diff --git a/src/error.rs b/src/error.rs
deleted file mode 100644
index 9b06034a..00000000
--- a/src/error.rs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,35 +0,0 @@
-use runtime::Runtime;
-
-pub struct ImagErrorBase {
-    pub shortdesc : String,
-    pub longdesc  : String,
-}
-
-pub trait ImagError<'a> {
-    fn print(&self, rt: &Runtime);
-    fn print_long(&self, rt: &Runtime);
-    fn print_short(&self, rt: &Runtime);
-}
-
-impl<'a> ImagError<'a> for ImagErrorBase {
-
-    fn print(&self, rt: &Runtime) {
-        if self.longdesc.is_empty() {
-            let s = format!("Error: {}\n\n{}\n\n",
-                            self.shortdesc, self.longdesc);
-            rt.print(&s)
-        } else {
-            let s = format!("Error: {}\n", self.shortdesc);
-            rt.print(&s)
-        }
-    }
-
-    fn print_short(&self, rt : &Runtime) {
-        rt.print(&self.shortdesc)
-    }
-
-    fn print_long(&self, rt : &Runtime) {
-        rt.print(&self.longdesc)
-    }
-
-}
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index b508b7f8..2804f3f3 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ use runtime::Runtime;
 use module::Module;
 
 mod cli;
-mod error;
 mod runtime;
 mod module;
 mod storage;
diff --git a/src/module.rs b/src/module.rs
index bc9b224a..1c686a51 100644
--- a/src/module.rs
+++ b/src/module.rs
@@ -1,35 +1,49 @@
 use runtime::Runtime;
-use error::ImagErrorBase;
 
 pub struct ModuleError {
-    base: ImagErrorBase,
-    module_name: String,
+    shortdesc : String,
+    longdesc  : String,
 }
 
 impl ModuleError {
 
-    pub fn short<T: Module>(module : &T, short : String) -> ModuleError {
-        ModuleError::new(module, short, "".to_string())
+    pub fn short(short : String) -> ModuleError {
+        ModuleError::new(short, "".to_string())
     }
 
-    pub fn new<T: Module>(module : &T, short : String, long : String) -> ModuleError {
+    pub fn new(short : String, long : String) -> ModuleError {
         ModuleError {
-            base: ImagErrorBase {
-                shortdesc: short,
-                longdesc: long,
-            },
-            module_name: module.name(),
+            shortdesc: short,
+            longdesc: long,
         }
     }
 
+    pub fn print(&self, rt : &Runtime) {
+        if self.longdesc.is_empty() {
+            let s = format!("Error: {}\n\n{}\n\n",
+                            self.shortdesc, self.longdesc);
+            rt.print(&s)
+        } else {
+            let s = format!("Error: {}\n", self.shortdesc);
+            rt.print(&s)
+        }
+    }
+
+    pub fn print_short(&self, rt : &Runtime) {
+        rt.print(&self.shortdesc)
+    }
+
+    pub fn print_long(&self, rt : &Runtime) {
+        rt.print(&self.longdesc)
+    }
+
 }
 
 pub trait Module {
 
-    fn new() -> Self;
-    fn load(&self, &rt : Runtime) -> Self;
-    fn name(&self) -> String;
+    fn load(self, &rt : Runtime) -> Self;
+    fn name(self) -> String;
 
-    fn execute(&self, &rt : Runtime) -> Option<ModuleError>;
+    fn execute(self, &rt : Runtime) -> Option<ModuleError>;
 
 }