diff --git a/cmd/joyful/threads.go b/cmd/joyful/threads.go
index 410bf5c..dabd2c7 100644
--- a/cmd/joyful/threads.go
+++ b/cmd/joyful/threads.go
@@ -32,7 +32,11 @@ func timerWatcher(rule *mappingrules.ProportionalAxisMappingRule, channel chan<-
 	for {
 		event := rule.TimerEvent()
 		if event != nil {
-			channel <- ChannelEvent{Device: rule.Output.Device, Event: event, Type: ChannelEventTimer}
+			channel <- ChannelEvent{
+				Device: rule.Output.(*mappingrules.RuleTargetModeSelect).Device,
+				Event:  event,
+				Type:   ChannelEventTimer,
+			}
 		}
 		time.Sleep(TimerCheckIntervalMs * time.Millisecond)
 	}
diff --git a/internal/mappingrules/matching.go b/internal/mappingrules/matching.go
index 07a0d66..ae849f1 100644
--- a/internal/mappingrules/matching.go
+++ b/internal/mappingrules/matching.go
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ package mappingrules
 import (
 	"slices"
 
-	"git.annabunches.net/annabunches/joyful/internal/logger"
 	"github.com/holoplot/go-evdev"
 )
 
@@ -18,53 +17,6 @@ func (rule *MappingRuleBase) modeCheck(mode *string) bool {
 	return slices.Contains(rule.Modes, *mode)
 }
 
-// eventFromTarget creates an outputtable event from a RuleTarget
-func eventFromTarget(output RuleTarget, value int32, mode *string) *evdev.InputEvent {
-	// TODO: this could perhaps use some sort of multiclassing... then again, maybe this is fine?
-	if len(output.ModeSelect) > 0 {
-		if value == 0 {
-			return nil
-		}
-		index := 0
-		if currentMode := slices.Index(output.ModeSelect, *mode); currentMode != -1 {
-			// find the next mode
-			index = (currentMode + 1) % len(output.ModeSelect)
-		}
-
-		*mode = output.ModeSelect[index]
-		logger.Logf("Mode changed to '%s'", *mode)
-		return nil
-	}
-
-	return &evdev.InputEvent{
-		Type:  output.Type,
-		Code:  output.Code,
-		Value: value,
-	}
-}
-
-// valueFromTarget determines the value to output from an input specification,given a RuleTarget's constraints
-func valueFromTarget(rule RuleTarget, event *evdev.InputEvent) int32 {
-	// how we process inverted rules depends on the event type
-	value := event.Value
-	if rule.Inverted {
-		switch rule.Type {
-		case evdev.EV_KEY:
-			if value == 0 {
-				value = 1
-			} else {
-				value = 0
-			}
-		case evdev.EV_ABS:
-			logger.Logf("STUB: Inverting axes is not yet implemented.")
-		default:
-			logger.Logf("Inverted rule for unknown event type '%d'. Not inverting value", event.Type)
-		}
-	}
-
-	return value
-}
-
 func (rule *SimpleMappingRule) MatchEvent(device *evdev.InputDevice, event *evdev.InputEvent, mode *string) *evdev.InputEvent {
 	if !rule.MappingRuleBase.modeCheck(mode) {
 		return nil
@@ -123,7 +75,7 @@ func (rule *LatchedMappingRule) MatchEvent(device *evdev.InputDevice, event *evd
 
 	if device != rule.Input.Device ||
 		event.Code != rule.Input.Code ||
-		valueFromTarget(rule.Input, event) == 0 {
+		rule.Input.NormalizeValue(event.Value) == 0 {
 		return nil
 	}
 
@@ -136,7 +88,7 @@ func (rule *LatchedMappingRule) MatchEvent(device *evdev.InputDevice, event *evd
 		value = 0
 	}
 
-	return eventFromTarget(rule.Output, value, mode)
+	return rule.Output.CreateEvent(value, mode)
 }
 
 func (rule *ProportionalAxisMappingRule) MatchEvent(device *evdev.InputDevice, event *evdev.InputEvent, mode *string) *evdev.InputEvent {
diff --git a/internal/mappingrules/targets.go b/internal/mappingrules/targets.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e8036d3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/mappingrules/targets.go
@@ -0,0 +1,75 @@
+package mappingrules
+
+import (
+	"slices"
+
+	"git.annabunches.net/annabunches/joyful/internal/logger"
+	"github.com/holoplot/go-evdev"
+)
+
+func (target *RuleTargetButton) NormalizeValue(value int32) int32 {
+	if value == 0 {
+		return 1
+	}
+	return 0
+}
+
+func (target *RuleTargetAxis) NormalizeValue(value int32) int32 {
+	if !target.Inverted {
+		return value
+	}
+
+	axisRange := target.AxisEnd - target.AxisStart
+	axisMid := target.AxisEnd - axisRange/2
+	delta := value - axisMid
+	if delta < 0 {
+		delta = -delta
+	}
+
+	if value < axisMid {
+		return axisMid + delta
+	} else if value > axisMid {
+		return axisMid - delta
+	}
+
+	// If we reach here, we're either exactly at the midpoint or something
+	// strange has happened. Either way, just return the value.
+	return value
+}
+
+// RuleTargetModeSelect doesn't make sense as an input type
+func (target *RuleTargetModeSelect) NormalizeValue(value int32) int32 {
+	return -1
+}
+
+func (target *RuleTargetButton) CreateEvent(value int32, mode *string) *evdev.InputEvent {
+	return &evdev.InputEvent{
+		Type:  evdev.EV_KEY,
+		Code:  target.Code,
+		Value: value,
+	}
+}
+
+func (target *RuleTargetAxis) CreateEvent(value int32, mode *string) *evdev.InputEvent {
+	return &evdev.InputEvent{
+		Type:  evdev.EV_ABS,
+		Code:  target.Code,
+		Value: value,
+	}
+}
+
+func (target *RuleTargetModeSelect) CreateEvent(value int32, mode *string) *evdev.InputEvent {
+	if value == 0 {
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	index := 0
+	if currentMode := slices.Index(target.ModeSelect, *mode); currentMode != -1 {
+		// find the next mode
+		index = (currentMode + 1) % len(target.ModeSelect)
+	}
+
+	*mode = target.ModeSelect[index]
+	logger.Logf("Mode changed to '%s'", *mode)
+	return nil
+}
diff --git a/internal/mappingrules/types.go b/internal/mappingrules/types.go
index dcd79a6..a889689 100644
--- a/internal/mappingrules/types.go
+++ b/internal/mappingrules/types.go
@@ -44,11 +44,30 @@ type ProportionalAxisMappingRule struct {
 	LastEvent time.Time
 }
 
-type RuleTarget struct {
+type RuleTarget interface {
+	NormalizeValue(int32) int32
+	CreateEvent(int32, *string) *evdev.InputEvent
+}
+
+type RuleTargetBase struct {
 	DeviceName string
-	ModeSelect []string
 	Device     *evdev.InputDevice
-	Type       evdev.EvType
 	Code       evdev.EvCode
 	Inverted   bool
 }
+
+type RuleTargetButton struct {
+	RuleTargetBase
+}
+
+type RuleTargetAxis struct {
+	RuleTargetBase
+	AxisStart   int32
+	AxisEnd     int32
+	Sensitivity float64
+}
+
+type RuleTargetModeSelect struct {
+	RuleTargetBase
+	ModeSelect []string
+}