diff --git a/src/app/events/character.zone.load.ts b/src/app/events/character.zone.load.ts
index 007b293..2cc8c0e 100644
--- a/src/app/events/character.zone.load.ts
+++ b/src/app/events/character.zone.load.ts
@@ -27,16 +27,15 @@ export default function characterZoneLoad(socket: Socket, io: Server) {
 
         socket.join(zone.name);
 
-        const characters = await io.in(zone.name).fetchSockets();
+        const socketConnectionsInRoom = await io.in(zone.name).fetchSockets();
+        const characters = socketConnectionsInRoom.filter(socket => socket.id !== socket.id);
 
         // update to match with model Character
 
         // send over zone and characters
         io.in(zone.name).to(socket.id).emit('character:zone:load', {
             zone: zone,
-            characters: characters.map(socket => ({
-                id: socket.id
-            })),
+            characters: characters,
         });
     });
 }
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diff --git a/src/app/interfaces/character.ts b/src/app/interfaces/character.ts
index e69de29..3190398 100644
--- a/src/app/interfaces/character.ts
+++ b/src/app/interfaces/character.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+import { Socket } from 'socket.io';
+import {Character, User} from "@prisma/client";
+
+interface NQSocket extends Socket
+{
+    user?: User,
+    character?: Character
+}
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diff --git a/src/app/interfaces/zoneCharacters.ts b/src/app/interfaces/zoneCharacters.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6624fd1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/interfaces/zoneCharacters.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+import {Character} from "@prisma/client";
+
+interface zoneCharacters extends Character
+{
+
+}
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diff --git a/src/server.ts b/src/server.ts
index c2d0128..8d71e79 100644
--- a/src/server.ts
+++ b/src/server.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 import fs from "fs";
 import path from "path";
-import express from 'express';
+import express, {Application} from 'express';
 import http from 'http';
 import cors from 'cors';
-import {Server as HttpServer, Socket} from 'socket.io';
+import {Server as SocketServer, Socket} from 'socket.io';
 import config from './app/utilities/config';
 import prisma from './app/utilities/prisma';
 import api from "./app/utilities/api";
@@ -11,9 +11,9 @@ import ZoneManager from "./app/ZoneManager";
 
 export class Server
 {
-    private readonly app: express.Application;
+    private readonly app: Application;
     private readonly server: any;
-    private readonly io: HttpServer;
+    private readonly io: SocketServer;
 
     /**
      * Creates an instance of GameServer.
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ export class Server
         this.app.use(express.json());
         this.app.use(express.urlencoded({ extended: true }));
         this.server = http.createServer(this.app)
-        this.io = new HttpServer(this.server);
+        this.io = new SocketServer(this.server);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -70,12 +70,16 @@ export class Server
         const eventsPath = path.join(__dirname, 'app', 'events');
         try {
             const files: string[] = await fs.promises.readdir(eventsPath);
-            for (const file of files) {
-                const module = await import(path.join(eventsPath, file));
-                module.default(socket, this.io);
-            }
+            await Promise.all(files.map(async (file) => {
+                try {
+                    const module = await import(path.join(eventsPath, file));
+                    module.default(socket, this.io);
+                } catch (error: any) {
+                    console.error(`[❌] Failed to load event handler ${file}: ${error.message}`);
+                }
+            }));
         } catch (error: any) {
-            throw new Error('[❌] Failed to load event handlers: ' + error.message);
+            throw new Error('[❌] Failed to read event handlers directory: ' + error.message);
         }
     }
 }