diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index c5853f2..bbaa52a 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -88,6 +88,12 @@ version = "0.2.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "fc7eb209b1518d6bb87b283c20095f5228ecda460da70b44f0802523dea6da04"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "android-tzdata"
+version = "0.1.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "e999941b234f3131b00bc13c22d06e8c5ff726d1b6318ac7eb276997bbb4fef0"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "android_log-sys"
 version = "0.3.1"
@@ -106,6 +112,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "once_cell",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "android_system_properties"
+version = "0.1.5"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "819e7219dbd41043ac279b19830f2efc897156490d7fd6ea916720117ee66311"
+dependencies = [
+ "libc",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "anyhow"
 version = "1.0.75"
@@ -166,6 +181,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "rustc-demangle",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "base64"
+version = "0.21.5"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "35636a1494ede3b646cc98f74f8e62c773a38a659ebc777a2cf26b9b74171df9"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "bincode"
 version = "1.3.3"
@@ -317,6 +338,19 @@ dependencies = [
  "libc",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "chrono"
+version = "0.4.31"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "7f2c685bad3eb3d45a01354cedb7d5faa66194d1d58ba6e267a8de788f79db38"
+dependencies = [
+ "android-tzdata",
+ "iana-time-zone",
+ "num-traits",
+ "serde",
+ "windows-targets 0.48.5",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "cobs"
 version = "0.2.3"
@@ -442,6 +476,51 @@ version = "1.1.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "96a6ac251f4a2aca6b3f91340350eab87ae57c3f127ffeb585e92bd336717991"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "darling"
+version = "0.20.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "0209d94da627ab5605dcccf08bb18afa5009cfbef48d8a8b7d7bdbc79be25c5e"
+dependencies = [
+ "darling_core",
+ "darling_macro",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "darling_core"
+version = "0.20.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "177e3443818124b357d8e76f53be906d60937f0d3a90773a664fa63fa253e621"
+dependencies = [
+ "fnv",
+ "ident_case",
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "strsim",
+ "syn",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "darling_macro"
+version = "0.20.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "836a9bbc7ad63342d6d6e7b815ccab164bc77a2d95d84bc3117a8c0d5c98e2d5"
+dependencies = [
+ "darling_core",
+ "quote",
+ "syn",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "deranged"
+version = "0.3.10"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "8eb30d70a07a3b04884d2677f06bec33509dc67ca60d92949e5535352d3191dc"
+dependencies = [
+ "powerfmt",
+ "serde",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "dispatch"
 version = "0.2.0"
@@ -547,7 +626,7 @@ version = "0.8.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "9099a2f86b8e674b75d03ff154b3fe4c5208ed249ced8d69cc313a9fa40bb488"
 dependencies = [
- "hashbrown",
+ "hashbrown 0.14.3",
  "ttf-parser",
 ]
 
@@ -766,6 +845,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "byteorder",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "hashbrown"
+version = "0.12.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "8a9ee70c43aaf417c914396645a0fa852624801b24ebb7ae78fe8272889ac888"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "hashbrown"
 version = "0.14.3"
@@ -803,12 +888,41 @@ version = "0.3.3"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "d77f7ec81a6d05a3abb01ab6eb7590f6083d08449fe5a1c8b1e620283546ccb7"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "hex"
+version = "0.4.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "7f24254aa9a54b5c858eaee2f5bccdb46aaf0e486a595ed5fd8f86ba55232a70"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "humantime"
 version = "2.1.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "9a3a5bfb195931eeb336b2a7b4d761daec841b97f947d34394601737a7bba5e4"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "iana-time-zone"
