diff --git a/src/app/pm/message.js b/src/app/pm/message.js
index eef6658..f2c216c 100644
--- a/src/app/pm/message.js
+++ b/src/app/pm/message.js
@@ -20,20 +20,20 @@ along with this program.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.*/
 class message{
     /**
      * Instantiates a chat message object
-     * @param {connectedUser} sender - User who sent the message
-     * @param {Array} recipients - Array of connected users who are supposed to receive the message
+     * @param {String} sender - Name of user who sent the message
+     * @param {Array} recipients - Array of usernames who are supposed to receive the message
      * @param {String} msg - Contents of the message, with links replaced with numbered file-seperator markers
      * @param {Array} links - Array of URLs/Links included in the message.
      */
     constructor(sender, recipients, msg, links){
 
         /**
-         * User who sent the message
+         * Name of user who sent the message
          */
         this.sender = sender;
 
         /**
-         * Array of strings containing usernames to send message to
+         * Array of usernames who are supposed to receive the message
          */
         this.recipients = recipients;
         
diff --git a/src/app/pm/pmHandler.js b/src/app/pm/pmHandler.js
index 29b4ad1..01af129 100644
--- a/src/app/pm/pmHandler.js
+++ b/src/app/pm/pmHandler.js
@@ -14,10 +14,13 @@ GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
 You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
 along with this program.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.*/
 
+//NPM Imports
+const validator = require('validator');//No express here, so regular validator it is!
+
 //local includes
-const config = require("../../../config.json");
-const csrfUtils = require("../../utils/csrfUtils");
-const userBanModel = require("../../schemas/user/userBanSchema");
+const loggerUtils = require("../../utils/loggerUtils");
+const socketUtils = require("../../utils/socketUtils");
+const message = require("./message");
 
 /**
  * Class containg global server-side private message relay logic
@@ -43,7 +46,123 @@ class pmHandler{
     }
 
     async handleConnection(socket){
+        try{
+            //ensure unbanned ip and valid CSRF token
+            if(!(await socketUtils.validateSocket(socket))){
+                socket.disconnect();
+                return;
+            }
 
+            //If the socket wasn't authorized
+            if(await socketUtils.authSocketLite(socket) == null){
+                socket.disconnect();
+                return;
+            }
+
+            //Throw socket into room named after it's user
+            socket.join(socket.user.user);
+
+            //Define network related event listeners against socket
+            this.defineListeners(socket);
+        }catch(err){
+            //Flip a table if something fucks up
+            return loggerUtils.socketCriticalExceptionHandler(socket, err);
+        } 
+    }
+
+    defineListeners(socket){
+        socket.on("pm", (data)=>{this.handlePM(data, socket)});
+    }
+
+    async handlePM(data, socket){
+        try{
+            //Create empty list of recipients
+            let recipients = [];
+
+            //For each requested recipient
+            for(let user of data.recipients){
+                //If the given user is online and didn't send the message
+                if(this.checkPresence(user) && user != socket.user.user){
+                    //Add the recipient to the list
+                    recipients.push(user);
+                }
+            }
+
+            //If we don't have any valid recipients
+            if(recipients.length <= 0){
+                //Drop that shit
+                return;
+            }
+
+            //Sanatize Message
+            const msg = this.sanatizeMessage(data.msg);
+
+            //If we have an invalid message
+            if(msg == null){
+                //Drop that shit
+                return;
+            }
+
+            //Create message object and relay it off to the recipients
+            this.relayPMObj(new message(
+                socket.user.user,
+                recipients,
+                msg,
+                []
+            ));
+
+        //If something fucked up
+        }catch(err){
+            //Bitch and moan
+            return loggerUtils.socketExceptionHandler(socket, err);
+        }
+    }
+
+    relayPMObj(msg){
+        //For each recipient
+        for(let user of msg.recipients){
+            //Send the message
+            this.namespace.to(user).emit("message", msg);
+        }
+
+        //Acknowledge the sent message
+        this.namespace.to(msg.sender).emit("sent", msg);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Basic function for checking presence
+     * This could be done using Channel Presence, but running off of bare Socket.io functionality makes this easier to implement outside the channel if need be
+     * @param {String} user - Username to check presence of
+     * @returns {Boolean} Whether or not the user is currently able to accept messages
+     */
+    checkPresence(user){
+        //Pull room map from the guts of socket.io and run a null check against the given username
+        return this.namespace.adapter.rooms.get(user) != null;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Sanatizes and Validates a single message, Temporary until we get commandPreprocessor split up.
+     * @param {String} msg - message to validate/sanatize
+     * @returns {String} sanatized/validates message, returns null on validation failure
+     */
+    sanatizeMessage(msg){
+        //if msg is empty or null
+        if(msg == null || msg == ''){
+            //Pimp slap that shit into fucking oblivion
+            return null;
+        }
+
+        //Trim and Sanatize for XSS
+        msg = validator.trim(validator.escape(msg));
+
+        //Return whether or not the shit was long enough
+        if(validator.isLength(msg, {min: 1, max: 255})){
+            //If it's valid return the message
+            return msg;
+        }
+
+        //if not return nothing
+        return null;
     }
 
