diff --git a/ChatTwo/Http/MessageProtocol/DataStructure.cs b/ChatTwo/Http/MessageProtocol/DataStructure.cs
index 14b5157..d7a3112 100644
--- a/ChatTwo/Http/MessageProtocol/DataStructure.cs
+++ b/ChatTwo/Http/MessageProtocol/DataStructure.cs
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 namespace ChatTwo.Http.MessageProtocol;
 
+#region Outgoing
 public struct SwitchChannel(string name)
 {
     [JsonProperty("channel")] public string Name = name;
@@ -21,4 +22,17 @@ public struct MessageResponse()
 {
     [JsonProperty("timestamp")] public string Timestamp = "";
     [JsonProperty("messageHTML")] public string Message = "";
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
+#endregion
+
+#region Incoming
+public struct IncomingMessage()
+{
+    [JsonProperty("message")] public string Message = string.Empty;
+}
+
+public struct IncomingChannel()
+{
+    [JsonProperty("channel")] public uint Channel = uint.MaxValue;
+}
+#endregion
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/ChatTwo/Http/RouteController.cs b/ChatTwo/Http/RouteController.cs
index 99e1226..8025a64 100644
--- a/ChatTwo/Http/RouteController.cs
+++ b/ChatTwo/Http/RouteController.cs
@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
 using System.Collections.Concurrent;
 using System.Web;
+using ChatTwo.Code;
 using ChatTwo.Http.MessageProtocol;
 using ChatTwo.Util;
 using Lumina.Data.Files;
+using Newtonsoft.Json;
 using WatsonWebserver.Core;
-
+using ErrorEventArgs = Newtonsoft.Json.Serialization.ErrorEventArgs;
 using HttpMethod = WatsonWebserver.Core.HttpMethod;
 
 namespace ChatTwo.Http;
@@ -20,6 +22,11 @@ public class RouteController
     private readonly ConcurrentDictionary<string, long> RateLimit = [];
     internal readonly ConcurrentDictionary<string, bool> SessionTokens = [];
 
+    private readonly JsonSerializerSettings JsonSettings = new()
+    {
+        Error = delegate(object? sender, ErrorEventArgs args) { args.ErrorContext.Handled = true; }
+    };
+
     public RouteController(Plugin plugin, ServerCore core)
     {
         Plugin = plugin;
@@ -40,7 +47,7 @@ public class RouteController
         // Post Auth
         Core.HostContext.Routes.PostAuthentication.Static.Add(HttpMethod.GET, "/chat", ChatBoxRoute, ExceptionRoute);
         Core.HostContext.Routes.PostAuthentication.Static.Add(HttpMethod.POST, "/send", ReceiveMessage, ExceptionRoute);
-        Core.HostContext.Routes.PostAuthentication.Static.Add(HttpMethod.POST, "/switch", ReceiveChannelSwitch, ExceptionRoute);
+        Core.HostContext.Routes.PostAuthentication.Static.Add(HttpMethod.POST, "/channel", ReceiveChannelSwitch, ExceptionRoute);
 
         // Server-Sent Events Route
         Core.HostContext.Routes.PostAuthentication.Static.Add(HttpMethod.GET, "/sse", NewSSEConnection, ExceptionRoute);
@@ -141,16 +148,22 @@ public class RouteController
 
     private async Task ReceiveMessage(HttpContextBase ctx)
     {
-        var content = ctx.Request.DataAsString;
-        if (content.Length is > 500 or < 2)
+        if (ctx.Request.ContentType != "application/json")
         {
-            await ctx.Response.Send("Invalid length for a chat message received.");
+            await ctx.Response.Send("Request contains wrong content type.");
+            return;
+        }
+
+        var content = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<IncomingMessage>(ctx.Request.DataAsString, JsonSettings);
+        if (content.Message.Length is < 2 or > 500)
+        {
+            await ctx.Response.Send("Invalid message received.");
             return;
         }
 
         await Plugin.Framework.RunOnFrameworkThread(() =>
         {
-            Plugin.ChatLogWindow.Chat = content;
+            Plugin.ChatLogWindow.Chat = content.Message;
             Plugin.ChatLogWindow.SendChatBox(Plugin.ChatLogWindow.CurrentTab);
         });
 
@@ -159,20 +172,25 @@ public class RouteController
 
     private async Task ReceiveChannelSwitch(HttpContextBase ctx)
     {
-        var content = ctx.Request.DataAsString;
-        if (content.Length is > 500 or < 2)
+        if (ctx.Request.ContentType != "application/json")
         {
-            await ctx.Response.Send("Invalid length for a chat message received.");
+            await ctx.Response.Send("Request contains wrong content type.");
+            return;
+        }
+
+        var channel = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<IncomingChannel>(ctx.Request.DataAsString, JsonSettings);
+        if (!Enum.IsDefined(typeof(InputChannel), channel.Channel))
+        {
+            await ctx.Response.Send("Invalid channel received.");
             return;
         }
 
         await Plugin.Framework.RunOnFrameworkThread(() =>
         {
-            Plugin.ChatLogWindow.Chat = content;
-            Plugin.ChatLogWindow.SendChatBox(Plugin.ChatLogWindow.CurrentTab);
+            Plugin.ChatLogWindow.SetChannel((InputChannel)channel.Channel);
         });
 
-        await ctx.Response.Send("Message was send to the channel.");
+        await ctx.Response.Send("Function to switch channels has been called.");
     }
 
     private async Task NewSSEConnection(HttpContextBase ctx)
diff --git a/ChatTwo/Http/static/start.js b/ChatTwo/Http/static/start.js
index 9149221..ba6ebac 100644
--- a/ChatTwo/Http/static/start.js
+++ b/ChatTwo/Http/static/start.js
@@ -38,8 +38,20 @@ function updateChannelHint(label) {
 }
 
 document.getElementById('channel-select').addEventListener('change', (event) => {
-    // TODO: send new channel to "backend"
-    // ws.send(...);
+    (async () => {
+        const rawResponse = await fetch('/channel', {
+            method: 'POST',
+            headers: {
+                'Accept': 'application/json',
+                'Content-Type': 'application/json'
+            },
+            body: JSON.stringify({channel: event.target.value})
+        });
+        const content = await rawResponse.json();
+
+        // TODO use the response
+        console.log(content);
+    })();
 });
 
 function updateChannelOptions(channels) {
@@ -122,6 +134,21 @@ document.querySelector('#input > form').addEventListener('submit', (event) => {
         }
     });
 
+    (async () => {
+        const rawResponse = await fetch('/send', {
+            method: 'POST',
+            headers: {
+                'Accept': 'application/json',
+                'Content-Type': 'application/json'
+            },
+            body: JSON.stringify({message: message})
+        });
+        const content = await rawResponse.json();
+
+        // TODO use the response
+        console.log(content);
+    })();
+
     chatInput.value = '';
 });