diff --git a/backend/src/main/kotlin/uk/co/neviyn/observationdatabase/Controller.kt b/backend/src/main/kotlin/uk/co/neviyn/observationdatabase/Controller.kt
index 5141651..0888128 100644
--- a/backend/src/main/kotlin/uk/co/neviyn/observationdatabase/Controller.kt
+++ b/backend/src/main/kotlin/uk/co/neviyn/observationdatabase/Controller.kt
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package uk.co.neviyn.observationdatabase
 
 import org.joda.time.LocalDate
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired
 import org.springframework.cache.annotation.Cacheable
 import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.GetMapping
@@ -19,6 +20,8 @@ import javax.validation.Valid
 @CrossOrigin
 class Controller {
 
+    val logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger(javaClass)
+
     @Autowired
     lateinit var websocketMessenger: SimpMessagingTemplate
 
@@ -42,6 +45,7 @@ class Controller {
      */
     @PostMapping("/site")
     fun addSite(@Valid @RequestBody newSite: NewSite): NameValue {
+        logger.debug("Attempting to add Site\n$newSite")
         val site = siteRepository.save(Site(name = newSite.name))
         return NameValue(site.name, site.id)
     }
@@ -70,6 +74,7 @@ class Controller {
      */
     @PostMapping("/tutor")
     fun addTutor(@Valid @RequestBody newTutor: NewTutor): NameValue? {
+        logger.debug("Attempting to add tutor\n$newTutor")
         var nameValue: NameValue? = null
         siteRepository.findById(newTutor.siteId).ifPresent {
             val tutor = tutorRepository.save(Tutor(name = newTutor.name, site = it))
@@ -87,8 +92,14 @@ class Controller {
     fun addObservation(@Valid @RequestBody newObservation: NewObservation): Long? {
         val site = siteRepository.findById(newObservation.site)
         val tutors = tutorRepository.findAllById(newObservation.tutors).toSet()
-        if (!site.isPresent) return null
-        if (tutors.isEmpty() || tutors.size != newObservation.tutors.size) return null
+        if (!site.isPresent) {
+            logger.info("Attempted to add Observation without a site.")
+            return null
+        }
+        if (tutors.isEmpty() || tutors.size != newObservation.tutors.size) {
+            logger.info("Attempted to add Observation without a tutor")
+            return null
+        }
         var observation = Observation(
             site = site.get(),
             date = LocalDate.now(),
@@ -106,12 +117,15 @@ class Controller {
             tutors = tutors,
             person = personRepository.findFirstByNameLike(newObservation.person.toUpperCase()) ?: personRepository.save(Person(name = newObservation.person.toUpperCase()))
         )
+        logger.debug("Saving new Observation to database")
         observation = observationRepository.save(observation)
+        logger.debug("Adding Observation data to Tutor records")
         tutors.forEach {
             it.observations.add(observation)
             tutorRepository.save(it)
         }
         sendObservationToSocket(observation)
+        logger.debug("Observation addition completed")
         return observation.id
     }
 
@@ -121,22 +135,28 @@ class Controller {
     @PostMapping("/observations")
     @Cacheable("observations", key = "#observationsRequest")
     fun getObservations(@Valid @RequestBody observationsRequest: ObservationsRequest): List<Observation> {
+        logger.debug("Observation request received")
         if (observationsRequest.tutor != null) {
+            logger.debug("Observation contains a tutor")
             return tutorRepository.findById(observationsRequest.tutor).map {
                 observationRepository.findByTutorsAndDateBetweenOrderByDateAsc(tutor = it,
                         startDate = observationsRequest.startDate,
                         endDate = observationsRequest.endDate)
             }.orElse(listOf())
         } else if (observationsRequest.person != null && observationsRequest.person.isNotEmpty() && observationsRequest.site != null) {
+            logger.debug("Observation contains a person")
             val person = personRepository.findFirstByNameLike(observationsRequest.person.toUpperCase()) ?: return listOf()
             val site = siteRepository.findById(observationsRequest.site).get()
             return observationRepository.findBySiteAndPersonAndDateBetweenOrderByDateAsc(site, person, observationsRequest.startDate, observationsRequest.endDate)
         } else if (observationsRequest.site != null) {
+            logger.debug("Observation contains a site")
             return siteRepository.findById(observationsRequest.site).map {
                 observationRepository.findBySiteAndDateBetweenOrderByDateAsc(site = it,
                         startDate = observationsRequest.startDate,
                         endDate = observationsRequest.endDate)
             }.orElse(listOf())
+        } else {
+            logger.error("Observation request contains no data from which a request can be made\n$observationsRequest")
         }
         return listOf()
     }
@@ -191,11 +211,13 @@ class Controller {
         }
         val data = getObservations(observationsRequest)
         if (data.isEmpty()) return null
+        logger.debug("Building CSV")
         val builder = StringBuilder(csvHeaderString())
         data.forEach {
             builder.append('\n')
             builder.append(it.toCsvFormat())
         }
+        logger.debug("Returning constructed CSV")
         return builder.toString()
     }
 
