diff --git a/app/meson.build b/app/meson.build
index b74b75fa..c09d772d 100644
--- a/app/meson.build
+++ b/app/meson.build
@@ -6,10 +6,10 @@ src = [
     'src/convert.c',
     'src/decoder.c',
     'src/device.c',
+    'src/file_handler.c',
     'src/fpscounter.c',
     'src/frames.c',
     'src/inputmanager.c',
-    'src/installer.c',
     'src/lockutil.c',
     'src/net.c',
     'src/scrcpy.c',
diff --git a/app/src/file_handler.c b/app/src/file_handler.c
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2820c825
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/src/file_handler.c
@@ -0,0 +1,181 @@
+#include "file_handler.h"
+
+#include <string.h>
+#include "command.h"
+#include "lockutil.h"
+#include "log.h"
+
+// NOTE(adopi) this can be more generic:
+// it could be used with a command queue instead of a filename queue
+// then we would have a generic invoker (useful if we want to handle more async commands)
+
+SDL_bool file_queue_is_empty(const struct file_queue *queue) {
+    return queue->head == queue->tail;
+}
+
+SDL_bool file_queue_is_full(const struct file_queue *queue) {
+    return (queue->head + 1) % FILE_QUEUE_SIZE == queue->tail;
+}
+
+SDL_bool file_queue_init(struct file_queue *queue) {
+    queue->head = 0;
+    queue->tail = 0;
+    return SDL_TRUE;
+}
+
+void file_queue_destroy(struct file_queue *queue) {
+    int i = queue->tail;
+    while (i != queue->head) {
+        SDL_free(queue->data[i]);
+        i = (i + 1) % FILE_QUEUE_SIZE;
+    }
+}
+
+SDL_bool file_queue_push(struct file_queue *queue, const char *file) {
+    if (file_queue_is_full(queue)) {
+        return SDL_FALSE;
+    }
+    queue->data[queue->head] = SDL_strdup(file);
+    queue->head = (queue->head + 1) % FILE_QUEUE_SIZE;
+    return SDL_TRUE;
+}
+
+SDL_bool file_queue_take(struct file_queue *queue, char **file) {
+    if (file_queue_is_empty(queue)) {
+        return SDL_FALSE;
+    }
+    // transfer ownership
+    *file = queue->data[queue->tail];
+    queue->tail = (queue->tail + 1) % FILE_QUEUE_SIZE;
+    return SDL_TRUE;
+}
+
+SDL_bool file_handler_init(struct file_handler *file_handler, const char *serial) {
+
+    if (!file_queue_init(&file_handler->queue)) {
+        return SDL_FALSE;
+    }
+
+    if (!(file_handler->mutex = SDL_CreateMutex())) {
+        return SDL_FALSE;
+    }
+
+    if (!(file_handler->event_cond = SDL_CreateCond())) {
+        SDL_DestroyMutex(file_handler->mutex);
+        return SDL_FALSE;
+    }
+
+    if (serial) {
+        file_handler->serial = SDL_strdup(serial);
+        if (!file_handler->serial) {
+            LOGW("Cannot strdup serial");
+            SDL_DestroyMutex(file_handler->mutex);
+            return SDL_FALSE;
+        }
+    } else {
+        file_handler->serial = NULL;
+    }
+
+    // lazy initialization
+    file_handler->initialized = SDL_FALSE;
+
+    file_handler->stopped = SDL_FALSE;
+    file_handler->current_process = PROCESS_NONE;
+
+    return SDL_TRUE;
+}
+
+void file_handler_destroy(struct file_handler *file_handler) {
+    SDL_DestroyCond(file_handler->event_cond);
+    SDL_DestroyMutex(file_handler->mutex);
+    file_queue_destroy(&file_handler->queue);
+    SDL_free((void *) file_handler->serial);
+}
+
+SDL_bool file_handler_do(struct file_handler *file_handler, const char *file) {
+    SDL_bool res;
+
+    // start file_handler if it's used for the first time
+    if (!file_handler->initialized) {
+        if (!file_handler_start(file_handler)) {
+            return SDL_FALSE;
+        }
+        file_handler->initialized = SDL_TRUE;
+    }
+
+    mutex_lock(file_handler->mutex);
+    SDL_bool was_empty = file_queue_is_empty(&file_handler->queue);
+    res = file_queue_push(&file_handler->queue, file);
+    if (was_empty) {
+        cond_signal(file_handler->event_cond);
+    }
+    mutex_unlock(file_handler->mutex);
+    return res;
+}
+
+static int run_file_handler(void *data) {
+    struct file_handler *file_handler = data;
+
+    for (;;) {
+        mutex_lock(file_handler->mutex);
+        file_handler->current_process = PROCESS_NONE;
+        while (!file_handler->stopped && file_queue_is_empty(&file_handler->queue)) {
