diff --git a/nudelmaschine/esp/esp.ino b/nudelmaschine/esp/esp.ino
index 85d455d..3889a07 100644
--- a/nudelmaschine/esp/esp.ino
+++ b/nudelmaschine/esp/esp.ino
@@ -33,10 +33,13 @@ void setup() {
 
 void reportStatus() {
     ser.print("s");
-    ser.print("WLAN: ");
+    ser.print(statusbits & STATUS_WLAN ? "W" : "w");
+    ser.print(statusbits & STATUS_SERVICE ? "S" : "s");
+    ser.print("\0");//EOT
+    /*ser.print("WLAN: ");
     ser.print(statusbits & STATUS_WLAN ? "y" : "n");
     ser.print(" Service: ");
-    ser.print(statusbits & STATUS_SERVICE ? "y" : "n");
+    ser.print(statusbits & STATUS_SERVICE ? "y" : "n");*/
 }
 
 void setStatus(unsigned char mask, bool newstat) {
@@ -50,6 +53,10 @@ void setStatus(unsigned char mask, bool newstat) {
   }
 }
 
+void handleData(const char* data, size_t length) {
+  
+}
+
 void loop() {
   //logic
   //TODO:
@@ -71,33 +78,40 @@ void loop() {
       //do reciving stuff 
       while(!client.available())
         delay(1000);
-
+      
+      Serial.println("Data available");
+      
       if(client.available()) {//never enters this state, why?
          Serial.println("recive stuff");
-         lastping = millis();
+         lastping = millis();//reset lastping
          unsigned char ch = static_cast<unsigned char>(client.read()); // read the size
+         Serial.print("awaiting: ");
+         Serial.println(ch, DEC);
          char* buff = new char[ch];
          for(unsigned char i = 0; i < ch; i++) {
            if(client.available()) {
             buff[i] = static_cast<char>(client.read());
+            Serial.print(buff[i], HEX);
            } else {
             buff[i] = 0;
             break;
            }
          }
          //done reciving processing
-         Serial.print("recived: ");
+         Serial.print("\nrecived: ");
          Serial.println(buff);
-         //handle ?
+         handleData(buff, ch);
       }
-      if( (millis() - lastping) > PINGREQUIRED) {
+      if( (millis() - lastping)/1000 > PINGREQUIRED) {
         //request ping
-        client.print("ping");
-      } else if((millis() - lastping) > PINGTIMEOUT) {
+        client.print("\x01p");
+        Serial.println("ping sent");
+      } else if((millis() - lastping)/1000 > PINGTIMEOUT) {
         //timeout
+        Serial.println("timedout");
         client.stop();
       }
-    } else {
+    } else {//client.connected()
       //try to reconnect to server
       setStatus(STATUS_SERVICE, false);
       Serial.println("connect to server");
@@ -105,8 +119,10 @@ void loop() {
          Serial.println("connection failed");
          delay(5000);
        } else {
+         client.setNoDelay(true);
          Serial.println("connected");
-         client.println("hello");
+         client.println("\x01h");
+         client.setTimeout(60*5000);//5min
        }
     }
    } else {
diff --git a/nudelmaschine/main/main.ino b/nudelmaschine/main/main.ino
index 0a48f94..b63c744 100644
--- a/nudelmaschine/main/main.ino
+++ b/nudelmaschine/main/main.ino
@@ -83,8 +83,16 @@ void handleWLAN() {
     char first = wlan.read();
     if(first == 's') {
       //status update
+      bool ava = true;
       for(unsigned char i = 0; i < 20; i++) {
-        status[i] = wlan.available() ? wlan.read() : ' ';
+        status[i] = ' ';
+        if(wlan.available() && ava) {
+          status[i] = wlan.read();
+          if(status[i] == '\0') {
+            ava = false;
+            status[i] = ' ';
+          }
+        }
       }
     }
   }