diff --git a/templates/home/player.html b/templates/home/player.html
index 2a171e3..d643943 100644
--- a/templates/home/player.html
+++ b/templates/home/player.html
@@ -27,6 +27,11 @@
             let t = JSON.stringify(msg);
             window.game_socket.send(t);
         }
+
+        function setupGame(player_names) {
+
+        }
+
         </script>
 
         <div class="content">
diff --git a/templates/shared/_layout.html b/templates/shared/_layout.html
index 91710b4..2c64aa7 100644
--- a/templates/shared/_layout.html
+++ b/templates/shared/_layout.html
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@
             else if (fct == "startGame") {
                 let names = msg.names
                 setupGame(names)
+                alert('game is set up')
             }
             else {
                 alert('unknown command: '+event.data);
@@ -55,11 +56,10 @@
 
         socket.onclose = function(event) {
             if (event.wasClean) {
-                //alert(`[close] Connection closed cleanly, code=${event.code} reason=${event.reason}`);
+                alert(`[close] Connection closed cleanly, code=${event.code} reason=${event.reason}`);
+                //alert('closed clean');
             } else {
-                // e.g. server process killed or network down
-                // event.code is usually 1006 in this case
-                //alert('[close] Connection died');
+                //alert('closed unclean');
             }
         };
 
diff --git a/views/player.py b/views/player.py
index 845347a..74cc1e8 100644
--- a/views/player.py
+++ b/views/player.py
@@ -96,7 +96,9 @@ async def websocket(ws):
             color = x['color']
             await set_trump_color(player, color)
         elif fct == "requestInit":
+            print("before init")
             await initGame(ws);
+            print("after init")
         else:
             print("confused :(")