diff --git a/src/clientManager.ts b/src/clientManager.ts
index be5ce06..0701716 100644
--- a/src/clientManager.ts
+++ b/src/clientManager.ts
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ class ClientManager {
 
   getClientType(data: any, channelManager: ChannelManager, ws: WebSocket) {
     var client_type = data.client_type + 'Client'
-    
+
     try {
       var Client = require(`./clients/types/${client_type}`);
       logger.accessLog.info(`attempting to create client of type ${data.client_type}, client id: ${data.user_id}...`);
diff --git a/src/clients/types/customClient.ts b/src/clients/types/customClient.ts
index 19b938b..72b562c 100644
--- a/src/clients/types/customClient.ts
+++ b/src/clients/types/customClient.ts
@@ -7,9 +7,6 @@ class CustomClient extends ClientBase {
   //     test: Joi.alternatives().try(Joi.string(), Joi.object())
   //   }
   // }
-  validations() {
-    return { what: "test"}
-  }
 };
 
 module.exports = CustomClient;
diff --git a/src/server.ts b/src/server.ts
index 5037181..4a9f6e3 100755
--- a/src/server.ts
+++ b/src/server.ts
@@ -12,8 +12,9 @@ var app = require('./config/app');
 var logger = require('./logger');
 import ClientManager from './clientManager';
 import ChannelManager from './channelManager';
-import ClientBase from './clients/clientBase';
+import PublicClient from './clients/types/publicClient';
 import PrivateClient from './clients/types/privateClient';
+import CustomClient from './clients/types/customClient';
 
 
 // if (app.environment == 'development') {
@@ -55,13 +56,13 @@ function connectionManager() {
       }
 
       if (clientManager.clientExists(data.user_id)) {
-        var client: ClientBase|PrivateClient|null = clientManager.getClient(data.user_id);
+        var client: PublicClient|PrivateClient|CustomClient|null = clientManager.getClient(data.user_id);
 
         if (client != null) {
           client.replaceWebSocket(ws);
         }
       } else {
-        var client: ClientBase|PrivateClient|null = clientManager.addClient(data, channelManager, ws);
+        var client: PublicClient|PrivateClient|CustomClient|null = clientManager.addClient(data, channelManager, ws);
       }
 
       if (client != null) {