diff --git a/Client/Client.cs b/Client/Client.cs
index 50c60fc..77fc98b 100644
--- a/Client/Client.cs
+++ b/Client/Client.cs
@@ -13,9 +13,14 @@ using static SharedClientServer.JSONConvert;
 namespace Client
 {
     public delegate void LobbyJoinCallback(bool isHost);
+
+    public delegate void RandomWord(string word);
+    public delegate void HandleIncomingMsg(string username, string msg);
+    internal delegate void HandleIncomingPlayer(Lobby lobby);
     public delegate void CanvasDataReceived(double[][] coordinates, Color color);
     public delegate void CanvasReset();
     public delegate void LobbyCallback(int id);
+
     class Client : ObservableObject
     {
 
@@ -34,8 +39,12 @@ namespace Client
         public LobbyJoinCallback OnLobbyJoinSuccess;
         public Callback OnLobbiesReceivedAndWaitingForHost;
         public Callback OnServerDisconnect;
+        public Callback OnLobbyUpdate;
         public LobbyCallback OnLobbyCreated;
         public LobbyCallback OnLobbyLeave;
+        public RandomWord RandomWord;
+        public HandleIncomingMsg IncomingMsg;
+        public HandleIncomingPlayer IncomingPlayer;
         private ClientData data = ClientData.Instance;
         public CanvasDataReceived CanvasDataReceived;
         public CanvasReset CReset;
@@ -57,6 +66,7 @@ namespace Client
                 this.tcpClient.EndConnect(ar);
                 this.stream = tcpClient.GetStream();
                 OnSuccessfullConnect?.Invoke();
+                OnLobbyUpdate = updateGameLobby;
                 SendMessage(JSONConvert.ConstructUsernameMessage(username));
                 this.stream.BeginRead(buffer, 0, buffer.Length, new AsyncCallback(OnReadComplete),null);
 
@@ -72,6 +82,7 @@ namespace Client
 
             if (ar == null || (!ar.IsCompleted) || (!this.stream.CanRead) || !this.tcpClient.Client.Connected)
                 return;
+
             try
             {
                 int amountReceived = stream.EndRead(ar);
@@ -129,7 +140,7 @@ namespace Client
 
                     if(textUsername != data.User.Username)
                     {
-                        ViewModels.ViewModelGame.HandleIncomingMsg(textUsername, textMsg);
+                        IncomingMsg?.Invoke(textUsername, textMsg);
                     }
 
                     //TODO display username and message in chat window
@@ -147,6 +158,7 @@ namespace Client
                             Lobbies = JSONConvert.GetLobbiesFromMessage(payload);
                             OnLobbiesListReceived?.Invoke();
                             OnLobbiesReceivedAndWaitingForHost?.Invoke();
+                            OnLobbyUpdate?.Invoke();
                             break;
                         case LobbyIdentifier.HOST:
                             // we receive this when the server has made us a host of a new lobby
@@ -156,7 +168,6 @@ namespace Client
                             OnLobbyCreated?.Invoke(lobbyCreatedID);
                             break;
                         case LobbyIdentifier.JOIN_SUCCESS:
-
                             OnLobbyJoinSuccess?.Invoke(JSONConvert.GetLobbyJoinIsHost(payload));
                             break;
                         case LobbyIdentifier.LEAVE:
@@ -189,9 +200,11 @@ namespace Client
                 case JSONConvert.RANDOMWORD:
                     //Flag byte for receiving the random word.
                     int lobbyId = JSONConvert.GetLobbyID(payload);
+                    string randomWord = JSONConvert.GetRandomWord(payload);
 
-                    if(data.Lobby?.ID == lobbyId)
-                    ViewModels.ViewModelGame.HandleRandomWord(JSONConvert.GetRandomWord(payload));
+                    if (data.Lobby?.ID == lobbyId)
+                        RandomWord?.Invoke(randomWord);
+                    
                     break;
                 default:
                     Debug.WriteLine("[CLIENT] Received weird identifier: " + id);
@@ -201,11 +214,20 @@ namespace Client
 
         }
 
+        private void updateGameLobby()
+        {
+            foreach (var item in Lobbies)
+            {
+                Debug.WriteLine("[CLIENT] lobby data: {0}", item.Users.Count);
+                if (item.ID == data.Lobby?.ID)
+                    IncomingPlayer?.Invoke(item);
+            }
+        }
+        
         public void SendMessage(byte[] message)
         {
             Debug.WriteLine("[CLIENT] sending message " + Encoding.ASCII.GetString(message));
             stream.BeginWrite(message, 0, message.Length, new AsyncCallback(OnWriteComplete), null);
-
         }
 
         private void OnWriteComplete(IAsyncResult ar)
diff --git a/Client/ViewModels/ViewModelGame.cs b/Client/ViewModels/ViewModelGame.cs
index 1ae0063..212584e 100644
--- a/Client/ViewModels/ViewModelGame.cs
+++ b/Client/ViewModels/ViewModelGame.cs
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-
 using Client.Views;
 using GalaSoft.MvvmLight.Command;
 using SharedClientServer;
@@ -29,6 +28,7 @@ namespace Client.ViewModels
         private Timer queueTimer;
 
         public static ObservableCollection<string> Messages { get; } = new ObservableCollection<string>();
+        public ObservableCollection<string> Players { get; } = new ObservableCollection<string>();
 
         private dynamic _payload;
 
@@ -47,6 +47,14 @@ namespace Client.ViewModels
             }
         }
 
+        private string _randomWord;
+
+        public string RandomWord
+        {
+            get { return _randomWord; }
+            set { _randomWord = value; }
+        }
+
         public static string Word
         {
             get;
@@ -80,6 +88,9 @@ namespace Client.ViewModels
             ButtonResetCanvas = new RelayCommand(CanvasResetLocal);
             data.Client.CanvasDataReceived = UpdateCanvasWithNewData;
             data.Client.CReset = CanvasResetData;
+            data.Client.RandomWord = HandleRandomWord;
+            data.Client.IncomingMsg = HandleIncomingMsg;
+            data.Client.IncomingPlayer = HandleIncomingPlayer;
         }
 
         public ICommand OnKeyDown { get; set; }
@@ -237,6 +248,16 @@ namespace Client.ViewModels
                 Word = randomWord;
             });
         }
+        public void HandleIncomingPlayer(Lobby lobby)
+        {
+            Application.Current.Dispatcher.Invoke(delegate
+            {
+                Players.Clear();
+                foreach (var item in lobby.Users)
+                {
+                    Players.Add(item.Username);
+                }
+            });
+        }
     }
 }
-       
diff --git a/Client/Views/GameWindow.xaml b/Client/Views/GameWindow.xaml
index 22bdd4c..dde8efc 100644
--- a/Client/Views/GameWindow.xaml
+++ b/Client/Views/GameWindow.xaml
@@ -22,16 +22,9 @@
         <Grid Grid.Column="0" Grid.Row="1">
             <Grid.RowDefinitions>
                 <RowDefinition/>
-                <RowDefinition/>
-                <RowDefinition/>
-                <RowDefinition/>
-                <RowDefinition/>
-                <RowDefinition/>
-                <RowDefinition/>
-                <RowDefinition/>
             </Grid.RowDefinitions>
 
-
+            <ListBox Name="PlayerList" ItemsSource="{Binding Path=Players}" Margin="10,0,0,10" FontSize="20"/>
         </Grid>
 
         <Grid Grid.Row="0" Grid.Column="1">
@@ -44,13 +37,15 @@
             <Label Grid.Row="0" Grid.Column="0" VerticalAlignment="Center" FontSize="20" Content="Pick a color -->"/>
             <xctk:ColorPicker Name="ClrPcker_Background" SelectedColorChanged="ClrPcker_Background_SelectedColorChanged_1" Grid.Column="1" HorizontalAlignment="Left" VerticalAlignment="Center" Height="22" Width="100"/>
 
+
+        <Label Name="GuessWord" Grid.Row="0" Grid.Column="1" Content="{Binding Path=RandomWord, Mode=OneWay, UpdateSourceTrigger=PropertyChanged}" VerticalAlignment="Center" HorizontalAlignment="Center"/>
+
             <Label Grid.Row="0" Grid.Column="2" FontSize="20" Content="" VerticalAlignment="Center" HorizontalAlignment="Center"/>
             
             <Button Name="CanvasReset" Click="CanvasReset_Click" Grid.Row="0" Grid.Column="3" Content="RESET"/>
         </Grid>
 
         <Button Name="StartGame" Grid.Row="0" Grid.Column="2" Content="Start Game" FontSize="20" Command="{Binding ButtonStartGame}" IsEnabled="{Binding IsHost}"/>
-        <Label Name="GuessWord" Grid.Row="0" Grid.Column="1" Content="{Binding Path=Word, UpdateSourceTrigger=PropertyChanged}" Margin="418,-5,103,5"/>
 
 
         <Border Grid.Row="1" Grid.Column="1" Margin ="10,10,10,10" BorderBrush="Black" BorderThickness ="2.5">
@@ -62,9 +57,9 @@
         </Border>
 
         <Grid Grid.Column="2" Grid.Row="1">
-            <ListBox Name ="TextBox" ItemsSource="{Binding Path=Messages}" Margin="0,0,0,69"/>
+            <ListBox Name ="TextBox" ItemsSource="{Binding Path=Messages}" Margin="0,0,10,69" />
 
-            <TextBox Name="ChatBox" Text="{Binding Message, Mode=TwoWay, UpdateSourceTrigger=PropertyChanged}" Margin="0,465,0,0">
+            <TextBox Name="ChatBox" Text="{Binding Message, Mode=TwoWay, UpdateSourceTrigger=PropertyChanged}" Margin="0,465,10,0">
                 <TextBox.InputBindings>
                     <KeyBinding Key="Return" Command="{Binding OnKeyDown}"/>
                 </TextBox.InputBindings>
diff --git a/Client/Views/LoginScreen.xaml b/Client/Views/LoginScreen.xaml
index e011780..eea926d 100644
--- a/Client/Views/LoginScreen.xaml
+++ b/Client/Views/LoginScreen.xaml
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
             <RowDefinition Height="60"/>
             <RowDefinition Height="50"/>
             <RowDefinition Height="30"/>
+            <RowDefinition Height="100"/>
         </Grid.RowDefinitions>
 
         <Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
@@ -22,8 +23,9 @@
         <Label Grid.Row="1" FontSize="30" Content="Enter a username:"/>
         <Label Grid.Row="2" FontSize="15" Content="(max amount of characters for the username is 10)"/>
 
-        <TextBox Name="usernameTextbox" Grid.Row="1" Grid.Column="1" MaxLength="10" FontSize="30" VerticalAlignment="Center" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Width="250"/>
+        <TextBox Name="usernameTextbox" Grid.Row="1" Grid.Column="1" MaxLength="69" FontSize="30" VerticalAlignment="Center" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Width="250"/>
         <Button Content="ENTER" Grid.Column="1" Grid.Row="1" VerticalAlignment="Center" HorizontalAlignment="Right" Width="100" Height="40" Click="Button_EnterUsername"/>
 
+        <Label Grid.Row="3" Grid.Column="0" Content="Tip of the century: base64 != UTF8!" FontSize="20" FontWeight="Bold"/>
     </Grid>
 </Window>
diff --git a/Client/Views/LoginScreen.xaml.cs b/Client/Views/LoginScreen.xaml.cs
index 5b742d2..91965b7 100644
--- a/Client/Views/LoginScreen.xaml.cs
+++ b/Client/Views/LoginScreen.xaml.cs
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-using SharedClientServer;
+using Client.ViewModels;
+using SharedClientServer;
 using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Text;
diff --git a/Server/Models/ServerClient.cs b/Server/Models/ServerClient.cs
index 298c3a0..57bb6cb 100644
--- a/Server/Models/ServerClient.cs
+++ b/Server/Models/ServerClient.cs
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ namespace Server.Models
                     throw new OutOfMemoryException("buffer is too small!");
                 }
 
+
                 // copy the received bytes into the buffer
                 Array.Copy(buffer, 0, totalBuffer, totalBufferReceived, bytesReceived);
                 // add the bytes we received to the total amount
@@ -90,6 +91,7 @@ namespace Server.Models
 
 
                 }
+
                 ar.AsyncWaitHandle.WaitOne();
                 // start reading for a new message
                 stream.BeginRead(buffer, 0, buffer.Length, new AsyncCallback(OnRead), null);
@@ -232,6 +234,7 @@ namespace Server.Models
                     ServerCommunication.INSTANCE.sendToAll(JSONConvert.ConstructLobbyListMessage(ServerCommunication.INSTANCE.lobbies.ToArray()));
                     OnMessageReceivedOk = () =>
                     {
+
                         serverCom.sendToAll(JSONConvert.GetMessageToSend(JSONConvert.RANDOMWORD, new
                         {
                             id = serverCom.GetLobbyForUser(User).ID,
diff --git a/SharedClientServer/Lobby.cs b/SharedClientServer/Lobby.cs
index 1322b0e..fa4f2c6 100644
--- a/SharedClientServer/Lobby.cs
+++ b/SharedClientServer/Lobby.cs
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ using System.Text;
 
 namespace Client
 {
-    class Lobby : INotifyPropertyChanged
+    internal class Lobby : INotifyPropertyChanged
     {
         public event PropertyChangedEventHandler PropertyChanged;