diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 340e218..89fab91 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -56,7 +56,8 @@
     "scwp": "1.x",
     "sequelize": "^6.2.4",
     "socket.io-redis": "^5.3.0",
-    "source-map-support": "^0.5.11"
+    "source-map-support": "^0.5.11",
+    "uuid": "8.2.0"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@neutrinojs/airbnb": "^9.1.0",
diff --git a/src/client/chat--message.jsx b/src/client/chat--message.jsx
index 9e53942..50f702c 100644
--- a/src/client/chat--message.jsx
+++ b/src/client/chat--message.jsx
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import React from 'react';
 import ReactMarkdown from 'react-markdown';
 
 export default function PlayersChatMessageSpace(props) {
-  const {message: {owner, text, timestamp}, isShort} = props;
+  const {message: {owner, message, timestamp}, isShort} = props;
   const ownerMap = {
     1: 'cha0s',
     2: 'BabeHasHiccups',
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ export default function PlayersChatMessageSpace(props) {
       }
       <div className="chat--messageText">
         <div className="chat--messageMarkdown">
-          <ReactMarkdown source={text} />
+          <ReactMarkdown source={message} />
         </div>
         {isShort && $messageTime}
       </div>
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ export default function PlayersChatMessageSpace(props) {
 PlayersChatMessageSpace.propTypes = {
   isShort: PropTypes.bool.isRequired,
   message: PropTypes.shape({
-    text: PropTypes.string,
+    message: PropTypes.string,
     timestamp: PropTypes.number,
     owner: PropTypes.string,
   }).isRequired,
diff --git a/src/client/chat--message.scss b/src/client/chat--message.scss
index 57dddfc..14a8454 100644
--- a/src/client/chat--message.scss
+++ b/src/client/chat--message.scss
@@ -63,12 +63,6 @@ header {
   margin: 0;
 }
 
-.chat--messageMarkdown {
-  h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6 {
-    line-height: 1rem;
-  }
-}
-
 .chat--messageMarkdown {
   display: inline;
 }
diff --git a/src/client/chat--messages.jsx b/src/client/chat--messages.jsx
index 2966b11..ea7fc55 100644
--- a/src/client/chat--messages.jsx
+++ b/src/client/chat--messages.jsx
@@ -1,38 +1,18 @@
 import './chat--messages.scss';
 
-import React, {useLayoutEffect, useRef, useState} from 'react';
+import React, {useLayoutEffect, useRef} from 'react';
+import {useSelector} from 'react-redux';
+
+import {channelMessagesSelector} from '~/common/state/chat';
+
+import useChannel from '~/client/hooks/useChannel';
 
 import ChatMessage from './chat--message';
+import ChatSubmitMessage from './chat--submitMessage';
 
