diff --git a/templates/home/gplayer.html b/templates/home/gplayer.html
index eb238f9..5eeeaea 100644
--- a/templates/home/gplayer.html
+++ b/templates/home/gplayer.html
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
             let t = JSON.stringify(msg);
             window.game_socket.send(t);
         }
+
         </script>
 
         <div style="font-family:Wizzta; font-size:100px"></div>
@@ -37,12 +38,12 @@
             <script src="/js-cardgame/js/player.js"></script>
             <script src="/js-cardgame/js/game.js"></script>
 
-            <script>
-
-let game = null;
+<script>
+//let game = null;
+//window.game = null;
 
 //window.onload = function()
-function setupGame(names)
+function setupGame(names, hand)
 {
 
     PIXI.AbstractRenderer.autoDensity = true;
@@ -91,7 +92,8 @@ function setupGame(names)
         game = new Game(app.stage, resources);
         //game.init(['Hubert', 'Struppi', 'Patrice', 'Steffi', "Max", "Renate"]);
         game.init(names)
-        game.give_round(["z3", "b04", "r08", "g12", "y13", "r02", "b05", "b02", "b03", "g03", "g05"]);
+        game.give_round(hand)
+        //game.give_round(["z3", "b04", "r08", "g12", "y13", "r02", "b05", "b02", "b03", "g03", "g05"]);
         //game.play_card(0, 0, "z3");
         //game.play_card(1, 0, "y13");
         //game.play_card(2, 0, "b02");
diff --git a/templates/shared/_layout.html b/templates/shared/_layout.html
index 6f36239..aea5814 100644
--- a/templates/shared/_layout.html
+++ b/templates/shared/_layout.html
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
     <script src="//oss.maxcdn.com/libs/respond.js/1.3.0/respond.min.js"></script>
     <![endif]-->
     <script>
+        window.the_game = null
         // let socket = new WebSocket("wss://cowiz.struppi.name/ws");
         if (window.location.hostname == '127.0.0.1') {
             ws_schema = 'ws://';
@@ -36,9 +37,13 @@
             //alert("[open] Connection established");
             //alert("Sending to server");
             //socket.send("My name is John");
+            let player = "{{player}}"
             var msg = {
+                //type: "message",
+                //fct: "requestInit",
                 type: "message",
-                fct: "requestInit",
+                fct: "getHand",
+                player: player,
             };
             let t = JSON.stringify(msg);
             window.game_socket.send(t);
@@ -50,10 +55,19 @@
             if (fct == "reload") {
                 location.reload(true);
             }
+            else if (fct == "getHand") {
+                window.hand = msg.cards;
+                var msg_out = {
+                    type: "message",
+                    fct: "requestInit",
+                };
+                let t = JSON.stringify(msg_out);
+                window.game_socket.send(t);
+            }
             else if (fct == "startGame") {
                 let names = msg.names
-                setupGame(names)
-                alert('game is set up')
+                setupGame(names, window.hand)
+                //alert('game is set up')
             }
             else {
                 alert('unknown command: '+event.data);
diff --git a/views/player.py b/views/player.py
index 74cc1e8..a0b4a2f 100644
--- a/views/player.py
+++ b/views/player.py
@@ -80,28 +80,44 @@ async def initGame(ws):
     await ws.send_json(msg)
 
 
-@api.route('/ws', websocket=True)
-async def websocket(ws):
+async def getHand(player, ws):
+    p = int(player)
+    c = the_game.players[p].cards
+    s = [x.json_serialise() for x in c]
+    msg = {"type": "message", "fct": "getHand", "cards": s}
+    await ws.send_json(msg)
+
+
+async def ws_handler(ws):
     await ws.accept()
     the_game.websockets.append(ws)
-    try:
-        x = await ws.receive_json()
-        fct = x['fct']
-        if fct == 'playcard':
-            p = int(x['player'])
-            c = int(x['card'])
-            await play_card(p, c)
-        elif fct == 'setTrumpColor':
-            player = x['player']
-            color = x['color']
-            await set_trump_color(player, color)
-        elif fct == "requestInit":
-            print("before init")
-            await initGame(ws);
-            print("after init")
-        else:
-            print("confused :(")
+    while True:
+        try:
+            x = await ws.receive_json()
+            fct = x['fct']
+            if fct == 'playcard':
+                p = int(x['player'])
+                c = int(x['card'])
+                await play_card(p, c)
+            elif fct == 'setTrumpColor':
+                player = x['player']
+                color = x['color']
+                await set_trump_color(player, color)
+            elif fct == "requestInit":
+                await initGame(ws);
+            elif fct == "getHand":
+                player = x['player']
+                await getHand(player, ws)
+            else:
+                print("confused :(")
+        except WebSocketDisconnect:
+            the_game.websockets.remove(ws)
+            break;
 
-    except WebSocketDisconnect:
-        the_game.websockets.remove(ws)
+
+@api.route('/ws', websocket=True)
+async def websocket(ws):
+    task = asyncio.create_task(ws_handler(ws))
+    the_game.ws_tasks.append(task)
+    await task;
 
diff --git a/wiz_game.py b/wiz_game.py
index 3d940e2..cf3e56c 100644
--- a/wiz_game.py
+++ b/wiz_game.py
@@ -9,9 +9,10 @@ def chunks(lst, n):
 
 
 class Card:
-    def __init__(self, color, value):
+    def __init__(self, color, value, idx=None):
         self.color = color
         self.value = value
+        self.idx = idx
 
     def __str__(self):
         sc = self.color if self.color else ' '
@@ -21,6 +22,13 @@ class Card:
     def __repr__(self):
         return str(self)
 
+    def json_serialise(self):
+        if self.color and self.color != '-':
+            s = "{}{:02d}".format(self.color, self.value)
+        else:
+            s = "{}{}".format(self.value, self.idx)
+        return s
+
 
 def get_higher_card(card1: Card, card2: Card, trump_color: str):
     """
@@ -92,6 +100,7 @@ class WizGame:
         self.players_ordered = self.players
         self.last_trick = None
         self.websockets = []
+        self.ws_tasks = []
 
     def start_game(self):
         self.create_deck()
@@ -109,10 +118,10 @@ class WizGame:
         for color in ["b", "r", "g", "y"]:
             for val in range(1, 14):
                 self.card_deck.append(Card(color, val))
-        for _ in range(1, 5):
-            self.card_deck.append(Card('-', 'Z'))
-        for _ in range(1, 5):
-            self.card_deck.append(Card('-', 'N'))
+        for idx in range(1, 5):
+            self.card_deck.append(Card('-', 'Z', idx))
+        for idx in range(1, 5):
+            self.card_deck.append(Card('-', 'N', idx))
 
     def get_trump_color(self):
         card = self.trump_card
@@ -220,6 +229,6 @@ class WizGame:
                 pass
 
 
-p = ["egg", "spam", "ham", "pups", "kekse"]
+p = ["spam", "egg", "ham", "tomato"]
 the_game = WizGame(p)