diff --git a/bin/controller/Cashflow.class b/bin/controller/Cashflow.class
index d579444..ab0b18e 100644
Binary files a/bin/controller/Cashflow.class and b/bin/controller/Cashflow.class differ
diff --git a/bin/model/FinancialStatement.class b/bin/model/FinancialStatement.class
index 19aae0e..e23f6f4 100644
Binary files a/bin/model/FinancialStatement.class and b/bin/model/FinancialStatement.class differ
diff --git a/bin/model/Player.class b/bin/model/Player.class
index 3ac14df..6763aa6 100644
Binary files a/bin/model/Player.class and b/bin/model/Player.class differ
diff --git a/src/controller/Cashflow.java b/src/controller/Cashflow.java
index 8477a90..b24804f 100644
--- a/src/controller/Cashflow.java
+++ b/src/controller/Cashflow.java
@@ -16,9 +16,12 @@ public class Cashflow
 	
 	
 
-	public static void go()
+	public static void go(String [] playerNames)
 	{
-		System.out.println("Start game");
+		for(int i = 0; i<playerNames.length; i++)
+		{
+		System.out.println(playerNames[i]);
+		}
 		// Joe
 		// Initialize game board
 		// Initialize GUI
diff --git a/src/model/FinancialStatement.java b/src/model/FinancialStatement.java
index c3f2d1d..d96f3e5 100644
--- a/src/model/FinancialStatement.java
+++ b/src/model/FinancialStatement.java
@@ -204,10 +204,7 @@ public class FinancialStatement
 	{
 		return _totalIncome;
 	}
-	
-<<<<<<< HEAD
 
-=======
 	//income getters
 	public int getIncome() 
 	{
diff --git a/src/model/Player.java b/src/model/Player.java
index 5afc969..91838c8 100644
--- a/src/model/Player.java
+++ b/src/model/Player.java
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ public class Player
 	private int _downsizeCount; //down size counter
 	private int _location;//refers to a tile number
 	private boolean _hasWon;
+	private String _playerName;
 	
 	public Player()
 	{
@@ -80,7 +81,14 @@ public class Player
 		_downsizeCount--;
 	}
 	
+	public void setPlayerName(String playerName)
+	{
+		_playerName = playerName;
+	}
 
-	
+	public String getPlayerName()
+	{
+		return _playerName;
+	}
 	
 }
diff --git a/src/view/MainMenu.java b/src/view/MainMenu.java
index bbda534..70fe7ab 100644
--- a/src/view/MainMenu.java
+++ b/src/view/MainMenu.java
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ package view;
 import java.awt.*;
 import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
 import java.awt.event.ActionListener;
+import java.awt.event.KeyAdapter;
+import java.awt.event.KeyEvent;
 import java.awt.image.BufferedImage;
 import java.io.*;
 
@@ -11,11 +13,14 @@ import javax.swing.*;
 
 import controller.Cashflow;
 import model.Instructions;
+import model.Player;
 
 public class MainMenu 
 {
 	public static void main (String[] args)
 	{
+	final String[] playerNames = new String[4];
+	
 	final JFrame frame = new JFrame("CashFlow");
 
 	frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
@@ -116,10 +121,10 @@ public class MainMenu
 	JButton four = new JButton ("Four");
 	JButton five = new JButton ("Five");
 	JButton six = new JButton ("Six");
-	JTextField player1 = new JTextField("Player 1");
-	JTextField player2 = new JTextField("Player 2");
-	JTextField player3 = new JTextField("Player 3");
-	JTextField player4 = new JTextField("Player 4");
+	final JTextField player1 = new JTextField("Player 1");
+	final JTextField player2 = new JTextField("Player 2");
+	final JTextField player3 = new JTextField("Player 3");
+	final JTextField player4 = new JTextField("Player 4");
 	JButton start = new JButton("Start");
 
 	newGame.setPreferredSize(new Dimension(140,40));
@@ -239,41 +244,38 @@ public class MainMenu
 		}          
 });
 	
-	player1.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
-		public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
-			
-			
-			System.exit(0);
-		}          
-});
+	player1.addKeyListener(new KeyAdapter(){
+	    public void keyTyped(KeyEvent evt){
+	         String p1name = ((JTextField)evt.getSource()).getText() + String.valueOf(evt.getKeyChar());
+	         playerNames[0] = p1name;
+	    }
+	});
 	
-	player2.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
-		public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
-			
-			
-			System.exit(0);
-		}          
-});
-	player3.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
-		public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
-			
-			
-			System.exit(0);
-		}          
-});
+	player2.addKeyListener(new KeyAdapter(){
+	    public void keyTyped(KeyEvent evt){
+	         String p2name = ((JTextField)evt.getSource()).getText() + String.valueOf(evt.getKeyChar());
+	         playerNames[1] = p2name;
+	    }
+	});
 	
-	player4.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
-		public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
-			
-			
-			System.exit(0);
-		}          
-});
+	player3.addKeyListener(new KeyAdapter(){
+	    public void keyTyped(KeyEvent evt){
+	        String p3name = ((JTextField)evt.getSource()).getText() + String.valueOf(evt.getKeyChar());
+	        playerNames[2] = p3name;
+	    }
+	});
+	
+	player4.addKeyListener(new KeyAdapter(){
+	    public void keyTyped(KeyEvent evt){
+	        String p4Name = ((JTextField)evt.getSource()).getText() + String.valueOf(evt.getKeyChar());
+	        playerNames[3] = p4Name;
+	    }
+	});
 	
 	start.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
 		public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
 			frame.dispose();
-			Cashflow.go();
+			Cashflow.go(playerNames);
 			System.exit(0);
 		}          
 });