diff --git a/src/components/File.tsx b/src/components/File.tsx
index b5993d7..c6c309f 100644
--- a/src/components/File.tsx
+++ b/src/components/File.tsx
@@ -2,9 +2,7 @@ import React, { useCallback } from 'react';
 import styled from 'styled-components';
 
 interface Props {
-  name: string;
-  type: string;
-  src: string;
+  message: any;
 }
 
 const Wrapper = styled.div`
@@ -16,7 +14,8 @@ const Wrapper = styled.div`
 `;
 
 const Preview = styled.div`
-  flex: 1
+  flex: 1;
+  background: #eee;
 `;
 
 const Meta = styled.div`
@@ -45,23 +44,34 @@ const getPreview = (type: string, src: string) => {
   );
 };
 
-const File: React.FC<Props> = ({ name, type, src }) => {
+const File: React.FC<Props> = ({ message }) => {
+  const { content } = message;
   const download = useCallback(() => {
     const link = document.createElement("a");
-    link.download = name;
-    link.href = src;
+    link.download = content.name;
+    link.href = content.body;
     document.body.appendChild(link);
     link.click();
     document.body.removeChild(link);
-  }, [src]);
+  }, [content?.body, content?.name]);
 
+  if (message.type === 'incomplete') {
+    return (
+      <Wrapper>
+        <Preview />
+        <Meta>
+          {Math.round(message.current / message.length * 100)}%
+        </Meta>
+      </Wrapper>
+    );
+  }
   return (
     <Wrapper onClick={download}>
       <Preview>
-        {getPreview(type, src)}
+        {getPreview(content.type, content.body)}
       </Preview>
       <Meta>
-        {name}
+        {content.name}
       </Meta>
     </Wrapper>
   );
diff --git a/src/containers/Connected.tsx b/src/containers/Connected.tsx
index c8d46a1..c2a524b 100644
--- a/src/containers/Connected.tsx
+++ b/src/containers/Connected.tsx
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ const readFile = (file: File) => new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
   const reader = new FileReader();
   reader.onload = () => {
     resolve({
+      mediaType: 'file',
       name: file.name,
       type: file.type,
       body: reader.result,
@@ -45,7 +46,7 @@ const Connected: React.FC<{}> = () => {
       </div>
       <FileGrid>
         {messages.map((message) => (
-          <FileView name={message.name} type={message.type} src={message.body} />
+          <FileView message={message} />
         ))}
       </FileGrid>
     </>
diff --git a/src/containers/Welcome.tsx b/src/containers/Welcome.tsx
index 761781b..bfbf53c 100644
--- a/src/containers/Welcome.tsx
+++ b/src/containers/Welcome.tsx
@@ -46,7 +46,6 @@ const Welcome: React.FC<{}> = () => {
     text.select();
     let successful = document.execCommand('copy');
     let msg = successful ? 'successful' : 'unsuccessful';
-    alert('Copy text command was ' + msg);
   }, [linkRef]);
 
   useEffect(() => {
diff --git a/src/contexts/ConnectionContext.tsx b/src/contexts/ConnectionContext.tsx
index 6e65798..48e94a8 100644
--- a/src/contexts/ConnectionContext.tsx
+++ b/src/contexts/ConnectionContext.tsx
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import React, { createContext, useMemo, useState, useCallback, useEffect } from
 import Peer, { DataConnection } from 'peerjs';
 import { nanoid } from 'nanoid';
 import useCrypto from '../hooks/useCrypto';
+import useMessages from '../hooks/useMessages';
 
 enum States {
   WAITING,
@@ -36,13 +37,24 @@ function dataURItoBlob(dataURI: string) {
 
 const ConnectionContext = createContext<ConnectionContextValue>(undefined as any);
 
+const postProcess = (input: any) => {
+  if (input.mediaType === 'file') {
+    return {
+      ...input,
+      body: dataURItoBlob(input.body),
+    };
+  }
+  return input;
+};
+
 const ConnectionProvider: React.FC = ({ children }) => {
+
+  const { messages, addMessage, formatMessage } = useMessages(postProcess);
   const [secret, setSecret] = useState(nanoid());
   const { encrypt, decrypt } = useCrypto(secret);
   const id = useMemo(() => nanoid(), []);
   const peer = useMemo(() => new Peer(id), [id]);
   const [connection, setConnection] = useState<DataConnection | undefined>(undefined);
-  const [messages, setMessages] = useState<Message[]>([]);
   const [state, setState] = useState<States>(States.WAITING);
   const clientInfo = useMemo(() => ({
     id,
@@ -51,14 +63,14 @@ const ConnectionProvider: React.FC = ({ children }) => {
 
   const send = useCallback(async (message: any) => {
     if (!connection) return;
-    setMessages(current => [
-      ...current,
-      {
-        ...message,
-        body: dataURItoBlob(message.body),
-      },
-    ]);
-    connection.send(await encrypt(message)); 
+    const { startMsg, updateMsgs } = formatMessage(message);
+
+    addMessage(startMsg);
+    connection.send(await encrypt(startMsg)); 
+    for (let updateMsg of updateMsgs) {
+      connection.send(await encrypt(updateMsg));
+      addMessage(updateMsg);
+    }
   }, [connection, encrypt]);
 