-export default function PlayersChatSpace() {
-  const [$form, $messages] = [useRef(null), useRef(null)];
-  const [text, setText] = useState('');
-  const messages = [
-    {
-      key: 1,
-      owner: 1,
-      text: 'Hi!',
-      timestamp: Date.now(),
-    },
-    {
-      key: 2,
-      owner: 2,
-      text: 'Yo.',
-      timestamp: Date.now(),
-    },
-    {
-      key: 3,
-      owner: 2,
-      text: 'How have you been?',
-      timestamp: Date.now(),
-    },
-    {
-      key: 4,
-      owner: 1,
-      text: 'Not too bad.',
-      timestamp: Date.now(),
-    },
-  ];
+export default function ChatMessages() {
+  const channel = useChannel();
+  const $messages = useRef(null);
   const {current} = $messages;
   const isAtTheBottom = !current
     ? true
@@ -44,6 +24,7 @@ export default function PlayersChatSpace() {
         ), current.offsetHeight)
     );
   const heightWatch = current && current.scrollHeight;
+  const messages = useSelector((state) => channelMessagesSelector(state, channel));
   const messageCount = messages && messages.length;
   useLayoutEffect(() => {
     if (isAtTheBottom) {
@@ -61,8 +42,8 @@ export default function PlayersChatSpace() {
         {messages && messages.map((message) => {
           const $message = (
             <ChatMessage
-              key={message.key}
-              isShort={messageOwner === message.owner}
+              key={message.uuid}
+              isShort={0 === message.owner || messageOwner === message.owner}
               message={message}
             />
           );
@@ -70,34 +51,7 @@ export default function PlayersChatSpace() {
           return $message;
         })}
       </div>
-      <form
-        onSubmit={(event) => {
-          event.preventDefault();
-          const trimmed = text.slice(0, 1000).trim();
-          if (trimmed) {
-            // socket.send(new ActionPacket(chat({owner: playerId, text: trimmed}, {game: id})));
-          }
-          setText('');
-        }}
-        ref={$form}
-      >
-        <textarea
-          className="chat--messagesTextarea"
-          name="message"
-          type="textarea"
-          maxLength="1000"
-          onChange={(event) => {
-            setText(event.target.value);
-          }}
-          onKeyDown={(event) => {
-            if ('Enter' === event.key && !event.shiftKey) {
-              $form.current?.dispatchEvent(new Event('submit', {cancelable: true}));
-              event.preventDefault();
-            }
-          }}
-          value={text}
-        />
-      </form>
+      <ChatSubmitMessage />
     </div>
   );
 }
diff --git a/src/client/chat--submitMessage.jsx b/src/client/chat--submitMessage.jsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..48ffeb7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/client/chat--submitMessage.jsx
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+import './chat--messages.scss';
+
+import React, {useRef, useState} from 'react';
+import {useDispatch, useSelector} from 'react-redux';
+import {v4 as uuidv4} from 'uuid';
+
+import {addMessage} from '~/common/state/chat';
+import {userSelector} from '~/common/state/user';
+
+import useChannel from '~/client/hooks/useChannel';
+
+export default function ChatSubmitMessage() {
+  const channel = useChannel();
+  const dispatch = useDispatch();
+  const $form = useRef(null);
+  const user = useSelector(userSelector);
+  const [text, setText] = useState('');
+  return (
+    <div className="chat--messageSubmit">
+      <form
+        onSubmit={(event) => {
+          event.preventDefault();
+          const message = text.slice(0, 1000).trim();
+          if (message) {
+            dispatch(addMessage({
+              channel,
+              message,
+              owner: user.id,
+              timestamp: Date.now(),
+              uuid: uuidv4(),
+            }));
+          }
+          setText('');
+        }}
+        ref={$form}
+      >
+        <textarea
+          className="chat--messagesTextarea"
+          name="message"
+          type="textarea"
+          maxLength="1000"
+          onChange={(event) => {
+            setText(event.target.value);
+          }}
+          onKeyDown={(event) => {
+            if ('Enter' === event.key && !event.shiftKey) {
+              $form.current?.dispatchEvent(new Event('submit', {cancelable: true}));
+              event.preventDefault();
+            }
+          }}
+          value={text}
+        />
+      </form>
+    </div>
+  );
+}
diff --git a/src/client/chat--submitMessage.scss b/src/client/chat--submitMessage.scss
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/src/client/hooks/useChannel.js b/src/client/hooks/useChannel.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..74709db
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/client/hooks/useChannel.js
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+import {useLocation} from 'react-router-dom';
+
+export default function useChannel() {
+  const {pathname} = useLocation();
+  return pathname.match(/^\/chat\//) ? pathname.substr('/chat'.length) : '';
+}
diff --git a/src/client/hooks/useSocket.js b/src/client/hooks/useSocket.js
index a3d2d10..99e5108 100644
--- a/src/client/hooks/useSocket.js
+++ b/src/client/hooks/useSocket.js
@@ -2,9 +2,8 @@ import {useEffect} from 'react';
 
 import {SocketClient} from '@avocado/net/client/socket';
 
-const frontendOrigin = window.location.href;
-const isSecure = 'https' === frontendOrigin.substr(0, 5);
-export const socket = new SocketClient(frontendOrigin, {secure: isSecure});
+const isSecure = 'https:' === window.location.protocol;
+export const socket = new SocketClient(window.location.host, {secure: isSecure});
 
 export default function useSocket(fn) {
   // eslint-disable-next-line react-hooks/exhaustive-deps
diff --git a/src/client/index.scss b/src/client/index.scss
index 6c01433..6aa64d9 100644
--- a/src/client/index.scss
+++ b/src/client/index.scss
@@ -39,10 +39,34 @@ q:before, q:after {
 	content: '';
 	content: none;
 }
+em {
+  font-style: italic;
+}
+strong {
+  font-weight: bold;
+}
 table {
 	border-collapse: collapse;
 	border-spacing: 0;
 }
+h1 {
+  font-size: 2em;
+}
+h2 {
+  font-size: 1.6em;
+}
+h3 {
+  font-size: 1.4em;
+}
+h4 {
+  font-size: 1.2em;
+}
+h5 {
+  font-size: 1.1em;
+}
+h6 {
+  font-size: 1.05em;
+}
 
