diff --git a/AI/Server.hs b/AI/Server.hs
new file mode 100644
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/AI/Server.hs
@@ -0,0 +1,105 @@
+module AI.Server where
+
+import qualified Network.Socket as Net
+import qualified System.IO as Sys
+import Control.Concurrent
+import Control.Concurrent.Chan
+import Control.Monad (forever)
+import Control.Monad.Reader
+import Data.List.Split
+
+data Buffering = NoBuffering
+               | LengthBuffering
+               | DelimiterBuffering String
+                 deriving (Show)
+
+data ServerEnv = ServerEnv
+    { buffering :: Buffering       -- ^ Buffermode
+    , socket :: Net.Socket         -- ^ the socket used to communicate
+    , global :: Chan String
+    , onReceive :: OnReceive
+    }
+
+instance Show ServerEnv where
+    show env = "A Server"
+
+type Server = ReaderT ServerEnv IO
+
+type OnReceive = Sys.Handle -> Net.SockAddr -> String -> Server ()
+
+broadcast :: String -> Server ()
+broadcast msg = do
+    bufmode <- asks buffering
+    chan <- asks global
+    case bufmode of
+        DelimiterBuffering delim -> liftIO $ writeChan chan $ msg ++ delim
+        _                        -> liftIO $ writeChan chan msg
+
+send :: Sys.Handle -> String -> Server ()
+send connhdl msg = do
+    bufmode <- asks buffering
+    case bufmode of
+        DelimiterBuffering delim -> liftIO $ Sys.hPutStr connhdl $ msg ++ delim
+        _                        -> liftIO $ Sys.hPutStr connhdl msg
+
+
+-- | Initialize a new server with the given port number and buffering mode
+initServer :: Net.PortNumber -> Buffering -> OnReceive -> IO ServerEnv
+initServer port buffermode handler = do
+    sock <- Net.socket Net.AF_INET Net.Stream 0
+    Net.setSocketOption sock Net.ReuseAddr 1
+    Net.bind sock (Net.SockAddrInet port Net.iNADDR_ANY)
+    Net.listen sock 5
+    chan <- newChan
+    forkIO $ forever $ do
+        msg <- readChan chan -- clearing the main channel
+        return ()
+    return (ServerEnv buffermode sock chan handler)
+
+close :: ServerEnv -> IO ()
+close = Net.close . socket
+
+-- | Looping over requests and establish connection
+procRequests :: Server ()
+procRequests = do
+    sock <- asks socket
+    (conn, clientaddr) <- liftIO $ Net.accept sock
+    env <- ask
+    liftIO $ forkIO $ runReaderT (procMessages conn clientaddr) env
+    procRequests
+
+-- | Handle one client
+procMessages :: Net.Socket -> Net.SockAddr -> Server ()
+procMessages conn clientaddr = do
+    connhdl <- liftIO $ Net.socketToHandle conn Sys.ReadWriteMode
+    liftIO $ Sys.hSetBuffering connhdl Sys.NoBuffering
+    globalChan <- asks global
+
+    commChan <- liftIO $ dupChan globalChan
+
+    reader <- liftIO $ forkIO $ forever $ do
+        msg <- readChan commChan
+        Sys.hPutStrLn connhdl msg
+
+    handler <- asks onReceive
+    messages <- liftIO $ Sys.hGetContents connhdl
+    buffermode <- asks buffering
+    case buffermode of
+        DelimiterBuffering delimiter ->
+            mapM_ (handler connhdl clientaddr) (splitOn delimiter messages)
+        LengthBuffering -> liftIO $ putStrLn (take 4 messages)
+        _ -> return ()
+
+    -- clean up
+    liftIO $ do killThread reader
+                Sys.hClose connhdl
+
+sampleHandler :: OnReceive
+sampleHandler connhdl addr query = do
+    liftIO $ putStrLn $ "new query " ++ query
+    send connhdl $ "> " ++ query
+
+main :: IO ()
+main = do
+    env <- initServer 4242 LengthBuffering sampleHandler
+    runReaderT procRequests env
diff --git a/AI/Socket.hs b/AI/Socket.hs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a482bcc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/AI/Socket.hs
@@ -0,0 +1,98 @@
+{-# LANGUAGE TypeSynonymInstances #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE FlexibleInstances #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE FlexibleContexts #-}
