diff --git a/server/cardnet.cpp b/server/cardnet.cpp
index 757dc32..a9df549 100644
--- a/server/cardnet.cpp
+++ b/server/cardnet.cpp
@@ -69,10 +69,9 @@ int main (int argc, char* argv[])
     SOCKET master , new_socket , client_socket[30] , s;
     struct sockaddr_in server, address;
     int max_clients = 30 , activity, addrlen, i, valread;
-    char *message = "ECHO Daemon v1.0 \r\n";
      
     //size of our receive buffer, this is string length.
-    int MAXRECV = 1024;
+    int MAXRECV = 16;
     //set of socket descriptors
     fd_set readfds;
     //1 extra for null character, string termination
@@ -163,13 +162,13 @@ int main (int argc, char* argv[])
             //inform user of socket number - used in send and receive commands
             printf("New connection , socket fd is %d , ip is : %s , port : %d \n" , new_socket , inet_ntoa(address.sin_addr) , ntohs(address.sin_port));
         
-            //send new connection greeting message
+            /*//send new connection greeting message
             if( send(new_socket, message, strlen(message), 0) != strlen(message) ) 
             {
                 perror("send failed");
             }
               
-            puts("Welcome message sent successfully");
+            puts("Welcome message sent successfully");*/
               
             //add new socket to array of sockets
             for (i = 0; i < max_clients; i++) 
@@ -229,33 +228,33 @@ int main (int argc, char* argv[])
                 {
                     //add null character, if you want to use with printf/puts or other string handling functions
                     buffer[valread] = '\0';
-                    printf("%s:%d - %s \n" , inet_ntoa(address.sin_addr) , ntohs(address.sin_port), buffer);
-
-                    // the 'buffer' is the string to use to edit our card0.txt file
                     
+                    // the 'buffer' is the string to use to edit our card0.txt file
+                    std::regex cardRegex("[e,E]004[(0-9)(a-f)(A-F)]{12}"); // 16 digit hexadecimal starting with e004
+                    if(std::regex_match(buffer, cardRegex)) 
+                    {
+                        
+                        printf("Recieved by: %s:%d contains: %s \n" , inet_ntoa(address.sin_addr) , ntohs(address.sin_port), buffer);
+                        std::cout << "Data recieved is a valid game card" << std::endl;
+                    }
+                    else // don't do anything if not valid
+                    {
+                        std::cout << "Data recieved is not a valid game card" << std::endl;
+                    }
                     // check if the check file exists
                     //if(std::ifstream(check))
                     //{
                         // check file exists, rewrite 
                         // regex to validate buffer is a e004 hex number
-                        std::regex cardRegex("[eE]004[0-9a-fA-F]{12}");
-                        if(std::regex_match(buffer, cardRegex))
-                        {
-                            std::cout << "Data recieved is a valid game card" << std::endl;
-                        }
-                        else
-                        {
-                            std::cout << "Data recieved is not a valid game card" << std::endl;
-                        }
+                        
+                        
                     //}
                     //else
                     //{
                         // no check file
                     //    std::cout << "No check file! Will not re-write: " << file << std::endl;
                     //}
-
-
-                    send( s , buffer , valread , 0 );
+                    //send( s , "recieved" , valread , 0 );
                 }
             }
         }
diff --git a/server/cardnet.exe b/server/cardnet.exe
index bfa9c69..a9a4071 100755
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