diff --git a/client/src/features/editors/Editor.jsx b/client/src/features/editors/Editor.jsx
index 73c6bd08f..4770e01df 100644
--- a/client/src/features/editors/Editor.jsx
+++ b/client/src/features/editors/Editor.jsx
@@ -38,8 +38,11 @@ export default function Editor() {
     console.log('websocket started');
 
     socket.on('FromAPI', (data) => {
-      setResponse(data);
-      console.log('websocket stuff', data);
+      console.log('got date', data);
+    });
+
+    socket.on('eventdata', (data) => {
+      console.log('got eventdata', data);
     });
 
     return () => socket.disconnect();
diff --git a/server/app.js b/server/app.js
index 111b00a71..9ef56fbb1 100644
--- a/server/app.js
+++ b/server/app.js
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 const express = require('express');
 const http = require('http');
 const socketIo = require('socket.io');
+const sampleData = require('./data/sampleData.js');
+
+// TODO: implement timer
+// TODO: - Play / pause
 
 const port = process.env.PORT || 4001;
 const index = require('./routes/index');
@@ -8,8 +12,10 @@ const index = require('./routes/index');
 const app = express();
 app.use(index);
 
+// create HTTP server
 const server = http.createServer(app);
 
+// initialise socketIO server
 const io = socketIo(server, {
   cors: {
     origin: 'http://localhost:3000',
@@ -17,10 +23,12 @@ const io = socketIo(server, {
   },
 });
 
+// transmit
 let interval;
 
 io.on('connection', (socket) => {
   console.log('New client connected');
+  socket.emit('eventdata', sampleData);
   if (interval) {
     clearInterval(interval);
   }
diff --git a/server/data/sampleData.js b/server/data/sampleData.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..37aebb198
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/data/sampleData.js
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+const dummy = new Date();
+
+const sampleData = [
+  {
+    id: '1',
+    order: 1,
+    title: 'Is the internet a fad?',
+    subtitle: 'It is',
+    presenter: 'Carlos Valente',
+    timeStart: new Date('October 13, 2014 11:30:00'),
+    timeEnd: new Date('October 13, 2014 11:50:00'),
+    clockStarted: dummy,
+    timerDuration: 60,
+    type: 'event',
+  },
+  {
+    id: 0.4849093424577693,
+    order: 2,
+    timerDuration: 25,
+    type: 'delay',
+  },
+  {
+    id: '2',
+    order: 3,
+    title: 'Is reddit a dictatorship?',
+    subtitle: 'It is',
+    presenter: 'Carlos Valente',
+    timeStart: new Date('October 13, 2014 12:30:00'),
+    timeEnd: new Date('October 13, 2014 12:50:00'),
+    clockStarted: dummy,
+    timerDuration: 60,
+    type: 'event',
+  },
+  {
+    id: '3',
+    order: 4,
+    title: 'Out of words',
+    subtitle: '',
+    presenter: 'Carlos Valente',
+    timeStart: new Date('October 13, 2014 13:30:00'),
+    timeEnd: new Date('October 13, 2014 13:50:00'),
+    clockStarted: dummy,
+    timerDuration: 60,
+    type: 'event',
+  },
+];
+
+module.exports = sampleData;
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