diff --git a/src/bitmessageqt/__init__.py b/src/bitmessageqt/__init__.py
index 42fcc8df..7a39b750 100644
--- a/src/bitmessageqt/__init__.py
+++ b/src/bitmessageqt/__init__.py
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ from debug import logger
 import subprocess
 import datetime
 from helper_sql import *
+from class_hashtag import *
 
 try:
     from PyQt4 import QtCore, QtGui
@@ -58,65 +59,6 @@ except AttributeError:
 def _translate(context, text):
     return QtGui.QApplication.translate(context, text)
 
-class hashtag(object):
-	
-    _instance = None
-    class Singleton:
-        def __init__(self):
-			#define class variables here 
-            self.string = ""
-            self.dic = {}
-            self.array = []
-			
-    def __init__(self):
-        if hashtag._instance is None:
-            # Create and remember instanc
-			hashtag._instance = hashtag.Singleton()
-        self._EventHandler_instance = hashtag._instance
-		
-    def __getattr__(self, aAttr):
-        return getattr(self._instance, aAttr)
-
-    def __setattr__(self, aAttr, aValue):
-        return setattr(self._instance, aAttr, aValue)
-    
-    def update_array(self):
-        for w in sorted(self.dic, key=self.dic.get, reverse=True):
-            self.array.append(w)
-
-    def extract (self,sentence):
-        array = []
-        pattern='#'
-        count = 0
-        for word in sentence.split(' '):
-            for word2 in word.split('\\n'):
-                if word2.startswith(pattern):
-                    for word3 in word2.split('#'):
-                        if(word3 != ''):
-                            array.append('#'+word3.lower())
-                            print " "+word3+"\n"
-                            count+=1
-        self.update_dic(array)
-        return count
-		#return array
-		
-    def update_dic (self, array):
-        for item in array:
-            if (self.dic.get(item)==None):
-                self.dic[item]=1
-            else:
-                self.dic[item]=self.dic[item]+1
-                
-    def get_color(self, value , sum):
-        x = value/float(sum)
-        if(x==0.5):
-            return 0xffff
-        elif(x>0.5):
-            return int(x * 255)
-        else: 
-            return int(255*x)+0xff00
-
-
 def identiconize(address):
     size = 48