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diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 96bd64f7..27806c66 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "dependencies": {
-    "bloatless-react": "^1.2.5",
+    "bloatless-react": "^1.2.6",
     "esbuild": "latest",
     "udn-frontend": "^1.0.7-beta1"
   },
diff --git a/src/Model/chatModel.ts b/src/Model/chatModel.ts
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Model/chatModel.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,160 @@
+import * as React from "bloatless-react";
+
+import { UDN, isConnected } from "./model";
+import { decryptString, encryptString } from "../cryptUtility";
+
+import { senderName } from "./viewModel";
+import { storageKeys } from "../utility";
+
+// TYPES
+// message
+export interface Message {
+  channel: string;
+  sender: string;
+  body: string;
+  isoDate: string;
+}
+
+export class Message {
+  constructor(
+    public channel: string,
+    public sender: string,
+    public body: string,
+    public isoDate: string
+  ) {}
+}
+
+// chat
+export class Chat {
+  id: string;
+
+  primaryChannel: React.State<string>;
+  secondaryChannels: React.ListState<string>;
+
+  encryptionKey: React.State<string>;
+  messages: React.ListState<Message>;
+
+  composingMessage: React.State<string>;
+  cannotSendMessage: React.State<boolean>;
+
+  newSecondaryChannelName: React.State<string>;
+  cannotAddSecondaryChannel: React.State<boolean>;
+
+  // init
+  constructor(id: string = React.UUID()) {
+    this.primaryChannel = React.restoreState(
+      storageKeys.primaryChannel(id),
+      ""
+    );
+    this.secondaryChannels = React.restoreListState(
+      storageKeys.secondaryChannels(id)
+    );
+
+    this.encryptionKey = React.restoreState(storageKeys.encyptionKey(id), "");
+    this.messages = React.restoreListState(storageKeys.messages(id));
+
+    this.composingMessage = React.restoreState(
+      storageKeys.composingMessage(id),
+      ""
+    );
+    this.newSecondaryChannelName = new React.State("");
+
+    this.cannotSendMessage = React.createProxyState(
+      [this.primaryChannel, this.composingMessage, isConnected],
+      () =>
+        this.primaryChannel.value == "" ||
+        this.composingMessage.value == "" ||
+        isConnected.value == false
+    );
+    this.cannotAddSecondaryChannel = React.createProxyState(
+      [this.newSecondaryChannelName],
+      () => this.newSecondaryChannelName.value == ""
+    );
+  }
+
+  // messages
+  async sendMessage(): Promise<void> {
+    if (this.cannotSendMessage.value == true) return;
+
+    // get channels
+    const secondaryChannelNames: string[] = [
+      ...this.secondaryChannels.value.values(),
+    ].map((channel) => channel);
+    const allChannelNames: string[] = [
+      this.primaryChannel.value,
+      ...secondaryChannelNames,
+    ];
+
+    // encrypt
+    const encrypted =
+      (await encryptString(
+        this.composingMessage.value,
+        this.encryptionKey.value
+      )) || this.composingMessage.value;
+    if (encrypted == undefined) return;
+
+    // create object
+    const joinedChannelName = allChannelNames.join("/");
+    const messageObject = new Message(
+      joinedChannelName,
+      senderName.value,
+      encrypted,
+      new Date().toISOString()
+    );
+    const messageString = JSON.stringify(messageObject);
+
+    // send
+    UDN.sendMessage(joinedChannelName, messageString);
+
+    // clear
+    this.composingMessage.value = "";
+  }
+
+  clearMessages(): void {
+    this.messages.clear();
+  }
+
+  deleteMessage(message: Message): void {
+    this.messages.remove(message);
+  }
+
+  async decryptReceivedMessage(message: Message): Promise<void> {
+    message.body = await decryptString(message.body, this.encryptionKey.value);
+    this.messages.callSubscriptions();
+  }
+
+  // channel
+  setChannel(): void {}
+
+  addSecondaryChannel(): void {
+    if (this.cannotAddSecondaryChannel.value == true) return;
+
+    this.secondaryChannels.add(this.newSecondaryChannelName.value);
+    this.newSecondaryChannelName.value = "";
+  }
+
+  removeSecondaryChannel(channel: string): void {
+    this.secondaryChannels.remove(channel);
+  }
+}
+
+// INIT
+const chatIds = React.restoreListState<string>("chat-ids");
+const chatArray = [...chatIds.value.values()].map((id) => new Chat(id));
+export const chats = new React.ListState<Chat>(chatArray);
+
+// METHODS
+export function createChatWithName(name: string): void {
+  const newChat = new Chat();
+  newChat.primaryChannel.value = name;
+  chatIds.add(newChat.id);
