diff --git a/PolyChat/Controller.cs b/PolyChat/Controller.cs
index 61793fb..0a7c9fe 100644
--- a/PolyChat/Controller.cs
+++ b/PolyChat/Controller.cs
@@ -99,12 +99,13 @@ namespace PolyChat
             Debug.WriteLine($"{type} -> {ip} content: {content}");
             JObject json = new JObject(
                 new JProperty("type", type),
-                new JProperty("content", content),
-                new JProperty("timestamp", DateTime.Now.ToString())
+                new JProperty("content", content)
             );
             Debug.WriteLine($"json: {json.ToString()}");
+            // send as json
             Connections[ip].SendMessage(json.ToString());
-            SaveChats(ip, json.ToString());
+            // save to logs
+            SaveChats(ip, json.ToString(), DateTime.Now);
         }
 
         private void OnMessage(string ip, JToken[] data)
@@ -112,9 +113,10 @@ namespace PolyChat
             Debug.WriteLine("--- Controller.OnMessage ---");
             if (data != null && data.Length > 0 && data[0] != null)
             {
+                DateTime now = DateTime.Now;
                 Debug.WriteLine("RAW: " + data[0]);
-                UIController.OnIncomingMessage(ip, data[0].ToString());
-                SaveChats(ip, data[0].ToString());
+                UIController.OnIncomingMessage(ip, data[0].ToString(), now);
+                SaveChats(ip, data[0].ToString(), now);
             }
             else Debug.WriteLine("Undefined: " + data);
         }
@@ -199,10 +201,10 @@ namespace PolyChat
         /// </summary>
         /// <param name="ip"></param>
         /// <param name="json"></param>
-        public void SaveChats(String ip, String json)
+        public void SaveChats(string ip, string json, DateTime timeStamp)
         {
             //Vielleicht noch so machen dass die mit gleicher ip nacheinander gemacht
-            //werden damit es ncith zu überschreibungen kommt vielleicth auch ganz oben oder am ende ne
+            //werden damit es nicht zu überschreibungen kommt vielleicth auch ganz oben oder am ende ne
             //writing flag setzen oder auch in der datei selbst ne flag setzen
             //also save fils from myself
             new Thread(() =>
@@ -217,6 +219,7 @@ namespace PolyChat
                     {
                         Debug.WriteLine("--adding new chatmessage--");
                         //structure intact
+                        JObject obj = JObject.Parse(json);
                         //save new chat
                         String saved = output.Substring(0, output.Length - 1);
                         output = saved + ", " + json + " ]";
diff --git a/PolyChat/MainPage.xaml.cs b/PolyChat/MainPage.xaml.cs
index 7cc022e..c3c3b84 100644
--- a/PolyChat/MainPage.xaml.cs
+++ b/PolyChat/MainPage.xaml.cs
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ namespace PolyChat
         /// Adds an message to the UI, based on .sender if known
         /// </summary>
         /// <param name="message">ChatMessage</param>
-        public async void OnIncomingMessage(string origin, string json)
+        public async void OnIncomingMessage(string origin, string json, DateTime timeStamp)
         {
             await Dispatcher.RunAsync(CoreDispatcherPriority.Normal, () =>
             {
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ namespace PolyChat
                         sendingPartner.SetName(Name);
                         break;
                     default:
-                        sendingPartner.AddMessage(new ChatMessage(origin, type, content));
+                        sendingPartner.AddMessage(new ChatMessage(origin, type, content, timeStamp));
                         break;
                 }
             });
@@ -156,8 +156,8 @@ namespace PolyChat
                         new ChatMessage(
                             origin,
                             item["type"].ToString(),
-                            item["content"].ToString()//,
-                                                      //DateTime.Parse(item["timestamp"].ToString())
+                            item["content"].ToString(),
+                            DateTime.Parse(item["timestamp"].ToString())
                         )
                     );
                 }
diff --git a/PolyChat/Models/ChatMessage.cs b/PolyChat/Models/ChatMessage.cs
index 5757702..32e6f49 100644
--- a/PolyChat/Models/ChatMessage.cs
+++ b/PolyChat/Models/ChatMessage.cs
@@ -33,9 +33,9 @@ namespace PolyChat.Models
         /// Create Message loaded with timestamp
         /// </summary>
         /// <param name="origin">Origin IP</param>
-        /// <param name="type">Message Type</param>
-        /// <param name="content">Message Content (not JSON)</param>
-        /// <param name="timeStamp">Message Content (not JSON)</param>
+        /// <param name="type">Message Type, usually "message"</param>
+        /// <param name="content">Message Content, usually plain text</param>
+        /// <param name="timeStamp">Parsed DateTime</param>
         public ChatMessage(string origin, string type, string content, DateTime timeStamp, bool foreign = false)
         {
             Origin = origin;