diff --git a/freechat-client/package-lock.json b/freechat-client/package-lock.json
index f77b6e8..09695fa 100644
--- a/freechat-client/package-lock.json
+++ b/freechat-client/package-lock.json
@@ -1137,6 +1137,11 @@
       "integrity": "sha1-hnrHTjhkGHsdPUfZlqeOxciDB3c=",
       "dev": true
     },
+    "typescript": {
+      "version": "4.2.3",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/typescript/-/typescript-4.2.3.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-qOcYwxaByStAWrBf4x0fibwZvMRG+r4cQoTjbPtUlrWjBHbmCAww1i448U0GJ+3cNNEtebDteo/cHOR3xJ4wEw=="
+    },
     "universalify": {
       "version": "0.1.2",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/universalify/-/universalify-0.1.2.tgz",
diff --git a/freechat-client/package.json b/freechat-client/package.json
index c82813e..13a4ee7 100644
--- a/freechat-client/package.json
+++ b/freechat-client/package.json
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
   "scripts": {
     "build": "sh scripts/build-sass.sh build",
     "start": "electron . --",
-	  "test": "node testing/main.js"
+    "test": "node testing/main.js"
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "argparse": "^2.0.1",
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
     "popper.js": "^1.16.1",
     "socket.io": "^3.1.1",
     "socket.io-client": "^3.1.1",
+    "typescript": "^4.2.3",
     "ws": "^7.4.3"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
diff --git a/freechat-client/src/types.ts b/freechat-client/src/types.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0dd0415
--- /dev/null
+++ b/freechat-client/src/types.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,92 @@
+// Basically here we define various types that are used pretty much everywhere
+
+export class Message {
+    private TYPES: Array<String> = ['text', 'jpeg', 'png', 'webm', 'mp4']
+    id: Number
+    time: Number
+    type: String
+    content: String|null
+    uid: Number
+    uname: String
+    cid: Number
+
+    constructor(id: Number, time: Number, content: String, type: String, uid: Number, uname: String, cid: Number) {
+        this.id = id
+        this.time = time
+        this.uid = uid
+        this.uname = uname
+        this.cid = cid
+
+        this.type = type
+
+        if(this.TYPES.indexOf(content) == -1) {
+            this.content = null
+        } else {
+            this.content = content
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+export class Channel {
+    name: String
+    type: Number
+    id: Number
+    description: String|null
+
+    constructor(name: String, type: Number, id: Number, desc: String) {
+        this.name = name
+        this.type = type
+        this.id = id
+        this.description = desc
+    }
+}
+
+export class ServerConfig {
+    hostname: String
+    port: Number
+    protocol: String
+
+    constructor(protocol: String, hostname: String, port: Number) {
+        this.protocol = protocol
+        this.hostname = hostname 
+        this.port = port
+    }
+}
+
+////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+// 
+// 
+//  Server Cache Types
+// 
+// These types are defined for the net-cache system so that client apps can more 
+// intelligently make network requests.
+////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+
+export class ServerCache {
+    channels: Array<Channel>
+    // Channel id's are used to key into the list of messages for that given channel
+    messages: Map<Number, Array<Message>>
+    config: ServerConfig
+
+    constructor(config: ServerConfig, channels: Array<Channel>, messages: Array<Message>) {
+        this.config = config
+        this.channels = channels
+        for(const message of messages) {
+            const ref = this.messages.get(message.cid)
+
+            if(!ref) {
+                this.messages.set(message.cid, [message])
+            } else {
+                ref.push(message)
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+export class Cache {
+    servers: Array<ServerCache>
+
+    constructor(servers: Array<ServerCache>) {
+        this.servers = servers // good chance this will be null on init but thats ok
+    }
+}
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