 * {
   box-sizing: border-box;
diff --git a/src/client/store/effects.js b/src/client/store/effects.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1426562
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/client/store/effects.js
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+import Message from '~/common/packets/message.packet';
+import {addMessage, confirmMessage} from '~/common/state/chat';
+
+import {socket} from '~/client/hooks/useSocket';
+
+const effects = {
+  [addMessage]: ({dispatch}, {payload}) => {
+    socket.send(new Message(payload), ([timestamp, current]) => {
+      dispatch(confirmMessage({current, previous: payload.uuid, timestamp}));
+    });
+  },
+};
+
+export const middleware = (store) => (next) => (action) => {
+  const result = next(action);
+  if (effects[action.type]) {
+    setTimeout(() => effects[action.type](store, action), 0);
+  }
+  return result;
+};
+
+export default effects;
diff --git a/src/client/store.js b/src/client/store/index.js
similarity index 80%
rename from src/client/store.js
rename to src/client/store/index.js
index b8f4260..3c5d9f2 100644
--- a/src/client/store.js
+++ b/src/client/store/index.js
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ import chat from '~/common/state/chat';
 import user from '~/common/state/user';
 import createCommonStore from '~/common/store';
 
+import {middleware as effectsMiddleware} from './effects';
+
 const reducer = combineReducers({
   chat,
   user,
@@ -15,7 +17,7 @@ export default function createStore(options = {}) {
     merge(
       options,
       {
-        middleware: [],
+        middleware: [effectsMiddleware],
         reducer,
       },
     ),
diff --git a/src/common/packets/message.packet.js b/src/common/packets/message.packet.js
index 1d5e82b..34fc904 100644
--- a/src/common/packets/message.packet.js
+++ b/src/common/packets/message.packet.js
@@ -5,7 +5,10 @@ export default class Message extends Packet {
   static get schema() {
     return {
       ...super.schema,
-      data: {},
+      data: {
+        channel: 'string',
+        message: 'string',
+      },
     };
   }
 
diff --git a/src/common/state/chat.js b/src/common/state/chat.js
index 6c62099..8a1ab64 100644
--- a/src/common/state/chat.js
+++ b/src/common/state/chat.js
@@ -6,7 +6,19 @@ import {
 
 import hydration from './hydration';
 
-export const userSelector = (state) => state.user;
+export const channelsSelector = (state) => state.chat.channels;
+
+export const channelSelector = createSelector(
+  [channelsSelector, (_, channel) => channel],
+  (channels, channel) => channels[channel],
+);
+
+export const messagesSelector = (state) => state.chat.messages;
+
+export const channelMessagesSelector = createSelector(
+  [channelSelector, messagesSelector],
+  (channel, messages) => channel.messages.map((uuid) => messages[uuid]),
+);
 
