diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 5608bbc..d4b2b96 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -3,3 +3,6 @@
 ################################################################################
 
 /.vs/UnityServerBasics/v14/.suo
+/UnityServerBasics/bin/Debug
+/UnityServerBasics/obj/Debug
+/UnityServerBasics/UnityServerBasics.csproj.user
diff --git a/UnityServerBasics/Network/NetworkMessage.cs b/UnityServerBasics/Network/NetworkMessage.cs
index c6e752c..1588622 100644
--- a/UnityServerBasics/Network/NetworkMessage.cs
+++ b/UnityServerBasics/Network/NetworkMessage.cs
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 namespace UnityServerBasics.Network
 {
 	[Serializable]
-	class NetworkMessage
+	class NetworkMessage : Serialization.INetworkSerializer
 	{
 		/// <summary>
 		/// unique identifier for the networking system.
@@ -57,47 +57,47 @@ public NetworkMessage(string _sMessage, Player _cPlayer, int _iSequence = 0)
 			Sender = _cPlayer;
 		}
 
-		/// <summary>
-		/// Serialize the <see cref="NetworkMessage"/> in to bytes.
-		/// </summary>
-		/// <param name="_message">The message to serialize.</param>
-		/// <returns>A <see cref="byte[]"/></returns>
-		public static byte[] Serialize(NetworkMessage _message)
-		{
-			try
-			{
-				MemoryStream memStream = new MemoryStream();
-				IFormatter formatter = new BinaryFormatter();
-				// write the serializable class to the memory stream.
-				formatter.Serialize(memStream, _message);
-				memStream.Position = 0;
-				// return the memory stream as a byte[]
-				return memStream.ToArray();
-			}
-			catch (Exception)
-			{
-				throw new Exceptions.SerializeNetworkException("The message could not be serialized");
-			}
-		}
+		///// <summary>
+		///// Serialize the <see cref="NetworkMessage"/> in to bytes.
+		///// </summary>
+		///// <param name="_message">The message to serialize.</param>
+		///// <returns>A <see cref="byte[]"/></returns>
+		//public static byte[] Serialize(NetworkMessage _message)
+		//{
+		//	try
+		//	{
+		//		MemoryStream memStream = new MemoryStream();
+		//		IFormatter formatter = new BinaryFormatter();
+		//		// write the serializable class to the memory stream.
+		//		formatter.Serialize(memStream, _message);
+		//		memStream.Position = 0;
+		//		// return the memory stream as a byte[]
+		//		return memStream.ToArray();
+		//	}
+		//	catch (Exception)
+		//	{
+		//		throw new Exceptions.SerializeNetworkException("The message could not be serialized");
+		//	}
+		//}
 
-		/// <summary>
-		/// 
-		/// </summary>
-		/// <param name="_message"></param>
-		/// <returns></returns>
-		public static NetworkMessage Deserialize(byte[] _message)
-		{
-			try
-			{
-				MemoryStream memStream = new MemoryStream();
-				memStream.Write(_message, 0, _message.Length);
-				IFormatter formatter = new BinaryFormatter();
-				return (NetworkMessage)formatter.Deserialize(memStream);
-			}
-			catch (Exception)
-			{
-				throw new Exceptions.SerializeNetworkException("The message could not be deserialized");
-			}
-		}
+		///// <summary>
+		///// 
+		///// </summary>
+		///// <param name="_message"></param>
+		///// <returns></returns>
+		//public static NetworkMessage Deserialize(byte[] _message)
+		//{
+		//	try
+		//	{
+		//		MemoryStream memStream = new MemoryStream();
+		//		memStream.Write(_message, 0, _message.Length);
+		//		IFormatter formatter = new BinaryFormatter();
+		//		return (NetworkMessage)formatter.Deserialize(memStream);
+		//	}
+		//	catch (Exception)
+		//	{
+		//		throw new Exceptions.SerializeNetworkException("The message could not be deserialized");
+		//	}
+		//}
 	}
 }
diff --git a/UnityServerBasics/Network/Server.cs b/UnityServerBasics/Network/Server.cs
index 76624e4..5d9ce3f 100644
--- a/UnityServerBasics/Network/Server.cs
+++ b/UnityServerBasics/Network/Server.cs
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 using System;
 using System.Net;
 using System.Net.Sockets;
+using System.Text;
 using System.Threading;
 using UnityServerBasics.Utilities;
 
