diff --git a/lib/chessh/schema/player_session.ex b/lib/chessh/schema/player_session.ex
index 57803cb..8ca338c 100644
--- a/lib/chessh/schema/player_session.ex
+++ b/lib/chessh/schema/player_session.ex
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ defmodule Chessh.PlayerSession do
     )
   end
 
-  def player_within_concurrent_sessions_and_satisfies(username, auth_fn) do
+  def update_sessions_and_player_satisfies(username, auth_fn) do
     max_sessions =
       Application.get_env(:chessh, RateLimits)
       |> Keyword.get(:max_concurrent_user_sessions)
@@ -51,9 +51,7 @@ defmodule Chessh.PlayerSession do
           send(self(), {:authed, false})
 
         player ->
-          authed =
-            auth_fn.(player) &&
-              PlayerSession.concurrent_sessions(player) < max_sessions
+          authed = auth_fn.(player)
 
           if authed do
             Logger.debug(
@@ -67,6 +65,29 @@ defmodule Chessh.PlayerSession do
               process: Utils.pid_to_str(self())
             })
 
+            concurrent_sessions = PlayerSession.concurrent_sessions(player)
+
+            if concurrent_sessions > max_sessions do
+              expired_sessions =
+                Repo.all(
+                  from(p in PlayerSession,
+                    select: p.id,
+                    order_by: [asc: :login],
+                    limit: ^(concurrent_sessions - max_sessions)
+                  )
+                )
+
+              Logger.debug(
+                "Player #{player.username} has #{length(expired_sessions)} expired sessions - attempting to close them"
+              )
+
+              Enum.map(expired_sessions, fn session_id ->
+                :syn.publish(:player_sessions, {:session, session_id}, :session_closed)
+              end)
+
+              Repo.delete_all(from(p in PlayerSession, where: p.id in ^expired_sessions))
+            end
+
             player
             |> Player.authentications_changeset(%{authentications: player.authentications + 1})
             |> Repo.update()
diff --git a/lib/chessh/ssh/client.ex b/lib/chessh/ssh/client.ex
index 35893f1..eba188f 100644
--- a/lib/chessh/ssh/client.ex
+++ b/lib/chessh/ssh/client.ex
@@ -1,16 +1,27 @@
 defmodule Chessh.SSH.Client do
-  alias Chessh.SSH.Client
+  alias IO.ANSI
   require Logger
 
   use GenServer
 
-  # TODO: tui_state_stack is like [:menu, :player_settings, :change_password] or [:menu, {:game, game_id}, {:game_chat, game_id}]
+  @default_message [
+    ANSI.clear(),
+    ANSI.reset(),
+    ANSI.home(),
+    ["Hello, world"]
+  ]
 
-  defstruct [:tui_pid, :width, :height, :player_id, :tui_state_stack]
+  defmodule State do
+    defstruct tui_pid: nil,
+              width: nil,
+              height: nil,
+              player_session: nil,
+              state_statck: []
+  end
 
   @impl true
-  def init([tui_pid, width, height] = args) do
-    Logger.debug("#{inspect(args)}")
-    {:ok, %Client{tui_pid: tui_pid, width: width, height: height}}
+  def init([%State{tui_pid: tui_pid} = state]) do
+    send(tui_pid, {:send_data, @default_message})
+    {:ok, state}
   end
 end
diff --git a/lib/chessh/ssh/daemon.ex b/lib/chessh/ssh/daemon.ex
index 24ad259..1748e9e 100644
--- a/lib/chessh/ssh/daemon.ex
+++ b/lib/chessh/ssh/daemon.ex
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 defmodule Chessh.SSH.Daemon do
   alias Chessh.{Repo, PlayerSession, Utils}
   alias Chessh.Auth.PasswordAuthenticator
+  alias Chessh.SSH.{ServerKey, Tui}
+
   use GenServer
   import Ecto.Query
 
@@ -30,24 +32,30 @@ defmodule Chessh.SSH.Daemon do
            String.Chars.to_string(password)
          ) do
       false ->
+        Logger.debug(
+          "#{username} on bucket #{rateId} got their password wrong, or they don't exist! Point at them and laugh!!!!"
+        )
+
         case Hammer.check_rate_inc(rateId, jail_timeout_ms, jail_attempt_threshold, 1) do
           {:allow, _count} ->
+            Logger.debug("Bucket #{rateId} can continue to brute force though")
             false
 
           {:deny, _limit} ->
+            Logger.debug("Bucket #{rateId} ran out of password attempts")
             :disconnect
         end
 
       x ->
-        if PlayerSession.player_within_concurrent_sessions_and_satisfies(username, fn _player ->
-             x
-           end),
-           do: true,
-           else: :disconnect
+        PlayerSession.update_sessions_and_player_satisfies(username, fn _player ->
+          x
+        end)
+
+        x
     end
   end
 