 const slice = createSlice({
   name: 'chat',
@@ -20,35 +32,48 @@ const slice = createSlice({
     ...(hydration('chat') || {}),
   },
   reducers: {
-    addMessage: (state, {payload: {channel, message}}) => {
-      state.messages.push(message);
-      state.channels[channel].messages.push(message.uuid);
-      if (state.focus !== channel) {
-        state.unread[channel] += 1;
+    addMessage: ({
+      channels,
+      focus,
+      messages,
+      unread,
+    }, {payload}) => {
+      const {channel, uuid} = payload;
+      messages[uuid] = payload;
+      channels[channel].messages.push(uuid);
+      if (focus !== channel) {
+        unread[channel] += 1;
       }
     },
-    addRecent: (state, {payload: {channel}}) => {
-      state.recent.push(channel);
+    addRecent: ({recent}, {payload: {channel}}) => {
+      recent.push(channel);
     },
-    editMessage: (state, {payload: {uuid, content}}) => {
-      state.messages[uuid] = content;
+    confirmMessage: ({channels, messages}, {payload: {previous, current, timestamp}}) => {
+      messages[current] = {...messages[previous], timestamp, uuid: current};
+      delete messages[previous];
+      const {[messages[current].channel]: channel} = channels;
+      const index = channel.messages.findIndex((uuid) => uuid === previous);
+      channel.messages[index] = current;
     },
-    focus: (state, {payload: {channel}}) => {
-      state.unread[channel] = 0;
+    editMessage: ({messages}, {payload: {uuid, message}}) => {
+      messages[uuid].message = message;
     },
-    join: (state, {payload: {channel, messages, users}}) => {
-      state.channels[channel] = {messages, users};
-      state.unread[channel] = 0;
+    focus: ({unread}, {payload: {channel}}) => {
+      unread[channel] = 0;
     },
-    joined: (state, {payload: {channel, id}}) => {
-      state.channels[channel].users.push(id);
+    join: ({channels, unread}, {payload: {channel, messages, users}}) => {
+      channels[channel] = {messages, users};
+      unread[channel] = 0;
     },
-    leave: (state, {payload: {channel}}) => {
-      delete state.channels[channel];
-      delete state.unread[channel];
+    joined: ({channels}, {payload: {channel, id}}) => {
+      channels[channel].users.push(id);
     },
-    left: (state, {payload: {channel, id}}) => {
-      const {users} = state.channels[channel];
+    leave: ({channels, unread}, {payload: {channel}}) => {
+      delete channels[channel];
+      delete unread[channel];
+    },
+    left: ({channels}, {payload: {channel, id}}) => {
+      const {users} = channels[channel];
       users.splice(users.indexOf(id), 1);
     },
     removeMessage: (state, {payload: {channel, uuid}}) => {
@@ -56,8 +81,7 @@ const slice = createSlice({
       const {messages} = state.channels[channel];
       messages.splice(messages.indexOf(uuid), 1);
     },
-    removeRecent: (state, {payload: {channel}}) => {
-      const {recent} = state;
+    removeRecent: ({recent}, {payload: {channel}}) => {
       recent.splice(recent.indexOf(channel), 1);
     },
   },
@@ -65,9 +89,14 @@ const slice = createSlice({
 
 export const {
   addMessage,
+  addRecent,
+  confirmMessage,
   editMessage,
+  focus,
   join,
+  joined,
   leave,
+  left,
   removeMessage,
   removeRecent,
 } = slice.actions;
diff --git a/src/common/state/user.js b/src/common/state/user.js
index f312655..407845c 100644
--- a/src/common/state/user.js
+++ b/src/common/state/user.js
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ const slice = createSlice({
     blocked: [],
     favorites: [],
     friendship: [],
+    id: 0,
     isAnonymous: false,
     redditUsername: 'anonymous',
     ...(hydration('user') || {isAnonymous: true}),
diff --git a/src/server/entry.js b/src/server/entry.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4a5ffef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/server/entry.js
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+import createRedisClient from './redis';
+
+const redisClient = createRedisClient();
+
+// eslint-disable-next-line import/prefer-default-export
+export const enterChannel = async (channel) => {
+  const messages = await new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+    redisClient.scan(
+      0,
+      'COUNT', 50,
+      'MATCH', `${channel}:*`,
+      (error, [, keys]) => (
+        error
+          ? reject(error)
+          : resolve(
+            0 === keys.length
+              ? []
+              : new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+                redisClient.mget(keys, (error, replies) => (
+                  error
+                    ? reject(error)
+                    : resolve(replies
+                      .map((reply, i) => ({
+                        ...JSON.parse(reply),
+                        uuid: keys[i].split(':')[1],
+                      }))
+                      .sort((l, r) => l.timestamp - r.timestamp))
+                ));
+              }),
+          )
+      ),
+    );
+  });
+  return {
+    messages,
+  };
+};
diff --git a/src/server/redis.js b/src/server/redis.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4008425
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/server/redis.js
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+import redis from 'redis';
+
+const {
+  REDIS_HOST,
+  REDIS_PORT,
+} = process.env;
+
+export default () => redis.createClient(REDIS_PORT, REDIS_HOST);
diff --git a/src/server/session.js b/src/server/session.js
index 157ad23..56ce033 100644
--- a/src/server/session.js
+++ b/src/server/session.js
@@ -1,14 +1,10 @@
 import session from 'express-session';
-import redis from 'redis';
 import {registerHooks} from 'scwp';
 
-const {
-  REDIS_HOST,
-  REDIS_PORT,
-} = process.env;
-
-const redisClient = redis.createClient(REDIS_PORT, REDIS_HOST);
+import {enterChannel} from './entry';
+import createRedisClient from './redis';
 
+const redisClient = createRedisClient();
 // eslint-disable-next-line import/newline-after-import
 const RedisStore = require('connect-redis')(session);
 
