diff --git a/module_build_service/manage.py b/module_build_service/manage.py
index c93303d8..21f2ef4b 100644
--- a/module_build_service/manage.py
+++ b/module_build_service/manage.py
@@ -150,54 +150,11 @@ def build_module_locally(url):
     username = getpass.getuser()
     submit_module_build(username, url, allow_local_url=True)
 
-    def stop_condition(message):
-        # XXX - We ignore the message here and instead just query the DB.
+    stop = module_build_service.scheduler.make_simple_stop_condition(db.session)
+    initial_messages = [RidaModule("local module build", 2, 1)]
 
-        # Grab the latest module build.
-        module = db.session.query(models.ModuleBuild)\
-            .order_by(models.ModuleBuild.id.desc())\
-            .first()
-        done = (
-            module_build_service.models.BUILD_STATES["failed"],
-            module_build_service.models.BUILD_STATES["ready"],
-            # XXX should this one be removed?
-            module_build_service.models.BUILD_STATES["done"],
-        )
-        return module.state in done
-
-    config = fedmsg.config.load_config()
-    config['mbsconsumer'] = True
-    config['mbsconsumer.stopcondition'] = stop_condition
-    config['mbsconsumer.initial_messages'] = [
-        RidaModule("local module build", 2, 1)
-    ]
-
-    consumers = [module_build_service.scheduler.consumer.MBSConsumer]
-
-    # Rephrase the fedmsg-config.py config as moksha *.ini format for
-    # zeromq. If we're not using zeromq (say, we're using STOMP), then just
-    # assume that the moksha configuration is specified correctly already
-    # in /etc/fedmsg.d/
-    if config.get('zmq_enabled', True):
-        moksha_options = dict(
-            # XXX - replace this with a /dev/null endpoint.
-            zmq_subscribe_endpoints=','.join(
-                ','.join(bunch) for bunch in config['endpoints'].values()
-            ),
-        )
-        config.update(moksha_options)
-
-    # Note that the hub we kick off here cannot send any message.  You
-    # should use fedmsg.publish(...) still for that.
-    from moksha.hub import main
-    main(
-        # Pass in our config dict
-        options=config,
-        # Only run the specified consumers if any are so specified.
-        consumers=consumers,
-        # Tell moksha to quiet its logging.
-        framework=False,
-    )
+    # Run the consumer until stop_condition returns True
+    module_build_service.scheduler.main(initial_messages, stop)
 
 
 @manager.command
diff --git a/module_build_service/scheduler/__init__.py b/module_build_service/scheduler/__init__.py
index d5b2f216..3f925a1a 100644
--- a/module_build_service/scheduler/__init__.py
+++ b/module_build_service/scheduler/__init__.py
@@ -1 +1,70 @@
 """ This is a sub-module for backend/scheduler functionality. """
+
+import fedmsg
+import moksha.hub
+
+import module_build_service.scheduler.consumer
+
+
+def main(initial_messages, stop_condition):
+    """ Run the consumer until some condition is met.
+
+    Setting stop_condition to None will run the consumer forever.
+    """
+
+    config = fedmsg.config.load_config()
+    config['mbsconsumer'] = True
+    config['mbsconsumer.stopcondition'] = stop_condition
+    config['mbsconsumer.initial_messages'] = initial_messages
+
+    consumers = [module_build_service.scheduler.consumer.MBSConsumer]
+
+    # Rephrase the fedmsg-config.py config as moksha *.ini format for
+    # zeromq. If we're not using zeromq (say, we're using STOMP), then just
+    # assume that the moksha configuration is specified correctly already
+    # in /etc/fedmsg.d/
+    if config.get('zmq_enabled', True):
+        moksha_options = dict(
+            # XXX - replace this with a /dev/null endpoint.
+            zmq_subscribe_endpoints=','.join(
+                ','.join(bunch) for bunch in config['endpoints'].values()
+            ),
+        )
+        config.update(moksha_options)
+
+    # Note that the hub we kick off here cannot send any message.  You
+    # should use fedmsg.publish(...) still for that.
+    moksha.hub.main(
+        # Pass in our config dict
+        options=config,
+        # Only run the specified consumers if any are so specified.
+        consumers=consumers,
+        # Tell moksha to quiet its logging.
+        framework=False,
+    )
+
+def make_simple_stop_condition(session):
+    """ Return a simple stop_condition callable.
+
+    Intended to be used with the main() function here in manage.py and tests.
+
+    The stop_condition returns true when the latest module build enters the any
+    of the finished states.
+    """
+
+    def stop_condition(message):
+        # XXX - We ignore the message here and instead just query the DB.
+
+        # Grab the latest module build.
+        module = session.query(models.ModuleBuild)\
+            .order_by(models.ModuleBuild.id.desc())\
+            .first()
+        done = (
+            module_build_service.models.BUILD_STATES["failed"],
+            module_build_service.models.BUILD_STATES["ready"],
+            # XXX should this one be removed?
+            module_build_service.models.BUILD_STATES["done"],
+        )
+        return module.state in done
+
+    return stop_condition