@@ -209,6 +231,7 @@ class Controller {
         var control = 0
         var conservatism = 0
         var teamwork = 0
+        logger.debug("Calculating AFI Data for ${data.size} entries")
         for (x in data) {
             for (y in x.scenarios) {
                 if (y.monitoring.rating <= afiPieThreshold)
@@ -233,11 +256,16 @@ class Controller {
     }
 
     fun sendObservationToSocket(observation: Observation) {
-        websocketMessenger.convertAndSend("/ws/observations", observation)
+        if (::websocketMessenger.isInitialized) {
+            websocketMessenger.convertAndSend("/ws/observations", observation)
+        } else {
+            logger.warn("WebSocket messenger is not initialized. Not sending data to socket.")
+        }
     }
 
     @GetMapping("/address")
     fun getConnectionDetails(): Map<String, String> {
+        websocketMessenger.convertAndSend("/ws/observations", "Hello World")
         return mapOf("ip" to InetAddress.getLocalHost().hostAddress)
     }
 }
diff --git a/frontend/package-lock.json b/frontend/package-lock.json
index 27a1010..c66ebe5 100644
--- a/frontend/package-lock.json
+++ b/frontend/package-lock.json
@@ -1391,9 +1391,9 @@
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+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/ansi-colors/-/ansi-colors-3.2.3.tgz",
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-          "integrity": "sha1-Qmu52oQJDBg42BLIFQryCoMx4pY=",
+          "version": "2.1.2",
+          "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/array-flatten/-/array-flatten-2.1.2.tgz",
+          "integrity": "sha512-hNfzcOV8W4NdualtqBFPyVO+54DSJuZGY9qT4pRroB6S9e3iiido2ISIC5h9R2sPJ8H3FHCIiEnsv1lPXO3KtQ==",
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@@ -3512,12 +3506,12 @@
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-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/compressible/-/compressible-2.0.14.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha1-MmxfUH+7BV9UEWeCuWmoG2einac=",
+      "version": "2.0.15",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/compressible/-/compressible-2.0.15.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-4aE67DL33dSW9gw4CI2H/yTxqHLNcxp0yS6jB+4h+wr3e43+1z7vm0HU9qXOH8j+qjKuL8+UtkOxYQSMq60Ylw==",
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+        "mime-db": ">= 1.36.0 < 2"
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-      "integrity": "sha1-sGhzk0vF40T+9hGhlqb6rgruAVo=",
+      "version": "1.6.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/connect-history-api-fallback/-/connect-history-api-fallback-1.6.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-e54B99q/OUoH64zYYRf3HBP5z24G38h5D3qXu23JGRoigpX5Ss4r9ZnDk3g0Z8uQC2x2lPaJ+UlWBc1ZWBWdLg==",
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@@ -4202,15 +4196,6 @@
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-      "integrity": "sha1-Cs7ehJ7X3RzMMsgRuxG5RNTykjI=",
+      "version": "1.0.7",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/eventsource/-/eventsource-1.0.7.tgz",
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+        "original": "^1.0.0"
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-        "faye-websocket": "~0.11.0",
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@@ -15122,6 +15072,21 @@
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+          "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/os-locale/-/os-locale-3.1.0.tgz",
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-            "execa": "^0.10.0",
+            "execa": "^1.0.0",
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+          "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/p-limit/-/p-limit-2.1.0.tgz",
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@@ -15254,6 +15228,16 @@
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           }
         },
+        "pump": {
+          "version": "3.0.0",
+          "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/pump/-/pump-3.0.0.tgz",
+          "integrity": "sha512-LwZy+p3SFs1Pytd/jYct4wpv49HiYCqd9Rlc5ZVdk0V+8Yzv6jR5Blk3TRmPL1ft69TxP0IMZGJ+WPFU2BFhww==",
+          "dev": true,
+          "requires": {
+            "end-of-stream": "^1.1.0",
+            "once": "^1.3.1"
+          }
+        },
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           "version": "1.0.0",
           "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/schema-utils/-/schema-utils-1.0.0.tgz",
@@ -15265,6 +15249,12 @@
             "ajv-keywords": "^3.1.0"
           }
         },
+        "semver": {
+          "version": "5.6.0",
+          "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/semver/-/semver-5.6.0.tgz",
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+        },
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     },
+    "webstomp-client": {
+      "version": "1.2.6",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/webstomp-client/-/webstomp-client-1.2.6.tgz",
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diff --git a/frontend/package.json b/frontend/package.json
index 205ebed..0d2540e 100644
--- a/frontend/package.json
+++ b/frontend/package.json
@@ -21,7 +21,8 @@
     "vue-bootstrap-datetimepicker": "^5.0.1",
     "vue-chartjs": "^3.4.0",
     "vue-router": "^3.0.1",
-    "vuex": "^3.0.1"
+    "vuex": "^3.0.1",
+    "webstomp-client": "^1.2.6"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@vue/cli-plugin-babel": "^3.0.3",
diff --git a/frontend/src/router.js b/frontend/src/router.js
index 3938f93..304eb80 100644
--- a/frontend/src/router.js
+++ b/frontend/src/router.js
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ const ViewObservations = () => import("./views/ViewObservations.vue");
 const ObservationComplete = () => import("./views/ObservationComplete.vue");
 const DBError = () => import("./views/DatabaseUnavailable.vue");
 const About = () => import("./views/About.vue");
+const GroupSession = () => import("./views/GroupSession.vue")
 
