diff --git a/src/client/game.ts b/src/client/game.ts
index 409cf26..3a14004 100644
--- a/src/client/game.ts
+++ b/src/client/game.ts
@@ -52,14 +52,23 @@ export class Game {
 
         if (array[1] === 'join') {
           this.party.push(name);
+          this.chat.addMessage(`Joined party of user "${name}".`);
         }
 
         if (array[1] === 'leave') {
           this.party.splice(this.party.indexOf(name), 1);
+          this.chat.addMessage(`Left party of user "${name}".`);
         }
 
         if (array[1] === 'clear') {
           this.party.length = 0;
+          this.chat.addMessage('Cleared party list.');
+        }
+
+        if (array[1] === 'list') {
+          this.chat.addMessage(
+            `You have joined the watch party of: ${this.party.join(', ')}`,
+          );
         }
 
         localStorage.setItem('party', this.party.join('|'));
@@ -178,7 +187,9 @@ export class Game {
         (player as PlayerEntity).addChat(event.message);
       }
 
-      this.chat.addMessage(event.sender.display_name, event.message);
+      this.chat.addMessage(event.message, event.sender.display_name);
+
+      // experimental stuff
       this.experimentalPlayerCmd(event.message, event.sender.display_name);
     });
   }
@@ -195,16 +206,23 @@ export class Game {
       } else {
         this.videoTest.play();
       }
+      return;
     }
 
     if (message.startsWith('!stop') || message.startsWith('!pause')) {
       this.videoTest.stop();
+      return;
     }
 
     if (message.startsWith('!volume')) {
       const [cmd, vol] = message.split(' ');
+      if (!vol) {
+        this.chat.addMessage(
+          `Current volume: ${Math.floor(this.videoTest.video.volume * 100)}`,
+        );
+        return;
+      }
       this.videoTest.setVolume(parseInt(vol.replace('%', ''), 10));
     }
-    // end of
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/client/object/chat.ts b/src/client/object/chat.ts
index d179ab7..b083bf5 100644
--- a/src/client/object/chat.ts
+++ b/src/client/object/chat.ts
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ export class Chat {
     this._rehide = rehide;
   }
 
-  public addMessage(sender: string, message: string, meta?: any) {
+  public addMessage(message: string, sender?: string, meta?: any) {
     const msg = document.createElement('div');
     const msgSender = document.createElement('div');
     const msgTime = document.createElement('div');
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ export class Chat {
     msgSender.classList.add('chat__message-sender');
     msgContent.classList.add('chat__message-content');
 
-    msg.append(msgTime, msgSender, msgContent);
+    msg.append(msgTime);
 
     const stamp = meta?.time ? new Date(meta.time) : new Date();
 
@@ -157,9 +157,20 @@ export class Chat {
       .getMinutes()
       .toString()
       .padStart(2, '0')}`;
-    msgSender.innerText = sender;
-    msgSender.style.setProperty('--name-color', this.getNameColor(sender));
+
+    // optional sender
+    if (sender) {
+      msgSender.innerText = sender;
+      msgSender.style.setProperty('--name-color', this.getNameColor(sender));
+      msg.append(msgSender);
+    }
+
+    // optional color for content
+    if (meta?.color) {
+      msgSender.style.setProperty('--name-color', meta.color);
+    }
     msgContent.innerText = message;
+    msg.append(msgContent);
 
     // const bottomed = this._history.scrollTop ,this._history.scrollHeight;
     this._history.append(msg);
diff --git a/src/client/object/other/video-player.ts b/src/client/object/other/video-player.ts
index e1a9ff5..ccd58d7 100644
--- a/src/client/object/other/video-player.ts
+++ b/src/client/object/other/video-player.ts
@@ -35,6 +35,8 @@ export class VideoPlayer {
       this.video.pause();
       this.video.src = undefined;
     });
+
+    this.video.volume = 0.8;
   }
 
   public setSource(source: string, autoplay = false) {
@@ -60,9 +62,11 @@ export class VideoPlayer {
             this.hls.stopLoad();
           }
         });
+
         this.hls.on(Hls.Events.ERROR, (e, d) => {
-          this.playable = false;
-          // if (!d.fatal) return;
+          if (d.fatal) {
+            this.playable = false;
+          }
         });
         return;
       }