+            cond_wait(file_handler->event_cond, file_handler->mutex);
+        }
+        if (file_handler->stopped) {
+            // stop immediately, do not process further events
+            mutex_unlock(file_handler->mutex);
+            break;
+        }
+        char *current_apk;
+#ifdef BUILD_DEBUG
+        bool non_empty = file_queue_take(&file_handler->queue, &current_apk);
+        SDL_assert(non_empty);
+#else
+        file_queue_take(&file_handler->queue, &current_apk);
+#endif
+        LOGI("Installing %s...", current_apk);
+        process_t process = adb_install(file_handler->serial, current_apk);
+        file_handler->current_process = process;
+
+        mutex_unlock(file_handler->mutex);
+
+        if (process_check_success(process, "adb install")) {
+            LOGI("%s installed successfully", current_apk);
+        } else {
+            LOGE("Failed to install %s", current_apk);
+        }
+        SDL_free(current_apk);
+    }
+    return 0;
+}
+
+SDL_bool file_handler_start(struct file_handler *file_handler) {
+    LOGD("Starting file_handler thread");
+
+    file_handler->thread = SDL_CreateThread(run_file_handler, "file_handler", file_handler);
+    if (!file_handler->thread) {
+        LOGC("Could not start file_handler thread");
+        return SDL_FALSE;
+    }
+
+    return SDL_TRUE;
+}
+
+void file_handler_stop(struct file_handler *file_handler) {
+    mutex_lock(file_handler->mutex);
+    file_handler->stopped = SDL_TRUE;
+    cond_signal(file_handler->event_cond);
+    if (file_handler->current_process != PROCESS_NONE) {
+        if (!cmd_terminate(file_handler->current_process)) {
+            LOGW("Cannot terminate install process");
+        }
+        cmd_simple_wait(file_handler->current_process, NULL);
+        file_handler->current_process = PROCESS_NONE;
+    }
+    mutex_unlock(file_handler->mutex);
+}
+
+void file_handler_join(struct file_handler *file_handler) {
+    SDL_WaitThread(file_handler->thread, NULL);
+}
diff --git a/app/src/file_handler.h b/app/src/file_handler.h
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9cee9d3e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/src/file_handler.h
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+#ifndef FILE_HANDLER_H
+#define FILE_HADNELR_H
+
+#include <SDL2/SDL_mutex.h>
+#include <SDL2/SDL_stdinc.h>
+#include <SDL2/SDL_thread.h>
+#include "command.h"
+
+#define FILE_QUEUE_SIZE 16
+
+// NOTE(AdoPi) file_queue and control_event can use a generic queue
+
+struct file_queue {
+    char *data[FILE_QUEUE_SIZE];
+    int tail;
+    int head;
+};
+
+struct file_handler {
+    const char *serial;
+    SDL_Thread *thread;
+    SDL_mutex *mutex;
+    SDL_cond *event_cond;
+    SDL_bool stopped;
+    SDL_bool initialized;
+    process_t current_process;
+    struct file_queue queue;
+};
+
+SDL_bool file_handler_init(struct file_handler *file_handler, const char *serial);
+void file_handler_destroy(struct file_handler *file_handler);
+
+SDL_bool file_handler_start(struct file_handler *file_handler);
+void file_handler_stop(struct file_handler *file_handler);
+void file_handler_join(struct file_handler *file_handler);
+
+SDL_bool file_handler_do(struct file_handler *file_handler, const char *filename);
+
+#endif
diff --git a/app/src/installer.c b/app/src/installer.c
deleted file mode 100644
index 5b9e6637..00000000
--- a/app/src/installer.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,182 +0,0 @@
-#include "installer.h"
-
-#include <string.h>
-#include "command.h"
-#include "lockutil.h"
-#include "log.h"
-
-// NOTE(adopi) this can be more generic:
-// it could be used with a command queue instead of a filename queue
-// then we would have a generic invoker (useful if we want to handle more async commands)
-
-SDL_bool apk_queue_is_empty(const struct apk_queue *queue) {
-    return queue->head == queue->tail;
-}
-
-SDL_bool apk_queue_is_full(const struct apk_queue *queue) {
-    return (queue->head + 1) % APK_QUEUE_SIZE == queue->tail;
-}
-
-SDL_bool apk_queue_init(struct apk_queue *queue) {
-    queue->head = 0;
-    queue->tail = 0;
-    return SDL_TRUE;
