diff --git a/freechat-client/src/channels.js b/freechat-client/src/channels.js
index 0d6d6c6..619d9eb 100644
--- a/freechat-client/src/channels.js
+++ b/freechat-client/src/channels.js
@@ -1,65 +1,86 @@
 // Requesting channel data here
 const { ipcRenderer }  = require('electron')
 const auth = require('./auth.js')
-const { Request } = require('./request.js')
+const { Request, BuildUrl } = require('./request.js')
+
+const $ = require('jquery')
+const got = require('got')
 
 const VOICE_KIND = 1
 const TEXT_KIND = 2
-class Channel {
-	constructor(name, id, type, description) {
-		this.name = name
-		this.id = id
-		this.type = type
-		this.description = description
-	}
-
-}
 
 
 /**
  * 
+ * @param {String} proto | http/https
  * @param {String} domain | domain of the instance we're looking at
  * @param {Number} port | Should always be the default value of 4536 but other owner
- * @param {Object} params | basic object with jwt + id fields
+ * @param {Object} params | object with jwt + id fields
+ *
+ * @note This function fails quietly for the sake of not destroying the UI instantly
+ * Errors get logged for now since those are in the debugger anyway but everything else
+ * is basically really quiet
+ *
  */
-function update_channels_list(domain, port, params) {
+function update_channels_list(proto, hostname, port, params) {
+	const url = `${proto}://${hostname}:${port}/channels/list`
 
-	Request('get', domain, port, '/channels/list', params).then(
+	got(url, { 
+		searchParams:  { id: params['id'], jwt: params['jwt'] },
+		responseType: 'json' 
+	})
+	.then(
 		response => {
-			if(response.status_code != 200) { 
-				document.getElementById('channels-list').textContent = 'Could not fetch channels'
-			}
-			else {
-				const channels = response.body
-				const voice = channels.filter(chan => chan.kind == VOICE_KIND)
-				const text = channels.filter(chan => chan.kind == TEXT_KIND)
+			const channels_json = response.body['channels']
+			const voice = channels_json.filter(chan => chan.kind == VOICE_KIND)
+			const text =  channels_json.filter(chan => chan.kind == TEXT_KIND)
 
-				const chans = voice.concat(text)
-				for(const channel of chans) {
-					const name = channel.name
-					let item = `<li> <p class="message"> <a href="#" class="btn btn-link channel-name">${name}</a> </p> </li>`
-					document.getElementById('channels-list').innerHTML += item
-				}
+			const chans = voice.concat(text)
+			for(const channel of chans) {
+				// wack jquery shit
+				$('#channels-list').append(
+					$('<li>').append(
+						$('<button>').attr({
+							type: 'button',
+							'class': 'btn btn-outline-secondary btn-nav-settings',
+							id: channel['name'],
+						}).text(channel['name'])
+					)
+				)
+				// why not jquery? Because the callback doesn't register
+				// (I have no idea why)
+				console.log(channel)
+				let ref = document.getElementById(channel['name'])
+				ref.addEventListener('click', function() {
+					$('#channel-name').text(`#${channel['name']}`)
+					$('#channel-description').text(channel['description'])
+				})
 			}
 		},
-		reason => {
-			console.log('Request for /channels/list rejected', reason)
+		fetch_reason => {
+			console.log(fetch_reason)
+			$('#channels-list').text('Could not fetch channels')
 		}
-	)
+	).catch(reason => {
+		$('#channels-list').text(reason)
+	})
 }
 
 /**
  * Listener callback for actually getting a list of channels
- * @param {Object} server_conf Should contain at least id/secret + domain/port
+ * @param {Object} server Object containing server configuration
+ * @param {Object} user Object containing user access data
  * 
  */
-exports.get_channels = function(server_conf) {
-	// the first two checks are here to rpevent getting a 401 due to a bad/missing jwt
-	console.log(server_conf)
+exports.list = function(server, user) {
 	const params = {
-		id: server_conf['id'],
-		jwt: server_conf['jwt']
+		id: user['id'],
+		jwt: user['jwt']
 	}
 
-	update_channels_list(server_conf['domain'], server_conf['port'], params)
+	const proto = server['protocol']
+
+	$('#channels-list').html('')
+	$('#server-name').text(server['name'])
+	update_channels_list(proto, server['hostname'], server['port'], params)
 }