-Calendar Project
 Copyright by aceisace
 """
 
+from inkycal.modules.template import inkycal_module
 from inkycal.custom import *
-from random import shuffle
 
+from random import shuffle
 try:
   import feedparser
 except ImportError:
   print('feedparser is not installed! Please install with:')
   print('pip3 install feedparser')
 
+filename = os.path.basename(__file__).split('.py')[0]
+logger = logging.getLogger(filename)
+logger.setLevel(level=logging.INFO)
 
-# Debug Data (not for production use!)
-size = (384, 160)
-config = {'rss_urls': ['http://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml#']}
-#config = {'rss_urls': ['http://www.tagesschau.de/xml/atom/']}
-#https://www.tagesschau.de/xml/rss2
-
-class rss:
+class rss(inkycal_module):
   """RSS class
   parses rss feeds from given urls
   """
 
-  logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
-  logging.basicConfig(level=logging.DEBUG)
-
   def __init__(self, section_size, section_config):
     """Initialize inkycal_rss module"""
+    
+    super().__init__(section_size, section_config)
 
-    self.name = os.path.basename(__file__).split('.py')[0]
-    self.config = section_config
-    self.width, self.height = section_size
-    self.fontsize = 12
-    self.padding_x = 0.02
-    self.padding_y = 0.05
-    self.font = ImageFont.truetype(fonts['NotoSans-SemiCondensed'],
-                                   size = self.fontsize)
+    # Module specific parameters
+    required = ['rss_urls']
+    for param in required:
+      if not param in section_config:
+        raise Exception('config is missing {}'.format(param))
 
-    # module specifc config
+    # module name
+    self.name = filename
+
+    # module specific parameters
     self.shuffle_feeds = True
 
+    # give an OK message
     print('{0} loaded'.format(self.name))
 
-  def set(self, **kwargs):
-    """Manually set some parameters of this module"""
-    for key, value in kwargs.items():
-      if key in self.__dict__:
-        setattr(self, key, value)
-      else:
-        print('{0} does not exist'.format(key))
-        pass
+  def _validate(self):
+    """Validate module-specific parameters"""
+    if not isinstance(self.shuffle_feeds, bool):
+      print('shuffle_feeds has to be a boolean: True/False')
 
-  def get(self, **kwargs):
-    """Manually get some parameters of this module"""
-    for key, value in kwargs.items():
-      if key in self.__dict__:
-        getattr(self, key, value)
-      else:
-        print('{0} does not exist'.format(key))
-        pass
-
-  def get_options(self):
-    """Get all options which can be changed"""
-    return self.__dict__
 
   def generate_image(self):
     """Generate image for this module"""
 
     # Define new image size with respect to padding
-    im_width = int(self.width - (self.width * 2 * self.padding_x))
-    im_height = int(self.height - (self.height * 2 * self.padding_y))
+    im_width = int(self.width - (self.width * 2 * self.margin_x))
+    im_height = int(self.height - (self.height * 2 * self.margin_y))
     im_size = im_width, im_height
-    logging.info('image size: {} x {} px'.format(im_width, im_height))
+    logger.info('image size: {} x {} px'.format(im_width, im_height))
 
     # Create an image for black pixels and one for coloured pixels
     im_black = Image.new('RGB', size = im_size, color = 'white')
@@ -83,7 +66,7 @@ class rss:
 
     # Check if internet is available
     if internet_available() == True:
-      logging.info('Connection test passed')
+      logger.info('Connection test passed')
     else:
       raise Exception('Network could not be reached :/')
 
@@ -101,8 +84,6 @@ class rss:
     line_positions = [
       (0, spacing_top + _ * line_height ) for _ in range(max_lines)]
 
-
-
     # Create list containing all rss-feeds from all rss-feed urls
     parsed_feeds = []
     for feeds in self.config['rss_urls']:
@@ -149,9 +130,20 @@ class rss:
     im_black.save(images+self.name+'.png', 'PNG')
     im_colour.save(images+self.name+'_colour.png', 'PNG')
 