-}
-
-void apk_queue_destroy(struct apk_queue *queue) {
-    int i = queue->tail;
-    while (i != queue->head) {
-        SDL_free(queue->data[i]);
-        i = (i + 1) % APK_QUEUE_SIZE;
-    }
-}
-
-SDL_bool apk_queue_push(struct apk_queue *queue, const char *apk) {
-    if (apk_queue_is_full(queue)) {
-        return SDL_FALSE;
-    }
-    queue->data[queue->head] = SDL_strdup(apk);
-    queue->head = (queue->head + 1) % APK_QUEUE_SIZE;
-    return SDL_TRUE;
-}
-
-SDL_bool apk_queue_take(struct apk_queue *queue, char **apk) {
-    if (apk_queue_is_empty(queue)) {
-        return SDL_FALSE;
-    }
-    // transfer ownership
-    *apk = queue->data[queue->tail];
-    queue->tail = (queue->tail + 1) % APK_QUEUE_SIZE;
-    return SDL_TRUE;
-}
-
-SDL_bool installer_init(struct installer *installer, const char *serial) {
-
-    if (!apk_queue_init(&installer->queue)) {
-        return SDL_FALSE;
-    }
-
-    if (!(installer->mutex = SDL_CreateMutex())) {
-        return SDL_FALSE;
-    }
-
-    if (!(installer->event_cond = SDL_CreateCond())) {
-        SDL_DestroyMutex(installer->mutex);
-        return SDL_FALSE;
-    }
-
-    if (serial) {
-        installer->serial = SDL_strdup(serial);
-        if (!installer->serial) {
-            LOGW("Cannot strdup serial");
-            SDL_DestroyMutex(installer->mutex);
-            return SDL_FALSE;
-        }
-    } else {
-        installer->serial = NULL;
-    }
-
-    // lazy initialization
-    installer->initialized = SDL_FALSE;
-
-    installer->stopped = SDL_FALSE;
-    installer->current_process = PROCESS_NONE;
-
-    return SDL_TRUE;
-}
-
-void installer_destroy(struct installer *installer) {
-    SDL_DestroyCond(installer->event_cond);
-    SDL_DestroyMutex(installer->mutex);
-    apk_queue_destroy(&installer->queue);
-    SDL_free((void *) installer->serial);
-}
-
-SDL_bool installer_install_apk(struct installer *installer, const char *apk) {
-    SDL_bool res;
-
-    // start installer if it's used for the first time
-    if (!installer->initialized) {
-        if (!installer_start(installer)) {
-            return SDL_FALSE;
-        }
-        installer->initialized = SDL_TRUE;
-    }
-
-    mutex_lock(installer->mutex);
-    SDL_bool was_empty = apk_queue_is_empty(&installer->queue);
-    res = apk_queue_push(&installer->queue, apk);
-    if (was_empty) {
-        cond_signal(installer->event_cond);
-    }
-    mutex_unlock(installer->mutex);
-    return res;
-}
-
-static int run_installer(void *data) {
-    struct installer *installer = data;
-
-    for (;;) {
-        mutex_lock(installer->mutex);
-        installer->current_process = PROCESS_NONE;
-        while (!installer->stopped && apk_queue_is_empty(&installer->queue)) {
-            cond_wait(installer->event_cond, installer->mutex);
-        }
-        if (installer->stopped) {
-            // stop immediately, do not process further events
-            mutex_unlock(installer->mutex);
-            break;
-        }
-        char *current_apk;
-#ifdef BUILD_DEBUG
-        bool non_empty = apk_queue_take(&installer->queue, &current_apk);
-        SDL_assert(non_empty);
-#else
-        apk_queue_take(&installer->queue, &current_apk);
-#endif
-
-        LOGI("Installing %s...", current_apk);
-        process_t process = adb_install(installer->serial, current_apk);
-        installer->current_process = process;
-
-        mutex_unlock(installer->mutex);
-
-        if (process_check_success(process, "adb install")) {
-            LOGI("%s installed successfully", current_apk);
-        } else {
-            LOGE("Failed to install %s", current_apk);
-        }
-        SDL_free(current_apk);
-    }
-    return 0;
-}
-
-SDL_bool installer_start(struct installer *installer) {
-    LOGD("Starting installer thread");
-
-    installer->thread = SDL_CreateThread(run_installer, "installer", installer);
-    if (!installer->thread) {
-        LOGC("Could not start installer thread");
-        return SDL_FALSE;
-    }
-
-    return SDL_TRUE;
-}
-
-void installer_stop(struct installer *installer) {
-    mutex_lock(installer->mutex);
-    installer->stopped = SDL_TRUE;
