diff --git a/jinja2/base.html b/jinja2/base.html
index 38f2c57..b69d4fa 100644
--- a/jinja2/base.html
+++ b/jinja2/base.html
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 <!DOCTYPE html>
 <html>
 <head>
+	<meta charset="utf-8">
 	<title>{% block title %}{% endblock %} - Titivillus</title>
 	<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="{{ static('base.css') }}">
 	<script>
diff --git a/quest/consumers.py b/quest/consumers.py
index afdc768..ed84425 100644
--- a/quest/consumers.py
+++ b/quest/consumers.py
@@ -2,19 +2,49 @@
 """
 Consumers available for the /quest websocket.
 """
+import json
+
 from channels.generic.websocket import WebsocketConsumer
 
+from .events import events
+
 class QuestConsumer(WebsocketConsumer):
 	"""
 	The main consumer for /quest websockets.
 	"""
+	def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
+		"""
+		Overriden method. Adds dictionary of events and functions to be
+		used by self.receive().
+		"""
+		self.events = events
+		super().__init__(*args, **kwargs)
+
 	def connect(self):
 		self.accept()
-		self.send('message: connected')
-	
-	def disconnect(self):
+
+	def disconnect(self, close_code):
 		pass
 
 	def receive(self, text_data):
-		print(text_data)
-		self.send("message: lol}")
+		"""
+		Parses the received data as JSON and dispatches the appropirate
+		event handler.
+		"""
+		try:
+			data = json.loads(text_data)
+		except json.JSONDecodeError:
+			return
+		event = data.get('event')
+		if not event or event not in self.events.keys():
+			return
+		self.events[event](self, data.get('data'))
+
+	def send(self, event, data):
+		"""
+		Overridden method. If a dictionary is provided, it is converted
+		to JSON before sending it.
+		If a string is provided, it is sent out directly.
+		"""
+		data = json.dumps({'event': event, 'data': data})
+		super().send(text_data=data)
diff --git a/quest/events.py b/quest/events.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..103aa3d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/quest/events.py
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+"""
+Individual functions for handling WebSocket events. Gets called by the
+QuestConsumer object in consumers.py.
+"""
+import types
+
+def message(socket, data):
+	"""
+	Gets called when the server receives a 'message' event.
+	"""
+	message = data.get('message')
+	print(message)
+
+	data = {}
+	data['message'] = message.upper()
+	socket.send('message', data)
+
+
+events = {}
+for obj in dir():
+	if type(locals()[obj]) == types.FunctionType:
+		events[locals()[obj].__name__] = locals()[obj]
diff --git a/quest/jinja2/quest/quest.html b/quest/jinja2/quest/quest.html
index a64271e..065a3db 100644
--- a/quest/jinja2/quest/quest.html
+++ b/quest/jinja2/quest/quest.html
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@
 {% block head %}
 	<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="{{ static('quest.css') }}">
 	<script>
-		var quest_id = {{ quest.id }};
-		var page_num = {{ page_num }};
-		var SCRIPT_NAME = '{{ request.META["SCRIPT_NAME"] }}';
+		const quest_id = {{ quest.id }};
+		const page_num = {{ page_num }};
+		const SCRIPT_NAME = '{{ request.META["SCRIPT_NAME"] }}';
 	</script>
 	<script type="text/javascript" src="{{ static('quest.js') }}"></script>
 	{% if request.user == quest.owner %}
@@ -34,9 +34,9 @@
 				{% if post.post_type == "text" %}
 				<div class="questPost textPost">
 				{% elif post.post_type == "dice" %} 
-				<div class="questPost dicePost{% if post == posts|last %} active_post{% endif %}">
+				<div class="questPost dicePost{% if post == posts|last %} activePost{% endif %}">
 				{% elif post.post_type == "poll" %} 
-				<div class="questPost pollPost{% if post == posts|last %} active_post{% endif %}">
+				<div class="questPost pollPost{% if post == posts|last %} activePost{% endif %}">
 				{% endif %}
 					<div class="questPostMeta">
 						{{ post.timestamp.strftime('%Y-%m-%d %H:%M') }}
@@ -44,9 +44,9 @@
 						{% if post.post_type == "text" %}
 						<br /><a href="javascript:void(0);" id="editPost-{{ post.id }}" onclick="edit_post({{ post.id }})">Edit</a> 
 						<a href="javascript:void(0);" id="savePost-{{ post.id }}" onclick="save_post('{{ post.id }}')" style="display:none;">Save</a>
-						{% elif (post.post_type == "dice" or post.post_type == "poll") and post == posts|last %}
-						<br /><a href="javascript:void(0);" id="close_post_id-{{ post.id }}" onclick="close_post({{ post.id }})"{% if post.id != quest.open_post_id %} style="display:none;"{% endif %}>Close</a>
-						<a href="javascript:void(0);" id="open_post_id-{{ post.id }}" onclick="open_post({{ post.id }})"{% if post.id == quest.open_post_id %} style="display:none;"{% endif %}>Open</a>
+						{% elif post.post_type in ("dice", "poll") and post == posts|last %}
+						<br /><a href="javascript:void(0);" id="closePost-{{ post.id }}" onclick="close_post({{ post.id }})"{% if post.id != quest.open_post_id %} style="display:none;"{% endif %}>Close</a>
+						<a href="javascript:void(0);" id="openPost-{{ post.id }}" onclick="open_post({{ post.id }})"{% if post.id == quest.open_post_id %} style="display:none;"{% endif %}>Open</a>
 						{% endif %}
 						{% endif %}
 					</div>
diff --git a/quest/static/quest.js b/quest/static/quest.js
index 9e8a6cb..cebc831 100644
--- a/quest/static/quest.js
+++ b/quest/static/quest.js
@@ -1 +1,19 @@
 var socket = new WebSocket('wss://' + document.domain + SCRIPT_NAME + '/ws/quest/' + quest_id + '/');
+socket.oldSend = socket.send;
+socket.send = function(event_title, data) {
+	data = JSON.stringify({event: event_title, data: data});
+	socket.oldSend.apply(this, [data]);
+}
+socket.events = {};
+socket.onmessage = function(e) {
+	let data = JSON.parse(e.data);
+	let event = data.event;
+	data = data.data;
+	if (socket.events[event] === undefined) { return; }
+	socket.events[event](data);
+}
+
+socket.events['message'] = function(data) {
+	let message = data.message;
+	console.log(message);
+}
diff --git a/titivillus/asgi.py b/titivillus/asgi.py
index 7e6c91f..9b4d2e7 100644
--- a/titivillus/asgi.py
+++ b/titivillus/asgi.py
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ ASGI entrypoint. Configures Django and then runs the application
 defined in the ASGI_APPLICATION setting.
 """
 import os
+
 import django
 from channels.routing import get_default_application
 
