diff --git a/templates/home/gplayer.html b/templates/home/gplayer.html
index b63cca9..eb238f9 100644
--- a/templates/home/gplayer.html
+++ b/templates/home/gplayer.html
@@ -4,13 +4,28 @@
 
         <script>
         function playCard(card) {
-            let player = {{player}}
-            window.game_socket.send("playcard "+player+":"+card)
+            let player = "{{player}}";
+            let c = card.toString();
+            var msg = {
+                type: "message",
+                fct: "playcard",
+                player: player,
+                card: c
+            };
+            let t = JSON.stringify(msg);
+            window.game_socket.send(t);
         }
 
         function setTrumpColor(color) {
-            let player = {{player}}
-            window.game_socket.send("setTrumpColor "+player+":"+color)
+            let player = "{{player}}"
+            var msg = {
+                type: "message",
+                fct: "setTrumpColor",
+                player: player,
+                color: color
+            };
+            let t = JSON.stringify(msg);
+            window.game_socket.send(t);
         }
         </script>
 
@@ -26,7 +41,8 @@
 
 let game = null;
 
-window.onload = function()
+//window.onload = function()
+function setupGame(names)
 {
 
     PIXI.AbstractRenderer.autoDensity = true;
@@ -73,15 +89,16 @@ window.onload = function()
     loader.load(function(loader, resources)
     {
         game = new Game(app.stage, resources);
-        game.init(['Hubert', 'Struppi', 'Patrice', 'Steffi', "Max", "Renate"]);
+        //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.play_card(0, 0, "z3");
-        game.play_card(1, 0, "y13");
-        game.play_card(2, 0, "b02");
-        game.play_card(3, 0, "r02");
-        game.play_card(4, 0, "y05");
-        game.play_card(5, 0, "g05");
-        game.give_trick_to(0);
+        //game.play_card(0, 0, "z3");
+        //game.play_card(1, 0, "y13");
+        //game.play_card(2, 0, "b02");
+        //game.play_card(3, 0, "r02");
+        //game.play_card(4, 0, "y05");
+        //game.play_card(5, 0, "g05");
+        //game.give_trick_to(0);
     });
 };
 
diff --git a/templates/shared/_layout.html b/templates/shared/_layout.html
index a6371b8..91710b4 100644
--- a/templates/shared/_layout.html
+++ b/templates/shared/_layout.html
@@ -30,16 +30,23 @@
             //alert("[open] Connection established");
             //alert("Sending to server");
             //socket.send("My name is John");
+            var msg = {
+                type: "message",
+                fct: "requestInit",
+            };
+            let t = JSON.stringify(msg);
+            window.game_socket.send(t);
         };
 
         socket.onmessage = function(event) {
-            let x = JSON.parse(event.data);
-            let fct = x.fct;
+            let msg = JSON.parse(event.data);
+            let fct = msg.fct;
             if (fct == "reload") {
                 location.reload(true);
             }
             else if (fct == "startGame") {
-                let names = "..."
+                let names = msg.names
+                setupGame(names)
             }
             else {
                 alert('unknown command: '+event.data);
diff --git a/views/player.py b/views/player.py
index 3f6616a..845347a 100644
--- a/views/player.py
+++ b/views/player.py
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ async def play(req, resp, player: str, card: str):
     url = '/player/'+player
     api.redirect(resp, url, status_code=303)
 
+
 @api.route("/player/{player}/set_trump/{trump}")
 async def set_trump_color_rest(req, resp, player, trump):
     p = int(player)
@@ -64,12 +65,21 @@ async def set_trump_color_rest(req, resp, player, trump):
     await the_game.send_page_reload()
     api.redirect(resp, url, status_code=303)
 
+
 async def set_trump_color(player, color):
     p = int(player)
     if p == the_game.players_ordered[-1].id:
         the_game.set_trump_color(color)
         await the_game.send_page_reload()
 
+
+async def initGame(ws):
+    p = the_game.players
+    n = [x.name for x in p]
+    msg = {"type": "message", "fct": "startGame", "names": n}
+    await ws.send_json(msg)
+
+
 @api.route('/ws', websocket=True)
 async def websocket(ws):
     await ws.accept()
@@ -85,6 +95,8 @@ async def websocket(ws):
             player = x['player']
             color = x['color']
             await set_trump_color(player, color)
+        elif fct == "requestInit":
+            await initGame(ws);
         else:
             print("confused :(")
 
diff --git a/wiz_game.py b/wiz_game.py
index 2e1f1d0..3d940e2 100644
--- a/wiz_game.py
+++ b/wiz_game.py
@@ -220,6 +220,6 @@ class WizGame:
                 pass
 
 
-p = ["A", "B", "C", "D", "E"]
+p = ["egg", "spam", "ham", "pups", "kekse"]
 the_game = WizGame(p)