diff --git a/src/app/events/character/CharacterZoneRequest.ts b/src/app/events/character/CharacterZoneRequest.ts
index 76f1383..d899bbc 100644
--- a/src/app/events/character/CharacterZoneRequest.ts
+++ b/src/app/events/character/CharacterZoneRequest.ts
@@ -8,13 +8,18 @@ interface IPayload {
     zoneId: number;
 }
 
+interface IResponse {
+    zone: Zone;
+    characters: Character[];
+}
+
 /**
  * Handle character zone request event
  * @param socket
  * @param io
  */
 export default function (socket: TSocket, io: Server) {
-    socket.on('character:zone:request', async (data: IPayload) => {
+    socket.on('character:zone:request', async (data: IPayload, callback: (response: IResponse) => void) => {
         console.log(`---User ${socket.character?.id} has requested zone.`);
 
         if (!data.zoneId) {
@@ -32,10 +37,7 @@ export default function (socket: TSocket, io: Server) {
         socket.join(zone.id.toString());
 
         // send over zone and characters to socket
-        socket.emit('character:zone:load', {
-            zone: zone,
-            characters: ZoneManager.getCharactersInZone(zone.id),
-        });
+        callback({zone, characters: ZoneManager.getCharactersInZone(zone.id)});
 
         // let other clients know of new character
         io.to(zone.id.toString()).emit('zone:character:join', socket.character);
@@ -43,9 +45,4 @@ export default function (socket: TSocket, io: Server) {
         // add character to zone manager
         ZoneManager.addCharacterToZone(zone.id, socket.character as Character);
     });
-}
-
-/**
- * Resources:
- * https://stackoverflow.com/questions/6873607/socket-io-rooms-difference-between-broadcast-to-and-sockets-in
- */
\ No newline at end of file
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/app/utilities/Types.ts b/src/app/utilities/Types.ts
index af024cf..33b8a6c 100644
--- a/src/app/utilities/Types.ts
+++ b/src/app/utilities/Types.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { Socket } from 'socket.io';
-import {Character, Character as ICharacter, User} from "@prisma/client";
+import {Character, User} from "@prisma/client";
 
 export type TSocket = Socket & {
     user?: User
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ export type TSocket = Socket & {
 
 export type TCharacter = Socket & {
     user?: User,
-    character?: ICharacter
+    character?: Character
 }
 
 export type TZoneCharacter = Character & {