diff --git a/client/svelte-client/src/components/NetworkSessionWrapper.svelte b/client/svelte-client/src/components/NetworkSessionWrapper.svelte
index 31c9896..8c3a45a 100644
--- a/client/svelte-client/src/components/NetworkSessionWrapper.svelte
+++ b/client/svelte-client/src/components/NetworkSessionWrapper.svelte
@@ -11,7 +11,10 @@
     let networkSessionInputs;
     let joinLink;
 
-    $: if(session) {
+    let cachedSessionId;
+
+    $: if(!cachedSessionId && session) {
+        cachedSessionId = session.session_id;
         console.log("NetworkSessionWrapper ready, now setting up sessionEvents")
         sessionEvents = networkSessionStateEvents(session);
         joinLink = api.createJoinLink(session.session_id);
@@ -25,9 +28,7 @@
 {#if !session}
     <h3>no session</h3>
 {:else}
-    {#if sessionEvents}
-        events: {JSON.stringify($sessionEvents)}
-    {/if}
+    {JSON.stringify(session)}
     {#if session.state === SessionState.PENDING}
         <h3>waiting for other player...</h3>
         <CopyToClipboard text={joinLink}></CopyToClipboard>
diff --git a/client/svelte-client/src/store/session.ts b/client/svelte-client/src/store/session.ts
index 5614b5b..f352fcb 100644
--- a/client/svelte-client/src/store/session.ts
+++ b/client/svelte-client/src/store/session.ts
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ const networkEvents = (session: NetworkSession) => readable([], function(set) {
             // TODO: Hotfix, would be better to have clean serialization in the backend...
             data = data.map(({event, ...rest}) => ({...rest, event: JSON.parse(event)}))
             console.debug("Parsed events: ", data)
-            events.set(data)
+            events.set([...get(events), ...data]);
         }
         ws.onerror = err => {
             console.error("ws error: ", err)
@@ -85,11 +85,12 @@ const networkEvents = (session: NetworkSession) => readable([], function(set) {
 })
 
 export const networkSessionStateEvents = (session: NetworkSession): Readable<unknown[]> => derived(networkEvents(session), $sessionEvents => {
-    const sessionEvents = $sessionEvents.filter(({topic}) => topic === 'session');
+    const sessionEvents = $sessionEvents.filter(({topic}) => topic === 'session').map(({event}) => event);
     if (!sessionEvents.length) {
         return [];
     }
     const latestSessionEvent = sessionEvents[sessionEvents.length-1];
+    console.debug("updating current session: ", latestSessionEvent.session)
     sessionStore.set(latestSessionEvent.session);
     return sessionEvents;
 });
diff --git a/server/src/request_handler.rs b/server/src/request_handler.rs
index 4c1f394..928a1f3 100644
--- a/server/src/request_handler.rs
+++ b/server/src/request_handler.rs
@@ -86,15 +86,9 @@ async fn handle_session_create(
             .body(Body::from(e))
             .unwrap());
     }
-    let session = session_create_res.unwrap();
-    error!("session created by player {:?}: {:?}", player, session);
-    let reason = format!("player {:?} created session", player);
-    let session_created = SessionEvent::Created(SessionEventPayload {
-        session,
-        actor: player,
-        reason
-    });
-    let serialized = json!(session_created);
+    let session_event = session_create_res.unwrap();
+    error!("session created: {:?}", session_event);
+    let serialized = json!(session_event);
     return build_success_res(&serialized.to_string());
 }
 
@@ -116,15 +110,10 @@ async fn handle_session_join(
             .body(Body::from(e))
             .unwrap());
     }
-    let session = session_join_res.unwrap();
-    info!("player {:?} successfully joined session: {:?}", player, session);
+    let session_event = session_join_res.unwrap();
+    info!("player {:?} successfully joined session: {:?}", player, session_event);
     let reason = format!("player {:?} joined session", player);
-    let session_joined = SessionEvent::Joined(SessionEventPayload {
-        actor: player,
-        session,
-        reason
-    });
-    let serialized = json!(session_joined);
+    let serialized = json!(session_event);
     return build_success_res(&serialized.to_string());
 }
 
diff --git a/server/src/session_manager.rs b/server/src/session_manager.rs
index 3a351c7..eca3597 100644
--- a/server/src/session_manager.rs
+++ b/server/src/session_manager.rs
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ use crate::kafka::{
     KafkaTopicManager,
 };
 use crate::actor::Player;
+use crate::event::{SessionEvent, SessionEventPayload};
 use crate::session::{Session, SessionState};
 
 pub struct SessionManager {
@@ -37,7 +38,7 @@ impl SessionManager {
             .map_or_else(|| None, |s| Some(s.clone()))
     }
 
-    pub async fn create_session(&mut self, player: Player) -> Result<Session, String> {
+    pub async fn create_session(&mut self, player: Player) -> Result<SessionEvent, String> {
         info!("called to create new session by player {:?}", player);
         let add_partition_res = self.topic_manager.add_partition().await;
         if let Err(e) = add_partition_res {
@@ -62,14 +63,19 @@ impl SessionManager {
             );
         }
         info!("successfully persisted create session event.");
-        Ok(session)
+        let session_created = SessionEvent::Created(SessionEventPayload {
+            session,
+            actor: player,
+            reason: format!("session created")
+        });
+        Ok(session_created)
     }
 
     pub async fn join_session(
         &mut self,
         session_id: String,
         player: Player,
-    ) -> Result<Session, String> {
+    ) -> Result<SessionEvent, String> {
         let updated_session = {
             let session = self.sessions.iter_mut().find(|s| s.session_id == session_id);
             if let None = session {
@@ -107,12 +113,17 @@ impl SessionManager {
             }
         };
         println!("sessions = {:?}", self.sessions);
-        Ok(updated_session.clone())
+        let session_joined_event = SessionEvent::Joined(SessionEventPayload {
+            session: updated_session,
+            reason: "session joined".to_owned(),
+            actor: player
+        });
+        Ok(session_joined_event)
     }
 
     fn write_to_producer<T>(&mut self, session_event: T) -> Result<(), String>
     where
-        T: SessionEvent,
+        T: SessionAwareEvent,
     {
         let session_id = session_event.session_id();
         let session_producer = match self.session_producers.get_mut(session_id) {
@@ -233,7 +244,7 @@ impl SessionReader {
     }
 }
 
-pub trait SessionEvent : Serialize {
+pub trait SessionAwareEvent: Serialize {
     fn session_id(&self) -> &str;
 }
 
@@ -254,7 +265,7 @@ impl SessionCreatedEvent {
     }
 }
 
-impl SessionEvent for SessionCreatedEvent {
+impl SessionAwareEvent for SessionCreatedEvent {
     fn session_id(&self) -> &str {
         &self.session.session_id
     }
@@ -277,7 +288,7 @@ impl SessionJoinedEvent {
     }
 }
 
-impl SessionEvent for SessionJoinedEvent {
+impl SessionAwareEvent for SessionJoinedEvent {
     fn session_id(&self) -> &str {
         &self.session.session_id
     }