diff --git a/publishcopyfactory.cpp b/publishcopyfactory.cpp
index 923f377..47e85f9 100644
--- a/publishcopyfactory.cpp
+++ b/publishcopyfactory.cpp
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ MqttPacket *PublishCopyFactory::getOptimumPacket(const char max_qos, const Proto
 {
     if (packet)
     {
+        // TODO: you can't do this when there are client specific mqtt5 properties
         if (packet->getProtocolVersion() == protocolVersion && orgQos == max_qos)
         {
             assert(orgQos == packet->getQos());
diff --git a/types.cpp b/types.cpp
index 2b012ab..02a5ee4 100644
--- a/types.cpp
+++ b/types.cpp
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ size_t SubAck::getLengthWithoutFixedHeader() const
     return result;
 }
 
-Publish::Publish(const std::string &topic, const std::string &payload, char qos) :
+PublishBase::PublishBase(const std::string &topic, const std::string &payload, char qos) :
     topic(topic),
     payload(payload),
     qos(qos)
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ Publish::Publish(const std::string &topic, const std::string &payload, char qos)
 
 }
 
-size_t Publish::getLengthWithoutFixedHeader() const
+size_t PublishBase::getLengthWithoutFixedHeader() const
 {
     int result = topic.length() + payload.length() + 2;
 
@@ -122,13 +122,25 @@ size_t Publish::getLengthWithoutFixedHeader() const
  * @brief Publish::setClientSpecificProperties generates the properties byte array for one client. You're supposed to call it before any publish.
  *
  */
-void Publish::setClientSpecificProperties()
+void PublishBase::setClientSpecificProperties()
 {
     if (propertyBuilder)
         propertyBuilder->clearClientSpecificBytes();
     // TODO. Expires at?
 }
 
+Publish::Publish(const Publish &other) :
+    PublishBase(other)
+{
+
+}
+
+Publish::Publish(const std::string &topic, const std::string &payload, char qos) :
+    PublishBase(topic, payload, qos)
+{
+
+}
+
 PubAck::PubAck(uint16_t packet_id) :
     packet_id(packet_id)
 {
diff --git a/types.h b/types.h
index ce222c8..a155290 100644
--- a/types.h
+++ b/types.h
@@ -189,11 +189,13 @@ public:
     size_t getLengthWithoutFixedHeader() const;
 };
 
-class Publish
+/**
+ * @brief The PublishBase class was incepted to have an easy default copy constuctor that doesn't copy all fields.
+ */
+class PublishBase
 {
 public:
     std::string topic;
-    std::vector<std::string> subtopics;
     std::string payload;
     char qos = 0;
     bool retain = false; // Note: existing subscribers don't get publishes of retained messages with retain=1. [MQTT-3.3.1-9]
@@ -203,12 +205,22 @@ public:
     std::chrono::seconds expiresAfter;
     std::shared_ptr<Mqtt5PropertyBuilder> propertyBuilder;
 
-    Publish() = default;
-    Publish(const std::string &topic, const std::string &payload, char qos);
+    PublishBase() = default;
+    PublishBase(const std::string &topic, const std::string &payload, char qos);
     size_t getLengthWithoutFixedHeader() const;
     void setClientSpecificProperties();
 };
 
+class Publish : public PublishBase
+{
+public:
+    std::vector<std::string> subtopics;
+
+    Publish() = default;
+    Publish(const Publish &other);
+    Publish(const std::string &topic, const std::string &payload, char qos);
+};
+
 class PubAck
 {
 public: