diff --git a/crates/store/src/calendar/ical.rs b/crates/store/src/calendar/ical.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bb89e5e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/store/src/calendar/ical.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+pub trait IcalProperty {
+    fn get_param(&self, name: &str) -> Option<Vec<&str>>;
+    fn get_value_type(&self) -> Option<&str>;
+    fn get_tzid(&self) -> Option<&str>;
+}
+
+impl IcalProperty for ical::property::Property {
+    fn get_param(&self, name: &str) -> Option<Vec<&str>> {
+        self.params
+            .as_ref()?
+            .iter()
+            .find(|(key, _)| name == key)
+            .map(|(_, value)| value.iter().map(String::as_str).collect())
+    }
+
+    fn get_value_type(&self) -> Option<&str> {
+        self.get_param("VALUE")
+            .and_then(|params| params.into_iter().next())
+    }
+
+    fn get_tzid(&self) -> Option<&str> {
+        self.get_param("TZID")
+            .and_then(|params| params.into_iter().next())
+    }
+}
diff --git a/crates/store/src/calendar/mod.rs b/crates/store/src/calendar/mod.rs
index a61feee..037e00f 100644
--- a/crates/store/src/calendar/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/store/src/calendar/mod.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 mod calendar;
 mod event;
+mod ical;
 mod journal;
 mod object;
 mod rrule;
@@ -8,6 +9,7 @@ mod todo;
 
 pub use calendar::*;
 pub use event::*;
+pub use ical::*;
 pub use journal::*;
 pub use object::*;
 pub use timestamp::*;
diff --git a/crates/store/src/calendar/timestamp.rs b/crates/store/src/calendar/timestamp.rs
index 4f02e80..8f94de5 100644
--- a/crates/store/src/calendar/timestamp.rs
+++ b/crates/store/src/calendar/timestamp.rs
@@ -3,13 +3,15 @@ use chrono::{DateTime, Duration, NaiveDate, NaiveDateTime, NaiveTime, Utc};
 use chrono_tz::Tz;
 use derive_more::derive::Deref;
 use ical::{
-    parser::{ical::component::IcalTimeZone, Component},
+    parser::{Component, ical::component::IcalTimeZone},
     property::Property,
 };
 use lazy_static::lazy_static;
 use rustical_xml::{ValueDeserialize, ValueSerialize};
 use std::{collections::HashMap, ops::Add};
 
+use super::IcalProperty;
+
 lazy_static! {
     static ref RE_DURATION: regex::Regex = regex::Regex::new(r"^(?<sign>[+-])?P((?P<W>\d+)W)?((?P<D>\d+)D)?(T((?P<H>\d+)H)?((?P<M>\d+)M)?((?P<S>\d+)S)?)?$").unwrap();
 
@@ -74,24 +76,15 @@ impl CalDateTime {
         prop: &Property,
         timezones: &HashMap<String, IcalTimeZone>,
     ) -> Result<Option<Self>, Error> {
-        let prop_value = if let Some(value) = &prop.value {
-            value.to_owned()
+        let prop_value = if let Some(value) = prop.value.as_ref() {
+            value
         } else {
             return Ok(None);
         };
 
         // Use the TZID parameter from the property
-        let timezone = if let Some(tzid) = &prop
-            .params
-            .clone()
-            .unwrap_or_default()
-            .iter()
-            .filter(|(name, _values)| name == "TZID")
-            .map(|(_name, values)| values.first())
-            .next()
-            .unwrap_or_default()
-        {
-            if let Some(timezone) = timezones.get(tzid.to_owned()) {
+        let timezone = if let Some(tzid) = prop.get_tzid() {
+            if let Some(timezone) = timezones.get(tzid) {
                 // X-LIC-LOCATION is often used to refer to a standardised timezone from the Olson
                 // database
                 if let Some(olson_name) = timezone
@@ -109,13 +102,9 @@ impl CalDateTime {
                 } else {
                     // If the TZID matches a name from the Olson database (e.g. Europe/Berlin) we
                     // guess that we can just use it
-                    if let Ok(tz) = tzid.parse::<Tz>() {
-                        Some(tz)
-                    } else {
-                        // TODO: Too bad, we need to manually parse it
-                        // For now it's just treated as localtime
-                        None
-                    }
+                    tzid.parse::<Tz>().ok()
+                    // TODO: If None: Too bad, we need to manually parse it
+                    // For now it's just treated as localtime
                 }
             } else {
                 // TZID refers to timezone that does not exist
@@ -129,7 +118,7 @@ impl CalDateTime {
             None
         };
 
-        Self::parse(&prop_value, timezone).map(Some)
+        Self::parse(prop_value, timezone).map(Some)
     }
 
     pub fn format(&self) -> String {