diff --git a/src/main/java/seng302/gameServer/MainServerThread.java b/src/main/java/seng302/gameServer/MainServerThread.java
index 80539881..92b09b40 100644
--- a/src/main/java/seng302/gameServer/MainServerThread.java
+++ b/src/main/java/seng302/gameServer/MainServerThread.java
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 package seng302.gameServer;
 
+import java.util.Observable;
 import seng302.client.ClientPacketParser;
 import seng302.models.Player;
 import seng302.models.stream.PacketBufferDelegate;
@@ -15,7 +16,7 @@ import java.util.concurrent.PriorityBlockingQueue;
  * A class describing the overall server, which creates and collects server threads for each client
  * Created by wmu16 on 13/07/17.
  */
-public class MainServerThread implements Runnable, PacketBufferDelegate, ClientConnectionDelegate{
+public class MainServerThread extends Observable implements Runnable, PacketBufferDelegate, ClientConnectionDelegate{
 
     private static final int PORT = 4942;
     private static final Integer MAX_NUM_PLAYERS = 3;
@@ -54,6 +55,7 @@ public class MainServerThread implements Runnable, PacketBufferDelegate, ClientC
         heartbeatThread.start();
         serverListenThread.start();
 
+
         //You should handle interrupts in some way, so that the thread won't keep on forever if you exit the app.
         while (!thread.isInterrupted()) {
             try {
@@ -64,7 +66,6 @@ public class MainServerThread implements Runnable, PacketBufferDelegate, ClientC
 
             if (GameState.getCurrentStage() == GameStages.PRE_RACE) {
                 GameState.update();
-                updateClients();
             }
 
             //RACING
@@ -99,6 +100,8 @@ public class MainServerThread implements Runnable, PacketBufferDelegate, ClientC
     }
 
 
+
+
     public void updateClients() {
         for (ServerToClientThread serverToClientThread : serverToClientThreads) {
             serverToClientThread.updateClient();
@@ -125,7 +128,9 @@ public class MainServerThread implements Runnable, PacketBufferDelegate, ClientC
     public void clientConnected(ServerToClientThread serverToClientThread) {
         serverLog("Player Connected From " + serverToClientThread.getThread().getName(), 0);
         serverToClientThreads.add(serverToClientThread);
-
+        this.addObserver(serverToClientThread);
+        setChanged();
+        notifyObservers();
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/src/main/java/seng302/gameServer/ServerToClientThread.java b/src/main/java/seng302/gameServer/ServerToClientThread.java
index 343facb5..eccf2bd2 100644
--- a/src/main/java/seng302/gameServer/ServerToClientThread.java
+++ b/src/main/java/seng302/gameServer/ServerToClientThread.java
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ import java.io.InputStream;
 import java.io.OutputStream;
 import java.net.Socket;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Observable;
+import java.util.Observer;
 import java.util.Random;
 import java.util.zip.CRC32;
 import java.util.zip.Checksum;
@@ -37,7 +39,7 @@ import seng302.utilities.GeoPoint;
  * All server threads created and owned by the server thread handler which can trigger client updates on its threads
  * Created by wmu16 on 13/07/17.
  */
-public class ServerToClientThread implements Runnable {
+public class ServerToClientThread implements Runnable, Observer {
 
     private static final Integer LOG_LEVEL = 1;
     private static final Integer MAX_ID_ATTEMPTS = 10;
@@ -93,6 +95,11 @@ public class ServerToClientThread implements Runnable {
         }
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public void update(Observable o, Object arg) {
+        sendSetupMessages();
+    }
+
     public void run() {
         int sync1;
         int sync2;
@@ -177,13 +184,6 @@ public class ServerToClientThread implements Runnable {
                 //Perform a write if it is time to as delegated by the MainServerThread
                 if (updateClient) {
                     // TODO: 13/07/17 wmu16 - Write out game state - some function that would write all appropriate messages to this output stream
-//                    ChatterMessage chatterMessage = new ChatterMessage(4, 14, "Hello, it's me");
-//                    sendMessage(chatterMessage);
-//                try {
-//                    GameState.outputState(os);
-//                } catch (IOException e) {
-//                    System.out.println("IO error in server thread upon writing to output stream");
-//                }
                     sendBoatLocationPackets();
                     updateClient = false;
                 }
@@ -247,6 +247,7 @@ public class ServerToClientThread implements Runnable {
 
         xmlMessage = new XMLMessage(xml.getRaceAsXml(), XMLMessageSubType.RACE, xml.getRaceAsXml().length());
         sendMessage(xmlMessage);
+        System.out.println("Sent xml messages for " + thread.getName());
 
     }
 
@@ -295,10 +296,6 @@ public class ServerToClientThread implements Runnable {
     }
 
 
-    public void initialiseRace(){
-        initialisedRace = true;
-    }
-
 
     private int readByte() throws Exception {
         int currentByte = -1;