+}
+
+export function removeChat(chat: Chat): void {
+  Object.values(storageKeys).forEach((cb) => {
+    localStorage.removeItem(cb(chat.id));
+  });
+
+  chats.remove(chat);
+  chatIds.remove(chat.id);
+}
diff --git a/src/Model/model.ts b/src/Model/model.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..34525a6f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Model/model.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+import * as React from "bloatless-react";
+
+import {
+  arrayToUint8,
+  decrypt,
+  encrypt,
+  generateIV,
+  importKey,
+  uInt8ToArray,
+} from "../cryptUtility";
+
+import UDNFrontend from "udn-frontend";
+import { serverAddress } from "./viewModel";
+import { translation } from "../translations";
+
+export const UDN = new UDNFrontend();
+
+// CONNECTION
+// state
+export const isConnected = new React.State(false);
+export const currentAddress = new React.State("");
+
+export const cannotDisonnect = React.createProxyState(
+  [isConnected],
+  () => isConnected.value == false
+);
+
+export const cannotConnect = React.createProxyState(
+  [serverAddress, currentAddress, isConnected],
+  () =>
+    serverAddress.value == "" ||
+    (currentAddress.value == serverAddress.value && isConnected.value == true)
+);
+
+// methods
+export function connect(): void {
+  if (cannotConnect.value == true) return;
+  currentAddress.value = serverAddress.value;
+  isConnected.value = false;
+  UDN.connect(serverAddress.value);
+}
+
+export function disconnect(): void {
+  if (cannotDisonnect.value == true) return;
+  UDN.disconnect();
+}
+
+// LISTENERS
+UDN.onconnect = () => {
+  isConnected.value = true;
+};
+
+
+UDN.onmessage = (data) => {
+
+};
+
+UDN.ondisconnect = () => {
+  isConnected.value = false;
+};
+
+// INIT
+if (serverAddress.value != "") {
+  connect();
+}
diff --git a/src/Model/viewModel.ts b/src/Model/viewModel.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..085771b9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Model/viewModel.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+import * as React from "bloatless-react";
+
+import { translation } from "../translations";
+
+// connection
+export const currentAddress = new React.State("");
+
+export const serverAddress = React.restoreState("socket-address", "");
+export const isConnected = new React.State(false);
+export const connectionMessage = React.createProxyState([serverAddress], () =>
+  translation.connectedTo(serverAddress.value)
+);
+
+// misc
+export const isEncryptionUnavailable = window.crypto.subtle == undefined;
+export const senderName = React.restoreState("sender-name", "");
+
+// chat
+export const newChatPrimaryChannelName = new React.State("");
+export const newChatSecondaryChannelName = new React.State("");
+export const newChatSecondaryChannelNames = new React.ListState<string>();
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diff --git a/src/cryptUtility.ts b/src/cryptUtility.ts
index 58a904c6..a0ae34f4 100644
--- a/src/cryptUtility.ts
+++ b/src/cryptUtility.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,40 @@
 const IV_SIZE = 12;
 const ENCRYPTION_ALG = "AES-GCM";
 
+// minimal
+export async function encryptString(
+  plaintext: string,
+  passphrase: string
+): Promise<string | false> {
+  if (!window.crypto.subtle) return false;
+
+  const iv = generateIV();
+  const key = await importKey(passphrase, "encrypt");
+  const encryptedArray = await encrypt(iv, key, plaintext);
+
+  const encryptionData = {
+    iv: uInt8ToArray(iv),
+    encryptedArray: uInt8ToArray(encryptedArray),
+  };
+  return btoa(JSON.stringify(encryptionData));
+}
+
+export async function decryptString(
+  cyphertext: string,
+  passphrase: string
+): Promise<string> {
+  try {
+    const encrypionData = JSON.parse(atob(cyphertext));
+    const iv = arrayToUint8(encrypionData.iv);
+    const encryptedArray = arrayToUint8(encrypionData.encryptedArray);
+
+    const key = await importKey(passphrase, "decrypt");
+    return await decrypt(iv, key, encryptedArray);
+  } catch {
+    return cyphertext;
+  }
+}
+
 // process
 export function encode(string: string): Uint8Array {
   return new TextEncoder().encode(string);
diff --git a/src/model.ts b/src/model.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index a77b0a76..00000000
--- a/src/model.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,333 +0,0 @@
-import * as React from "bloatless-react";
-
-import {
-  arrayToUint8,
-  decrypt,
-  encrypt,
-  generateIV,
-  importKey,
-  uInt8ToArray,
-} from "./cryptUtility";
-