+version = "0.1.58"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "8326b86b6cff230b97d0d312a6c40a60726df3332e721f72a1b035f451663b20"
+dependencies = [
+ "android_system_properties",
+ "core-foundation-sys",
+ "iana-time-zone-haiku",
+ "js-sys",
+ "wasm-bindgen",
+ "windows-core",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "iana-time-zone-haiku"
+version = "0.1.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "f31827a206f56af32e590ba56d5d2d085f558508192593743f16b2306495269f"
+dependencies = [
+ "cc",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "icrate"
 version = "0.0.4"
@@ -820,6 +934,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "objc2",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "ident_case"
+version = "1.0.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "b9e0384b61958566e926dc50660321d12159025e767c18e043daf26b70104c39"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "image"
 version = "0.24.7"
@@ -834,6 +954,17 @@ dependencies = [
  "png",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "indexmap"
+version = "1.9.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "bd070e393353796e801d209ad339e89596eb4c8d430d18ede6a1cced8fafbd99"
+dependencies = [
+ "autocfg",
+ "hashbrown 0.12.3",
+ "serde",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "indexmap"
 version = "2.1.0"
@@ -841,7 +972,8 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "d530e1a18b1cb4c484e6e34556a0d948706958449fca0cab753d649f2bce3d1f"
 dependencies = [
  "equivalent",
- "hashbrown",
+ "hashbrown 0.14.3",
+ "serde",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -949,7 +1081,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "glium",
  "glutin",
  "glutin-winit",
- "hashbrown",
+ "hashbrown 0.14.3",
  "image",
  "kubi-logging",
  "kubi-shared",
@@ -992,7 +1124,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "flume",
  "glam",
- "hashbrown",
+ "hashbrown 0.14.3",
  "kubi-logging",
  "kubi-shared",
  "log",
@@ -1015,7 +1147,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "bincode",
  "bracket-noise",
  "glam",
- "hashbrown",
+ "hashbrown 0.14.3",
  "nohash-hasher",
  "num_enum",
  "nz",
@@ -1023,6 +1155,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "rand",
  "rand_xoshiro",
  "serde",
+ "serde_with",
  "shipyard",
  "static_assertions",
  "strum",
@@ -1034,7 +1167,7 @@ version = "0.0.0"
 dependencies = [
  "fontdue",
  "glam",
- "hashbrown",
+ "hashbrown 0.14.3",
  "log",
  "nohash-hasher",
  "rect_packer",
@@ -1466,6 +1599,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "powerfmt"
+version = "0.2.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "439ee305def115ba05938db6eb1644ff94165c5ab5e9420d1c1bcedbba909391"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "ppv-lite86"
 version = "0.2.17"
@@ -1773,12 +1912,41 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "serde_with"
+version = "3.4.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "64cd236ccc1b7a29e7e2739f27c0b2dd199804abc4290e32f59f3b68d6405c23"
+dependencies = [
+ "base64",
+ "chrono",
+ "hex",
+ "indexmap 1.9.3",
+ "indexmap 2.1.0",
+ "serde",
+ "serde_json",
+ "serde_with_macros",
+ "time",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "serde_with_macros"
+version = "3.4.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "93634eb5f75a2323b16de4748022ac4297f9e76b6dced2be287a099f41b5e788"
+dependencies = [
+ "darling",
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "syn",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "shipyard"
 version = "0.6.0"
 source = "git+https://github.com/leudz/shipyard?rev=8ef90ea6c4d1eb6c9cb0988f0d2f873f75044d49#8ef90ea6c4d1eb6c9cb0988f0d2f873f75044d49"
 dependencies = [
- "hashbrown",
+ "hashbrown 0.14.3",
  "lock_api",
  "rayon",
  "serde",
@@ -1884,6 +2052,12 @@ version = "0.1.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "6637bab7722d379c8b41ba849228d680cc12d0a45ba1fa2b48f2a30577a06731"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "strsim"
+version = "0.10.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "73473c0e59e6d5812c5dfe2a064a6444949f089e20eec9a2e5506596494e4623"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "strum"