@@ -41,10 +42,13 @@ class Server : IDisposable
 		/// </summary>
 		/// <param name="_port"></param>
 		/// <param name="_messageBacklog"></param>
-		public Server(int _port, EventQueue<NetworkMessage> _messageBacklog)
+		public Server(int _port, EventQueue<NetworkMessage> _messageBacklog = null)
 		{
 			this._port = _port;
-			MessageBacklog = _messageBacklog;
+            if (_messageBacklog != null)
+                MessageBacklog = _messageBacklog;
+            else
+                MessageBacklog = new EventQueue<NetworkMessage>();
 			Instance = this;
 			Console.WriteLine("Setting up the server...");
 			MessageReceived += ParseMessage;
@@ -107,7 +111,7 @@ private void Listener()
 		/// <param name="_lMessage"></param>
 		private void ParseMessage(byte[] _lMessage)
 		{
-			NetworkMessage message = NetworkMessage.Deserialize(_lMessage);
+			NetworkMessage message = NetworkMessage.Deserialize<NetworkMessage>(Encoding.UTF8.GetString(_lMessage));
 			MessageBacklog.Enqueue(message);
 		}
 
diff --git a/UnityServerBasics/Properties/app.manifest b/UnityServerBasics/Properties/app.manifest
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cd90d8b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/UnityServerBasics/Properties/app.manifest
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<assembly manifestVersion="1.0" xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:asm.v1">
+  <assemblyIdentity version="1.0.0.0" name="MyApplication.app" />
+  <trustInfo xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:asm.v2">
+    <security>
+      <requestedPrivileges xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:asm.v3">
+        <!-- UAC Manifest Options
+             If you want to change the Windows User Account Control level replace the 
+             requestedExecutionLevel node with one of the following.
+
+        <requestedExecutionLevel  level="asInvoker" uiAccess="false" />
+        <requestedExecutionLevel  level="requireAdministrator" uiAccess="false" />
+        <requestedExecutionLevel  level="highestAvailable" uiAccess="false" />
+
+            Specifying requestedExecutionLevel element will disable file and registry virtualization. 
+            Remove this element if your application requires this virtualization for backwards
+            compatibility.
+        -->
+        <requestedExecutionLevel level="asInvoker" uiAccess="false" />
+      </requestedPrivileges>
+      <applicationRequestMinimum>
+        <PermissionSet class="System.Security.PermissionSet" version="1" Unrestricted="true" ID="Custom" SameSite="site" />
+        <defaultAssemblyRequest permissionSetReference="Custom" />
+      </applicationRequestMinimum>
+    </security>
+  </trustInfo>
+  <compatibility xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:compatibility.v1">
+    <application>
+      <!-- A list of the Windows versions that this application has been tested on and is
+           is designed to work with. Uncomment the appropriate elements and Windows will 
+           automatically selected the most compatible environment. -->
+      <!-- Windows Vista -->
+      <!--<supportedOS Id="{e2011457-1546-43c5-a5fe-008deee3d3f0}" />-->
+      <!-- Windows 7 -->
+      <!--<supportedOS Id="{35138b9a-5d96-4fbd-8e2d-a2440225f93a}" />-->
+      <!-- Windows 8 -->
+      <!--<supportedOS Id="{4a2f28e3-53b9-4441-ba9c-d69d4a4a6e38}" />-->
+      <!-- Windows 8.1 -->
+      <!--<supportedOS Id="{1f676c76-80e1-4239-95bb-83d0f6d0da78}" />-->
+      <!-- Windows 10 -->
+      <!--<supportedOS Id="{8e0f7a12-bfb3-4fe8-b9a5-48fd50a15a9a}" />-->
+    </application>
+  </compatibility>
+  <!-- Indicates that the application is DPI-aware and will not be automatically scaled by Windows at higher
+       DPIs. Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) applications are automatically DPI-aware and do not need 
+       to opt in. Windows Forms applications targeting .NET Framework 4.6 that opt into this setting, should 
+       also set the 'EnableWindowsFormsHighDpiAutoResizing' setting to 'true' in their app.config. -->
+  <!--
+  <application xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:asm.v3">
+    <windowsSettings>
+      <dpiAware xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/SMI/2005/WindowsSettings">true</dpiAware>
+    </windowsSettings>
+  </application>
+  -->
+  <!-- Enable themes for Windows common controls and dialogs (Windows XP and later) -->
+  <!--
+  <dependency>
+    <dependentAssembly>
+      <assemblyIdentity
+          type="win32"
+          name="Microsoft.Windows.Common-Controls"
+          version="6.0.0.0"
+          processorArchitecture="*"
+          publicKeyToken="6595b64144ccf1df"
+          language="*"
+        />
+    </dependentAssembly>
+  </dependency>
+  -->
+</assembly>
\ No newline at end of file