diff --git a/application/controllers/HostsController.php b/application/controllers/HostsController.php
index 3b7bfac8..2efb1b3b 100644
--- a/application/controllers/HostsController.php
+++ b/application/controllers/HostsController.php
@@ -3,8 +3,6 @@
 namespace Icinga\Module\Eagle\Controllers;
 
 use Icinga\Module\Eagle\Model\Host;
-use Icinga\Module\Eagle\Model\HostState;
-use Icinga\Module\Eagle\Redis\VolatileHostState;
 use Icinga\Module\Eagle\Web\Controller;
 use Icinga\Module\Eagle\Widget\HostList;
 
@@ -12,7 +10,6 @@ class HostsController extends Controller
 {
     public function indexAction()
     {
-
         $this->setTitle($this->translate('Hosts'));
 
         $db = $this->getDb();
@@ -21,7 +18,7 @@ class HostsController extends Controller
         $hosts->limit(25);
 
         $hostList = (new HostList($hosts))
-            ->setVolatileState(new VolatileHostState($this->getRedis()));
+            ->setRedis($this->getRedis());
 
         $this->addContent($hostList);
     }
diff --git a/library/Eagle/Widget/HostList.php b/library/Eagle/Widget/HostList.php
index 2b3e2023..63e55667 100644
--- a/library/Eagle/Widget/HostList.php
+++ b/library/Eagle/Widget/HostList.php
@@ -2,69 +2,17 @@
 
 namespace Icinga\Module\Eagle\Widget;
 
-use Icinga\Module\Eagle\Redis\VolatileState;
-use ipl\Html\BaseHtmlElement;
-
 /**
- * Host list.
+ * Host list
  */
-class HostList extends BaseHtmlElement
+class HostList extends StateList
 {
     protected $tag = 'ul';
 
     protected $defaultAttributes = ['class' => 'object-list', 'data-base-target' => '_next'];
 
-    /** @var iterable Data source of the list */
-    protected $hosts;
-
-    /** @var VolatileState $volatileState Helper to fetch volatile states */
-    protected $volatileState;
-
-    /**
-     * Create a new host list
-     *
-     * @param iterable $hosts Data source of the list
-     */
-    public function __construct($hosts)
+    protected function getItemClass()
     {
-        if (! is_iterable($hosts)) {
-            throw new \InvalidArgumentException('Data must be an array or an instance of Traversable');
-        }
-
-        $this->hosts = $hosts;
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Get the helper to fetch volatile states
-     *
-     * @return VolatileState
-     */
-    public function getVolatileState()
-    {
-        return $this->volatileState;
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Set the helper to fetch volatile states
-     *
-     * @param VolatileState $volatileState
-     *
-     * @return $this
-     */
-    public function setVolatileState(VolatileState $volatileState)
-    {
-        $this->volatileState = $volatileState;
-
-        return $this;
-    }
-
-    protected function assemble()
-    {
-        foreach ($this->hosts as $host) {
-            $this->volatileState->add($host);
-            $this->add(new HostListItem($host));
-        }
-
-        $this->volatileState->fetch();
+        return HostListItem::class;
     }
 }
diff --git a/library/Eagle/Widget/StateList.php b/library/Eagle/Widget/StateList.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..dea3a645
--- /dev/null
+++ b/library/Eagle/Widget/StateList.php
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace Icinga\Module\Eagle\Widget;
+
+use InvalidArgumentException;
+use Redis;
+use Icinga\Module\Eagle\Redis\VolatileState;
+use ipl\Html\BaseHtmlElement;
+
+abstract class StateList extends BaseHtmlElement
+{
+    /** @var iterable Data source of the list */
+    protected $data;
+
+    /** @var Redis Redis connection to fetch volatile states from */
+    protected $redis;
+
+    /**
+     * Create a new state list
+     *
+     * @param iterable $data Data source of the list
+     */
+    public function __construct($data)
+    {
+        if (! is_iterable($data)) {
+            throw new InvalidArgumentException('Data must be an array or an instance of Traversable');
+        }
+
+        $this->data = $data;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Set the Redis connection to fetch volatile states from
+     *
+     * @param Redis $redis
+     *
+     * @return $this
+     */
+    public function setRedis(Redis $redis)
+    {
+        $this->redis = $redis;
+
+        return $this;
+    }
+
+    abstract protected function getItemClass();
+
+    /**
+     * Get the helper to fetch volatile states
+     *
+     * @return VolatileState
+     */
+    public function getVolatileState()
+    {
+        return new VolatileState($this->redis);
+    }
+
+    protected function assemble()
+    {
+        $itemClass = $this->getItemClass();
+        $volatileState = $this->getVolatileState();
+
+        foreach ($this->data as $object) {
+            $volatileState->add($object);
+            $this->add(new $itemClass($object));
+        }
+
+        $volatileState->fetch();
+    }
+}