diff --git a/frontend/src/components/Demo.tsx b/frontend/src/components/Demo.tsx
index b122fc6..babb2b5 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/Demo.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/components/Demo.tsx
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ const Demo = ({ class: className }: DemoProps) => {
         <br />
         Your session is{" "}
         <Emboldened skeletonWidth="0x12345678" copyable={true}>
-          {id}
+          {"0x" + id?.toString(16).toUpperCase()}
         </Emboldened>
         . You have{" "}
         <Emboldened className="text-teal-400 font-inter">
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/useSocket.ts b/frontend/src/components/useSocket.ts
index d80b9d1..4c4aaed 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/useSocket.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/components/useSocket.ts
@@ -14,14 +14,14 @@ interface Executable {
 }
 
 interface UseSocketResult {
-  id: string | null;
+  id: number | null;
   executables: Executable[];
   downloads: Download[] | null;
   deleteDownload: (id: string) => void;
 }
 
 function useSocket(): UseSocketResult {
-  const [id, setId] = useState<string | null>(null);
+  const [id, setId] = useState<number | null>(null);
   const [downloads, setDownloads] = useState<Download[] | null>(null);
   const [executables, setExecutables] = useState<Executable[] | null>(null);
 
@@ -44,9 +44,8 @@ function useSocket(): UseSocketResult {
 
       switch (data.type) {
         case "state":
-          const downloads = data.downloads as Download[];
-          setId(data.session);
-          setDownloads(downloads);
+          setId(data.id as number);
+          setDownloads(data.session.downloads as Download[]);
           break;
         case "executables":
           setExecutables(data.executables as Executable[]);
@@ -56,12 +55,13 @@ function useSocket(): UseSocketResult {
       }
     };
 
-    socket.onclose = () => {
-      console.log("WebSocket connection closed");
+    socket.onclose = (event) => {
+      console.log("WebSocket connection closed", event);
     };
 
     return () => {
       // Close the socket when the component is unmounted
+      console.log("Unmounting, closing WebSocket connection");
       socket.close();
     };
   }, []);
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 6ace9cf..f5920bc 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ use std::env;
 use std::sync::LazyLock;
 
 use futures_util::{FutureExt, StreamExt};
-use models::IncomingMessage;
+use models::{IncomingMessage, OutgoingMessage};
 use salvo::cors::Cors;
 use salvo::http::{HeaderValue, Method, StatusCode, StatusError};
 use salvo::logging::Logger;
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ use salvo::prelude::{
     handler, CatchPanic, Listener, Request, Response, Router, Server, Service, StaticDir,
     TcpListener, WebSocketUpgrade,
 };
-use salvo::websocket::WebSocket;
+use salvo::websocket::{Message, WebSocket};
 use salvo::writing::Json;
 use salvo::Depot;
 use tokio::sync::{mpsc, Mutex};
@@ -75,39 +75,41 @@ async fn connect(req: &mut Request, res: &mut Response, depot: &Depot) -> Result
         .await
 }
 
-async fn handle_socket(session_id: usize, ws: WebSocket) {
+async fn handle_socket(session_id: usize, websocket: WebSocket) {
     // Split the socket into a sender and receive of messages.
-    let (user_ws_tx, mut user_ws_rx) = ws.split();
+    let (socket_tx, mut socket_rx) = websocket.split();
 
-    // Use an unbounded channel to handle buffering and flushing of messages
-    // to the websocket...
-    let (tx, rx) = mpsc::unbounded_channel();
-    let rx = UnboundedReceiverStream::new(rx);
-    let fut = rx.forward(user_ws_tx).map(|result| {
+    // Use an unbounded channel to handle buffering and flushing of messages to the websocket...
+    let (tx_channel, tx_channel_rx) = mpsc::unbounded_channel();
+    let transmit = UnboundedReceiverStream::new(tx_channel_rx);
+    let fut_handle_tx_buffer = transmit.forward(socket_tx).map(|result| {
         if let Err(e) = result {
             tracing::error!(error = ?e, "websocket send error");
         }
     });
-    tokio::task::spawn(fut);
+    tokio::task::spawn(fut_handle_tx_buffer);
+
+    let mut store = STORE.lock().await;
+    let session = store
+        .sessions
+        .get_mut(&session_id)
+        .expect("Unable to get session");
+    session.tx = Some(tx_channel);
+
+    session.send_message(OutgoingMessage::State {
+        id: session_id,
+        session: session.clone(),
+    });
+    drop(store);
 
     // Handle incoming messages
     let fut = async move {
-        let mut store = STORE.lock().await;
-        // let session = store
-        //     .sessions
-        //     .get_mut(&session_id)
-        //     .expect("Unable to get session");
-        // tx.send(Ok(Message::ping("1")))
-        // .expect("Unable to send message");
-        // session.tx = Some(tx);
-        drop(store);
-
         tracing::info!(
             "WebSocket connection established for session_id: {}",
             session_id
         );
 
-        while let Some(result) = user_ws_rx.next().await {
+        while let Some(result) = socket_rx.next().await {
             let msg = match result {
                 Ok(msg) => msg,
                 Err(error) => {
diff --git a/src/models.rs b/src/models.rs
index 5710325..ed31fca 100644
--- a/src/models.rs
+++ b/src/models.rs
@@ -45,6 +45,20 @@ impl Session {
         self.downloads.push(download);
         return self.downloads.last().unwrap();
     }
+
+    pub fn send_message(&mut self, message: OutgoingMessage) {
+        // TODO: Error handling, check tx exists
+
+        let result = self
+            .tx
+            .as_ref()
+            .unwrap()
+            .send(Ok(Message::text(serde_json::to_string(&message).unwrap())));
+
+        if let Err(e) = result {
+            tracing::error!("Failed to initial session state: {}", e);
+        }
+    }
 }
 
 #[derive(Serialize, Debug, Clone)]
@@ -166,12 +180,12 @@ pub enum IncomingMessage {
 }
 
 #[derive(Debug, Serialize)]
-#[serde(tag = "type")]
+#[serde(tag = "type", rename_all = "lowercase")]
 pub enum OutgoingMessage {
     // An alert to the client that a session download has been used.
     TokenAlert { token: u64 },
     // A message describing the current session state
-    State { session: Session },
+    State { session: Session, id: usize },
     Executables { executables: Vec<ExecutableJson> },
 }