diff --git a/onedns/api.py b/onedns/api.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..159bdde
--- /dev/null
+++ b/onedns/api.py
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+from onedns.clients import one
+from onedns.clients import skydns
+from onedns.logger import log
+
+
+class OneDNS(object):
+    """
+    This class bridges the gap between OpenNebula and SkyDNS APIs. It primarily
+    provides convenience methods for adding/removing VMs to SkyDNS.
+    """
+
+    def __init__(self, domain, one_kwargs={}, etcd_kwargs={}):
+        self._one = one.OneClient(**one_kwargs)
+        self._skydns = skydns.SkyDNSClient(domain, etcd_kwargs=etcd_kwargs)
+
+    def _get_vm_dns_entries(self, vm):
+        entries = {}
+        if not hasattr(vm.template, 'nics'):
+            return entries
+        hostname = vm.name
+        primary_ip = vm.template.nics[0].ip
+        entries[hostname] = primary_ip
+        for nic in vm.template.nics[1:]:
+            nicname = "{hostname}-{id}".format(hostname=hostname,
+                                               id=nic.nic_id)
+            entries[nicname] = nic.ip
+        return entries
+
+    def add_vm(self, vm):
+        dns_entries = self._get_vm_dns_entries(vm)
+        if not dns_entries:
+            log.warn("No networks found for VM {id}: {vm} - skipping".format(
+                vm=vm.name, id=vm.id))
+            return
+        log.info("Adding VM {id}: {vm}".format(id=vm.id, vm=vm.name))
+        for name, ip in dns_entries.items():
+            self._skydns.add_host(name, ip)
+
+    def remove_vm(self, vm):
+        dns_entries = self._get_vm_dns_entries(vm)
+        if not dns_entries:
+            log.warn("No networks found for VM {id}: {vm} - skipping".format(
+                vm=vm.name, id=vm.id))
+            return
+        log.info("Removing VM {id}: {vm}".format(id=vm.id, vm=vm.name))
+        for name, ip in dns_entries.items():
+            self._skydns.remove_host(name, ip)
+
+    def add_vm_by_id(self, vm_id):
+        vm = self._one.get_vm_by_id(vm_id)
+        return self.add_vm(vm)
+
+    def remove_vm_by_id(self, vm_id):
+        vm = self._one.get_vm_by_id(vm_id)
+        return self.remove_vm(vm)
+
+    def sync(self):
+        for vm in self._one.vms():
+            self.add_vm(vm)
diff --git a/onedns/clients/skydns.py b/onedns/clients/skydns.py
index 328a8f3..ca40179 100644
--- a/onedns/clients/skydns.py
+++ b/onedns/clients/skydns.py
@@ -15,6 +15,9 @@ class SkyDNSClient(object):
         self._reverse_domain_parts.reverse()
         self._etcd = etcd.Client(**etcd_kwargs)
 
+    def _sanitize_name(self, name):
+        return RE_VALIDNAME.sub('', name).rstrip('.')
+
     def _skydns_ns(self, parts):
         return '/'.join(['skydns'] + parts)
 
@@ -27,10 +30,10 @@ class SkyDNSClient(object):
 
     def add_forward(self, hostname, ip):
         forward = self._get_forward_ns(hostname)
-        log.debug("forward path: {path}".format(path=forward))
+        log.debug("adding forward: {path}".format(path=forward))
         self._etcd.write(forward, json.dumps(dict(host=ip)))
 
-    def remove_forward(self, hostname, ip):
+    def remove_forward(self, hostname):
         forward = self._get_forward_ns(hostname)
         log.debug("removing forward: {path}".format(path=forward))
         self._etcd.delete(forward)
@@ -38,28 +41,20 @@ class SkyDNSClient(object):
     def add_reverse(self, ip, hostname):
         reverse = self._get_reverse_ns(ip)
         fqdn = '.'.join([hostname, self.domain])
-        log.debug("reverse path: {path}".format(path=reverse))
+        log.debug("adding reverse: {path}".format(path=reverse))
         self._etcd.write(reverse, json.dumps(dict(host=fqdn)))
 
-    def remove_reverse(self, ip, hostname):
+    def remove_reverse(self, ip):
         reverse = self._get_reverse_ns(ip)
         log.debug("removing reverse: {path}".format(path=reverse))
         self._etcd.delete(reverse)
 
     def add_host(self, hostname, ip):
+        hostname = self._sanitize_name(hostname)
         self.add_forward(hostname, ip)
         self.add_reverse(ip, hostname)
 
     def remove_host(self, hostname, ip):
-        self.remove_forward(hostname, ip)
-        self.remove_reverse(ip, hostname)
-
-    def register(self, vm):
-        log.info("Registering VM: {vm}".format(vm=vm.name))
-        hostname = RE_VALIDNAME.sub('', vm.name).rstrip('.')
-        primary_ip = vm.template.nics[0].ip
-        self.add_host(hostname, primary_ip)
-        for nic in vm.template.nics[1:]:
-            nicname = "{hostname}-{id}".format(hostname=hostname,
-                                               id=nic.nic_id)
-            self.add_host(nicname, nic.ip)
+        hostname = self._sanitize_name(hostname)
+        self.remove_forward(hostname)
+        self.remove_reverse(ip)
diff --git a/onedns/monitor.py b/onedns/monitor.py
index 46bb491..d2c7d54 100644
--- a/onedns/monitor.py
+++ b/onedns/monitor.py
@@ -1,24 +1,13 @@
 import time
 
-from onedns.clients import one
-from onedns.clients import skydns
+from onedns import api
 
 
-class OneMonitor(object):
-    '''
-    Reads events from OpenNebula and activates/deactivates VM domain names
-    '''
-
-    def __init__(self, domain, one_kwargs={}, etcd_kwargs={}):
-        self._one = one.OneClient(**one_kwargs)
-        self._skydns = skydns.SkyDNSClient(domain, etcd_kwargs=etcd_kwargs)
-
-    def update(self):
-        for vm in self._one.vms():
-            if hasattr(vm.template, 'nics'):
-                self._skydns.register(vm)
-
-    def run(self, interval=10):
+class OneMonitor(api.OneDNS):
+    """
+    Daemon that syncs OpenNebula VMs with SkyDNS
+    """
+    def run(self, interval=60):
         while True:
-            self.update()
+            self.sync()
             time.sleep(interval)