diff --git a/src/game/AbstractGame.java b/src/game/AbstractGame.java
index 983b29f..2fedc1b 100644
--- a/src/game/AbstractGame.java
+++ b/src/game/AbstractGame.java
@@ -3,9 +3,14 @@
 
 import java.awt.Font;
 import java.awt.Point;
+import java.io.DataInputStream;
+import java.io.DataOutputStream;
 import java.io.File;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.net.MalformedURLException;
+import java.net.ServerSocket;
+import java.net.Socket;
+import java.net.UnknownHostException;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 
 import org.json.*;
@@ -62,6 +67,11 @@
 	int difficulty;
 	int fontSize;
 	
+	//Network stuff
+	ServerSocket server;
+	Socket s;
+	boolean isHost;
+	
 	/*public static void main(String[] args) {
 		AbstractGame game = new AbstractGame();
 		game.getPlayer(game.currentPlayer).deactiveCards();
@@ -75,6 +85,7 @@
 	protected void init(){
 		loadOptions();
 		loadFont();
+		establishConnection();
 		CARDS_PER_PLAYER = (NR_PLAYERS < 3) ? 5 : 4;
 		hints = MAX_HINTS;
 		thunders = 0;
@@ -93,10 +104,9 @@
 			root = new JSONObject(tokener);
 			difficulty = root.getInt("difficulty");
 			fontSize = root.getInt("fontSize");
+			isHost = root.getBoolean("host");
 			if(difficulty < 0) difficulty = 0;
 			if(fontSize <= 0) fontSize = 20;
-			System.out.println("FontSize: " + fontSize);
-			System.out.println("Difficulty: " + difficulty);
 		} catch (JSONException e) {
 			// TODO Auto-generated catch block
 			e.printStackTrace();
@@ -109,6 +119,34 @@
 		}
 	}
 	
+	protected void establishConnection(){
+		try {
+			if(isHost){
+				server = new ServerSocket(8765);
+				printMessage("Your server is running on port 8765", 2);
+				s = server.accept();
+				DataInputStream inStream = new DataInputStream(s.getInputStream());
+				String str = inStream.readUTF();
+				System.out.println("Message: " + str);
+				s.close();
+				server.close();
+			} else {
+				s = new Socket("localhost", 8765);
+				DataOutputStream outStream = new DataOutputStream(s.getOutputStream());
+				outStream.writeUTF("Hello");
+				outStream.flush();
+				outStream.close();
+				s.close();
+			}
+		} catch(UnknownHostException uhe){
+			printMessage("Unknown host '???'", 0);
+		} catch (IOException e) {
+			printMessage(e.getLocalizedMessage(), 0);
+			System.exit(0); //TODO status code
+		}
+		
+	}
+	
 	public void resetMoveValues(){
 		selectedPlayer = -1;
 		chosenColor = -1;