   const connect = useCallback(async (clientInfo: any) => {
@@ -68,22 +80,23 @@ const ConnectionProvider: React.FC = ({ children }) => {
       setSecret(clientInfo.secret);
       setState(States.CONNECTED);
       setConnection(newConnection);
-      console.log('connected', newConnection);
     });
   }, [peer]);
 
   useEffect(() => {
+    if (connection) {
+      return;
+    }
     const onConnect = (newConnection: DataConnection) => {
       setState(States.CONNECTED);
       setConnection(newConnection);
-      console.log('connected', newConnection);
     };
     peer.on('connection', onConnect);
 
     return () => {
       peer.off('connection', onConnect);
     };
-  }, [peer]);
+  }, [peer, connection]);
 
   useEffect(() => {
     if (!connection) {
@@ -91,13 +104,7 @@ const ConnectionProvider: React.FC = ({ children }) => {
     }
     const handleData = async (encrypted: any) => {
       const message = await decrypt(encrypted);
-      setMessages(current => [
-        ...current,
-        {
-          ...message,
-          body: dataURItoBlob(message.body),
-        },
-      ]);
+      addMessage(message);
     };
     connection.on('data', handleData);
     return () => {
diff --git a/src/hooks/useMessages.ts b/src/hooks/useMessages.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0731702
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/hooks/useMessages.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,147 @@
+import { nanoid } from 'nanoid';
+import { useState, useCallback } from 'react';
+
+interface BaseRequest {
+  type: string;
+}
+
+interface StartRequest extends BaseRequest {
+  type: 'start-message';
+  payload: {
+    id: string;
+    length: number;
+  };
+}
+
+interface UpdateRequest extends BaseRequest {
+  type: 'update-message';
+  payload: {
+    id: string;
+    index: number;
+    part: any;
+  };
+}
+
+interface BaseMessage {
+  id: string;
+  type: string;
+}
+
+interface IncompleteMessage extends BaseMessage {
+  type: 'incomplete';
+  length: number;
+  current: number;
+  parts: any[];
+}
+
+interface CompleteMessage extends BaseMessage {
+  type: 'complete';
+  content: any;
+}
+
+type Message = CompleteMessage | IncompleteMessage;
+type Request = StartRequest | UpdateRequest;
+
+function chunkSubstr(str: string, size: number) {
+  const numChunks = Math.ceil(str.length / size)
+  const chunks = new Array(numChunks)
+
+  for (let i = 0, o = 0; i < numChunks; ++i, o += size) {
+    chunks[i] = str.substr(o, size)
+  }
+
+  return chunks
+}
+
+const updateMessage = (
+  message: Message,
+  request: UpdateRequest,
+  postProcess: (a: any) => any,
+): Message => {
+  if (message.type === 'complete') {
+    return message;
+  }
+  const parts = [...message.parts];
+  parts[request.payload.index] = request.payload.part;
+  message.current += 1;
+  if (message.current === message.length) {
+    console.log('data', JSON.parse(parts.join('')));
+    return {
+      id: message.id,
+      type: 'complete',
+      content: postProcess(JSON.parse(parts.join(''))), 
+    };
+  }
+
+
+  return {
+    ...message,
+    parts,
+  };
+};
+
+const useMessages = (postProcess: (input: any) => any) => {
+  const [messages, setMessage] = useState<Message[]>([]);
+
+  const addMessage = useCallback((request: Request) => {
+    setMessage((current) => {
+      if (request.type === 'start-message') {
+        const message: IncompleteMessage = {
+          id: request.payload.id,
+          type: 'incomplete',
+          length: request.payload.length,
+          current: 0,
+          parts: [],
+        };
+        return [
+          ...current,
+          message,
+        ];
+      }
+
+      if (request.type === 'update-message') {
+        return current.map(message => {
+          if (message.id !== request.payload.id) {
+            return message;
+          }
+          return updateMessage(message, request, postProcess);
+        });
+      }
+
+      return current;
+    });
+  }, []);
+
+  const formatMessage = (msg: any) => {
+    const dataString = JSON.stringify(msg);
+    const parts = chunkSubstr(dataString, 100000);
+    const id = nanoid();
+    const startMsg: StartRequest = {
+      type: 'start-message',
+      payload: {
+        length: parts.length,
+        id,
+      },
+    };
+    const updateMsgs = parts.map<UpdateRequest>((part, index) => ({
+      type: 'update-message',
+      payload: {
+        id,
+        index,
+        part,
+      },
+    }));
+    return {
+      startMsg,
+      updateMsgs,
+    };
+  };
+
+  return {
+    messages,
+    addMessage,
+    formatMessage,
+  }
+};
+
+export default useMessages;
diff --git a/src/utils/crypto.ts b/src/utils/crypto.ts
index d4c3917..267cccc 100644
--- a/src/utils/crypto.ts
+++ b/src/utils/crypto.ts
@@ -9,11 +9,6 @@ function chunkSubstr(str: string, size: number) {
   return chunks
 }
 
-const buff_to_base64 = (buff) => btoa(String.fromCharCode.apply(null, buff));
-
-const base64_to_buf = (b64) =>
-  Uint8Array.from(atob(b64), (c) => c.charCodeAt(null));
-
 const enc = new TextEncoder();
 const dec = new TextDecoder();