diff --git a/building_blocks/alias.lua b/building_blocks/alias.lua
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a87137bf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/building_blocks/alias.lua
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+local S = homedecor_i18n.gettext
+
+if minetest.get_modpath("moreblocks") or minetest.get_modpath("stairs") then
+	minetest.register_alias("building_blocks:slab_marble", "stairs:slab_Marble")
+	minetest.register_alias("building_blocks:stair_marble", "stairs:stair_Marble")
+	minetest.register_alias("building_blocks:slab_tar", "stairs:slab_Tar")
+	minetest.register_alias("building_blocks:stair_tar", "stairs:stair_Tar")
+end
+
+if minetest.get_modpath("moreblocks") then
+	stairsplus:register_alias_all("building_blocks", "tar", "building_blocks", "Tar")
+	stairsplus:register_alias_all("building_blocks", "marble", "building_blocks", "Marble")
+	for _, i in ipairs(stairsplus.shapes_list) do
+		local class = i[1]
+		local cut = i[2]
+		minetest.unregister_item("moreblocks:"..class.."tar"..cut)
+		minetest.register_alias("moreblocks:"..class.."tar"..cut, "building_blocks:"..class.."tar"..cut)
+	end
+	minetest.unregister_item("moreblocks:tar")
+	minetest.register_alias("moreblocks:tar", "building_blocks:Tar")
+end
+
+minetest.register_alias("tar", "building_blocks:Tar")
+minetest.register_alias("fakegrass", "building_blocks:fakegrass")
+minetest.register_alias("tar_knife", "building_blocks:knife")
+minetest.register_alias("adobe", "building_blocks:Adobe")
+minetest.register_alias("building_blocks_roofing", "building_blocks:Roofing")
+minetest.register_alias("hardwood", "building_blocks:hardwood")
+minetest.register_alias("sticks", "building_blocks:sticks")
+minetest.register_alias("building_blocks:faggot", "building_blocks:sticks")
+minetest.register_alias("marble", "building_blocks:Marble")
+
+if not minetest.get_modpath("technic") then
+	minetest.register_node( ":technic:granite", {
+		    description = S("Granite"),
+		    tiles = { "technic_granite.png" },
+		    is_ground_content = true,
+		    groups = {cracky=1},
+		    sounds = default.node_sound_stone_defaults(),
+	})
+	
+	minetest.register_craft({
+		output = "technic:granite 9",
+		recipe = {
+			{ "group:tar_block", "group:marble", "group:tar_block" },
+			{ "group:marble", "group:tar_block", "group:marble" },
+			{ "group:tar_block", "group:marble", "group:tar_block" }
+		},
+	})
+	
+	if minetest.get_modpath("moreblocks") then
+		stairsplus:register_all("technic", "granite", "technic:granite", {
+				description=S("Granite"),
+				groups={cracky=1, not_in_creative_inventory=1},
+				tiles={"technic_granite.png"},
+		})
+	end
+end
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/building_blocks/init.lua b/building_blocks/init.lua
index 1acf7b30..8fae22dd 100644
--- a/building_blocks/init.lua
+++ b/building_blocks/init.lua
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
 local S = homedecor_i18n.gettext
+local modpath = minetest.get_modpath("building_blocks")
+
+dofile(modpath.."/alias.lua")
 
 local function building_blocks_stairs(nodename, def)
 	minetest.register_node(nodename, def)	
@@ -41,12 +44,6 @@ local function building_blocks_stairs(nodename, def)
 	end
 end
 
-if minetest.get_modpath("moreblocks") or minetest.get_modpath("stairs") then
-	minetest.register_alias("building_blocks:slab_marble", "stairs:slab_Marble")
-	minetest.register_alias("building_blocks:stair_marble", "stairs:stair_Marble")
-	minetest.register_alias("building_blocks:slab_tar", "stairs:slab_Tar")
-	minetest.register_alias("building_blocks:stair_tar", "stairs:stair_Tar")
-end
 
 building_blocks_stairs("building_blocks:Adobe", {
 	tiles = {"building_blocks_Adobe.png"},
@@ -348,19 +345,7 @@ building_blocks_stairs("building_blocks:hardwood", {
 	sounds = default.node_sound_wood_defaults(),
 })
 
-if minetest.get_modpath("moreblocks") then
-	stairsplus:register_alias_all("building_blocks", "tar", "building_blocks", "Tar")
-	stairsplus:register_alias_all("building_blocks", "marble", "building_blocks", "Marble")
-	for _, i in ipairs(stairsplus.shapes_list) do
-		local class = i[1]
-		local cut = i[2]
-		minetest.unregister_item("moreblocks:"..class.."tar"..cut)
-		minetest.register_alias("moreblocks:"..class.."tar"..cut, "building_blocks:"..class.."tar"..cut)
 
-	end
-	minetest.unregister_item("moreblocks:tar")
-	minetest.register_alias("moreblocks:tar", "building_blocks:Tar")
-end
 
 
 minetest.register_craft({
@@ -399,15 +384,6 @@ minetest.register_craft({
 	}
 })
 
-minetest.register_alias("tar", "building_blocks:Tar")
-minetest.register_alias("fakegrass", "building_blocks:fakegrass")
-minetest.register_alias("tar_knife", "building_blocks:knife")
-minetest.register_alias("adobe", "building_blocks:Adobe")
-minetest.register_alias("building_blocks_roofing", "building_blocks:Roofing")
-minetest.register_alias("hardwood", "building_blocks:hardwood")
-minetest.register_alias("sticks", "building_blocks:sticks")
-minetest.register_alias("building_blocks:faggot", "building_blocks:sticks")
-minetest.register_alias("marble", "building_blocks:Marble")
 
 building_blocks_stairs("building_blocks:Tar", {
 	description = S("Tar"),
@@ -461,29 +437,4 @@ minetest.register_craft({
 	}
 })
 
-if not minetest.get_modpath("technic") then
-	minetest.register_node( ":technic:granite", {
-		    description = S("Granite"),
-		    tiles = { "technic_granite.png" },
-		    is_ground_content = true,
-		    groups = {cracky=1},
-		    sounds = default.node_sound_stone_defaults(),
-	})
 
-	minetest.register_craft({
-		output = "technic:granite 9",
-		recipe = {
-			{ "group:tar_block", "group:marble", "group:tar_block" },
-			{ "group:marble", "group:tar_block", "group:marble" },
-			{ "group:tar_block", "group:marble", "group:tar_block" }
-		},
-	})
-
-	if minetest.get_modpath("moreblocks") then
-		stairsplus:register_all("technic", "granite", "technic:granite", {
-				description=S("Granite"),
-				groups={cracky=1, not_in_creative_inventory=1},
-				tiles={"technic_granite.png"},
-		})
-	end
-end