diff --git a/AvaloniaChatV2/ViewModels/MainWindowViewModel.cs b/AvaloniaChatV2/ViewModels/MainWindowViewModel.cs
index 9472fe7..a5aa431 100644
--- a/AvaloniaChatV2/ViewModels/MainWindowViewModel.cs
+++ b/AvaloniaChatV2/ViewModels/MainWindowViewModel.cs
@@ -6,18 +6,34 @@ using System.Threading;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
 using AvaloniaChatV2.Data;
 using AvaloniaChatV2.Views;
+using ReactiveUI;
 
 namespace AvaloniaChatV2.ViewModels;
 
 public class MainWindowViewModel : ViewModelBase
 {
     private readonly ClientWebSocketHandler _clientWebSocketHandler = new ();
+    private string _currentMessage = String.Empty;
+
+    public string CurrentMessage
+    {
+        get => _currentMessage;
+        set => this.RaiseAndSetIfChanged(ref _currentMessage, value);
+    }
+    
     public ObservableCollection<string> Messages { get; set; } = new();
     public MainWindowViewModel()
     {
         _clientWebSocketHandler.OnReceiveMessage += DisplayMessage;
     }
 
+    public async Task SendMessage(string message)
+    { 
+        Messages.Add(message);
+       await _clientWebSocketHandler.SendMessage(message);
+       CurrentMessage = String.Empty;
+    }
+
     private void DisplayMessage(string message)
     {
         Messages.Add(message);
diff --git a/AvaloniaChatV2/Views/MainWindow.axaml b/AvaloniaChatV2/Views/MainWindow.axaml
index a9f6cd2..793c5ba 100644
--- a/AvaloniaChatV2/Views/MainWindow.axaml
+++ b/AvaloniaChatV2/Views/MainWindow.axaml
@@ -14,7 +14,23 @@
              to set the actual DataContext for runtime, set the DataContext property in code (look at App.axaml.cs) -->
         <vm:MainWindowViewModel/>
     </Design.DataContext>
-
+    <DockPanel>
+        <StackPanel DockPanel.Dock="Bottom" 
+                    Spacing="15"
+                    Orientation="Horizontal" 
+                    HorizontalAlignment="Center" 
+                    VerticalAlignment="Center">
+            <TextBox
+                Text="{Binding CurrentMessage}"
+                Width="300" 
+                HorizontalContentAlignment="Center"/>
+            <Button 
+                Command="{Binding SendMessage}"
+                CommandParameter="{Binding CurrentMessage}"
+                Width="100" 
+                Content="Send Message"
+                HorizontalContentAlignment="Center"/>
+        </StackPanel>
         <ListBox ItemsSource="{Binding Messages}">
             <ListBox.ItemTemplate>
                 <DataTemplate>
@@ -22,4 +38,6 @@
                 </DataTemplate>
             </ListBox.ItemTemplate>
         </ListBox>
+    </DockPanel>
+       
 </Window>
diff --git a/AvaloniaChatV2/bin/Debug/net8.0/AvaloniaChatV2.dll b/AvaloniaChatV2/bin/Debug/net8.0/AvaloniaChatV2.dll
index f41b02e..fdec82c 100644
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diff --git a/AvaloniaChatV2/bin/Debug/net8.0/AvaloniaChatV2.pdb b/AvaloniaChatV2/bin/Debug/net8.0/AvaloniaChatV2.pdb
index d0eeb9b..a87fd20 100644
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diff --git a/AvaloniaChatV2/obj/Debug/net8.0/Avalonia/AvaloniaChatV2.dll b/AvaloniaChatV2/obj/Debug/net8.0/Avalonia/AvaloniaChatV2.dll
index f41b02e..fdec82c 100644
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diff --git a/AvaloniaChatV2/obj/Debug/net8.0/Avalonia/AvaloniaChatV2.pdb b/AvaloniaChatV2/obj/Debug/net8.0/Avalonia/AvaloniaChatV2.pdb
index d0eeb9b..a87fd20 100644
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diff --git a/AvaloniaChatV2/obj/Debug/net8.0/Avalonia/resources b/AvaloniaChatV2/obj/Debug/net8.0/Avalonia/resources
index 965ffcc..efe2bb6 100644
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diff --git a/AvaloniaChatV2/obj/Debug/net8.0/AvaloniaChatV2.AssemblyInfo.cs b/AvaloniaChatV2/obj/Debug/net8.0/AvaloniaChatV2.AssemblyInfo.cs
index cb4b70b..51c5cbe 100644
--- a/AvaloniaChatV2/obj/Debug/net8.0/AvaloniaChatV2.AssemblyInfo.cs
+++ b/AvaloniaChatV2/obj/Debug/net8.0/AvaloniaChatV2.AssemblyInfo.cs
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ using System.Reflection;
 [assembly: System.Reflection.AssemblyCompanyAttribute("AvaloniaChatV2")]
 [assembly: System.Reflection.AssemblyConfigurationAttribute("Debug")]
 [assembly: System.Reflection.AssemblyFileVersionAttribute("1.0.0.0")]
-[assembly: System.Reflection.AssemblyInformationalVersionAttribute("1.0.0")]
+[assembly: System.Reflection.AssemblyInformationalVersionAttribute("1.0.0+2a68bf06307b8fb47c7538d3e5ae2e9a5b974032")]
 [assembly: System.Reflection.AssemblyProductAttribute("AvaloniaChatV2")]
 [assembly: System.Reflection.AssemblyTitleAttribute("AvaloniaChatV2")]
 [assembly: System.Reflection.AssemblyVersionAttribute("1.0.0.0")]
diff --git a/AvaloniaChatV2/obj/Debug/net8.0/AvaloniaChatV2.AssemblyInfoInputs.cache b/AvaloniaChatV2/obj/Debug/net8.0/AvaloniaChatV2.AssemblyInfoInputs.cache
index 808bf45..b110c2c 100644
--- a/AvaloniaChatV2/obj/Debug/net8.0/AvaloniaChatV2.AssemblyInfoInputs.cache
+++ b/AvaloniaChatV2/obj/Debug/net8.0/AvaloniaChatV2.AssemblyInfoInputs.cache
@@ -1 +1 @@
-7f04708fb6fc5a345bbcf485de564bc617392498b408e5501bff3f5eb31dd3aa
+74ae42220328a85f4d8a0cf41ccaa19b8a97ce9b9b94e2667d04a231bcb7e7c7
diff --git a/AvaloniaChatV2/obj/Debug/net8.0/AvaloniaChatV2.dll b/AvaloniaChatV2/obj/Debug/net8.0/AvaloniaChatV2.dll
index d7f75e6..b18179a 100644
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diff --git a/AvaloniaChatV2/obj/Debug/net8.0/AvaloniaChatV2.pdb b/AvaloniaChatV2/obj/Debug/net8.0/AvaloniaChatV2.pdb
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diff --git a/AvaloniaChatV2/obj/Debug/net8.0/ref/AvaloniaChatV2.dll b/AvaloniaChatV2/obj/Debug/net8.0/ref/AvaloniaChatV2.dll
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diff --git a/AvaloniaChatV2/obj/Debug/net8.0/refint/Avalonia/AvaloniaChatV2.dll b/AvaloniaChatV2/obj/Debug/net8.0/refint/Avalonia/AvaloniaChatV2.dll
index bdc9c64..8d1f7f6 100644
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diff --git a/AvaloniaChatV2/obj/Debug/net8.0/refint/AvaloniaChatV2.dll b/AvaloniaChatV2/obj/Debug/net8.0/refint/AvaloniaChatV2.dll
index 8db665d..d2ca701 100644
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