diff --git a/bower.json b/bower.json
index 8e6d5cb79..b35e8e481 100644
--- a/bower.json
+++ b/bower.json
@@ -30,9 +30,8 @@
     "secure-fabric.js": "secure-v1.7.9",
     "hyperjson": "~1.4.0",
     "chainpad-crypto": "^0.2.0",
-    "chainpad-listmap": "^0.5.0",
+    "chainpad-listmap": "^0.6.0",
     "chainpad": "^5.1.0",
-    "chainpad-netflux": "^0.7.0",
     "file-saver": "1.3.1",
     "alertifyjs": "1.0.11",
     "scrypt-async": "1.2.0",
diff --git a/customize.dist/login.js b/customize.dist/login.js
index 2902d303a..ab0290909 100644
--- a/customize.dist/login.js
+++ b/customize.dist/login.js
@@ -13,11 +13,12 @@ define([
     '/common/outer/local-store.js',
     '/customize/messages.js',
     '/bower_components/nthen/index.js',
+    '/common/outer/login-block.js',
 
     '/bower_components/tweetnacl/nacl-fast.min.js',
     '/bower_components/scrypt-async/scrypt-async.min.js', // better load speed
 ], function ($, Listmap, Crypto, Util, NetConfig, Cred, ChainPad, Realtime, Constants, UI,
-            Feedback, LocalStore, Messages, nThen) {
+            Feedback, LocalStore, Messages, nThen, Block) {
     var Exports = {
         Cred: Cred,
     };
@@ -42,11 +43,11 @@ define([
         // 32 more for a signing key
         var edSeed = opt.edSeed = dispense(32);
 
-        // TODO
         // 32 more bytes to seed an additional signing key
+        opt.blockSignSeed = dispense(32);
 
-        // TODO
         // 32 more bytes for a symmetric key for block encryption
+        opt.blockSymmetric = dispense(32);
 
         // derive a private key from the ed seed
         var signingKeypair = Nacl.sign.keyPair.fromSeed(new Uint8Array(edSeed));
@@ -124,6 +125,14 @@ define([
                 // run scrypt to derive the user's keys
                 res.opt = allocateBytes(bytes);
             }));
+
+
+            // TODO consider checking the block here
+        }).nThen(function (/* waitFor */) {
+            // check for blocks
+            Block = Block; // jshint
+
+
         }).nThen(function (waitFor) {
             var opt = res.opt;
             // use the derived key to generate an object
@@ -283,7 +292,9 @@ define([
                                             proxy[Constants.displayNameKey] = uname;
                                         }
                                         LocalStore.eraseTempSessionValues();
-                                        proceed(result);
+                                        LocalStore.login(result.userHash, result.userName, function () {
+                                            setTimeout(function () { proceed(result); });
+                                        });
                                     });
                                 });
                                 break;
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 8de5b61f4..c6b69cf44 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -4,13 +4,14 @@
   "version": "2.3.0",
   "license": "AGPL-3.0-or-later",
   "dependencies": {
-    "chainpad-server": "^2.0.0",
+    "chainpad-server": "~2.1.0",
     "express": "~4.16.0",
     "mkdirp": "^0.5.1",
     "nthen": "~0.1.0",
     "pull-stream": "^3.6.1",
     "replify": "^1.2.0",
     "saferphore": "0.0.1",
+    "socket.io": "^2.1.1",
     "sortify": "^1.0.4",
     "stream-to-pull-stream": "^1.7.2",
     "tweetnacl": "~0.12.2",
diff --git a/server.js b/server.js
index 02cb54029..47c19eaff 100644
--- a/server.js
+++ b/server.js
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ var Express = require('express');
 var Http = require('http');
 var Https = require('https');
 var Fs = require('fs');
-var WebSocketServer = require('ws').Server;
+var SocketIO = require('socket.io');
 var NetfluxSrv = require('./node_modules/chainpad-server/NetfluxWebsocketSrv');
 var Package = require('./package.json');
 var Path = require("path");
@@ -249,7 +249,10 @@ var nt = nThen(function (w) {
         console.log("setting up a new websocket server");
         wsConfig = { port: websocketPort};
     }
-    var wsSrv = new WebSocketServer(wsConfig);
+    var wsSrv = new SocketIO(httpServer, {
+        path: config.websocketPath || '/cryptpad_websocket'
+    });
+
     Storage.create(config, function (store) {
         NetfluxSrv.run(store, wsSrv, config, rpc);
     });