diff --git a/api.js b/api.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7d9becf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/api.js
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+const ws = require('ws')
+
+//WS server
+const wss = new ws.Server({
+    port: 8081,
+    perMessageDeflate: {
+        zlibDeflateOptions: {
+            // See zlib defaults.
+            chunkSize: 1024,
+            memLevel: 7,
+            level: 3
+        },
+        zlibInflateOptions: {
+            chunkSize: 10 * 1024
+        },
+        // Other options settable:
+        clientNoContextTakeover: true, // Defaults to negotiated value.
+        serverNoContextTakeover: true, // Defaults to negotiated value.
+        serverMaxWindowBits: 10, // Defaults to negotiated value.
+        // Below options specified as default values.
+        concurrencyLimit: 10, // Limits zlib concurrency for perf.
+        threshold: 1024 // Size (in bytes) below which messages
+        // should not be compressed.
+    }
+});
+
+//WS handler
+wss.on('connection', ws => {
+    ws.on('message', message => {
+        if (message.split(';', 2)[0] === 'message') wss.clients.forEach(clients => clients.send(message))
+    })
+    ws.send('websocket connected')
+})
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/App.vue b/src/App.vue
index d42f59d..3b9c23d 100644
--- a/src/App.vue
+++ b/src/App.vue
@@ -44,6 +44,26 @@ export default {
     newMessage
   }
 }
+
+const wsurl = 'ws://127.0.0.1:8081'
+const socket = new WebSocket(wsurl)
+
+socket.onopen = () => {
+  socket.send('new session')
+}
+socket.onerror = (error) => {
+  console.log(`WebSocket error: ${error}`)
+}
+//socket.onclose = () => show_error('session timed out (refresh)')
+/*socket.onmessage = (e) => {
+  console.log(e.data)
+  let msg = e.data.split(";", 2)
+  if (msg[0] === 'error') show_error(msg[1])
+  else if (msg[0] === 'surl') {
+    document.getElementById('surl-input').value = msg[1]
+    document.getElementById('surl-popup').style.display = 'block'
+  }
+}*/
 </script>
 
 <style>
diff --git a/src/components/newMessage.vue b/src/components/newMessage.vue
index 346e78c..38b9421 100644
--- a/src/components/newMessage.vue
+++ b/src/components/newMessage.vue
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <template>
   <div class="newMessageBanner">
     <textarea name="input" id="newMessageInput" class="newMessageInput" placeholder="type a message ..." type="text" v-model="content" />
-    <icon style="position: absolute; right: 1rem; bottom: 0.5rem;" ic="./sym/ic_send_white_24px.svg" />
+    <icon style="position: absolute; right: 1rem; bottom: 0.5rem;" ic="../sym/ic_send_white_24px.svg" />
   </div>
 </template>
 
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ export default {
     icon
   },
   props: {
-    content: String,
+    content: String
   },
   mounted() {
     ResizeListener(document.getElementById("newMessageInput"));