diff --git a/lib/Request.cs b/lib/Request.cs
index 97516c3..d22ed3f 100644
--- a/lib/Request.cs
+++ b/lib/Request.cs
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 namespace lib;
 
-public enum RequestType {
+public enum RequestType
+{
     Register = 1,
     ConfirmRegister = 2,
     Login = 3,
@@ -9,20 +10,25 @@ public enum RequestType {
     SendMessage = 6,
 }
 
-public static class Request {
-    public static byte[] CreateRequest(RequestType Type, ref byte counter, byte[] data) {
-        if(data.Length > 13) {
+public static class Request
+{
+    public static byte[] CreateRequest(RequestType Type, ref byte counter, byte[] data)
+    {
+        if (data.Length > 13)
+        {
             throw new Exception("extra data is too long: " + data.Length.ToString());
         }
 
-        byte[] msg = new byte[128];
+        byte[] msg = new byte[16];
         msg[0] = 0; // version
         msg[1] = (byte)Type;
         msg[2] = counter;
-        if(counter == byte.MaxValue) {
+        if (counter == byte.MaxValue)
+        {
             counter = 0;
         }
-        else {
+        else
+        {
             counter += 1;
         }
 
@@ -30,4 +36,46 @@ public static class Request {
         Array.Copy(data, 0, msg, 3, data.Length);
         return msg;
     }
+
+    public static string RequestToString(byte[] Request)
+    {
+        if (Request.Length != 16)
+        {
+            throw new Exception("Request size is not 128!");
+        }
+        string res = $"V: {Request[0]}, ";
+        res += $"Request type: {(RequestType)Request[1]}, ";
+        res += $"Counter: {Request[2]}\n";
+        res += $"Extra: {string.Join(' ', Request[3..].Select(b => b.ToString("{b8}")))}";
+        // also display extra data based on the request itself
+        switch ((RequestType)Request[1])
+        {
+            case RequestType.Register:
+                string phone = Utils.BytesToNumber(Request[3..11]);
+                int rsaLen = BitConverter.ToInt32(Request, 11);
+                res += $"Phone: {phone}, RSA Key length: {rsaLen}";
+                break;
+            case RequestType.ConfirmRegister:
+                string code = string.Join(' ', Request[3..9]);
+                int sigLen = BitConverter.ToInt32(Request, 9);
+                res += $"Code: {code}, signature length: {sigLen}";
+                break;
+            case RequestType.Login:
+                phone = Utils.BytesToNumber(Request[3..11]);
+                sigLen = BitConverter.ToInt16(Request, 11);
+                res += $"Phone: {phone}, signature length: {sigLen}";
+                break;
+            case RequestType.GetMessages:
+                break;
+            case RequestType.GetUserKey:
+                break;
+            case RequestType.SendMessage:
+                break;
+            default:
+                res += "INVALID REQUEST TYPE";
+                break;
+        }
+
+        return res;
+    }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/lib/Utils.cs b/lib/Utils.cs
index 8139470..c55b738 100644
--- a/lib/Utils.cs
+++ b/lib/Utils.cs
@@ -1,18 +1,22 @@
-using System.Text;
 using System.Linq;
+using System.Text;
 
 namespace lib;
 
-public static class Utils {
-    public static byte[] NumberToBytes(string Number) {
-        if(Number.Any(c => !char.IsDigit(c)) || Number.Length > 16) {
+public static class Utils
+{
+    public static byte[] NumberToBytes(string Number)
+    {
+        if (Number.Any(c => !char.IsDigit(c)) || Number.Length > 16)
+        {
             throw new Exception("Invalid arguments!");
         }
         byte[] res = Enumerable.Repeat((byte)0b1111_1111, 8).ToArray();
         // Pad Number if needed to be of even length (because each 2 digits are turned into 1 byte)
         Number = Number.Length % 2 == 0 ? Number : Number + '-';
 
-        for(int i = 0; i < Number.Length - 1; i += 2) {
+        for (int i = 0; i < Number.Length - 1; i += 2)
+        {
             char c1 = Number[i];
             char c2 = Number[i + 1];
             res[i / 2] = (byte)((DigitToByte(c1) << 4) | DigitToByte(c2));
@@ -20,33 +24,41 @@ public static class Utils {
         return res;
     }
 
-    public static string BytesToNumber(byte[] Bytes) {
+    public static string BytesToNumber(byte[] Bytes)
+    {
         string s = "";
-        foreach(byte b in Bytes) {
+        foreach (byte b in Bytes)
+        {
             byte b1 = (byte)((b >> 4) & 0b1111);
             byte b2 = (byte)(b & 0b1111);
             s = s + ByteToDigit(b1) + ByteToDigit(b2);
         }
-        return new string(s.Where(c => char.IsDigit(c)).ToArray());
+        return new string(s.Where(char.IsDigit).ToArray());
     }
 
 
-    public static byte DigitToByte(char c) {
-        if (int.TryParse(c.ToString(), out int d)) {
+    public static byte DigitToByte(char c)
+    {
+        if (int.TryParse(c.ToString(), out int d))
+        {
             return (byte)d;
         }
-        else {
+        else
+        {
             return 0b1111; // empty, turned into '-' later to be discarded
         }
     }
 
-    public static char ByteToDigit(byte b) {
+    public static char ByteToDigit(byte b)
+    {
         byte offset = Encoding.ASCII.GetBytes("0")[0];
 
-        if(b == 0b1111) {
+        if (b == 0b1111)
+        {
             return '-';
         }
-        else {
+        else
+        {
             return Encoding.ASCII.GetChars([(byte)(b + offset)])[0];
         }
     }
diff --git a/server/Program.cs b/server/Program.cs
index 48ddc68..ca820d3 100644
--- a/server/Program.cs
+++ b/server/Program.cs
@@ -60,8 +60,8 @@ public class Program
         // Get AES session key
         int len = await stream.ReadAsync(buffer);
         Aes sk = Aes.Create();
-        sk.Key = buffer[..256]; // just to make sure no one sends a too big to be true key
-        sk.IV = buffer[256..len];
+        sk.Key = buffer[..32]; // just to make sure no one sends a too big to be true key
+        sk.IV = buffer[32..len];
         Write(id, "key + iv: " + len.ToString());
 
         // Get first message (should be either login or )