diff --git a/Server/Models/Information.cs b/Server/Models/Information.cs
index 8f41ba9..eb2b690 100644
--- a/Server/Models/Information.cs
+++ b/Server/Models/Information.cs
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ namespace Server.Models
 {
     public class Information : ObservableObject
     {
+        
         public bool CanStartServer { get; set; }
         public bool ServerOnline { get; set; }
 
@@ -15,5 +16,7 @@ namespace Server.Models
                 return "Offline";
             }
         }
+
+        public int ClientsConnected{ get; set; }
     }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Server/Models/ServerClient.cs b/Server/Models/ServerClient.cs
index 4db4128..bb8f2e9 100644
--- a/Server/Models/ServerClient.cs
+++ b/Server/Models/ServerClient.cs
@@ -84,7 +84,23 @@ namespace Server.Models
         /// <param name="message">the incoming message</param>
         private void HandleIncomingMessage(byte[] message)
         {
-            Debug.WriteLine($"Got message from client : {message}");
+            Debug.WriteLine($"Got message from {Username} : {message}");
+            byte id = message[0];
+            switch(id)
+            {
+                case 0x01:
+                    // canvas data
+                    break;
+                case 0x02:
+                    // message data
+                    break;
+                case 0x03:
+                    // json data
+                    break;
+                default:
+                    Debug.WriteLine("Received weird identifier: " + id);
+                    break;
+            }
             //TODO implement ways to handle the message
         }
 
diff --git a/Server/ViewModels/MainViewModel.cs b/Server/ViewModels/MainViewModel.cs
index 7652c38..bd7d0a4 100644
--- a/Server/ViewModels/MainViewModel.cs
+++ b/Server/ViewModels/MainViewModel.cs
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ using System.Net.Sockets;
 using System.Text;
 using System.Windows.Input;
 using System.Windows.Media;
+using System.Windows.Media.Imaging;
 
 namespace Server.ViewModels
 {
@@ -24,8 +25,11 @@ namespace Server.ViewModels
             this.mainWindow = mainWindow;
             Debug.WriteLine("init mainviewmodel");
             InformationModel = new Information();
+            InformationModel.ClientsConnected = 0;
             InformationModel.CanStartServer = true;
             InformationModel.ServerOnline = false;
+            //BitmapImage onlineImg = new BitmapImage(new Uri(@"/img/online.png",UriKind.Relative));
+            //BitmapImage offlineImg = new BitmapImage(new Uri(@"/img/offline.png", UriKind.Relative));
             
             this.ServerStartCommand = new RelayCommand(() =>
             {
@@ -38,7 +42,7 @@ namespace Server.ViewModels
                 if (!serverCommunication.Started)
                 {
                     
-                    Debug.WriteLine("can start server " + InformationModel.CanStartServer);
+                    
                     serverCommunication.Start();
                     InformationModel.ServerOnline = true;
                     InformationModel.CanStartServer = false;
diff --git a/Server/Views/MainWindow.xaml b/Server/Views/MainWindow.xaml
index 4cb49fb..5ff94af 100644
--- a/Server/Views/MainWindow.xaml
+++ b/Server/Views/MainWindow.xaml
@@ -8,8 +8,11 @@
         Title="MainWindow" Height="450" Width="800">
     <Grid>
         <Button Content="Start Server" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Margin="10,10,0,0" VerticalAlignment="Top" Command="{Binding ServerStartCommand}" IsEnabled="{Binding InformationModel.CanStartServer}"/>
-        <Label Name="serverStatusLabel" Content="{Binding InformationModel.ServerStatus}" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Margin="169,10,0,0" VerticalAlignment="Top"/>
+        <Label Name="serverStatusLabel" Content="{Binding InformationModel.ServerStatus}" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Margin="174,7,0,0" VerticalAlignment="Top"/>
         <Label Content="Server Status:" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Margin="80,7,0,0" VerticalAlignment="Top"/>
-        <Image Source="https://icons.iconarchive.com/icons/oxygen-icons.org/oxygen/16/Status-user-online-icon.png" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Margin="161,16,0,0" VerticalAlignment="Top" Width="8"/>
+        <Label Content="Clients connected:" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Margin="10,35,0,0" VerticalAlignment="Top"/>
+        <Label Content="{Binding InformationModel.ClientsConnected}" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Margin="117,35,0,0" VerticalAlignment="Top"/>
+
+
     </Grid>
 </Window>
diff --git a/Server/img/offline.png b/Server/img/offline.png
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..be764b2
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diff --git a/Server/img/online.png b/Server/img/online.png
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..63b8395
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