diff --git a/ts/index.ts b/ts/index.ts
index e95ea2d..b45a856 100644
--- a/ts/index.ts
+++ b/ts/index.ts
@@ -2,3 +2,5 @@ import * as plugins from "./smartsocket.plugins";
 
 export * from "./smartsocket.classes.smartsocket";
 export * from "./smartsocket.classes.smartsocketclient";
+
+// need something more exposed? Create an issue on GitLab!
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/ts/smartsocket.classes.socketconnection.ts b/ts/smartsocket.classes.socketconnection.ts
index 2e7556f..3da7804 100644
--- a/ts/smartsocket.classes.socketconnection.ts
+++ b/ts/smartsocket.classes.socketconnection.ts
@@ -43,6 +43,9 @@ export class SocketConnection {
         this.role = optionsArg.role;
         this.socket = optionsArg.socket;
     }
+
+    // authenticating --------------------------
+
     /**
      * authenticate the socket
      */
@@ -54,7 +57,7 @@ export class SocketConnection {
             if ((true)) { // TODO: authenticate password
                 this.alias = dataArg.alias
                 this.authenticated = true;
-                this.role = helpers.findSocketRoleByString(dataArg.role);
+                this.role = helpers.getSocketRoleByName(dataArg.role);
                 this.socket.emit("authenticated");
                 plugins.beautylog.ok(`socket with >>alias ${this.alias} >>role ${this.role} is authenticated!`);
                 done.resolve(this);
@@ -67,6 +70,8 @@ export class SocketConnection {
         return done.promise;
     };
 
+    // listening -------------------------------
+
     /**
      * listen to function requests
      */
@@ -85,7 +90,7 @@ export class SocketConnection {
                         shortId:dataArg.shortId,
                         funcCallData:dataArg.funcCallData
                     });
-                    localSocketRequest
+                    localSocketRequest.createResponse(); // takes care of creating response and sending it back 
                 } else {
                     plugins.beautylog.warn("function not existent or out of access scope");
                 };
@@ -97,5 +102,8 @@ export class SocketConnection {
             done.reject("socket needs to be authenticated first");
         };
         return done.promise;
-    }
+    };
+
+    // sending ----------------------
+    
 };
diff --git a/ts/smartsocket.classes.socketfunction.ts b/ts/smartsocket.classes.socketfunction.ts
index bf3aaca..601e3cd 100644
--- a/ts/smartsocket.classes.socketfunction.ts
+++ b/ts/smartsocket.classes.socketfunction.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import * as plugins from "./smartsocket.plugins";
 
 // import classes
-import { Stringmap } from "lik";
+import { Objectmap } from "lik";
 import { SocketRole } from "./smartsocket.classes.socketrole";
 
 // export interfaces
@@ -12,20 +12,23 @@ import { SocketRole } from "./smartsocket.classes.socketrole";
 /**
  * interface of the contructor options of class SocketFunction
  */
-export interface ISocketFunctionOptions {
+export interface ISocketFunctionConstructorOptions {
     funcName: string;
     funcDef: any;
     allowedRoles: SocketRole[]; // all roles that are allowed to execute a SocketFunction
 };
 
 /**
- * interface of the Socket Function call 
+ * interface of the Socket Function call, in other words the object that routes a call to a function
  */
 export interface ISocketFunctionCall {
     funcName:string;
     funcDataArg:any;
 }
 
+// export objects
+export let allSocketFunctions = new Objectmap<SocketFunction>();
+
 // export classes
 
 /**
@@ -39,13 +42,14 @@ export class SocketFunction {
     /**
      * the constructor for SocketFunction
      */
-    constructor(optionsArg: ISocketFunctionOptions) {
+    constructor(optionsArg: ISocketFunctionConstructorOptions) {
         this.name = optionsArg.funcName;
         this.func = optionsArg.funcDef;
         this.roles = optionsArg.allowedRoles;
         for (let socketRoleArg of this.roles){
             this._notifyRole(socketRoleArg);
-        }
+        };
+        allSocketFunctions.add(this); // map instance with Objectmap
     };
 
     /** 
@@ -60,6 +64,7 @@ export class SocketFunction {
      */
     invoke(dataArg:any):plugins.q.Promise<any> {
         let done = plugins.q.defer();
+
         return done.promise;        
     };
 
diff --git a/ts/smartsocket.classes.socketrequest.ts b/ts/smartsocket.classes.socketrequest.ts
index 616fc54..afccdb5 100644
--- a/ts/smartsocket.classes.socketrequest.ts
+++ b/ts/smartsocket.classes.socketrequest.ts
@@ -41,21 +41,17 @@ export class SocketRequest {
     side: TSocketRequestSide;
     shortid: string;
     originSocketConnection:SocketConnection;
-    requestData: ISocketRequestDataObject;
+    funcCallData: ISocketFunctionCall
     done = plugins.q.defer();
     constructor(optionsArg: SocketRequestConstructorOptions) {
         this.side = optionsArg.side;
         this.shortid = optionsArg.shortId;
+        this.funcCallData = optionsArg.funcCallData;
         if(this.side === "requesting"){
             allRequestingSocketRequests.add(this);
         } else {
             allRespondingSocketRequests.add(this);
         };
-        // build request and response dataArg
-        this.requestData = {
-            funcCallData:optionsArg.funcCallData,
-            shortId:optionsArg.shortId
-        }
     };
     
     // requesting --------------------------
@@ -64,7 +60,11 @@ export class SocketRequest {
      * dispatches a socketrequest from the requesting to the receiving side
      */
     dispatch(){
-        this.originSocketConnection.socket.emit("function",this.requestData);
+        let requestData:ISocketRequestDataObject = {
+            funcCallData:this.funcCallData,
+            shortId:this.shortid
+        }
+        this.originSocketConnection.socket.emit("function",requestData);
         return this.done.promise;
     };
 
diff --git a/ts/smartsocket.helpers.ts b/ts/smartsocket.helpers.ts
index 87fc82a..1fb3268 100644
--- a/ts/smartsocket.helpers.ts
+++ b/ts/smartsocket.helpers.ts
@@ -2,13 +2,22 @@ import * as plugins from "./smartsocket.plugins";
 
 // classes
 import { Smartsocket } from "./smartsocket.classes.smartsocket";
-import { SocketFunction } from "./smartsocket.classes.socketfunction";
+import { SocketFunction, allSocketFunctions } from "./smartsocket.classes.socketfunction";
 import { SocketConnection } from "./smartsocket.classes.socketconnection";
 import { SocketRole, allSocketRoles } from "./smartsocket.classes.socketrole";
 
+// SocketFunction helpers
+export let getSocketFunctionByName = (functionNameArg:string) => {
+    return allSocketFunctions.find((socketFunctionArg) => { return socketFunctionArg.name === functionNameArg});
+}
+
 
 // SocketRole helpers
-export let findSocketRoleByString = (socketRoleNameArg: string): SocketRole => {
+
+/**
+ * get corresponding SocketRequest instance by name
+ */
+export let getSocketRoleByName = (socketRoleNameArg: string): SocketRole => {
     return allSocketRoles.find((socketRoleArg) => { return socketRoleArg.name === socketRoleNameArg })
 };