 version = "0.25.0"
@@ -1952,6 +2126,35 @@ dependencies = [
  "syn",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "time"
+version = "0.3.30"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "c4a34ab300f2dee6e562c10a046fc05e358b29f9bf92277f30c3c8d82275f6f5"
+dependencies = [
+ "deranged",
+ "itoa",
+ "powerfmt",
+ "serde",
+ "time-core",
+ "time-macros",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "time-core"
+version = "0.1.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "ef927ca75afb808a4d64dd374f00a2adf8d0fcff8e7b184af886c3c87ec4a3f3"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "time-macros"
+version = "0.2.15"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "4ad70d68dba9e1f8aceda7aa6711965dfec1cac869f311a51bd08b3a2ccbce20"
+dependencies = [
+ "time-core",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "tiny-skia"
 version = "0.11.2"
@@ -2013,7 +2216,7 @@ version = "0.20.7"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "70f427fce4d84c72b5b732388bf4a9f4531b53f74e2887e3ecb2481f68f66d81"
 dependencies = [
- "indexmap",
+ "indexmap 2.1.0",
  "toml_datetime",
  "winnow",
 ]
@@ -2024,7 +2227,7 @@ version = "0.21.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "d34d383cd00a163b4a5b85053df514d45bc330f6de7737edfe0a93311d1eaa03"
 dependencies = [
- "indexmap",
+ "indexmap 2.1.0",
  "serde",
  "serde_spanned",
  "toml_datetime",
@@ -2343,6 +2546,15 @@ version = "0.4.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "712e227841d057c1ee1cd2fb22fa7e5a5461ae8e48fa2ca79ec42cfc1931183f"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "windows-core"
+version = "0.51.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "f1f8cf84f35d2db49a46868f947758c7a1138116f7fac3bc844f43ade1292e64"
+dependencies = [
+ "windows-targets 0.48.5",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "windows-sys"
 version = "0.45.0"
diff --git a/kubi-shared/Cargo.toml b/kubi-shared/Cargo.toml
index 4150c69..db073b5 100644
--- a/kubi-shared/Cargo.toml
+++ b/kubi-shared/Cargo.toml
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ strum = { version = "0.25", features = ["derive"] }
 num_enum = "0.7"
 postcard = { version = "1.0", features = ["alloc"] }
 serde = { version = "1.0", default-features = false, features = ["alloc", "derive"] }
+serde_with = "3.4"
 bincode = "1.3"
 anyhow = "1.0"
 bracket-noise = "0.8"
diff --git a/kubi-shared/src/networking/messages.rs b/kubi-shared/src/networking/messages.rs
index 8dac1ba..72fd8a9 100644
--- a/kubi-shared/src/networking/messages.rs
+++ b/kubi-shared/src/networking/messages.rs
@@ -1,10 +1,9 @@
 use glam::{Vec3, IVec3, Quat};
 use serde::{Serialize, Deserialize};
-use crate::{chunk::BlockData, queue::QueuedBlock, entity::Health};
+use crate::{chunk::{BlockData, CHUNK_SIZE}, queue::QueuedBlock, entity::Health};
 use super::client::ClientId;
 
-//protocol id not used yet
-pub const PROTOCOL_ID: u16 = 0; 
+pub const PROTOCOL_ID: u16 = 1;
 
 pub const C_CLIENT_HELLO: u8 = 0;
 pub const C_POSITION_CHANGED: u8 = 1;
@@ -43,35 +42,43 @@ pub const S_QUEUE_BLOCK: u8 = 4;
 pub const S_PLAYER_CONNECTED: u8 = 5;
 pub const S_PLAYER_DISCONNECTED: u8 = 6;
 
+#[serde_with::serde_as]
 #[derive(Serialize, Deserialize, Clone)]
 #[repr(u8)]
 pub enum ServerToClientMessage {
   ServerHello {
     init: InitData
   } = S_SERVER_HELLO,
+
   ServerFuckOff {
     reason: String,
   } = S_SERVER_FUCK_OFF,
+
   PlayerPositionChanged {
     client_id: ClientId,
     position: Vec3,
     direction: Quat,
   } = S_PLAYER_POSITION_CHANGED,
-  ///## WARNING: THIS IS COMPRESSED  
-  ///MESSAGES OF THIS TYPE ARE FULLY 
+
+  ///## WARNING: THIS IS COMPRESSED
+  ///MESSAGES OF THIS TYPE ARE FULLY
   ///COMPRESSED ***EXCEPT THE FIRST BYTE***
   ///TO REDUCE NETWORK USAGE
   ChunkResponse {
     chunk: IVec3,
+    #[serde_as(as = "Box<[[[_; CHUNK_SIZE]; CHUNK_SIZE]; CHUNK_SIZE]>")]
     data: BlockData,
     queued: Vec<QueuedBlock>,
   } = S_CHUNK_RESPONSE,
+
   QueueBlock {
     item: QueuedBlock
   } = S_QUEUE_BLOCK,
+
   PlayerConnected {
     init: ClientInitData
   } = S_PLAYER_CONNECTED,
+
   PlayerDisconnected {
     id: ClientId
   } = S_PLAYER_DISCONNECTED,