-  def pwd_authenticate(username, password, inet, _address),
+  def pwd_authenticate(username, password, inet, _state),
     do: pwd_authenticate(username, password, inet)
 
   def handle_cast(:start, state) do
@@ -57,19 +65,19 @@ defmodule Chessh.SSH.Daemon do
 
     case :ssh.daemon(
            port,
-           # shell: fn _username, _peer -> Process.sleep(5000) end,
            system_dir: key_dir,
            pwdfun: &pwd_authenticate/4,
-           key_cb: Chessh.SSH.ServerKey,
-           ssh_cli: {Chessh.SSH.Tui, []},
-           #           connectfun: &on_connect/3,
+           key_cb: ServerKey,
+           ssh_cli: {Tui, [%Tui.State{}]},
            disconnectfun: &on_disconnect/1,
            id_string: :random,
-           subsystems: [],
            parallel_login: true,
-           max_sessions: max_sessions
+           max_sessions: max_sessions,
+           subsystems: []
          ) do
       {:ok, pid} ->
+        Logger.info("SSH server started on port #{port}, on #{inspect(pid)}")
+
         Process.link(pid)
         {:noreply, %{state | pid: pid}, :hibernate}
 
diff --git a/lib/chessh/ssh/server_key.ex b/lib/chessh/ssh/server_key.ex
index 5252624..eae9577 100644
--- a/lib/chessh/ssh/server_key.ex
+++ b/lib/chessh/ssh/server_key.ex
@@ -5,9 +5,9 @@ defmodule Chessh.SSH.ServerKey do
   @behaviour :ssh_server_key_api
 
   def is_auth_key(key, username, _daemon_options) do
-    PlayerSession.player_within_concurrent_sessions_and_satisfies(
+    PlayerSession.update_sessions_and_player_satisfies(
       username,
-      &KeyAuthenticator.authenticate(&1, key)
+      fn player -> KeyAuthenticator.authenticate(player, key) end
     )
   end
 
diff --git a/lib/chessh/ssh/tui.ex b/lib/chessh/ssh/tui.ex
index 78360a9..c0fc910 100644
--- a/lib/chessh/ssh/tui.ex
+++ b/lib/chessh/ssh/tui.ex
@@ -1,45 +1,90 @@
 defmodule Chessh.SSH.Tui do
+  alias Chessh.{Repo, PlayerSession, Utils, Player}
+  alias Chessh.SSH.Client
+
+  alias IO.ANSI
+
   require Logger
 
   @behaviour :ssh_server_channel
+  @session_closed_message [
+    ANSI.clear(),
+    ["This session has been closed"]
+  ]
 
-  def init(opts) do
-    Logger.debug("#{inspect(opts)}")
-
-    {:ok,
-     %{
-       channel: nil,
-       cm: nil,
-       pty: %{term: nil, width: nil, height: nil, pixwidth: nil, pixheight: nil, modes: nil},
-       shell: false,
-       client_pid: nil
-     }}
+  defmodule State do
+    defstruct channel_id: nil,
+              width: nil,
+              height: nil,
+              client_pid: nil,
+              connection_ref: nil,
+              player_session: nil
   end
 
-  @spec handle_msg(any, any) ::
-          :ok
-          | {:ok, atom | %{:channel => any, :cm => any, optional(any) => any}}
-          | {:stop, any, %{:channel => any, :client_pid => any, optional(any) => any}}
-  def handle_msg({:ssh_channel_up, channel_id, connection_handler}, state) do
-    Logger.debug(
-      "SSH CHANNEL UP #{inspect(connection_handler)} #{inspect(:ssh.connection_info(connection_handler))}"
-    )
+  def init([%State{} = init_state]) do
+    :syn.add_node_to_scopes([:player_sessions])
+    {:ok, init_state}
+  end
 
-    {:ok, %{state | channel: channel_id, cm: connection_handler}}
+  def handle_msg({:ssh_channel_up, channel_id, connection_ref}, state) do
+    Logger.debug("SSH channel up #{inspect(:ssh.connection_info(connection_ref))}")
+
+    connected_player =
+      :ssh.connection_info(connection_ref)
+      |> Keyword.fetch!(:user)
+      |> String.Chars.to_string()
+
+    case Repo.get_by(Player, username: connected_player) do
+      nil ->
+        Logger.error("Killing channel #{channel_id} - auth'd user does not exist")
+        {:stop, channel_id, state}
+
+      player ->
+        case Repo.get_by(PlayerSession,
+               node_id: System.fetch_env!("NODE_ID"),
+               process: Utils.pid_to_str(connection_ref),
+               player_id: player.id
+             ) do
+          nil ->
+            Logger.error("Killing channel #{channel_id} - session does not exist")
+            {:stop, channel_id, state}
+
+          session ->
+            Logger.debug("Subscribing to session #{session.id}")
+            :syn.join(:player_sessions, {:session, session.id}, self())
+
+            {:ok,
+             %{
+               state
+               | channel_id: channel_id,
+                 connection_ref: connection_ref,
+                 player_session: session
+             }}
+        end
+    end
   end
 
   def handle_msg({:EXIT, client_pid, _reason}, %{client_pid: client_pid} = state) do
     {:stop, state.channel, state}
   end
 