-import UDNFrontend from "udn-frontend";
-import { translation } from "./translations";
-
-const UDN = new UDNFrontend();
-
-// TYPE
-export class Channel implements React.Identifiable {
-  id = React.UUID();
-  constructor(public channelName: string) {}
-}
-
-export interface Message extends React.Identifiable {
-  channel: string;
-  sender: string;
-  body: string;
-  isoDate: string;
-}
-
-export class Message implements React.Identifiable {
-  id = React.UUID();
-
-  constructor(
-    public channel: string,
-    public sender: string,
-    public body: string,
-    public isoDate: string
-  ) {}
-}
-
-// STATE
-// connection
-export const currentAddress = new React.State("");
-export const serverAddress = React.restoreState("socket-address", "");
-export const isConnected = new React.State(false);
-export const connectionMessage = React.createProxyState([serverAddress], () =>
-  translation.connectedTo(serverAddress.value)
-);
-
-export const cannotDisonnect = React.createProxyState(
-  [isConnected],
-  () => isConnected.value == false
-);
-
-export const cannotConnect = React.createProxyState(
-  [serverAddress, currentAddress, isConnected],
-  () =>
-    serverAddress.value == "" ||
-    (currentAddress.value == serverAddress.value && isConnected.value == true)
-);
-
-// mailbox
-export const mailboxId = React.restoreState("mailbox-id", "");
-export const isMailboxConnected = new React.State(false);
-
-export const cannotRequestMailbox = React.createProxyState(
-  [isConnected, isMailboxConnected],
-  () => isConnected.value == false || isMailboxConnected.value == true
-);
-
-export const cannotDeleteMailbox = React.createProxyState(
-  [isConnected, mailboxId, isMailboxConnected],
-  () =>
-    isConnected.value == false ||
-    mailboxId.value == "" ||
-    isMailboxConnected.value == false
-);
-
-// encryption
-export const encryptionKey = React.restoreState("encryption-key", "");
-export const isEncryptionUnavailable = window.crypto.subtle == undefined;
-
-// channel
-export const currentPrimaryChannel = new React.State("");
-export const primaryChannel = React.restoreState("primary-channel", "");
-
-export const newSecondaryChannelName = new React.State("");
-export const secondaryChannels =
-  React.restoreListState<Channel>("secondary-channels");
-
-export const cannotSetChannel = React.createProxyState(
-  [primaryChannel, currentPrimaryChannel, isConnected],
-  () => primaryChannel.value == "" || isConnected.value == false
-);
-
-export const cannotLeaveChannel = React.createProxyState(
-  [currentPrimaryChannel, isConnected],
-  () => currentPrimaryChannel.value == "" || isConnected.value == false
-);
-
-export const cannotAddSecondaryChannel = React.createProxyState(
-  [newSecondaryChannelName],
-  () => newSecondaryChannelName.value == ""
-);
-
-// sending
-export const senderName = React.restoreState("sender-name", "");
-
-export const messageBody = React.restoreState("message", "");
-
-export const cannotSendMessage = React.createProxyState(
-  [currentPrimaryChannel, messageBody, senderName, isConnected],
-  () =>
-    isConnected.value == false ||
-    currentPrimaryChannel.value == "" ||
-    messageBody.value == "" ||
-    senderName.value == ""
-);
-
-// receiving
-export const messages = React.restoreListState<Message>("messages");
-
-// METHODS
-// connection
-export function connect(): void {
-  if (cannotConnect.value == true) return;
-  currentAddress.value = serverAddress.value;
-  isConnected.value = false;
-  UDN.connect(serverAddress.value);
-}
-
-export function disconnect(): void {
-  if (cannotDisonnect.value == true) return;
-  UDN.disconnect();
-}
-
-// mailbox
-export function requestMailbox(): void {
-  UDN.requestMailbox();
-}
-
-export function deleteMailbox(): void {
-  UDN.deleteMailbox(mailboxId.value);
-}
-
-export function updateMailbox(): void {
-  if (!isMailboxConnected || mailboxId.value == "") return;
-
-  deleteMailbox();
-  requestMailbox();
-}
-
-// messages
-export async function sendMessage(): Promise<void> {
-  if (cannotSendMessage.value == true) return;
-
-  // get channels
-  const secondaryChannelNames: string[] = [
-    ...secondaryChannels.value.values(),
-  ].map((channel) => channel.channelName);
-  const allChannelNames: string[] = [
-    primaryChannel.value,
-    ...secondaryChannelNames,
-  ];
-
-  // encrypt
-  const encrypted = await encryptMessage();
-  if (encrypted == undefined) return;
-
-  // create object
-  const joinedChannelName = allChannelNames.join("/");
-  const messageObject = new Message(
-    joinedChannelName,
-    senderName.value,
