diff --git a/src/channelManager.ts b/src/channelManager.ts
index 890689b..572e0cc 100644
--- a/src/channelManager.ts
+++ b/src/channelManager.ts
@@ -8,11 +8,11 @@ import CustomClient from './clients/types/customClient';
 var logger = require('./logger');
 
 class ChannelManager {
-  channels: any = [];
+  channels: any[] = [];
 
   constructor() {
     // create default channel...
-    var channel: PublicChannel = new PublicChannel('default');
+    let channel = new PublicChannel('default');
     this.channels.push(channel);
   }
 
@@ -56,13 +56,18 @@ class ChannelManager {
   }
 
   createByChannelType(data: any) {
-    var channel_name = data.channel_type + 'Channel'
-
     try {
-      var Channel = require(`./channels/types/${channel_name}`);
-      logger.accessLog.info(`attempting to create channel of type ${channel_name}, channel id: ${data.channel}...`);
-      return new Channel(data.channel);
+      logger.accessLog.info(`attempting to create channel of type ${data.channel_type}, channel id: ${data.channel}...`);
+
+      if (data.channel_type == 'public') {
+        return new PublicChannel(data.channel)
+      } else if (data.channel_type == 'private') {
+        return new PrivateChannel(data.channel)
+      } else {
+        return new CustomChannel(data.channel, data.custom)
+      }
     } catch (e) {
+      console.log(e)
       logger.errorLog.info(e);
       logger.accessLog.info(`creating base channel: ${data.channel}`);
       return new PublicChannel(data.channel);
diff --git a/src/channels/channelBase.ts b/src/channels/channelBase.ts
index 908d9f6..9219110 100644
--- a/src/channels/channelBase.ts
+++ b/src/channels/channelBase.ts
@@ -1,23 +1,18 @@
 import PublicClient from '../clients/types/publicClient';
 import PrivateClient from '../clients/types/privateClient';
 import CustomClient from '../clients/types/customClient';
-import * as Joi from 'joi';
 
 var logger = require('../logger');
 
 class ChannelBase {
   id: string;
-  clients: PrivateClient[]|PublicClient[]|CustomClient[] = [];
+  clients: any[] = [];
 
   constructor(id: string) {
     this.id = id;
     logger.accessLog.info('Channel Created', {channelId: id});
   }
 
-  validations() {
-    return {}
-  }
-
   broadcastMessage(from: PublicClient|PrivateClient|CustomClient, message: object) {
     for (let to of this.clients) {
       if (this.messageTransactionPossible(from, to)) {
diff --git a/src/channels/types/customChannel.ts b/src/channels/types/customChannel.ts
index b4a6fbb..9c768a1 100644
--- a/src/channels/types/customChannel.ts
+++ b/src/channels/types/customChannel.ts
@@ -1,18 +1,18 @@
 import CustomClient from '../../clients/types/customClient';
 import ChannelBase from '../channelBase';
-import * as Joi from 'joi';
 
 class CustomChannel extends ChannelBase {
-  validations() {
-    return {
-      test: Joi.alternatives().try(Joi.string(), Joi.object())
-    }
+  clients: CustomClient[] = [];
+  custom: any;
+
+  constructor(id: string, custom: any) {
+    super(id);
+    this.custom = custom
   }
 
   messageTransactionPossible(from: CustomClient, to: CustomClient) {
-    return true
+    return eval(this.custom.broadcastConditions)
   }
 };
 
-module.exports = CustomChannel;
 export default CustomChannel;
diff --git a/src/channels/types/privateChannel.ts b/src/channels/types/privateChannel.ts
index c668b7a..7dc6b03 100644
--- a/src/channels/types/privateChannel.ts
+++ b/src/channels/types/privateChannel.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ import ChannelBase from '../channelBase';
 var logger = require('../../logger');
 
 class PrivateChannel extends ChannelBase {
+  clients: PrivateClient[] = [];
+
   messageTransactionPossible(from: PrivateClient, to: PrivateClient) {
     return (
       to != from &&
@@ -13,5 +15,4 @@ class PrivateChannel extends ChannelBase {
   }
 };
 
-module.exports = PrivateChannel;
 export default PrivateChannel;
diff --git a/src/channels/types/publicChannel.ts b/src/channels/types/publicChannel.ts
index abdc902..07daaa1 100644
--- a/src/channels/types/publicChannel.ts
+++ b/src/channels/types/publicChannel.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ import ChannelBase from '../channelBase';
 var logger = require('../../logger');
 
 class PublicChannel extends ChannelBase {
+  clients: PublicClient[] = [];
+
   messageTransactionPossible(from: PublicClient, to: PublicClient) {
     return (
       to != from
@@ -11,5 +13,4 @@ class PublicChannel extends ChannelBase {
   }
 };
 