-if __name__ == '__main__':
-  print('running {0} in standalone mode'.format(
-    os.path.basename(__file__).split('.py')[0]))
 
+##def main():
+##  print('Main got executed just now~~~~')
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+  print('running {0} in standalone/debug mode'.format(filename))
+##else:
+##  print(filename, 'imported')
+##  main()
+  
 ##a = rss(size, config)
 ##a.generate_image()
+##size = (384, 160)
+##config = {'rss_urls': ['http://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml#']}
+#config = {'rss_urls': ['http://www.tagesschau.de/xml/atom/']}
+#https://www.tagesschau.de/xml/rss2 -> problematic feed
diff --git a/inkycal/modules/inkycal_weather.py b/inkycal/modules/inkycal_weather.py
index 8f63f0e..7ee930e 100644
--- a/inkycal/modules/inkycal_weather.py
+++ b/inkycal/modules/inkycal_weather.py
@@ -4,46 +4,43 @@
 Weather module for Inky-Calendar software.
 Copyright by aceisace
 """
-
+from inkycal.modules.template import inkycal_module
 from inkycal.custom import *
+
 import math, decimal
 import arrow
 from locale import getdefaultlocale as sys_locale
-
 try:
   import pyowm
 except ImportError:
   print('pyowm is not installed! Please install with:')
   print('pip3 install pyowm')
 
+filename = os.path.basename(__file__).split('.py')[0]
+logger = logging.getLogger(filename)
+logger.setLevel(level=logging.INFO)
 
-# Debug Data (not for production use!)
-config = {'api_key': 'secret', 'location': 'Stuttgart, DE'}
-size = (384,80)
-
-class weather:
+class weather(inkycal_module):
   """weather class
   parses weather details from openweathermap
   """
 
-  logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
-  logging.basicConfig(level=logging.INFO)
-
   def __init__(self, section_size, section_config):
     """Initialize inkycal_weather module"""
-    self.name = os.path.basename(__file__).split('.py')[0]
-    self.config = section_config
-    self.width, self.height = section_size
-    self.background_colour =  'white'
-    self.font_colour = 'black'
-    self.fontsize = 12
-    self.font = ImageFont.truetype(fonts['NotoSans-SemiCondensed'],
-                                   size = self.fontsize)
-    self.padding_x = 0.02
-    self.padding_y = 0.05
+    
+    super().__init__(section_size, section_config)
 
-    # Weather-specfic options
-    self.owm = pyowm.OWM(config['api_key'])
+    # Module specific parameters
+    required = ['api_key','location']
+    for param in required:
+      if not param in section_config:
+        raise Exception('config is missing {}'.format(param))
+
+    # module name
+    self.name = filename
+
+    # module specific parameters
+    self.owm = pyowm.OWM(self.config['api_key'])
     self.units = 'metric' # metric # imperial
     self.hour_format = '24' # 12 #24
     self.timezone = get_system_tz()
@@ -54,52 +51,25 @@ class weather:
     self.locale = sys_locale()[0]
     self.weatherfont = ImageFont.truetype(fonts['weathericons-regular-webfont'],
                                           size = self.fontsize)
-
+    # give an OK message
     print('{0} loaded'.format(self.name))
 
-  def set(self, **kwargs):
-    """Manually set some parameters of this module"""
-
-    for key, value in kwargs.items():
-      if key in self.__dict__:
-        setattr(self, key, value)
-      else:
-        print('{0} does not exist'.format(key))
-        pass
-
-  def get(self, **kwargs):
-    """Manually get some parameters of this module"""
-
-    for key, value in kwargs.items():
-      if key in self.__dict__:
-        getattr(self, key, value)
-      else:
-        print('{0} does not exist'.format(key))
-        pass
-
-
-  def get_options(self):
-    """Get all options which can be changed"""
-
-    return self.__dict__
-
-
   def generate_image(self):
     """Generate image for this module"""
 