+
+module AI.Socket (
+    mkSocketEnv
+) where
+
+import Control.Monad.Trans (liftIO)
+import Control.Monad.Reader
+import Control.Monad.State
+import Control.Concurrent
+import Control.Concurrent.Chan
+
+import Player
+import Pile
+import Card
+import Utils
+import Render
+import AI.Server
+
+data SocketEnv = SocketEnv { getTeam :: Team
+                           , getHand :: Hand
+                           , table :: [CardS Played]
+                           , myHand :: [Card]
+                           , socketThread :: Maybe ThreadId
+                           , socketServer :: Maybe ServerEnv }
+                  deriving Show
+
+setTable :: [CardS Played] -> SocketEnv -> SocketEnv
+setTable tab env = env { table = tab }
+
+setHand :: [Card] -> SocketEnv -> SocketEnv
+setHand hand env = env { myHand = hand }
+
+setSocket :: ThreadId -> SocketEnv -> SocketEnv
+setSocket n env = env { socketThread = Just n }
+
+clearSocket :: SocketEnv -> SocketEnv
+clearSocket env = env { socketThread = Nothing }
+
+setServer :: ServerEnv -> SocketEnv -> SocketEnv
+setServer s env = env { socketServer = Just s }
+
+type Socket m = StateT SocketEnv m
+
+instance MonadPlayer m => MonadPlayer (Socket m) where
+    trumpColour = lift $ trumpColour
+    turnColour = lift $ turnColour
+    showSkat = lift . showSkat
+
+instance Player SocketEnv where
+    team = getTeam
+    hand = getHand
+    chooseCard p table _ hand = runStateT (do
+        modify $ setTable table
+        modify $ setHand hand
+        choose) p
+
+choose :: MonadPlayer m => Socket m Card
+choose = do
+    initialize
+    trumpCol <- trumpColour
+    turnCol <- turnColour
+    hand <- gets myHand
+    (Just server) <- gets socketServer
+    liftIO $ writeChan (global server) "hi"
+    let possible = filter (isAllowed trumpCol turnCol hand) hand
+    case length hand of
+        1 -> liftIO (putStrLn "stopping server") >> stop
+        _ -> return ()
+    return $ head possible
+
+initialize :: MonadPlayer m => Socket m ()
+initialize = do
+    state <- gets socketThread
+    case state of
+        Just _ -> return ()
+        Nothing -> do
+            liftIO $ putStrLn "initializing server"
+            server <- liftIO $ initServer 4242 (DelimiterBuffering "\n") sampleHandler
+            n <- liftIO $ forkIO $ runReaderT procRequests server
+            modify $ setSocket n
+            modify $ setServer server
+
+stop :: MonadPlayer m => Socket m ()
+stop = do
+    state <- gets socketThread
+    case state of
+        Just n -> do liftIO $ putStrLn "killing thread"
+                     liftIO $ killThread n
+                     modify clearSocket
+                     Just server <- gets socketServer
+                     liftIO $ close server
+        Nothing -> return ()
+
+mkSocketEnv :: Team -> Hand -> SocketEnv
+mkSocketEnv tm h = SocketEnv tm h [] [] Nothing Nothing
diff --git a/Main.hs b/Main.hs
index 82b2c24..81ed765 100644
--- a/Main.hs
+++ b/Main.hs
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import Player
 import Pile
 
 import AI.Stupid
-import AI.Human
+import AI.Socket
 import AI.Rulebased
 
 main :: IO ()
@@ -28,7 +28,9 @@ runAI = do
         cs = handCards Hand3 ps
         trs = filter (isTrump Spades) cs
     if length trs >= 5 && any ((==32) . getID) cs
-        then fst <$> evalStateT (turn Hand1) env
+        then do
+            pts <- fst <$> evalStateT (turn Hand1) env
+            if pts > 60 then return 1 else return 0
         else runAI
 
 env :: SkatEnv
@@ -42,7 +44,7 @@ envStupid = SkatEnv piles Nothing Spades pls2
 playersExamp :: Players
 playersExamp = Players
     (PL $ Stupid Team Hand1)
-    (PL $ Stupid Team Hand2)
+    (PL $ mkSocketEnv Team Hand2)
     (PL $ mkAIEnv Single Hand3 10)
 
 pls2 :: Players