diff --git a/freechat-client/src/channels.js b/freechat-client/src/channels.js
index 9259119..efab70c 100644
--- a/freechat-client/src/channels.js
+++ b/freechat-client/src/channels.js
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 // Requesting channel data here
+const { ipcRenderer }  = require('electron')
 const auth = require('./auth.js')
 const { Request } = require('./request.js')
 
@@ -20,30 +21,30 @@ class Channel {
  * @param {Object} params | basic object with jwt + id fields
  */
 function channels_list(domain, port, params) {
-	const url = `http://${domain}:${port}/channels/list` // input sanitzation is for bitches
-	Request('get', url, params).then(
-		response => {
-			const channels = response.body
-			console.log(channels)
+
+	Request('get', domain, port, '/channels/list', params).then(
+		channels => {
+			// fill the DOM with stuff here
+			console.log('sucess', channels)
 		},
 		reason => {
+			console.log('Request for /channels/list rejected', reason)
 		}
 	)
 }
 
 /**
- * Only requests 
+ * Listener callback for actually getting a list of channels
  * @param {Object} server_conf Should contain at least id/secret + domain/port
  * 
  */
 exports.get_channels = function(server_conf) {
 	// the first two checks are here to rpevent getting a 401 due to a bad/missing jwt
-	if('jwt' in server_conf) {
-		if(auth.valid_jwt(server['jwt'])) {
-			const params = { jwt: server['jwt'], id: server['id'] }
-		}
-		// do something else idk
-	} else {
-		// complain here
+	console.log(server_conf)
+	const params = {
+		id: server_conf['id'],
+		jwt: server_conf['jwt']
 	}
+
+	channels_list(server_conf['domain'], server_conf['port'], params)
 }