     # Define new image size with respect to padding
-    im_width = int(self.width - (self.width * 2 * self.padding_x))
-    im_height = int(self.height - (self.height * 2 * self.padding_y))
+    im_width = int(self.width - (self.width * 2 * self.margin_x))
+    im_height = int(self.height - (self.height * 2 * self.margin_y))
     im_size = im_width, im_height
-    logging.info('image size: {} x {} px'.format(im_width, im_height))
+    logger.info('image size: {} x {} px'.format(im_width, im_height))
 
     # Create an image for black pixels and one for coloured pixels
-    im_black = Image.new('RGB', size = im_size, color = self.background_colour)
+    im_black = Image.new('RGB', size = im_size, color = 'white')
     im_colour = Image.new('RGB', size = im_size, color = 'white')
 
     # Check if internet is available
     if internet_available() == True:
-      logging.info('Connection test passed')
+      logger.info('Connection test passed')
     else:
       raise Exception('Network could not be reached :(')
 
@@ -353,7 +323,7 @@ class weather:
           }
 
     for key,val in fc_data.items():
-      logging.info((key,val))
+      logger.info((key,val))
 
     # Get some current weather details
     temperature = '{}°'.format(weather.get_temperature(unit=temp_unit)['temp'])
@@ -450,16 +420,16 @@ class weather:
     draw_border(im_black, (col6, row1), (col_width, im_height))
     draw_border(im_black, (col7, row1), (col_width, im_height))
 
