diff --git a/src/main/java/MCbot.java b/src/main/java/MCbot.java
index c3cf817..fc590f5 100644
--- a/src/main/java/MCbot.java
+++ b/src/main/java/MCbot.java
@@ -1,9 +1,6 @@
-import java.io.BufferedReader;
-import java.io.IOException;
-import java.io.InputStreamReader;
-import java.io.PrintWriter;
-import java.net.ServerSocket;
-import java.net.Socket;
+import java.io.*;
+import java.net.*;
+import java.util.List;
 import java.util.stream.Collectors;
 
 import org.bukkit.Bukkit;
@@ -26,61 +23,47 @@ public class MCbot extends JavaPlugin {
         // Stop your socket server here if needed
     }
 
-    private void startSocketServer() {
-        // Implement your socket server logic here
-        // Example: Create a new thread for socket server
-        new Thread(() -> {
-            try {
-                try (// Create a socket server on port 8888
-                ServerSocket serverSocket = new ServerSocket(8888)) {
-                    getLogger().info("Socket server started on port 8888");
-
-                    while (true) {
-                        // Accept incoming client connections
-                        Socket clientSocket = serverSocket.accept();
-                        getLogger().info("Client connected: " + clientSocket.getInetAddress());
-
-                        // Handle client communication (e.g., read commands and send responses)
-                        handleClient(clientSocket);
-                    }
-                }
-            } catch (IOException e) {
-                getLogger().severe("Error starting socket server: " + e.getMessage());
-            }
-        }).start();
-    }
-
-    private void handleClient(Socket clientSocket) {
-        // Implement logic to handle client communication here
-        // Example: Read commands from client and send responses
+     public void startSocketServer() {
         try {
-            BufferedReader reader = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(clientSocket.getInputStream()));
-            PrintWriter writer = new PrintWriter(clientSocket.getOutputStream(), true);
+            ServerSocket serverSocket = new ServerSocket(8888); // Port for socket communication
 
-            // Read command from client
-            String command = reader.readLine();
-            getLogger().info("Received command from client: " + command);
+            while (true) {
+                Socket clientSocket = serverSocket.accept();
+                BufferedReader in = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(clientSocket.getInputStream()));
+                PrintWriter out = new PrintWriter(clientSocket.getOutputStream(), true);
 
-            // Process command and send response
-            String response = processCommand(command);
-            writer.println(response);
+                String command = in.readLine();
 
-            // Close client connection
-            clientSocket.close();
+                // Process the command
+                String response = processCommand(command);
+
+                // Send the response back to the client
+                out.println(response);
+
+                clientSocket.close();
+            }
         } catch (IOException e) {
-            getLogger().severe("Error handling client: " + e.getMessage());
+            e.printStackTrace();
         }
-    }
 
     private String processCommand(String command) {
         // Implement logic to process commands here
         // Example: If command is "!players", return player list from Minecraft server
         if (command.equals("!players")) {
             // Use Spigot API to get player list
-            String playerList = String.join(", ", getServer().getOnlinePlayers().stream()
-                    .map(player -> player.getName())
-                    .collect(Collectors.toList()));
-            return "Players online: " + playerList;
+            List<Player> onlinePlayers = Bukkit.getServer().getOnlinePlayers().stream().collect(Collectors.toList()));
+            
+            if (onlinePlayers.isEmpty()) {
+                return "No players are currently online.";
+            } else {
+                StringBuilder playerList = new StringBuilder("Players online: ");
+                for (Player player : onlinePlayers) {
+                    playerList.append(player.getName()).append(", ");
+                }
+                // Remove the trailing comma and space
+                playerList.setLength(playerList.length() - 2);
+                return playerList.toString();
+            }
         }
         if (command.startsWith("!exp ")) {
         // Extract player name from command
diff --git a/src/main/java/MCchatbotyt.java b/src/main/java/MCchatbotyt.java
index 4185d02..e63a38b 100644
--- a/src/main/java/MCchatbotyt.java
+++ b/src/main/java/MCchatbotyt.java
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import com.google.api.client.googleapis.auth.oauth2.Credential;
+import com.google.api.client.googleapis.auth.oauth2.GoogleCredential;
 import com.google.api.client.googleapis.javanet.GoogleNetHttpTransport;
 import com.google.api.client.googleapis.http.HttpRequest;
 import com.google.api.client.googleapis.http.HttpRequestInitializer;
@@ -11,7 +12,8 @@ import com.google.api.services.youtube.model.LiveChatMessageSnippet;
 import com.google.api.services.youtube.model.LiveChatTextMessageDetails;
 import com.google.api.services.youtube.model.LiveChatTextMessageDetails.MessageTextDetails;
 
-import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.*;
+import java.net.*;
 import java.security.GeneralSecurityException;
 import java.util.List;
 
@@ -87,4 +89,25 @@ public class MCchatbotyt {
         LiveChatMessageListResponse response = liveChatRequest.execute();
         return response.getItems();
     }
+
+  // Connect to the socket server in MCbot.java
+            Socket socket = new Socket("localhost", 12345); // Connect to localhost on port 12345
+
+            PrintWriter out = new PrintWriter(socket.getOutputStream(), true);
+            BufferedReader in = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(socket.getInputStream()));
+
+            // Send command to MCbot.java
+            out.println("!players");
+
+            // Receive response from MCbot.java
+            String response = in.readLine();
+            System.out.println("Response from MCbot.java: " + response);
+
+            socket.close();
+        } catch (IOException | GeneralSecurityException e) {
+            e.printStackTrace();
+        }
+    }
 }
+
+