diff --git a/ts/interfaces/index.ts b/ts/interfaces/index.ts
index 345ff0d..ff388d2 100644
--- a/ts/interfaces/index.ts
+++ b/ts/interfaces/index.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 export * from './http.interfaces';
 export * from './universechannel.interfaces';
 export * from './universemessage.interfaces';
+export * from './universeactions.interfaces';
diff --git a/ts/interfaces/universeactions.interfaces.ts b/ts/interfaces/universeactions.interfaces.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..df5226f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ts/interfaces/universeactions.interfaces.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+export type IServerCallActions = 'subscribe' | 'sendmessage' | 'unsubscribe';
+
+/**
+ * the interface for a subscription
+ */
+export interface IServerCallSubscribeActionPayload {
+  name: string;
+  passphrase: string;
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/ts/smartuniverse.classes.clientuniverse.ts b/ts/smartuniverse.classes.clientuniverse.ts
index cb83354..1c4d6f6 100644
--- a/ts/smartuniverse.classes.clientuniverse.ts
+++ b/ts/smartuniverse.classes.clientuniverse.ts
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ export interface IClientOptions {
  */
 export class ClientUniverse {
   public options;
-  public socketClient: plugins.smartsocket.SmartsocketClient;
+  public smartsocketClient: plugins.smartsocket.SmartsocketClient;
   public observableIntake: plugins.smartrx.ObservableIntake<UniverseMessage>;
 
   public channelCache = new Objectmap<ClientUniverseChannel>();
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ export class ClientUniverse {
   }
 
   public close() {
-    this.socketClient.disconnect();
+    this.smartsocketClient.disconnect();
   }
 
   /**
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ export class ClientUniverse {
    * since password validation is done through other means, a connection should always be possible
    */
   private async checkConnection(): Promise<void> {
-    if (!this.socketClient && !this.observableIntake) {
+    if (!this.smartsocketClient && !this.observableIntake) {
       const parsedURL = url.parse(this.options.serverAddress);
       const socketConfig: plugins.smartsocket.ISmartsocketClientOptions = {
         alias: process.env.SOCKET_ALIAS || 'someclient',
@@ -92,9 +92,30 @@ export class ClientUniverse {
         url: parsedURL.protocol + '//' + parsedURL.hostname
       };
       console.log(socketConfig);
-      this.socketClient = new SmartsocketClient(socketConfig);
+      this.smartsocketClient = new SmartsocketClient(socketConfig);
       this.observableIntake = new plugins.smartrx.ObservableIntake();
-      await this.socketClient.connect();
+
+      // lets define some basic actions
+
+      /**
+       * should handle a forced unsubscription by the server
+       */
+      const unsubscribe = new plugins.smartsocket.SocketFunction({
+        funcName: 'unsubscribe',
+        allowedRoles: [],
+        funcDef: async () => {},
+      });
+
+      /**
+       * should handle a message reception
+       */
+      const receiveMessage = async () => {
+
+      };
+
+      
+
+      await this.smartsocketClient.connect();
     }
   }
 }
diff --git a/ts/smartuniverse.classes.clientuniversechannel.ts b/ts/smartuniverse.classes.clientuniversechannel.ts
index 3e136af..5bebae7 100644
--- a/ts/smartuniverse.classes.clientuniversechannel.ts
+++ b/ts/smartuniverse.classes.clientuniversechannel.ts
@@ -50,6 +50,11 @@ export class ClientUniverseChannel implements interfaces.IUniverseChannel {
    * tells the universe about this instances interest into a channel
    */
   public async subscribe() {
-    this.clientUniverse.socketClient;
+    const serverCallActionName: interfaces.IServerCallActions = 'subscribe';
+    const serverCallActionPayload: interfaces.IServerCallSubscribeActionPayload = {
+      name: this.name,
+      passphrase: this.passphrase
+    };
+    this.clientUniverse.smartsocketClient.serverCall(serverCallActionName, serverCallActionPayload);
   }
 }
diff --git a/ts/smartuniverse.classes.clientuniversemessage.ts b/ts/smartuniverse.classes.clientuniversemessage.ts
index 110cc12..f8916f6 100644
--- a/ts/smartuniverse.classes.clientuniversemessage.ts
+++ b/ts/smartuniverse.classes.clientuniversemessage.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import * as plugins from './smartuniverse.plugins';
 
 import * as interfaces from './interfaces';
+import { IUniverseMessage } from './interfaces';
 
 export class ClientUniverseMessage implements interfaces.IUniverseMessage {
   // ======
@@ -12,17 +13,22 @@ export class ClientUniverseMessage implements interfaces.IUniverseMessage {
   // INSTANCE
   // ========
 
+  // properties
   public id: string;
 
   public timestamp: number;
   public smartTimestamp: plugins.smarttime.TimeStamp;
-
   public messageText: string;
   public passphrase: string;
   public payload: any;
   public payloadStringType;
   public targetChannelName: string;
-  constructor(messageArg, payloadArg) {}
 
-  getAsJsonForPayload() {}
+  constructor(messageArg: IUniverseMessage, payloadArg) {
+    for (const key of Object.keys(messageArg)) {
+      this[key] = messageArg[key];
+    }
+  }
+
+  getAsJsonForPayload() {};
 }