-module.exports = PublicChannel;
 export default PublicChannel;
diff --git a/src/clientManager.ts b/src/clientManager.ts
index 0701716..660d8a7 100644
--- a/src/clientManager.ts
+++ b/src/clientManager.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import ChannelManager from './channelManager';
 var logger = require('./logger');
 
 class ClientManager {
-  clients: PublicClient[]|PrivateClient[]|CustomClient[] = [];
+  clients: any[] = [];
 
   constructor() {
     //...maybe one day
@@ -68,12 +68,16 @@ 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}...`);
-      return new Client(data, ws, channelManager, this);
+
+      if (data.client_type == 'public') {
+        return new PublicClient(data, ws, channelManager, this)
+      } else if (data.channel_type == 'private') {
+        return new PrivateClient(data, ws, channelManager, this)
+      } else {
+        return new CustomClient(data, ws, channelManager, this)
+      }
     } catch (e) {
       logger.errorLog.info(e);
       logger.accessLog.info(`creating base client: ${data.user_id}`);
diff --git a/src/clients/clientBase.ts b/src/clients/clientBase.ts
index 966c5fe..bda5248 100644
--- a/src/clients/clientBase.ts
+++ b/src/clients/clientBase.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@ import ChannelManager from '../channelManager';
 import PublicChannel from '../channels/types/publicChannel';
 import PrivateChannel from '../channels/types/privateChannel';
 import CustomChannel from '../channels/types/customChannel';
+import PublicClient from '../clients/types/publicClient';
+import PrivateClient from '../clients/types/privateClient';
+import CustomClient from '../clients/types/customClient';
 
 var messageManager = require('../messageManager');
 var logger = require('../logger');
@@ -27,10 +30,6 @@ class ClientBase {
     this.roles = ['receiver']
   }
 
-  validations() {
-    return {}
-  }
-
   getData() {
     return this.data;
   }
@@ -46,21 +45,24 @@ class ClientBase {
   connectToChannel(channel: PublicChannel|PrivateChannel|CustomChannel) {
     this.channel = channel;
 
-    var messageListener = (message: any) => {
-      logger.accessLog.info(`starting message transaction on channel ${channel.id}: `, {message: message});
-      message = messageManager.prepareMessage(message, channel, this);
+    var messageListener = (data: any) => {
+      logger.accessLog.info(`starting message transaction on channel ${channel.id}: `, {data: data});
+      data = messageManager.prepareMessage(data, channel, this);
 
-      if (!message.error) {
-        if (message['message_type'] == 'broadcast') {
-          channel.broadcastMessage(this, message);
-        } else if (message['message_type'] == 'changeChannel') {
+      if (!data.error) {
+        if (data.message_type == 'broadcast') {
+          channel.broadcastMessage(this, data);
+        } else if (data.message_type == 'direct') {
+          let to = this.clientManager.getClient(data.message.to)
+          to.directMessage(data)
+        } else if (data.message_type == 'changeChannel') {
           this.ws.removeListener('message', messageListener);
-          this.channelManager.changeChannel(this, message);
+          this.channelManager.changeChannel(this, data);
         }
 
-        logger.accessLog.info(`message transaction complete on channel ${channel.id}: `, {message: message});
+        logger.accessLog.info(`message transaction complete on channel ${channel.id}: `, {message: data});
       } else {
-        logger.errorLog.info(`Validation failed, please review schema: ${channel.id}`, {data: {message: message, error: message.error}});
+        logger.errorLog.info(`Validation failed, please review schema: ${channel.id}`, {data: {message: data, error: data.error}});
       }
     }
 
@@ -78,6 +80,11 @@ class ClientBase {
     });
   }
 
+  directMessage(message: any) {
+    this.ws.send(JSON.stringify(message));
+    logger.accessLog.info(`sent direct message to ${this.id}`, { data: { message: message }});
+  }
+
   replaceWebSocket(ws: WebSocket) {
     this.ws.close();
     this.ws = ws;
diff --git a/src/clients/types/customClient.ts b/src/clients/types/customClient.ts
index 72b562c..2732b70 100644
--- a/src/clients/types/customClient.ts
+++ b/src/clients/types/customClient.ts
@@ -1,14 +1,18 @@
 import ClientBase from '../clientBase';
+import ClientManager from '../../clientManager';
+import ChannelManager from '../../channelManager';
+import * as WebSocket from 'ws';
 import * as Joi from 'joi';
 
+var logger = require('../../logger');
+
 class CustomClient extends ClientBase {
-  // validations() {
-  //   return {
-  //     test: Joi.alternatives().try(Joi.string(), Joi.object())
-  //   }
-  // }
+  constructor(data: any, ws: WebSocket, channelManager: ChannelManager, clientManager: ClientManager) {
+    super(data, ws, channelManager, clientManager);
+    this.roles = data.user_roles
+    logger.accessLog.info('Custom Client Created', {data: data});
+  }
 };
 
