diff --git a/actions/twitapigroups.php b/actions/twitapigroups.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c8aae173fb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/actions/twitapigroups.php
@@ -0,0 +1,114 @@
+<?php
+/**
+ * Laconica, the distributed open-source microblogging tool
+ *
+ * Laconica extensions to the Twitter-like API for groups
+ *
+ * PHP version 5
+ *
+ * LICENCE: This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
+ * along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ *
+ * @category  Twitter
+ * @package   Laconica
+ * @author    Craig Andrews
+ * @author    Zach Copley <zach@controlyourself.ca>
+ * @copyright 2009 Control Yourself, Inc.
+ * @license   http://www.fsf.org/licensing/licenses/agpl-3.0.html GNU Affero General Public License version 3.0
+ * @link      http://laconi.ca/
+ */
+
+if (!defined('LACONICA')) {
+    exit(1);
+}
+
+require_once INSTALLDIR.'/lib/twitterapi.php';
+
+/**
+ * Group-specific API methods
+ *
+ * This class handles Laconica group API methods.
+ *
+ * @category  Twitter
+ * @package   Laconica
+ * @author    Craig Andrews
+ * @author    Zach Copley <zach@controlyourself.ca>
+ * @copyright 2009 Control Yourself, Inc.
+ * @license   http://www.fsf.org/licensing/licenses/agpl-3.0.html GNU Affero General Public License version 3.0
+ * @link      http://laconi.ca/
+ */
+
+ class TwitapigroupsAction extends TwitterapiAction
+ {
+
+     function timeline($args, $apidata)
+     {
+         parent::handle($args);
+
+         common_debug("in groups api action");
+
+         $this->auth_user = $apidata['user'];
+         $group = $this->get_group($apidata['api_arg'], $apidata);
+
+         if (empty($group)) {
+             $this->clientError('Not Found', 404, $apidata['content-type']);
+             return;
+         }
+
+         $sitename   = common_config('site', 'name');
+         $title      = sprintf(_("%s timeline"), $group->nickname);
+         $taguribase = common_config('integration', 'taguri');
+         $id         = "tag:$taguribase:GroupTimeline:".$group->id;
+         $link       = common_local_url('showstream',
+             array('nickname' => $group->nickname));
+         $subtitle   = sprintf(_('Updates from %1$s on %2$s!'),
+             $group->nickname, $sitename);
+
+         $page     = (int)$this->arg('page', 1);
+         $count    = (int)$this->arg('count', 20);
+         $max_id   = (int)$this->arg('max_id', 0);
+         $since_id = (int)$this->arg('since_id', 0);
+         $since    = $this->arg('since');
+
+         $notice = $group->getNotices(($page-1)*$count,
+             $count, $since_id, $max_id, $since);
+
+         switch($apidata['content-type']) {
+          case 'xml':
+             $this->show_xml_timeline($notice);
+             break;
+          case 'rss':
+             $this->show_rss_timeline($notice, $title, $link,
+                 $subtitle, $suplink);
+             break;
+          case 'atom':
+             if (isset($apidata['api_arg'])) {
+                 $selfuri = common_root_url() .
+                     'api/statuses/group_timeline/' .
+                         $apidata['api_arg'] . '.atom';
+             } else {
+                 $selfuri = common_root_url() .
+                  'api/statuses/group_timeline.atom';
+             }
+             $this->show_atom_timeline($notice, $title, $id, $link,
+                 $subtitle, $suplink, $selfuri);
+             break;
+          case 'json':
+             $this->show_json_timeline($notice);
+             break;
+          default:
+             $this->clientError(_('API method not found!'), $code = 404);
+         }
+     }
+
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/actions/twitapistatuses.php b/actions/twitapistatuses.php
index ec5d378f04..c9943698dc 100644
--- a/actions/twitapistatuses.php
+++ b/actions/twitapistatuses.php
@@ -136,64 +136,6 @@ class TwitapistatusesAction extends TwitterapiAction
 
     }
 
-    function group_timeline($args, $apidata)
-    {
-        parent::handle($args);
-
-        $this->auth_user = $apidata['user'];
-        $group = $this->get_group($apidata['api_arg'], $apidata);
-
-        if (empty($group)) {
-            $this->clientError('Not Found', 404, $apidata['content-type']);
-            return;
-        }
-
-        $sitename   = common_config('site', 'name');
-        $title      = sprintf(_("%s timeline"), $group->nickname);
-        $taguribase = common_config('integration', 'taguri');
-        $id         = "tag:$taguribase:GroupTimeline:".$group->id;
-        $link       = common_local_url('showstream',
-            array('nickname' => $group->nickname));
-        $subtitle   = sprintf(_('Updates from %1$s on %2$s!'),
-            $group->nickname, $sitename);
-
-        $page     = (int)$this->arg('page', 1);
-        $count    = (int)$this->arg('count', 20);
-        $max_id   = (int)$this->arg('max_id', 0);
-        $since_id = (int)$this->arg('since_id', 0);
-        $since    = $this->arg('since');
-
-        $notice = $group->getNotices(($page-1)*$count,
-            $count, $since_id, $max_id, $since);
-
-        switch($apidata['content-type']) {
-         case 'xml':
-            $this->show_xml_timeline($notice);
-            break;
-         case 'rss':
-            $this->show_rss_timeline($notice, $title, $link,
-                $subtitle, $suplink);
-            break;
-         case 'atom':
-            if (isset($apidata['api_arg'])) {
-                $selfuri = common_root_url() .
-                    'api/statuses/group_timeline/' .
-                        $apidata['api_arg'] . '.atom';
-            } else {
-                $selfuri = common_root_url() .
-                 'api/statuses/group_timeline.atom';
-            }
-            $this->show_atom_timeline($notice, $title, $id, $link,
-                $subtitle, $suplink, $selfuri);
-            break;
-         case 'json':
-            $this->show_json_timeline($notice);
-            break;
-         default:
-            $this->clientError(_('API method not found!'), $code = 404);
-        }
-    }
-
     function user_timeline($args, $apidata)
     {
         parent::handle($args);
diff --git a/lib/router.php b/lib/router.php
index bc063038f3..cd2143d131 100644
--- a/lib/router.php
+++ b/lib/router.php
@@ -266,7 +266,7 @@ class Router
         $m->connect('api/statuses/:method/:argument',
                     array('action' => 'api',
                           'apiaction' => 'statuses'),
-                    array('method' => '(group_timeline|user_timeline|friends_timeline|replies|mentions|show|destroy|friends|followers)'));
+                    array('method' => '(|user_timeline|friends_timeline|replies|mentions|show|destroy|friends|followers)'));
 
         // users
 
@@ -394,6 +394,11 @@ class Router
                     array('action' => 'api',
                           'apiaction' => 'laconica'));
 
+        // Groups
+        $m->connect('api/laconica/groups/:method/:argument',
+                    array('action' => 'api',
+                          'apiaction' => 'groups'));
+
         // search
         $m->connect('api/search.atom', array('action' => 'twitapisearchatom'));
         $m->connect('api/search.json', array('action' => 'twitapisearchjson'));