diff --git a/ai-client/src/main/java/com/lona/tictactoe/client/Main.java b/ai-client/src/main/java/com/lona/tictactoe/client/Main.java
index 6fad480..134f326 100644
--- a/ai-client/src/main/java/com/lona/tictactoe/client/Main.java
+++ b/ai-client/src/main/java/com/lona/tictactoe/client/Main.java
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ public class Main extends JFrame {
 
     // AI Configuration
     private static final String API_KEY = "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";
-    private static final String MODEL = "arcee-ai/trinity-large-preview:free";
+    private static final String MODEL = "qwen/qwen3-4b:free";
     private char[] boardState = new char[9]; // Keep track of board state
 
     private void connectToServer() {
diff --git a/ai-client/target/ai-client-1.0-SNAPSHOT.jar b/ai-client/target/ai-client-1.0-SNAPSHOT.jar
index b0f18f2..82a64aa 100644
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diff --git a/ai-client/target/classes/com/lona/tictactoe/client/Main.class b/ai-client/target/classes/com/lona/tictactoe/client/Main.class
index 594ace8..466a4f8 100644
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diff --git a/ai-client/target/maven-archiver/pom.properties b/ai-client/target/maven-archiver/pom.properties
index d1e84c7..6602b69 100644
--- a/ai-client/target/maven-archiver/pom.properties
+++ b/ai-client/target/maven-archiver/pom.properties
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #Generated by Maven
-#Tue Feb 10 14:20:59 CET 2026
+#Tue Feb 10 14:46:43 CET 2026
 artifactId=ai-client
 groupId=com.lona.tictactoe
 version=1.0-SNAPSHOT
diff --git a/ai-client/target/original-ai-client-1.0-SNAPSHOT.jar b/ai-client/target/original-ai-client-1.0-SNAPSHOT.jar
index e336dd1..918bbda 100644
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diff --git a/server/src/main/java/com/lona/tictactoe/server/ClientHandler.java b/server/src/main/java/com/lona/tictactoe/server/ClientHandler.java
index 5e87886..588ccc7 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/com/lona/tictactoe/server/ClientHandler.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/com/lona/tictactoe/server/ClientHandler.java
@@ -22,6 +22,9 @@ public class ClientHandler implements Runnable {
             out = new PrintWriter(client.getOutputStream(), true);
             in = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(client.getInputStream()));
 
+            // Send handshake / welcome
+            out.println("WELCOME");
+
             String line;
             while ((line = in.readLine()) != null) {
                 // Command processing
diff --git a/server/target/classes/com/lona/tictactoe/server/ClientHandler.class b/server/target/classes/com/lona/tictactoe/server/ClientHandler.class
index 66d24fb..9372368 100644
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diff --git a/server/target/maven-archiver/pom.properties b/server/target/maven-archiver/pom.properties
index 2b8e22e..0f85ccf 100644
--- a/server/target/maven-archiver/pom.properties
+++ b/server/target/maven-archiver/pom.properties
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #Generated by Maven
-#Tue Feb 10 14:16:42 CET 2026
+#Tue Feb 10 14:45:41 CET 2026
 artifactId=server
 groupId=com.lona.tictactoe
 version=1.0-SNAPSHOT
diff --git a/server/target/original-server-1.0-SNAPSHOT.jar b/server/target/original-server-1.0-SNAPSHOT.jar
index 87d724b..b8c4e5d 100644
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diff --git a/server/target/server-1.0-SNAPSHOT.jar b/server/target/server-1.0-SNAPSHOT.jar
index c46933b..c9eb342 100644
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diff --git a/web-client/src/main/resources/static/js/app.js b/web-client/src/main/resources/static/js/app.js
index f303fd3..d5a1397 100644
--- a/web-client/src/main/resources/static/js/app.js
+++ b/web-client/src/main/resources/static/js/app.js
@@ -33,6 +33,11 @@ function handleMessage(msg) {
     const cmd = parts[0];
 
     switch (cmd) {
+        case 'WELCOME':
+            log("Server Handshake received.");
+            statusDiv.textContent = 'Connected to Server';
+            statusDiv.style.color = '#10b981';
+            break;
         case 'GAME_CREATED':
             currentCode = parts[1];
             mySymbol = 'X';
diff --git a/web-client/target/classes/static/js/app.js b/web-client/target/classes/static/js/app.js
index f303fd3..d5a1397 100644
--- a/web-client/target/classes/static/js/app.js
+++ b/web-client/target/classes/static/js/app.js
@@ -33,6 +33,11 @@ function handleMessage(msg) {
     const cmd = parts[0];
 
     switch (cmd) {
+        case 'WELCOME':
+            log("Server Handshake received.");
+            statusDiv.textContent = 'Connected to Server';
+            statusDiv.style.color = '#10b981';
+            break;
         case 'GAME_CREATED':
             currentCode = parts[1];
             mySymbol = 'X';
diff --git a/web-client/target/web-client-1.0-SNAPSHOT.jar b/web-client/target/web-client-1.0-SNAPSHOT.jar
index 44d4000..307155a 100644
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diff --git a/web-client/target/web-client-1.0-SNAPSHOT.jar.original b/web-client/target/web-client-1.0-SNAPSHOT.jar.original
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