 }
diff --git a/src/utils/loggerUtils.js b/src/utils/loggerUtils.js
index 4c6b2cf..a3100e8 100644
--- a/src/utils/loggerUtils.js
+++ b/src/utils/loggerUtils.js
@@ -173,17 +173,40 @@ module.exports.errorMiddleware = function(err, req, res, next){
  * @param {Error} err - error to dump to file
  * @param {Date} date - Date of error, defaults to now
  */
-module.exports.dumpError = function(err, date = new Date()){
+module.exports.dumpError = async function(err, date = new Date()){
         try{
-                const content = `Error Date: ${date.toLocaleString()} (UTC-${date.getTimezoneOffset()/60})\nError Type: ${err.name}\nError Msg:${err.message}\nStack Trace:\n\n${err.stack}`;
-                const path = `log/crash/${date.getTime()}.log`;
+                //Crash directory
+                const dir = "./log/crash/"
 
+                //Double check crash folder exists
+                try{
+                        await fs.stat(dir);
+                //If we caught an error (most likely it's missing)
+                }catch(err){
+                        //Shout about it 
+                        module.exports.consoleWarn("Log folder missing, mking dir!")
+                        
+                        //Make it if doesn't
+                        await fs.mkdir(dir, {recursive: true});
+                }
+
+                //Assemble log file path
+                const path = `${dir}${date.getTime()}.log`;
+                //Generate error file content
+                const content = `Error Date: ${date.toLocaleString()} (UTC-${date.getTimezoneOffset()/60})\nError Type: ${err.name}\nError Msg:${err.message}\nStack Trace:\n\n${err.stack}`;
+
+                //Write content to file
                 fs.writeFile(path, content);
 
+                //Whine about the error
                 module.exports.consoleWarn(`Warning: Unexpected Server Crash gracefully dumped to '${path}'... SOMETHING MAY BE VERY BROKEN!!!!`);
+        //If somethine went really really wrong
         }catch(doubleErr){
+                //Use humor to cope with the pain
                 module.exports.consoleWarn("Yo Dawg, I herd you like errors, so I put an error in your error dump, so you can dump while you dump:");
+                //Dump the original error to console
                 module.exports.consoleWarn(err);
+                //Dump the error we had saving that error to file to console
                 module.exports.consoleWarn(doubleErr);
         }
 }
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diff --git a/src/utils/socketUtils.js b/src/utils/socketUtils.js
index 68fc46a..765ea02 100644
--- a/src/utils/socketUtils.js
+++ b/src/utils/socketUtils.js
@@ -67,7 +67,11 @@ module.exports.validateSocket = async function(socket, quiet = false){
 //socket.request.session is already trusted, we don't actually need to verify against DB for authorzation
 //It's just a useful place to grab the DB doc, and is mostly a stand-in from when the only socket-related code was in the channel folder
 module.exports.authSocketLite = async function(socket){
-    const user =  socket.request.session.user;
+    const user = socket.request.session.user;
+
+    if(user == null){
+        return null;
+    }
 
     //Set socket user and channel values
     socket.user = {
@@ -84,7 +88,7 @@ module.exports.authSocket = async function(socket){
     const userDB = await userModel.findOne({user: socket.request.session.user.user});
 
     if(userDB == null){
-        throw loggerUtils.exceptionSmith("User not found!", "unauthorized");
+        return null;
     }
 
     //Set socket user and channel values
diff --git a/www/js/channel/pmHandler.js b/www/js/channel/pmHandler.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..94f392b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/www/js/channel/pmHandler.js
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+/*Canopy - The next generation of stoner streaming software
+Copyright (C) 2024-2025 Rainbownapkin and the TTN Community
+
+This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as
+published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the
+License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
+
+You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
+along with this program.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.*/
+
+/**
+ * Class for handling incoming Private Messages
+ */
+class pmHandler{
+    constructor(client){
+        this.client = client;
+    }
+}
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