diff --git a/src/app/chat/core.nim b/src/app/chat/core.nim
index d720d0ffd1..65d8c875ee 100644
--- a/src/app/chat/core.nim
+++ b/src/app/chat/core.nim
@@ -1,12 +1,13 @@
 import NimQml
-import "../../status/chat" as status_chat
+import ../../status/chat as status_chat
 import chatView
+import ../signals/signalSubscriber
 
 var sendMessage = proc (msg: string): string =
   echo "sending public message"
   status_chat.sendPublicChatMessage("test", msg)
 
-type ChatController* = ref object
+type ChatController* = ref object of SignalSubscriber
   view*: ChatsView
   variant*: QVariant
 
@@ -37,3 +38,7 @@ proc load*(self: ChatController): seq[string] =
   # TODO: retrieve chats from DB
   self.join("test")
   result = @["test"]
+
+method onSignal(self: ChatController, data: Signal) =
+  echo "Received a signal in the chat module"
+  # result.view.pushMessage(signal)
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/app/signals/core.nim b/src/app/signals/core.nim
index 48298aae74..cc314b3201 100644
--- a/src/app/signals/core.nim
+++ b/src/app/signals/core.nim
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 import NimQml
-import ../../status/types as types
+import ../../status/types as status_types
 import tables
 import json
 import signalSubscriber
+import messages
 
 QtObject:
   type SignalsController* = ref object of QObject
@@ -36,15 +37,15 @@ QtObject:
   proc processSignal(self: SignalsController) =
     let jsonSignal = (self.statusSignal).parseJson
     let signalType = $jsonSignal["type"].getStr
-
     # TODO: ideally the signal would receive an object 
     # formatted for easier usage so the controllers dont 
     # have to parse the signal themselves
     case signalType:
       of "messages.new":
-        self.signalSubscribers[SignalType.Message].onSignal($jsonSignal)
+        self.signalSubscribers[SignalType.Message].onSignal(messages.fromEvent(jsonSignal))
       of "wallet":
-        self.signalSubscribers[SignalType.Wallet].onSignal($jsonSignal)
+        var wMsg = WalletMessage(content: $jsonSignal)
+        self.signalSubscribers[SignalType.Wallet].onSignal(wMsg)
       else:
         # TODO: log error?
         discard
diff --git a/src/app/signals/messages.nim b/src/app/signals/messages.nim
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3ec2b83c8f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/signals/messages.nim
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+import json
+import signalSubscriber
+
+proc fromEvent*(event: JsonNode): Signal = 
+  result = Message()
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/app/signals/signalSubscriber.nim b/src/app/signals/signalSubscriber.nim
index edeff2235f..49cfd55b47 100644
--- a/src/app/signals/signalSubscriber.nim
+++ b/src/app/signals/signalSubscriber.nim
@@ -1,5 +1,35 @@
 type SignalSubscriber* = ref object of RootObj
 
+type Signal* = ref object of RootObj
+
+type WalletMessage* = ref object of Signal
+  content*: string
+
+type Message* = ref object of Signal
+  alias: string
+  chatId: string
+  clock: uint
+  # commandParameters:   # ???
+  contentType: uint      # ???
+  ensName: string        # ???
+  fromAuthor: string
+  id: string
+  identicon: string
+  lineCount: uint
+  localChatId: string
+  messageType: string    # ???
+  # parsedText:          # ???
+  # quotedMessage:       # ???
+  replace: string        # ???
+  responseTo: string     # ???
+  rtl: bool              # ???
+  seen: bool
+  # sticker:             # ???
+  text: string
+  timestamp: uint
+  whisperTimestamp: uint
+
+
 # Override this method
-method onSignal*(self: SignalSubscriber, signal: string) {.base.} =
-  echo "Received a signal: ", signal  # TODO: log signal received
\ No newline at end of file
+method onSignal*(self: SignalSubscriber, data: Signal) {.base.} =
+  echo "Received a signal"  # TODO: log signal received
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/app/wallet/core.nim b/src/app/wallet/core.nim
index 891c5f8c64..4d338dc01b 100644
--- a/src/app/wallet/core.nim
+++ b/src/app/wallet/core.nim
@@ -40,6 +40,6 @@ proc init*(self: WalletController) =
   let symbol = "ETH"
   self.view.addAssetToList("Ethereum", symbol, fmt"{eth_value:.6}", "$" & fmt"{usd_balance:.6}", fmt"../../img/token-icons/{toLowerAscii(symbol)}.svg")
 
-method onSignal(self: WalletController, signal: string) =
-  echo "Received a signal in the wallet module: ", signal
-  self.view.setLastMessage(signal)
\ No newline at end of file
+method onSignal(self: WalletController, data: Signal) =
+  var msg = cast[WalletMessage](data)
+  self.view.setLastMessage(msg.content)
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/nim_status_client.nim b/src/nim_status_client.nim
index 7197420b02..53a6e06ba0 100644
--- a/src/nim_status_client.nim
+++ b/src/nim_status_client.nim
@@ -44,6 +44,8 @@ proc mainProc() =
 
   status_test.setupNewAccount()
 
+  status_chat.startMessenger()
+
   var wallet = wallet.newController()
   wallet.init()
   engine.setRootContextProperty("assetsModel", wallet.variant)
@@ -58,6 +60,8 @@ proc mainProc() =
 
   signalController.init()
   signalController.addSubscriber(SignalType.Wallet, wallet)
+  signalController.addSubscriber(SignalType.Message, chat)
+  
   engine.setRootContextProperty("signals", signalController.variant)
 
   appState.subscribe(proc () =