-##############################################################################
-#        Error Handling
-##############################################################################
-
-    # Save image of black and colour channel in image-folder
+  # Save image of black and colour channel in image-folder
     im_black.save(images+self.name+'.png', "PNG")
     im_colour.save(images+self.name+'_colour.png', "PNG")
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
-  print('running {0} in standalone mode'.format(
-    os.path.basename(__file__).split('.py')[0]))
-  a = weather(size, config)
-  a.generate_image()
+  print('running {0} in standalone mode'.format(filename))
+
+
+##config = {'api_key': 'secret', 'location': 'Stuttgart, DE'}
+##size = (384,80)
+##a = weather(size, config)
+##a.generate_image()
+# Debug Data (not for production use!)
diff --git a/inkycal/modules/template.py b/inkycal/modules/template.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2baeaa7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/inkycal/modules/template.py
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+import abc
+from inkycal.custom import *
+
+class inkycal_module(metaclass=abc.ABCMeta):
+  """Generic base class for inykcal modules"""
+
+  @classmethod
+  def __subclasshook__(cls, subclass):
+    return (hasattr(subclass, 'generate_image') and
+      callable(subclass.generate_image) or
+      NotImplemented)
+
+  def __init__(self, section_size, section_config):
+    # Initializes base module
+    # sets properties shared amongst all sections
+    self.config = section_config
+    self.width, self.height = section_size
+    self.fontsize = 12
+    self.margin_x = 0.02
+    self.margin_y = 0.05
+    self.font = ImageFont.truetype(
+      fonts['NotoSans-SemiCondensed'], size = self.fontsize)
+
+  def set(self, help=False, **kwargs):
+    """Set attributes of class, e.g. class.set(key=value)
+    see that can be changed by setting help to True
+    """
+    lst = dir(self).copy()
+    options = [_ for _ in lst if not _.startswith('_')]
+    if 'logger' in options: options.remove('logger')
+
+    if help == True:
+      print('The following can be configured:')
+      print(options)
+
+    for key, value in kwargs.items():
+      if key in options:
+        setattr(self, key, value)
+        print("set '{}' to '{}'".format(key,value))
+      else:
+        print('{0} does not exist'.format(key))
+        pass
+
+    # Check if validation has been implemented
+    try:
+      self._validate()
+    except AttributeError:
+      print('no validation implemented')
+
+  @abc.abstractmethod
+  def generate_image(self):
+    # Generate image for this module with specified parameters
+    raise NotImplementedError(
+      'The developers were too lazy to implement this function')
diff --git a/inkycal/modules/test.py b/inkycal/modules/test.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fa377cc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/inkycal/modules/test.py
@@ -0,0 +1,137 @@
+#!/usr/bin/python3
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+"""
+Module template for Inky-Calendar Project
+
+Create your own module with this template
+
+Copyright by aceisace
+"""
+
+#############################################################################
+#                           Required imports (do not remove)
+#############################################################################
+# Required for setting up this module
+from inkycal.modules.template import inkycal_module
+from inkycal.custom import *
+
+
+#############################################################################
+#                           Built-in library imports
+#############################################################################
+
+# Built-in libraries go here
+from random import shuffle
+
+
+#############################################################################
+#                         External library imports
+#############################################################################
+
+# For external libraries, which require installing,
+# use try...except ImportError to check if it has been installed
+# If it is not found, print a short message on how to install this dependency
+try:
+  import feedparser
+except ImportError:
+  print('feedparser is not installed! Please install with:')
+  print('pip3 install feedparser')
+
+
+#############################################################################
+#                         Filename + logging (do not remove)
+#############################################################################
+
+# Get the name of this file, set up logging for this filename
+filename = os.path.basename(__file__).split('.py')[0]
+logger = logging.getLogger(filename)
+logger.setLevel(level=logging.INFO)
+
+#############################################################################
+#                         Class setup
+#############################################################################
+
+class simple(inkycal_module):
+  """ Simple Class
+  Explain what this module does...
+  """
+
+  # Initialise the class (do not remove)
+  def __init__(self, section_size, section_config):
+    """Initialize inkycal_rss module"""
+
+    # Initialise this module via the inkycal_module template (required)
+    super().__init__(section_size, section_config)
+
+    # module name (required)
+    self.name = filename
+
+    # module specific parameters (optional)
+    self.do_something = True
+
+    # give an OK message (optional)
+    print('{0} loaded'.format(self.name))
+
+#############################################################################
+#                 Validation of module specific parameters                  #
+#############################################################################
+
+  def _validate(self):
+    """Validate module-specific parameters"""
+    # Check the type of module-specific parameters
+    # This function is optional, but very useful for debugging.
+
+    # Here, we are checking if do_something (from init) is True/False
+    if not isinstance(self.do_something, bool):
+      print('do_something has to be a boolean: True/False')
+
+
+#############################################################################
+#                       Generating the image                                #
+#############################################################################
+
+  def generate_image(self):
+    """Generate image for this module"""
+
+    # Define new image size with respect to padding (required)
+    im_width = int(self.width - (self.width * 2 * self.margin_x))
+    im_height = int(self.height - (self.height * 2 * self.margin_y))
+    im_size = im_width, im_height
+
+    # Use logger.info(), logger.debug(), logger.warning() to display
+    # useful information for the developer
+    logger.info('image size: {} x {} px'.format(im_width, im_height))
+
+    # Create an image for black pixels and one for coloured pixels (required)
+    im_black = Image.new('RGB', size = im_size, color = 'white')
+    im_colour = Image.new('RGB', size = im_size, color = 'white')
+
+    #################################################################
+
+    #                    Your code goes here                        #
+    
+    # Write/Draw something on the image
+
+    #   You can use these custom functions to help you create the image:
+    # - write()               -> write text on the image
+    # - get_fonts()           -> see which fonts are available
+    # - get_system_tz()       -> Get the system's current timezone
+    # - auto_fontsize()       -> Scale the fontsize to the provided height
+    # - textwrap()            -> Split a paragraph into smaller lines
+    # - internet_available()  -> Check if internet is available
+    # - draw_border()         -> Draw a border around the specified area
+
+    # If these aren't enough, take a look at python Pillow (imaging library)'s
+    # documentation.
+
+    
+    #################################################################
+
+    # Save image of black and colour channel in image-folder
+    im_black.save(images+self.name+'.png', 'PNG')
+    im_colour.save(images+self.name+'_colour.png', 'PNG')
+
+
+# Check if the module is being run by itself
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+  print('running {0} in standalone mode'.format(filename))