-module.exports = CustomClient;
 export default CustomClient;
 
diff --git a/src/clients/types/privateClient.ts b/src/clients/types/privateClient.ts
index a5fec6c..616838f 100644
--- a/src/clients/types/privateClient.ts
+++ b/src/clients/types/privateClient.ts
@@ -13,6 +13,5 @@ class PrivateClient extends ClientBase {
   }
 };
 
-module.exports = PrivateClient;
 export default PrivateClient;
 
diff --git a/src/clients/types/publicClient.ts b/src/clients/types/publicClient.ts
index a97e585..f66c3f4 100644
--- a/src/clients/types/publicClient.ts
+++ b/src/clients/types/publicClient.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,5 @@ var logger = require('../../logger');
 
 class PublicClient extends ClientBase {};
 
-module.exports = PublicClient;
 export default PublicClient;
 
diff --git a/src/config/app.ts b/src/config/app.ts
index 1e0abc6..58dafbf 100644
--- a/src/config/app.ts
+++ b/src/config/app.ts
@@ -15,5 +15,5 @@ module.exports = {
     audience:  'internal',
     algorithm:  ["HS256"]
   },
-  messageTypes : ['broadcast', 'changeChannel']
+  messageTypes : ['broadcast', 'direct', 'changeChannel']
 }
diff --git a/src/messageManager.ts b/src/messageManager.ts
index 294b356..6566fa2 100644
--- a/src/messageManager.ts
+++ b/src/messageManager.ts
@@ -1,31 +1,11 @@
 import * as Joi from 'joi';
-import PublicChannel from './channels/types/publicChannel';
-import PrivateChannel from './channels/types/privateChannel';
-import CustomChannel from './channels/types/customChannel';
-import PublicClient from './clients/types/publicClient';
-import PrivateClient from './clients/types/privateClient';
-import CustomClient from './clients/types/customClient';
-
-var logger = require('./logger');
-var app = require('./config/app');
-
-let schema = (channel: PublicChannel|PrivateChannel|CustomChannel, client: PublicClient|PrivateClient|CustomClient) => {
-  let validations = { 
-    message_type: Joi.string().valid(app.messageTypes).insensitive().required(),
-    channel: Joi.string(),
-    channel_type: Joi.string(),
-    client_type: Joi.string(),
-    user_id: Joi.number().integer(),
-    message: Joi.alternatives().try(Joi.string(), Joi.object())
-  }
-
-  return {...validations, ...channel.validations, ...client.validations}
-};
+import Validations from './services/validations';
 
 module.exports = {
-  prepareMessage: (message: string, channel: PublicChannel|PrivateChannel|CustomChannel, client: PublicClient|PrivateClient|CustomClient) => {
-    var parsed = JSON.parse(message)
-    const result = Joi.validate(parsed, schema(channel, client));
+  prepareMessage: (message: string) => {
+    let validations = new Validations(message)
+    let parsed = JSON.parse(message)
+    const result = Joi.validate(parsed, validations.MessageConditions);
 
     if (result.error) {
       return result
diff --git a/src/services/validations.ts b/src/services/validations.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3c09c7d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/services/validations.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+import PublicChannel from '../channels/types/publicChannel';
+import PrivateChannel from '../channels/types/privateChannel';
+import CustomChannel from '../channels/types/customChannel';
+import * as Joi from 'joi'
+
+var app = require('../config/app');
+
+class Validations {
+  MessageConditions = {
+    message_type: Joi.string().valid(app.messageTypes).insensitive().required(),
+    channel: Joi.string(),
+    channel_type: Joi.string(),
+    client_type: Joi.string(),
+    user_id: Joi.number().integer(),
+    message: Joi.alternatives().try(Joi.string(), Joi.object()),
+    custom: Joi.object()
+  }
+
+  constructor(message: any) {
+    if (message.channel_type == 'custom') {
+      let conditions = message.conditions
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+export default Validations;
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/test/channelBase.spec.ts b/src/test/channelBase.spec.ts
index a302093..fde1dcd 100644
--- a/src/test/channelBase.spec.ts
+++ b/src/test/channelBase.spec.ts
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ describe('ChannelBase', function () {
   });
 
   it('should not broadcast a message to self', function () {
-    var result = channel.broadcastMessage(client, 'test message');
+    var result = channel.broadcastMessage(client, {message: "test message"});
     expect(result.status).to.be.equal('success');
   });
 
diff --git a/src/test/clientManager.spec.ts b/src/test/clientManager.spec.ts
index 4e8a418..6b02d2e 100644
--- a/src/test/clientManager.spec.ts
+++ b/src/test/clientManager.spec.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import * as WebSocket from 'ws';
-import ClientBase from '../clients/clientBase';
+import PublicClient from '../clients/types/publicClient';
 import ClientManager from '../clientManager';
 import ChannelManager from '../channelManager';