diff --git a/src/bornhack/urls.py b/src/bornhack/urls.py
index aef694ca..07757e43 100644
--- a/src/bornhack/urls.py
+++ b/src/bornhack/urls.py
@@ -226,16 +226,17 @@ urlpatterns = [
                         CallForSpeakersView.as_view(),
                         name='call_for_speakers'
                     ),
-                    url(
-                        r'^(?P<slug>[-_\w+]+)/$',
-                        EventDetailView.as_view(),
-                        name='event_detail'
-                    ),
                     url(
                         r'^calendar/',
                         ICSView.as_view(),
                         name='ics_calendar'
                     ),
+                    # this has to be the last URL here
+                    url(
+                        r'^(?P<slug>[-_\w+]+)/$',
+                        EventDetailView.as_view(),
+                        name='event_detail'
+                    ),
                ])
             ),
 
diff --git a/src/program/ics.py b/src/program/ics.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a96c50c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/program/ics.py
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+import icalendar
+from icalendar import vDatetime
+
+
+def gen_icalevents(event):
+    for i in event.days.all():
+        ievent = icalendar.Event()
+        ievent['summary'] = event.title
+
+        newdate = datetime.datetime.combine(i.date, datetime.time(event.start.hour, event.start.minute, event.start.second))
+        ievent['dtstart'] = vDatetime(newdate).to_ical()
+
+        newdate = datetime.datetime.combine(i.date, datetime.time(event.end.hour, event.end.minute, event.end.second))
+        ievent['dtend'] = vDatetime(newdate).to_ical()
+
+        yield ievent
+
+def gen_ics(events):
+    cal = icalendar.Calendar()
+    for event in events:
+        for ical_event in gen_icalevents(event):
+            cal.add_component(ical_event)
+    return cal.to_ical()
+
+
diff --git a/src/program/views.py b/src/program/views.py
index 5d8edef9..20d2bcef 100644
--- a/src/program/views.py
+++ b/src/program/views.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-from django.views.generic import ListView, TemplateView, DetailView
+from django.views.generic import ListView, TemplateView, DetailView, View
 from django.views.generic.edit import CreateView, UpdateView
 from django.conf import settings
 from django.views.decorators.http import require_safe
@@ -12,33 +12,12 @@ from camps.mixins import CampViewMixin
 from .mixins import CreateProposalMixin, EnsureUnapprovedProposalMixin, EnsureUserOwnsProposalMixin, EnsureWritableCampMixin, PictureViewMixin, EnsureCFSOpenMixin
 from . import models
 import datetime, os
-import icalendar
-from icalendar import vDatetime
+from .ics import gen_ics
 
 
 ############## ical calendar ########################################################
 
 
-def gen_icalevents(event):
-    for i in event.days.all():
-        ievent = icalendar.Event()
-        ievent['summary'] = event.title
-
-        newdate = datetime.datetime.combine(i.date, datetime.time(event.start.hour, event.start.minute, event.start.second))
-        ievent['dtstart'] = vDatetime(newdate).to_ical()
-
-        newdate = datetime.datetime.combine(i.date, datetime.time(event.end.hour, event.end.minute, event.end.second))
-        ievent['dtend'] = vDatetime(newdate).to_ical()
-
-        yield ievent
-
-def gen_ics(events):
-    cal = icalendar.Calendar()
-    for event in events:
-        for ical_event in gen_icalevents(event):
-            cal.add_component(ical_event)
-    return cal.to_ical()
-
 class ICSView(View):
     def get(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
         return HttpResponse(gen_ics(models.Event.objects.all()))