diff --git a/docs/client.html b/docs/client.html
index d267e89..94b18d9 100644
--- a/docs/client.html
+++ b/docs/client.html
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
         user: "testClient"+Math.random()
       }));
 
-      setInterval(function() { setVariable('test','einTollerText'+Math.random()) }, 1000);
+      setInterval(function() { setVariable('test','einTollerText'+Math.random()) }, 5000);
     };
 
     socket.onmessage = function(event) {
diff --git a/test.py b/test.py
index f31e4ae..1ab7e6d 100644
--- a/test.py
+++ b/test.py
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import websockets
 import json
 
 clients = {}
+vars = {}
 
 async def handshake(ws,j):
     if not clients.get(j.get('project_id')):
@@ -11,10 +12,23 @@ async def handshake(ws,j):
     print(f"{j.get('user')} connected from {ws.host}:{ws.port}")
     return(j.get('project_id'),j.get('user'))
 
-async def set_variable(j):
-    for name,ws in clients.get(j.get('project_id'),{}).items():
-        print(f"> {name} - {json.dumps(j)}")
-        await ws.send(json.dumps(j))
+async def get_variables(websocket,project_id,user):
+    for name,value in vars.get(project_id,{}).items():
+        if not name:
+            continue
+        await websocket.send(json.dumps({"method":"set","name":name,"value":value}))
+
+async def set_variable(project_id,user,var):
+    if not vars.get(project_id,''):
+        vars[project_id] = {}
+    vars[project_id][var.get('name','')] = var.get('value','')
+
+    data = json.dumps(var)
+    for name,ws in clients.get(project_id,{}).items():
+        if name == user:
+            continue
+        print(f"> {name} - {data}")
+        await ws.send(data)
 
 async def disconnect(project_id,user):
     print("disconnecting",user)
@@ -24,14 +38,16 @@ async def disconnect(project_id,user):
 async def process(websocket, path):
     project_id = ""
     user = ""
-    async for data in websocket:
-        print(f"< {user} - {data}")
+    async for msg in websocket:
+        print(f"< {user} - {msg}")
         try:
-            j = json.loads(data)
-            if j.get('method','') == 'handshake':
-                project_id,user = await handshake(websocket,j)
-            if j.get('method','') == 'set':
-                await set_variable(j)
+            data = json.loads(msg)
+            method = data.get('method','')
+            if method == 'handshake':
+                project_id,user = await handshake(websocket,data)
+                await get_variables(websocket,project_id,user)
+            if method in ['set','create']:
+                await set_variable(project_id,user,data)
         finally:
             pass
     await disconnect(project_id,user)