@@ -54,11 +50,14 @@ registerHooks({
         messages: {},
         recent: [],
       };
+      const entries = await Promise.all(
+        favorites.map((favorite) => enterChannel(channelName(favorite))),
+      );
       for (let i = 0; i < favorites.length; i++) {
         const channel = channelName(favorites[i]);
-        const messages = [];
+        const {messages} = entries[i];
         chat.channels[channel] = {
-          messages,
+          messages: messages.map((message) => message.uuid),
           users: [],
         };
         messages.forEach((message) => {
diff --git a/src/server/sockets.js b/src/server/sockets.js
index 11c2218..c2d0aad 100644
--- a/src/server/sockets.js
+++ b/src/server/sockets.js
@@ -1,20 +1,22 @@
 /* eslint-disable import/no-extraneous-dependencies */
 import redisAdapter from 'socket.io-redis';
+import {v4 as uuidv4} from 'uuid';
 
 import {SocketServer} from '@avocado/net/server/socket';
 import socketSession from 'express-socket.io-session';
 
+import Message from '~/common/packets/message.packet';
+
 import passport from './passport';
+import createRedisClient from './redis';
 import session from './session';
 
-const {
-  REDIS_HOST,
-  REDIS_PORT,
-} = process.env;
+const pubClient = createRedisClient();
+const subClient = createRedisClient();
 
 export function createSocketServer(httpServer) {
   const socketServer = new SocketServer(httpServer, {
-    adapter: redisAdapter({host: REDIS_HOST, port: REDIS_PORT}),
+    adapter: redisAdapter({pubClient, subClient}),
   });
   socketServer.io.use(socketSession(session()));
   socketServer.io.use((socket, next) => {
@@ -26,6 +28,22 @@ export function createSocketServer(httpServer) {
   socketServer.on('connect', (socket) => {
     const {req} = socket;
     socket.on('packet', (packet, fn) => {
+      if (packet instanceof Message) {
+        const owner = req.user ? req.user.id : 0;
+        const timestamp = Date.now();
+        const uuid = uuidv4();
+        const {channel, message} = packet.data;
+        const key = `${channel}:${uuid}`;
+        pubClient
+          .multi()
+          .set(key, JSON.stringify({
+            message,
+            owner,
+            timestamp,
+          }))
+          .expire(key, 600)
+          .exec(() => fn([timestamp, uuid]));
+      }
     });
   });
   return socketServer;
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 4ed5fc6..6d2fab2 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -9656,16 +9656,16 @@ utils-merge@1.0.1, utils-merge@1.x.x:
   resolved "https://npm.i12e.cha0s.io/utils-merge/-/utils-merge-1.0.1.tgz#9f95710f50a267947b2ccc124741c1028427e713"
   integrity sha1-n5VxD1CiZ5R7LMwSR0HBAoQn5xM=
 
+uuid@8.2.0, uuid@^8.1.0:
+  version "8.2.0"
+  resolved "https://npm.i12e.cha0s.io/uuid/-/uuid-8.2.0.tgz#cb10dd6b118e2dada7d0cd9730ba7417c93d920e"
+  integrity sha512-CYpGiFTUrmI6OBMkAdjSDM0k5h8SkkiTP4WAjQgDgNB1S3Ou9VBEvr6q0Kv2H1mMk7IWfxYGpMH5sd5AvcIV2Q==
+
 uuid@^3.3.2, uuid@^3.4.0:
   version "3.4.0"
   resolved "https://npm.i12e.cha0s.io/uuid/-/uuid-3.4.0.tgz#b23e4358afa8a202fe7a100af1f5f883f02007ee"
   integrity sha512-HjSDRw6gZE5JMggctHBcjVak08+KEVhSIiDzFnT9S9aegmp85S/bReBVTb4QTFaRNptJ9kuYaNhnbNEOkbKb/A==
 
-uuid@^8.1.0:
-  version "8.2.0"
-  resolved "https://npm.i12e.cha0s.io/uuid/-/uuid-8.2.0.tgz#cb10dd6b118e2dada7d0cd9730ba7417c93d920e"
-  integrity sha512-CYpGiFTUrmI6OBMkAdjSDM0k5h8SkkiTP4WAjQgDgNB1S3Ou9VBEvr6q0Kv2H1mMk7IWfxYGpMH5sd5AvcIV2Q==
-
 v8-compile-cache@^2.0.3, v8-compile-cache@^2.1.1:
   version "2.1.1"
   resolved "https://npm.i12e.cha0s.io/v8-compile-cache/-/v8-compile-cache-2.1.1.tgz#54bc3cdd43317bca91e35dcaf305b1a7237de745"