-    encrypted,
-    new Date().toISOString()
-  );
-  const messageString = JSON.stringify(messageObject);
-
-  // send
-  UDN.sendMessage(joinedChannelName, messageString);
-
-  // clear
-  messageBody.value = "";
-}
-
-export function clearMessageHistory(): void {
-  messages.clear();
-}
-
-export function deleteMessage(message: Message): void {
-  messages.remove(message);
-}
-
-// channels
-export function setChannel(shouldUpdateMailbox: boolean = true): void {
-  if (cannotSetChannel.value == true) return;
-
-  if (currentPrimaryChannel != undefined) {
-    UDN.unsubscribe(currentPrimaryChannel.value);
-  }
-  UDN.subscribe(primaryChannel.value);
-
-  if (shouldUpdateMailbox) {
-    updateMailbox();
-  }
-}
-
-export function leaveChannel(): void {
-  if (cannotLeaveChannel.value == true) return;
-
-  UDN.unsubscribe(currentPrimaryChannel.value);
-}
-
-export function addSecondaryChannel(): void {
-  if (cannotAddSecondaryChannel.value == true) return;
-
-  const channelObject = new Channel(newSecondaryChannelName.value);
-  secondaryChannels.add(channelObject);
-  newSecondaryChannelName.value = "";
-}
-
-export function removeSecondaryChannel(channel: Channel): void {
-  secondaryChannels.remove(channel);
-}
-
-// encryption
-export async function decryptReceivedMessage(message: Message): Promise<void> {
-  message.body = await decryptMessage(message.body);
-  messages.callSubscriptions();
-}
-
-// LISTENERS
-UDN.onconnect = () => {
-  isConnected.value = true;
-  setChannel(false);
-
-  if (mailboxId.value != "") {
-    UDN.connectMailbox(mailboxId.value);
-  }
-};
-
-UDN.onmailboxcreate = (id) => {
-  mailboxId.value = id;
-  UDN.connectMailbox(id);
-};
-
-UDN.onmailboxconnect = () => {
-  console.log("connected")
-  isMailboxConnected.value = true;
-};
-
-UDN.onmailboxdelete = () => {
-  isMailboxConnected.value = false;
-  mailboxId.value = "";
-  setChannel();
-};
-
-UDN.onmessage = (data) => {
-  if (data.subscribed != undefined && data.messageChannel != undefined) {
-    return handleSubscriptionConfirmation(data.messageChannel, data.subscribed);
-  } else if (data.messageBody) {
-    handleMessage(data.messageBody);
-  }
-};
-
-UDN.ondisconnect = () => {
-  isConnected.value = false;
-  isMailboxConnected.value = false;
-};
-
-// UTILITY
-function handleSubscriptionConfirmation(
-  channel: string,
-  isSubscribed: boolean
-): void {
-  if (isSubscribed == true) {
-    currentPrimaryChannel.value = channel;
-  } else {
-    currentPrimaryChannel.value = "";
-  }
-}
-
-async function handleMessage(body: string): Promise<void> {
-  try {
-    const object: Message = JSON.parse(body);
-    if (!object.channel || !object.sender || !object.body || !object.isoDate)
-      return;
-
-    const messageObject = new Message(
-      object.channel,
-      object.sender,
-      await decryptMessage(object.body),
-      object.isoDate
-    );
-    messages.add(messageObject);
-  } catch {}
-}
-
-async function encryptMessage(): Promise<string> {
-  if (encryptionKey.value == "") return messageBody.value;
-
-  if (!window.crypto.subtle) return messageBody.value;
-
-  const iv = generateIV();
-  const key = await importKey(encryptionKey.value, "encrypt");
-  const encryptedArray = await encrypt(iv, key, messageBody.value);
-
-  const encryptionData = {
-    iv: uInt8ToArray(iv),
-    encryptedArray: uInt8ToArray(encryptedArray),
-  };
-  return btoa(JSON.stringify(encryptionData));
-}
-
-async function decryptMessage(encryptionData: string): Promise<string> {
-  try {
-    const encrypionData = JSON.parse(atob(encryptionData));
-    const iv = arrayToUint8(encrypionData.iv);
-    const encryptedArray = arrayToUint8(encrypionData.encryptedArray);
-
-    const key = await importKey(encryptionKey.value, "decrypt");
-    return await decrypt(iv, key, encryptedArray);
-  } catch (error) {
-    console.error(error);
-    return encryptionData;
-  }
-}
-
-// INIT
-if (serverAddress.value != "") {
-  connect();
-}
diff --git a/src/utility.ts b/src/utility.ts
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/utility.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+export const storageKeys = {
+  primaryChannel(id: string): string {
+    return id + "primary-channel";
+  },
+
+  secondaryChannels(id: string): string {
+    return id + "secondary-channels";
+  },
+
+  encyptionKey(id: string): string {
+    return id + "encryption-key";
+  },
+
+  messages(id: string): string {
+    return id + "messages";
+  },
+
+  composingMessage(id: string): string {
+    return id + "composing-message";
+  },
+};