 Vue.use(Router);
 
@@ -64,6 +65,11 @@ export default new Router({
       path: "/about",
       name: "about",
       component: About
+    },
+    {
+      path: "/groupsession",
+      name: "groupsession",
+      component: GroupSession
     }
   ]
 });
diff --git a/frontend/src/views/GroupSession.vue b/frontend/src/views/GroupSession.vue
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1a5766b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontend/src/views/GroupSession.vue
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+<template>
+
+</template>
+<script>
+import webstomp from 'webstomp-client'
+import SockJS from "sockjs-client"
+export default {
+  name: "groupsession",
+  title: "Group Session",
+  data: function() {
+    return {
+      stompclient: null,
+      data: []
+    }
+  },
+  mounted() {
+    console.log("loading")
+    this.stompclient = webstomp.over(new SockJS('/websocket', {heartbeat: false}))
+    var self = this
+    this.stompclient.connect([], function() {
+    self.stompclient.subscribe("/ws/observations", function (incomingData) {
+        self.data.push(incomingData)
+      })
+    })
+  },
+  beforeDestroy() {
+    if(this.stompclient != null){
+      this.stompclient.disconnect()
+    }
+  }
+}
+</script>
diff --git a/frontend/src/views/Home.vue b/frontend/src/views/Home.vue
index 8779293..cf1503a 100644
--- a/frontend/src/views/Home.vue
+++ b/frontend/src/views/Home.vue
@@ -20,6 +20,11 @@
                 <b-button class="scale-in-center" size="lg" to="/stats" block><v-icon name="chart-line"/> View daily observation statistics</b-button>
             </b-col>
         </b-row>
+        <b-row class="my-3" align-h="center">
+            <b-col lg="6" sm="12">
+            <b-button disabled variant="outline-secondary" class="scale-in-center" size="lg" to="/groupsession" block><v-icon name="users"/> Start a Group Session <b-badge variant="info">Coming Soon!</b-badge></b-button>
+          </b-col>
+        </b-row>
     </b-container>
 </template>
 
@@ -28,6 +33,7 @@ import "vue-awesome/icons/file-alt";
 import "vue-awesome/icons/th-list";
 import "vue-awesome/icons/chart-line";
 import "vue-awesome/icons/user-check";
+import "vue-awesome/icons/users"
 export default {
   name: "Home",
   title: "Observations Database"