-    cond_signal(installer->event_cond);
-    if (installer->current_process != PROCESS_NONE) {
-        if (!cmd_terminate(installer->current_process)) {
-            LOGW("Cannot terminate install process");
-        }
-        cmd_simple_wait(installer->current_process, NULL);
-        installer->current_process = PROCESS_NONE;
-    }
-    mutex_unlock(installer->mutex);
-}
-
-void installer_join(struct installer *installer) {
-    SDL_WaitThread(installer->thread, NULL);
-}
diff --git a/app/src/installer.h b/app/src/installer.h
deleted file mode 100644
index 0ff5f380..00000000
--- a/app/src/installer.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,40 +0,0 @@
-#ifndef APK_INSTALLER_H
-#define APK_INSTALLER_H
-
-#include <SDL2/SDL_mutex.h>
-#include <SDL2/SDL_stdinc.h>
-#include <SDL2/SDL_thread.h>
-#include "command.h"
-
-#define APK_QUEUE_SIZE 16
-
-// NOTE(AdoPi) apk_queue and control_event can use a generic queue
-
-struct apk_queue {
-    char *data[APK_QUEUE_SIZE];
-    int tail;
-    int head;
-};
-
-struct installer {
-    const char *serial;
-    SDL_Thread *thread;
-    SDL_mutex *mutex;
-    SDL_cond *event_cond;
-    SDL_bool stopped;
-    SDL_bool initialized;
-    process_t current_process;
-    struct apk_queue queue;
-};
-
-SDL_bool installer_init(struct installer *installer, const char *serial);
-void installer_destroy(struct installer *installer);
-
-SDL_bool installer_start(struct installer *installer);
-void installer_stop(struct installer *installer);
-void installer_join(struct installer *installer);
-
-// install an apk
-SDL_bool installer_install_apk(struct installer *installer, const char *filename);
-
-#endif
diff --git a/app/src/scrcpy.c b/app/src/scrcpy.c
index 23de4984..c0efa1f4 100644
--- a/app/src/scrcpy.c
+++ b/app/src/scrcpy.c
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 #include "decoder.h"
 #include "device.h"
 #include "events.h"
+#include "file_handler.h"
 #include "frames.h"
 #include "fpscounter.h"
 #include "inputmanager.h"
@@ -22,14 +23,13 @@
 #include "screen.h"
 #include "server.h"
 #include "tinyxpm.h"
-#include "installer.h"
 
 static struct server server = SERVER_INITIALIZER;
 static struct screen screen = SCREEN_INITIALIZER;
 static struct frames frames;
 static struct decoder decoder;
 static struct controller controller;
-static struct installer installer;
+static struct file_handler file_handler;
 
 static struct input_manager input_manager = {
     .controller = &controller,
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ static SDL_bool event_loop(void) {
                 input_manager_process_mouse_button(&input_manager, &event.button);
                 break;
             case SDL_DROPFILE:
-                installer_install_apk(&installer, event.drop.file);
+                file_handler_do(&file_handler, event.drop.file);
                 break;
         }
     }
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ SDL_bool scrcpy(const struct scrcpy_options *options) {
         goto finally_destroy_server;
     }
 
-    if (!installer_init(&installer, server.serial)) {
+    if (!file_handler_init(&file_handler, server.serial)) {
         ret = SDL_FALSE;
         server_stop(&server);
         goto finally_destroy_frames;
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ SDL_bool scrcpy(const struct scrcpy_options *options) {
     if (!decoder_start(&decoder)) {
         ret = SDL_FALSE;
         server_stop(&server);
-        goto finally_destroy_installer;
+        goto finally_destroy_file_handler;
     }
 
     if (!controller_init(&controller, device_socket)) {
@@ -226,10 +226,10 @@ finally_stop_decoder:
     // stop the server before decoder_join() to wake up the decoder
     server_stop(&server);
     decoder_join(&decoder);
-finally_destroy_installer:
-    installer_stop(&installer);
-    installer_join(&installer);
-    installer_destroy(&installer);
+finally_destroy_file_handler:
+    file_handler_stop(&file_handler);
+    file_handler_join(&file_handler);
+    file_handler_destroy(&file_handler);
 finally_destroy_frames:
     frames_destroy(&frames);
 finally_destroy_server: