diff --git a/.vscode/settings.json b/.vscode/settings.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..65a1965
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.vscode/settings.json
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+{
+  "editor.defaultFormatter": "esbenp.prettier-vscode"
+}
diff --git a/backend/.idea/workspace.xml b/backend/.idea/workspace.xml
index bce6fc0..b1a3086 100644
--- a/backend/.idea/workspace.xml
+++ b/backend/.idea/workspace.xml
@@ -5,8 +5,19 @@
   </component>
   <component name="ChangeListManager">
     <list default="true" id="8a64704d-5500-41a6-aa4c-e275933fc58c" name="Changes" comment="">
-      <change beforePath="$PROJECT_DIR$/../frontend/src/components/Player.tsx" beforeDir="false" afterPath="$PROJECT_DIR$/../frontend/src/components/Player.tsx" afterDir="false" />
+      <change afterPath="$PROJECT_DIR$/Caddyfile" afterDir="false" />
+      <change afterPath="$PROJECT_DIR$/docker-compose.yml" afterDir="false" />
+      <change beforePath="$PROJECT_DIR$/.idea/workspace.xml" beforeDir="false" afterPath="$PROJECT_DIR$/.idea/workspace.xml" afterDir="false" />
+      <change beforePath="$PROJECT_DIR$/internal/ws/handlers.go" beforeDir="false" afterPath="$PROJECT_DIR$/internal/ws/handlers.go" afterDir="false" />
+      <change beforePath="$PROJECT_DIR$/../frontend/.env.example" beforeDir="false" afterPath="$PROJECT_DIR$/../frontend/.env.example" afterDir="false" />
+      <change beforePath="$PROJECT_DIR$/../frontend/package.json" beforeDir="false" afterPath="$PROJECT_DIR$/../frontend/package.json" afterDir="false" />
+      <change beforePath="$PROJECT_DIR$/../frontend/src/interfaces/IMessage.ts" beforeDir="false" afterPath="$PROJECT_DIR$/../frontend/src/interfaces/IMessage.ts" afterDir="false" />
+      <change beforePath="$PROJECT_DIR$/../frontend/src/interfaces/Identity.ts" beforeDir="false" afterPath="$PROJECT_DIR$/../frontend/src/interfaces/Identity.ts" afterDir="false" />
+      <change beforePath="$PROJECT_DIR$/../frontend/src/pages/index.tsx" beforeDir="false" afterPath="$PROJECT_DIR$/../frontend/src/pages/index.tsx" afterDir="false" />
       <change beforePath="$PROJECT_DIR$/../frontend/src/pages/player.tsx" beforeDir="false" afterPath="$PROJECT_DIR$/../frontend/src/pages/player.tsx" afterDir="false" />
+      <change beforePath="$PROJECT_DIR$/../frontend/src/util/Message.ts" beforeDir="false" afterPath="$PROJECT_DIR$/../frontend/src/util/Message.ts" afterDir="false" />
+      <change beforePath="$PROJECT_DIR$/../frontend/types/environment.d.ts" beforeDir="false" afterPath="$PROJECT_DIR$/../frontend/types/environment.d.ts" afterDir="false" />
+      <change beforePath="$PROJECT_DIR$/../frontend/yarn.lock" beforeDir="false" afterPath="$PROJECT_DIR$/../frontend/yarn.lock" afterDir="false" />
     </list>
     <option name="SHOW_DIALOG" value="false" />
     <option name="HIGHLIGHT_CONFLICTS" value="true" />
diff --git a/backend/Caddyfile b/backend/Caddyfile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..37564fe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/Caddyfile
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+localhost:3001
+
+file_server
+reverse_proxy 127.0.0.1:8080
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/backend/docker-compose.yml b/backend/docker-compose.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e9fb168
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/docker-compose.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+version: "3.9"
+services:
+  caddy:
diff --git a/backend/internal/ws/handlers.go b/backend/internal/ws/handlers.go
index 5e79cba..43d2a0f 100644
--- a/backend/internal/ws/handlers.go
+++ b/backend/internal/ws/handlers.go
@@ -3,12 +3,15 @@ package ws
 //todo better data deserialization
 
 type IdentityData struct {
-	ClientID string `json:"clientId"`
+	ClientID string `json:"clientID"`
 	User     User   `json:"user"`
 }
 
 func handleIdentifyEvent(message *Message) {
 	d := message.Data.(map[string]interface{})
+	if id, ok := d["clientID"]; ok {
+		log.Infof("Client %s has sent identify event", id.(string))
+	}
 	m := Message{
 		MessageData: MessageData{
 			Type: Identify,
diff --git a/frontend/.env.example b/frontend/.env.example
index 8c4e0a3..7c9a1e6 100644
--- a/frontend/.env.example
+++ b/frontend/.env.example
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 DISCORD_ID=
 DISCORD_SECRET=
 SECRET=
-CLIENT_ID=
-NEXTAUTH_URL=
\ No newline at end of file
+NEXT_PUBLIC_CLIENT_ID=
+NEXTAUTH_URL=
+NEXT_PUBLIC_WS_URI=
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/frontend/package.json b/frontend/package.json
index 17a048f..4e19664 100644
--- a/frontend/package.json
+++ b/frontend/package.json
@@ -22,7 +22,8 @@
     "react": "^17.0.2",
     "react-dom": "^17.0.2",
     "react-player": "^2.9.0",
-    "uuid": "^8.3.2"
+    "uuid": "^8.3.2",
+    "ws": "^8.4.2"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@next/bundle-analyzer": "^12.0.8",
@@ -31,6 +32,7 @@
     "@types/react-dom": "^17.0.3",
     "@types/uuid": "^8.3.4",
     "@types/websocket": "^1.0.4",
+    "@types/ws": "^8.2.2",
     "cross-env": "^7.0.3",
     "typescript": "4.3.2"
   },
diff --git a/frontend/src/hooks/useWS.ts b/frontend/src/hooks/useWS.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ac3926a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontend/src/hooks/useWS.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+import { User } from "next-auth";
+import { useEffect, useState } from "react";
+import PlayerSocket from "../ws/websocket";
+
+interface useWSProps {
+  user: User;
+}
+
+// todo write websocket reconnector
+const useWS = ({ user }: useWSProps) => {
+  // todo checkout usecallback
+  const [socket, setSocket] = useState<PlayerSocket>();
+  useEffect(() => {
+    let socket = new PlayerSocket(user);
+    setSocket(socket);
+    return () => {
+      return socket.close();
+    };
+  }, []);
+  return socket;
+};
+
+export default useWS;
diff --git a/frontend/src/interfaces/IMessage.ts b/frontend/src/interfaces/IMessage.ts
index f363b3b..1f36676 100644
--- a/frontend/src/interfaces/IMessage.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/interfaces/IMessage.ts
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ export enum MessageTypes {
 
 interface IMessage {
   type: MessageTypes;
-  data?: Record<string, unknown>;
+  data?: unknown;
 }
 
 export default IMessage;
diff --git a/frontend/src/interfaces/Identity.ts b/frontend/src/interfaces/Identity.ts
index a59f61c..1364b56 100644
--- a/frontend/src/interfaces/Identity.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/interfaces/Identity.ts
@@ -6,3 +6,5 @@ interface IdentityData {
   playHead?: number;
   user: IUser;
 }
+
+export default IdentityData;
diff --git a/frontend/src/pages/index.tsx b/frontend/src/pages/index.tsx
index 0504a47..b5d751e 100644
--- a/frontend/src/pages/index.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/pages/index.tsx
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import { Button, Link as ChakraLink, Text } from "@chakra-ui/react";
 import { GetServerSideProps, NextPage } from "next";
 import { getSession, signIn } from "next-auth/react";
+import Head from "next/head";
 import Link from "next/link";
 import React from "react";
 import { Container } from "../components/Container";
@@ -10,26 +11,30 @@ import { Main } from "../components/Main";
 
 const Index: NextPage = () => {
   return (
-    <Container height="100vh">
-      <Hero />
-      <Main>
-        <Button
-          maxWidth="200"
-          alignSelf="center"
-          onClick={() => signIn("discord")}
-          disabled
-        >
-          Login With Discord
-        </Button>
-      </Main>
-      <Footer>
-        <ChakraLink>
-          <Link href="https://velvox.dev">
-            <Text>&copy;2022 Velvox</Text>
-          </Link>
-        </ChakraLink>
-      </Footer>
-    </Container>
+    <>
+      <Head>
+        <title>Watch Together</title>
+      </Head>
+      <Container height="100vh">
+        <Hero />
+        <Main>
+          <Button
+            maxWidth="200"
+            alignSelf="center"
+            onClick={() => signIn("discord")}
+          >
+            Login With Discord
+          </Button>
+        </Main>
+        <Footer>
+          <ChakraLink>
+            <Link href="https://velvox.dev">
+              <Text>&copy;2022 Velvox</Text>
+            </Link>
+          </ChakraLink>
+        </Footer>
+      </Container>
+    </>
   );
 };
 
diff --git a/frontend/src/pages/player.tsx b/frontend/src/pages/player.tsx
index 54c936a..c3b1d03 100644
--- a/frontend/src/pages/player.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/pages/player.tsx
@@ -1,14 +1,12 @@
-import consola from "consola";
 import { GetServerSideProps, NextPage } from "next";
-import { Session, User } from "next-auth";
-import { getSession, useSession } from "next-auth/react";
+import { User } from "next-auth";
+import { getSession } from "next-auth/react";
 import dynamic from "next/dynamic";
-import React, { useEffect, useRef } from "react";
+import Head from "next/head";
+import React, { useRef } from "react";
 import ReactPlayer from "react-player";
 import { Container } from "../components/Container";
-import { MessageTypes } from "../interfaces/IMessage";
-import Message from "../util/Message";
-import MessageUtil from "../util/MessageUtil";
+import useWS from "../hooks/useWS";
 
 const Player = dynamic(() => import("../components/Player"), { ssr: false });
 
@@ -17,58 +15,52 @@ interface PlayerPageProps {
   user: User;
 }
 
-const pingEvent = (ws: WebSocket) => {
-  let interval = setInterval(() => {
-    if (ws.readyState === ws.CLOSED) {
-      clearInterval(interval);
-      return;
-    }
-    console.log("running ping event");
-    ws.send(MessageUtil.encode(new Message(MessageTypes.Ping)));
-  }, 20000);
-};
-
 const PlayerPage: NextPage<PlayerPageProps> = ({ URI, user }) => {
   const playerRef = useRef<ReactPlayer>();
-  consola.wrapAll();
-  useEffect(() => {
-    if (typeof window === "undefined") return;
-    const ws = new WebSocket(URI);
-    ws.onopen = () => {
-      ws.send(
-        MessageUtil.encode(
-          new Message(MessageTypes.Identify, {
-            clientID: process.env.CLIENT_ID,
-            user: {
-              ID: user.id,
-              Name: user.name,
-            },
-          })
-        )
-      );
-      pingEvent(ws);
-    };
-    ws.onmessage = (event) => {
-      console.log(event);
-      console.log(JSON.parse(event.data));
-    };
-    ws.onclose = () => {
-      ws.close();
-    };
-    ws.onerror = (err) => {
-      console.log(err);
-      return () => {
-        ws.close();
-      };
-    };
-    return () => {
-      ws.close();
-    };
-  }, []);
+  const socket = useWS({ user });
+  // useEffect(() => {
+  //   if (typeof window === "undefined") return;
+  //   const ws = new WebSocket(URI);
+  //   ws.onopen = () => {
+  //     ws.send(
+  //       MessageUtil.encode(
+  //         new Message(MessageTypes.Identify, {
+  //           clientID: process.env.CLIENT_ID,
+  //           user: {
+  //             ID: user.id,
+  //             Name: user.name,
+  //           },
+  //         })
+  //       )
+  //     );
+  //     pingEvent(ws);
+  //   };
+  //   ws.onmessage = (event) => {
+  //     console.log(event);
+  //     console.log(JSON.parse(event.data));
+  //   };
+  //   ws.onclose = () => {
+  //     ws.close();
+  //   };
+  //   ws.onerror = (err) => {
+  //     console.log(err);
+  //     return () => {
+  //       ws.close();
+  //     };
+  //   };
+  //   return () => {
+  //     ws.close();
+  //   };
+  // }, []);
   return (
-    <Container height="100vh">
-      <Player id="" ref={playerRef} />
-    </Container>
+    <>
+      <Head>
+        <title>Watch Together</title>
+      </Head>
+      <Container height="100vh">
+        <Player id="" ref={playerRef} />
+      </Container>
+    </>
   );
 };
 
@@ -84,7 +76,6 @@ export const getServerSideProps: GetServerSideProps = async (context) => {
   }
   return {
     props: {
-      URI: process.env.WS_URI,
       user: session.user,
     },
   };
diff --git a/frontend/src/util/Message.ts b/frontend/src/util/Message.ts
index a27ae43..7cae908 100644
--- a/frontend/src/util/Message.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/util/Message.ts
@@ -1,10 +1,7 @@
 import IMessage, { MessageTypes } from "../interfaces/IMessage";
 
 export default class Message implements IMessage {
-  constructor(
-    public type: MessageTypes,
-    public data?: Record<string, unknown>
-  ) {}
+  constructor(public type: MessageTypes, public data?: unknown) {}
 
   toJSON(): Record<string, unknown> {
     return {
diff --git a/frontend/src/ws/websocket.ts b/frontend/src/ws/websocket.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..165f245
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontend/src/ws/websocket.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+// nice and easy way to get types for the
+
+import { User } from "next-auth";
+import IdentityData from "../interfaces/Identity";
+import { MessageTypes } from "../interfaces/IMessage";
+import Message from "../util/Message";
+import MessageUtil from "../util/MessageUtil";
+
+// browser socket
+let Websocket: typeof WebSocket;
+if (typeof window !== "undefined") {
+  Websocket = window.WebSocket;
+} else {
+  Websocket = require("ws");
+}
+
+export default class PlayerSocket extends Websocket {
+  constructor(private user: User) {
+    super(process.env.NEXT_PUBLIC_WS_URI);
+    this.onopen = this.onOpen;
+  }
+  onOpen() {
+    this.send(
+      MessageUtil.encode(
+        new Message(MessageTypes.Identify, {
+          clientID: process.env.NEXT_PUBLIC_CLIENT_ID,
+          user: {
+            id: this.user.id,
+            name: this.user.name,
+          },
+        } as IdentityData)
+      )
+    );
+    this.pingEvent();
+  }
+  pingEvent() {
+    let interval = setInterval(() => {
+      if (!this.open) {
+        clearInterval(interval);
+        return;
+      }
+      console.log("[WS] running ping event");
+      this.send(MessageUtil.encode(new Message(MessageTypes.Ping)));
+    }, 20000);
+  }
+  get open() {
+    return this.readyState === this.OPEN;
+  }
+}
diff --git a/frontend/types/environment.d.ts b/frontend/types/environment.d.ts
index c44b4fa..8224f72 100644
--- a/frontend/types/environment.d.ts
+++ b/frontend/types/environment.d.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ declare namespace NodeJS {
     DISCORD_ID: string;
     DISCORD_SECRET: string;
     SECRET: string;
-    CLIENT_ID: string;
-    WS_URI: string;
+    NEXT_PUBLIC_CLIENT_ID: string;
+    NEXT_PUBLIC_WS_URI: string;
   }
 }
diff --git a/frontend/yarn.lock b/frontend/yarn.lock
index eb5a84d..3d6d306 100644
--- a/frontend/yarn.lock
+++ b/frontend/yarn.lock
@@ -1029,6 +1029,13 @@
   dependencies:
     "@types/node" "*"
 
+"@types/ws@^8.2.2":
+  version "8.2.2"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@types/ws/-/ws-8.2.2.tgz#7c5be4decb19500ae6b3d563043cd407bf366c21"
+  integrity sha512-NOn5eIcgWLOo6qW8AcuLZ7G8PycXu0xTxxkS6Q18VWFxgPUSOwV0pBj2a/4viNZVu25i7RIB7GttdkAIUUXOOg==
+  dependencies:
+    "@types/node" "*"
+
 acorn-walk@^8.0.0:
   version "8.2.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/acorn-walk/-/acorn-walk-8.2.0.tgz#741210f2e2426454508853a2f44d0ab83b7f69c1"
@@ -3227,6 +3234,11 @@ ws@^7.3.1:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/ws/-/ws-7.5.6.tgz#e59fc509fb15ddfb65487ee9765c5a51dec5fe7b"
   integrity sha512-6GLgCqo2cy2A2rjCNFlxQS6ZljG/coZfZXclldI8FB/1G3CCI36Zd8xy2HrFVACi8tfk5XrgLQEk+P0Tnz9UcA==
 
+ws@^8.4.2:
+  version "8.4.2"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/ws/-/ws-8.4.2.tgz#18e749868d8439f2268368829042894b6907aa0b"
+  integrity sha512-Kbk4Nxyq7/ZWqr/tarI9yIt/+iNNFOjBXEWgTb4ydaNHBNGgvf2QHbS9fdfsndfjFlFwEd4Al+mw83YkaD10ZA==
+
 xtend@^4.0.2:
   version "4.0.2"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/xtend/-/xtend-4.0.2.tgz#bb72779f5fa465186b1f438f674fa347fdb5db54"