diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index e1415b9..0af7216 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,12 @@
 
 This project uses Semantic Versioning
 
+## 2.0.0
+
+* Added full utf-8 support via base85
+* removed connection established message, apps can send that themselves (yam util does)
+
+
 ## 1.2.0
 
 * finished basic client tests
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index d51fb8c..b47b29d 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ with open(path.join(this_directory, 'README.md'), encoding='utf-8') as f:
 packages = find_packages(exclude=['contrib', 'docs', 'tests'])
 
 setup(name='youandme',
-      version='1.2.0',
+      version='2.0.0',
       description='Simple private data sharing via bytearrays, Tor tunneling and metadata paranoia',
       long_description=long_description,
       long_description_content_type='text/markdown',
diff --git a/src/yam/yam.py b/src/yam/yam.py
index e21214f..fa9fcd4 100644
--- a/src/yam/yam.py
+++ b/src/yam/yam.py
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ except ModuleNotFoundError:
 from youandme.commands import terminator
 from youandme.server import server
 from youandme.client import client
+from youandme.stream import encode_and_send, decoded_recv_stream
 
 
 class Connection:
@@ -82,7 +83,7 @@ def connector(host, send_data, recv_data,
 
 
 def chat(mode, send_data, recv_data, alpha):
-    print("A notice will be shown when connection is established," +
+    print("A notice will be shown when connection is established, " +
           "but messages may be typed now.")
     display_buffer = []
 
@@ -94,17 +95,32 @@ def chat(mode, send_data, recv_data, alpha):
         print(_Address.address)
 
     def display_new():
-        for message in get_messages
+        buffer = []
+        while True:
+            try:
+                for message in decoded_recv_stream(recv_data, 0.5):
+                    if alpha:
+                        for c in message:
+                            c = c.decode('utf-8')
+                            if c not in printable:
+                                continue
+                            if len(buffer) < 1000:
+                                buffer.append(c)
+                        print("\033[1;33m" + "".join(buffer) + "\033[0m")
+                    else:
+                        print("\033[1;33m" + message.decode('utf-8') + "\033[0m")
+            except ValueError:
+                pass
+
     Thread(target=display_new, daemon=True).start()
 
     def make_message():
         while True:
             new = input("\033[0m").encode('utf-8')  # nosec
-            for b in new:
-                send_data.append(b)
-            send_data.append(ord(b"\n"))
+            encode_and_send(send_data, new)
 
     Thread(target=make_message, daemon=True).start()
+    encode_and_send(send_data, "Connection established")
     while True:
         try:
             if not Connection.connected:
diff --git a/src/youandme/client.py b/src/youandme/client.py
index f84f1a1..fedbb86 100644
--- a/src/youandme/client.py
+++ b/src/youandme/client.py
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ from time import sleep
 import socks
 
 from .commands import garbage_character
-from .commands import WELCOME_MESSAGE
 
 
 def client(delay: int, hs_id: str, socks_port, send_data: bytearray, recv_data: bytearray, connection: "Connection"):
@@ -16,8 +15,6 @@ def client(delay: int, hs_id: str, socks_port, send_data: bytearray, recv_data:
         hs_id += '.onion'
 
     def send_loop():
-        for i in WELCOME_MESSAGE:
-            send_data.append(ord(i))
         while True:
             to_send = None
             if send_data:
diff --git a/src/youandme/server.py b/src/youandme/server.py
index 1ff33cc..dffd573 100644
--- a/src/youandme/server.py
+++ b/src/youandme/server.py
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ if typing.TYPE_CHECKING:
     from stem.control import Controller
 
 from.commands import garbage_character
-from.commands import WELCOME_MESSAGE
 
 
 def server(delay: int, controller: 'Controller', socket_conn, send_data: bytearray, recv_data: bytearray, connection: "Connection"):
@@ -28,7 +27,6 @@ def server(delay: int, controller: 'Controller', socket_conn, send_data: bytearr
                             socket_conn.sendall(chr(char).encode('utf-8'))
             except OSError:
                 connection.connected = False
-    first_rec = True
     with socket_conn:
         Thread(target=send_loop, daemon=True).start()
         while True:
@@ -38,10 +36,7 @@ def server(delay: int, controller: 'Controller', socket_conn, send_data: bytearr
                 connection.connected = False
                 break
             if not data: break
-            if first_rec:
-                for i in WELCOME_MESSAGE:
-                    send_data.append(ord(i))
-                first_rec = False
+
             if data != garbage_character and data:
                 for i in data:
                     recv_data.append(i)
diff --git a/src/youandme/stream.py b/src/youandme/stream.py
index 55594b3..ec2bf7b 100644
--- a/src/youandme/stream.py
+++ b/src/youandme/stream.py
@@ -1,19 +1,33 @@
 from base64 import b85encode, b85decode
 from time import sleep
+import sys
+from typing import Union
 
 from youandme.commands import terminator
 
-_b85alphabet = (b"0123456789ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ"
+_b85alphabet = bytearray(b"0123456789ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ"
                 b"abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz!#$%&()*+-;<=>?@^_`{|}~")
 
 
-def decoded_recv_stream(raw_stream: bytearray, delay_seconds: int, max_buffer_size=) -> bytes:
+def decoded_recv_stream(raw_stream: bytearray, delay_seconds: int) -> bytes:
     while True:
         for byte in raw_stream:
             if byte == terminator:
-                yield b85decode(raw_stream[:len(raw_stream) - 1])
+                raw_stream.pop()
+                yield b85decode(raw_stream)
                 raw_stream.clear()
                 continue
-            if byte not in _b85alphabet:
-                raise ValueError('Not valid base85 encoding')
         sleep(delay_seconds)
+
+
+def encode_and_send(send_stream: bytearray, data: Union[bytes, str]):
+    try:
+        data = data.encode('utf-8')
+    except AttributeError:
+        pass
+    encoded = b85encode(data)
+    for c in encoded:
+        send_stream.append(c)
+
+    send_stream.append(terminator)
+
diff --git a/tests/test_stream.py b/tests/test_stream.py
index 3a9b09d..a93d279 100644
--- a/tests/test_stream.py
+++ b/tests/test_stream.py
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ def add_encoded_to_bytes_array_valid(message, array: bytearray):
         array.append(m)
     array.append(terminator)
 
+
 class TestStream(unittest.TestCase):
 
     def test_stream_get(self):
@@ -27,8 +28,36 @@ class TestStream(unittest.TestCase):
         c = 0
         for message in stream.decoded_recv_stream(recv_data, 1):
             self.assertEqual(message.decode('utf-8'), data)
+            self.assertNotIn(terminator, message)
             break
 
 
+    def test_stream_send(self):
+        send_data = bytearray()
+        recv_data = bytearray()
+        data = "hello world"
+        data_bytes = data.encode('utf-8')
+        encoded = b85encode(data_bytes)
+
+        stream.encode_and_send(send_data, data)
+        for i in send_data:
+            if i != terminator:
+                self.assertIn(chr(i).encode('utf-8'), encoded)
+
+        self.assertEqual(data_bytes, b85decode(send_data[:len(send_data) - 1]))
+
+
+    def test_stream_send_has_terminator(self):
+        send_data = bytearray()
+        recv_data = bytearray()
+        data = "hello world"
+        data_bytes = data.encode('utf-8')
+        encoded = b85encode(data_bytes)
+
+        stream.encode_and_send(send_data, data)
+
+        self.assertEqual(send_data.pop(), terminator)
+
+
 
 unittest.main()
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