diff --git a/foundation/Cargo.toml b/foundation/Cargo.toml
index 48db9a7..4c7fc5b 100644
--- a/foundation/Cargo.toml
+++ b/foundation/Cargo.toml
@@ -8,16 +8,14 @@ edition = "2018"
 [lib]
 
 [dependencies]
+chrono = {version = "0.4", features = ["serde", "rustc-serialize"] }
 async-trait = "0.1.52"
 regex = "1"
 crossbeam = "0.8.0"
 crossbeam-channel = "0.5.0"
 crossbeam-queue = "0.3.1"
-parking_lot = "0.11.1"
-dashmap = "4.0.2"
 rayon = "1.2.0"
 zeroize = "1.1.0"
-crossterm = "0.19.0"
 log = "0.4"
 url = "2.2.0"
 futures = "0.3.16"
diff --git a/foundation/src/lib.rs b/foundation/src/lib.rs
index 228b30b..8e63b55 100644
--- a/foundation/src/lib.rs
+++ b/foundation/src/lib.rs
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ pub mod connection;
 pub mod encryption;
 pub mod event;
 pub mod messages;
+pub mod models;
 pub mod prelude;
 pub mod test;
 
diff --git a/foundation/src/messages/client.rs b/foundation/src/messages/client.rs
index db5c7ac..6fb37c1 100644
--- a/foundation/src/messages/client.rs
+++ b/foundation/src/messages/client.rs
@@ -1,15 +1,15 @@
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 use uuid::Uuid;
 
-use crate::ClientDetails;
+use crate::{models::message::Message, ClientDetails};
 
 /// This enum defined the message that the server will receive from a client
 /// This uses the serde library to transform to and from json.
 #[derive(Serialize, Deserialize)]
 #[serde(tag = "type")]
 pub enum ClientStreamIn {
-	Connected,
-	Update,
+	GetClients,
+	GetMessages,
 
 	SendMessage { to: Uuid, content: String },
 	SendGlobalMessage { content: String },
@@ -22,24 +22,21 @@ pub enum ClientStreamIn {
 #[derive(Serialize, Deserialize, Debug)]
 #[serde(tag = "type")]
 pub enum ClientStreamOut {
+	Connected,
+
+	// get reequest messages
 	ConnectedClients { clients: Vec<ClientDetails> },
+	GlobalChatMessages { messages: Vec<Message> },
+
+	// event messges
 	UserMessage { from: Uuid, content: String },
 	GlobalMessage { from: Uuid, content: String },
-	Disconnected,
 
-	Connected,
+	ClientConnected { id: Uuid, username: String },
+	ClientRemoved { id: Uuid },
+
+	Disconnected,
 
 	// error cases
 	Error,
 }
-
-impl PartialEq for ClientStreamOut {
-	fn eq(&self, other: &Self) -> bool {
-		use ClientStreamOut::{Connected, Disconnected};
-		match (self, other) {
-			(Connected, Connected) => true,
-			(Disconnected, Disconnected) => true,
-			_ => false,
-		}
-	}
-}
diff --git a/foundation/src/models/message.rs b/foundation/src/models/message.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..906c533
--- /dev/null
+++ b/foundation/src/models/message.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+use chrono::{DateTime, Local};
+use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
+use uuid::Uuid;
+
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Serialize, Deserialize)]
+pub struct Message {
+	_id: Uuid,
+	_from: Uuid,
+	_content: String,
+	_time: DateTime<Local>,
+}
+
+impl Message {
+	pub fn new(from: Uuid, content: String) -> Self {
+		Self {
+			_id: Uuid::new_v4(),
+			_from: from,
+			_content: content,
+			_time: Local::now(),
+		}
+	}
+}
diff --git a/foundation/src/models/mod.rs b/foundation/src/models/mod.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e216a50
--- /dev/null
+++ b/foundation/src/models/mod.rs
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+pub mod message;
diff --git a/server/src/client_management/client/actor.rs b/server/src/client_management/client/actor.rs
index ab60018..959addb 100644
--- a/server/src/client_management/client/actor.rs
+++ b/server/src/client_management/client/actor.rs
@@ -50,15 +50,15 @@ impl Client {
 	) {
 		use foundation::messages::client::ClientStreamIn::{
 			Disconnect,
+			GetClients,
 			SendGlobalMessage,
 			SendMessage,
-			Update,
 		};
 		use serde_json::from_str;
 		let msg = from_str::<ClientStreamIn>(data.as_str())
 			.expect("[Client] failed to decode incoming message");
 		match msg {
-			Update => self.handle_update(ctx),
+			GetClients => self.handle_update(ctx),
 			SendMessage { to, content } => self.handle_send(ctx, to, content),
 			SendGlobalMessage { content } => self.handle_global_send(ctx, content),
 			Disconnect => self.handle_disconnect(ctx),