diff --git a/RippleChat/DataStore.swift b/RippleChat/DataStore.swift
index 8154909..309020c 100644
--- a/RippleChat/DataStore.swift
+++ b/RippleChat/DataStore.swift
@@ -10,9 +10,13 @@ import Foundation
 
 @MainActor
 class DataStore: ObservableObject {
+    
+    typealias FID = String
+    typealias SEQ = Int
+    
     @Published var personalID: String
     @Published var personalFeed: Feed
-    @Published var friends: [String:Int]
+    @Published var friends: [FID:SEQ]
     @Published var feedStores: [FeedStore]
     
     
diff --git a/RippleChat/Views/PeeringView.swift b/RippleChat/Views/PeeringView.swift
index 96a1ef9..8319f88 100644
--- a/RippleChat/Views/PeeringView.swift
+++ b/RippleChat/Views/PeeringView.swift
@@ -19,6 +19,20 @@ struct PeeringView: View {
             }
             .navigationTitle("Peering")
             .navigationViewStyle(StackNavigationViewStyle())
+            Button(action: {
+                do {
+                    let WANT_msg = WantMessage(friends: dataStore.friends)
+                    let encoded_msg = try JSONEncoder().encode(WANT_msg)
+                    
+
+                } catch {
+                    fatalError(error.localizedDescription)
+                }
+
+            }) {
+                
+            }
+            .padding()
         }
     }
 }
@@ -30,3 +44,9 @@ struct PeeringView_Previews: PreviewProvider {
             .environmentObject(BluetoothController())
     }
 }
+
+struct WantMessage: Codable {
+    var commmand = "WANT"
+    var friends = [String:Int]()
+    
+}