diff --git a/src/networking/ServerNetworking.java b/src/networking/ServerNetworking.java
index 242b112..ba8c66e 100644
--- a/src/networking/ServerNetworking.java
+++ b/src/networking/ServerNetworking.java
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ public void sendDesiredTemp(int desiredTemperature, String thermostatIP)
 	    }
 	  }
 	  
+	  /*
 	  // Receive multicast messages from the thermostats
 	  public void receiveMutlticast() throws Exception {
 	  	// Opens the receiving port
@@ -80,4 +81,5 @@ public void receiveMutlticast() throws Exception {
 		    multicastReceiver.close();
 	    }
     }
+    */
 }
diff --git a/src/networking/ThermostatNetworking.java b/src/networking/ThermostatNetworking.java
index b390815..2771650 100644
--- a/src/networking/ThermostatNetworking.java
+++ b/src/networking/ThermostatNetworking.java
@@ -10,38 +10,10 @@
 import java.net.Socket;
 
 public class ThermostatNetworking {
-	
-	String serverIP;
-
-	  // Listens on receiveDesiredTempPORT and outputs the received int to console
-	  public void receiveDesiredTemp() throws Exception {
-	      // Open a receiver socket
-	      ServerSocket listener = new ServerSocket(7001);
-	      try {
-	        while (true) {
-	          // Sets the socket to an accept state
-	          Socket socket = listener.accept();
-	          try {
-	            // Creates a new input stream reader
-	            BufferedReader input = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader
-	              (socket.getInputStream()));
-	            // Parses the input stream
-	            int currentTemperature = Integer.parseInt(input.readLine());
-	            // Outputs the desired temperature to the console
-	            System.out.printf("The desired temperature is: %d \n", currentTemperature);
-	          } finally {
-	            socket.close();
-	          }
-	        }
-	      }
-	      finally {
-	        listener.close();
-	      }
-	    }
 
 	  // Sends the current temperature on port sendCurrentTempPORT
-	  public void sendInfo(int currentTemperature, String serverIP)
-	  throws Exception {
+	  public void sendInfo(String currentTemperature, String serverIP) throws Exception {
+		int currentTempInt = Integer.parseInt(currentTemperature);
 	    // Open a sending port
 	    Socket sender = new Socket(serverIP, 7000);
 	    try {
@@ -49,7 +21,7 @@ public void sendInfo(int currentTemperature, String serverIP)
 	        // Instantiate a printwriter so we can write to the output stream
 	        PrintWriter out = new PrintWriter(sender.getOutputStream(), true);
 	        // Send out the value of currentTemperature
-	        out.println(currentTemperature);
+	        out.println(currentTempInt);
 	      }
 	    } finally {
 	      // Immediately close the socket when finished.
diff --git a/src/server/server.java b/src/server/server.java
index f775f69..be129f8 100644
--- a/src/server/server.java
+++ b/src/server/server.java
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 package server;
 import java.io.BufferedReader;
+import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.InputStreamReader;
 import java.io.Serializable;
 import java.net.ServerSocket;
@@ -40,7 +41,7 @@ public server() throws Exception {
 		String serialnumber = "1.1";
 		Database dataStorage = new Database(this);
 		dataStorage.createUser(email, adminpassword, ip, null);
-		// this.startServerListenerThread();
+		this.startServerListenerThread();
 	}
 
 	public boolean createUser(String email, String password, String ip, String serialpermission) {
@@ -85,8 +86,9 @@ public String getDevicesFromEmail(String email) {
 	public void sendDesiredTemp(int desiredTemperature, String thermostatIP) {
 		this.sendDesiredTemp(desiredTemperature, thermostatIP);
 	}
-	// Threading
-	/*
+	
+	// Threaded receiver function
+	// Listens on 7000 and outputs the received int to console
 	public void startServerListenerThread() {
 		Runnable runnable = new Runnable() {
 			public void run() {
@@ -102,8 +104,10 @@ public void run() {
 									BufferedReader input = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(socket.getInputStream()));
 									// Parses the input stream
 									int currentTemperature = Integer.parseInt(input.readLine());
-									// Outputs the desired temperature to the console and writes to disk
-									System.out.printf("The desired temperature is: %d \n", currentTemperature);
+									// Outputs the current temperature to the console and writes to disk
+									System.out.printf("The current temperature is: %d \n", currentTemperature);
+									String currentTempString = Integer.toString(currentTemperature);
+									//this.setCurrentTempForSerialNumber();
 								} finally {
 									socket.close();
 								}
@@ -112,13 +116,16 @@ public void run() {
 							listener.close();
 						}
 					}
-				} finally {
+				} catch (IOException e) {
+					e.printStackTrace();
+				}
+				 finally {
 					
 				}
 			}
 		};
 	}
-	*/
+	
 	public void datastructureLogEvent(String query) {
 	}
 
diff --git a/src/thermostat/ThermostatDevice.java b/src/thermostat/ThermostatDevice.java
index 7b63e36..d42b87c 100644
--- a/src/thermostat/ThermostatDevice.java
+++ b/src/thermostat/ThermostatDevice.java
@@ -2,7 +2,11 @@
 
 import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
 import java.awt.event.ActionListener;
+import java.io.BufferedReader;
 import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.InputStreamReader;
+import java.net.ServerSocket;
+import java.net.Socket;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.List;
 
@@ -37,6 +41,7 @@ public ThermostatDevice(Integer updateIntervalInSeconds){
 		
 		this.clock = new Timer(updateIntervalInSeconds*1000, this);
 		this.clock.start();
+		this.startThermostatListenerThread();
 
 	}
 	
@@ -61,5 +66,44 @@ public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
 			sensor.requestNewDataPointReading();
 		}
 	}
+	
+	// Threaded receiver function
+	// Listens on 7001 and outputs the received int to console
+	public void startThermostatListenerThread() {
+		Runnable runnable = new Runnable() {
+			public void run() {
+				try {
+					ServerSocket listener = new ServerSocket(7001);
+					while (true) {
+						try {
+							while (true) {
+								//sets the socket to an accept state
+								Socket socket = listener.accept();
+								try {
+									// Creates a new input stream reader
+									BufferedReader input = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(socket.getInputStream()));
+									// Parses the input stream
+									int currentTemperature = Integer.parseInt(input.readLine());
+									// Outputs the desired temperature to the console and writes to disk
+									System.out.printf("The desired temperature is: %d \n", currentTemperature);
+									String currentTempString = Integer.toString(currentTemperature);
+									//this.setCurrentTempForSerialNumber();
+								} finally {
+									socket.close();
+								}
+							}
+						} finally {
+							listener.close();
+						}
+					}
+				} catch (IOException e) {
+					e.printStackTrace();
+				}
+				 finally {
+					
+				}
+			}
+		};
+	}
 
 }