diff --git a/cmd/canal/main.go b/cmd/canal/main.go
index abd9cf3..77a090e 100644
--- a/cmd/canal/main.go
+++ b/cmd/canal/main.go
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 func main() {
-	canal := ui.NewApp()
+	canal := ui.NewUI()
 
 	if err := canal.Run(); err != nil {
 		fmt.Printf("Error: an error occurred while running Canal, %s", err)
diff --git a/internal/board/board.go b/internal/board/board.go
index a0545ae..a9d97c6 100644
--- a/internal/board/board.go
+++ b/internal/board/board.go
@@ -50,6 +50,10 @@ func Open(path string) (Board, error) {
 }
 
 func (b *Board) Close() error {
+	if b.db == nil {
+		return nil
+	}
+
 	return b.db.Close()
 }
 
diff --git a/internal/ui/init.go b/internal/ui/init.go
index 4f198b6..c3a1759 100644
--- a/internal/ui/init.go
+++ b/internal/ui/init.go
@@ -1,73 +1,9 @@
 package ui
 
 import (
-	"github.com/gdamore/tcell/v2"
 	"github.com/rivo/tview"
 )
 
-// NewApp returns a new App.
-func NewApp() UI {
-	a := UI{
-		Application:   tview.NewApplication(),
-		pages:         tview.NewPages(),
-		flex:          tview.NewFlex(),
-		focusedColumn: 0,
-	}
-
-	initApp(&a)
-
-	return a
-}
-
-// initApp initialises App.
-func initApp(u *UI) {
-	u.pages.AddPage(mainPage, u.flex, true, true)
-
-	quit := newQuitModal(u)
-	u.pages.AddPage(quitPage, quit, false, false)
-
-	add := newAddForm(u)
-	u.pages.AddPage(addPage, add, false, false)
-
-	u.SetInputCapture(func(event *tcell.EventKey) *tcell.EventKey {
-		if event.Rune() == 'q' {
-			u.pages.ShowPage(quitPage)
-			u.SetFocus(quit)
-		} else if event.Rune() == 'o' {
-			u.openBoard("")
-		} else if event.Rune() == 'a' {
-			u.pages.ShowPage(addPage)
-			u.SetFocus(add)
-		}
-
-		return event
-	})
-
-	u.SetRoot(u.pages, true)
-}
-
-// newQuitModal returns a new modal for the user's confirmation
-// for quitting the application.
-func newQuitModal(u *UI) *tview.Modal {
-	quit := *tview.NewModal()
-
-	quitDoneFunc := func(_ int, buttonLabel string) {
-		switch buttonLabel {
-		case "Quit":
-			u.shutdown()
-		default:
-			u.pages.SwitchToPage("main")
-			u.setColumnFocus()
-		}
-	}
-
-	quit.SetText("Do you want to quit the application?").
-		AddButtons([]string{"Quit", "Cancel"}).
-		SetDoneFunc(quitDoneFunc)
-
-	return &quit
-}
-
 // newAddForm creates a new Form primitive for creating a new card.
 func newAddForm(u *UI) *tview.Form {
 	add := tview.NewForm()
@@ -81,12 +17,12 @@ func newAddForm(u *UI) *tview.Form {
 		// TODO: error value needs handling
 		_ = u.newCard(title, "")
 		add.GetFormItemByLabel(titleField).(*tview.InputField).SetText("")
-		u.pages.SwitchToPage(mainPage)
+		u.pages.SwitchToPage(mainPageName)
 		u.setColumnFocus()
 	})
 
 	add.AddButton("Cancel", func() {
-		u.pages.SwitchToPage(mainPage)
+		u.pages.SwitchToPage(mainPageName)
 		add.GetFormItemByLabel(titleField).(*tview.InputField).SetText("")
 		u.setColumnFocus()
 	})
diff --git a/internal/ui/app.go b/internal/ui/ui.go
similarity index 67%
rename from internal/ui/app.go
rename to internal/ui/ui.go
index a5eaa5f..735d2da 100644
--- a/internal/ui/app.go
+++ b/internal/ui/ui.go
@@ -5,19 +5,18 @@ import (
 
 	"codeflow.dananglin.me.uk/apollo/canal/internal/board"
 	"github.com/rivo/tview"
+	"github.com/gdamore/tcell/v2"
 )
 
-type shiftDirection int
-
 const (
-	shiftLeft shiftDirection = iota
+	shiftLeft int = iota
 	shiftRight
 )
 
 const (
-	mainPage string = "main"
-	quitPage string = "quit"
-	addPage  string = "add"
+	mainPageName string = "main"
+	quitPageName string = "quit"
+	addPageName  string = "add"
 )
 
 // UI does some magical stuff.
@@ -29,6 +28,60 @@ type UI struct {
 	pages         *tview.Pages
 	focusedColumn int
 	board         board.Board
+	quit          *tview.Modal
+}
+
+// NewUI returns a new UI value.
+func NewUI() UI {
+	u := UI{
+		Application:   tview.NewApplication(),
+		pages:         tview.NewPages(),
+		flex:          tview.NewFlex(),
+		quit:          tview.NewModal(),
+		focusedColumn: 0,
+	}
+
+	u.initialise()
+
+	return u
+}
+
+// initialise the UI.
+func (u *UI) initialise() {
+	u.pages.AddPage(mainPageName, u.flex, true, true)
+
+	u.initQuitModal()
+	u.pages.AddPage(quitPageName, u.quit, false, false)
+
+	u.SetInputCapture(func(event *tcell.EventKey) *tcell.EventKey {
+		if event.Rune() == 'q' {
+			u.pages.ShowPage(quitPageName)
+			u.SetFocus(u.quit)
+		} else if event.Rune() == 'o' {
+			u.openBoard("")
+		}
+
+		return event
+	})
+
+	u.SetRoot(u.pages, true)
+}
+
+// initQuitModal initialises the quit modal.
+func (u *UI) initQuitModal() {
+	quitDoneFunc := func(_ int, buttonLabel string) {
+		switch buttonLabel {
+		case "Quit":
+			u.shutdown()
+		default:
+			u.pages.SwitchToPage("main")
+			u.setColumnFocus()
+		}
+	}
+
+	u.quit.SetText("Do you want to quit the application?").
+		AddButtons([]string{"Quit", "Cancel"}).
+		SetDoneFunc(quitDoneFunc)
 }
 
 // shutdown shuts down the application.
@@ -99,7 +152,7 @@ func (u *UI) updateBoard(statusList []board.Status) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-func (u *UI) shiftColumnFocus(s shiftDirection) {
+func (u *UI) shiftColumnFocus(s int) {
 	switch s {
 	case shiftRight:
 		if u.focusedColumn == len(u.columns)-1 {