-  ### commands we expect from the client ###
-  def handle_msg({:send_data, data}, state) do
-    Logger.debug("DATA SENT #{inspect(data)}")
-    :ssh_connection.send(state.cm, state.channel, data)
+  def handle_msg(
+        {:send_data, data},
+        %{connection_ref: connection_ref, channel_id: channel_id} = state
+      ) do
+    Logger.debug("Data was sent to TUI process #{inspect(data)}")
+    :ssh_connection.send(connection_ref, channel_id, data)
     {:ok, state}
   end
 
-  ### catch all for what we haven't seen ###
+  def handle_msg(
+        :session_closed,
+        %{connection_ref: connection_ref, channel_id: channel_id} = state
+      ) do
+    :ssh_connection.send(connection_ref, channel_id, @session_closed_message)
+    {:stop, channel_id, state}
+  end
+
   def handle_msg(msg, term) do
     Logger.debug("Unknown msg #{inspect(msg)}, #{inspect(term)}")
   end
@@ -49,28 +94,23 @@ defmodule Chessh.SSH.Tui do
         state
       ) do
     Logger.debug("DATA #{inspect(data)}")
-    send(state.client_pid, {:data, data})
+    #    send(state.client_pid, {:data, data})
     {:ok, state}
   end
 
   def handle_ssh_msg(
         {:ssh_cm, connection_handler,
-         {:pty, channel_id, want_reply?, {term, width, height, pixwidth, pixheight, modes} = _pty}},
+         {:pty, channel_id, want_reply?, {_term, width, height, _pixwidth, _pixheight, _opts}}},
         state
       ) do
+    Logger.debug("#{inspect(state.player_session)} has requested a PTY")
     :ssh_connection.reply_request(connection_handler, want_reply?, :success, channel_id)
 
     {:ok,
      %{
        state
-       | pty: %{
-           term: term,
-           width: width,
-           height: height,
-           pixwidth: pixwidth,
-           pixheight: pixheight,
-           modes: modes
-         }
+       | width: width,
+         height: height
      }}
   end
 
@@ -85,35 +125,37 @@ defmodule Chessh.SSH.Tui do
 
   def handle_ssh_msg(
         {:ssh_cm, _connection_handler,
-         {:window_change, _channel_id, width, height, pixwidth, pixheight}},
+         {:window_change, _channel_id, width, height, _pixwidth, _pixheight}},
         state
       ) do
     Logger.debug("WINDOW CHANGE")
-    #    SSHnakes.Client.resize(state.client_pid, width, height)
-
+    #    Chessh.SSH.Client.resize(state.client_pid, width, height)
     {:ok,
      %{
        state
-       | pty: %{
-           state.pty
-           | width: width,
-             height: height,
-             pixwidth: pixwidth,
-             pixheight: pixheight
-         }
+       | width: width,
+         height: height
      }}
   end
 
   def handle_ssh_msg(
         {:ssh_cm, connection_handler, {:shell, channel_id, want_reply?}},
-        state
+        %{width: width, height: height, player_session: player_session} = state
       ) do
+    Logger.debug("Session #{player_session.id} requested shell")
     :ssh_connection.reply_request(connection_handler, want_reply?, :success, channel_id)
 
     {:ok, client_pid} =
-      GenServer.start_link(Chessh.SSH.Client, [self(), state.pty.width, state.pty.height])
+      GenServer.start_link(Client, [
+        %Client.State{
+          tui_pid: self(),
+          width: width,
+          player_session: player_session,
+          height: height
+        }
+      ])
 
-    {:ok, %{state | client_pid: client_pid, shell: true}}
+    {:ok, %{state | client_pid: client_pid}}
   end
 
   def handle_ssh_msg(
@@ -157,6 +199,14 @@ defmodule Chessh.SSH.Tui do
     {:stop, channel_id, state}
   end
 
+  def handle_ssh_msg(
+        msg,
+        %{channel_id: channel_id} = state
+      ) do
+    Logger.debug("UNKOWN MESSAGE #{inspect(msg)}")
+    {:stop, channel_id, state}
+  end
+
   def terminate(_reason, _state) do
     :ok
   end
diff --git a/mix.exs b/mix.exs
index e77428a..6066333 100644
--- a/mix.exs
+++ b/mix.exs
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ defmodule Chessh.MixProject do
   def application do
     [
       mod: {Chessh.Application, []},
-      extra_applications: [:logger, :crypto, :ssh]
+      extra_applications: [:logger, :crypto, :syn, :ssh]
     ]
   end
 
@@ -32,7 +32,8 @@ defmodule Chessh.MixProject do
       {:ecto_sql, "~> 3.9"},
       {:postgrex, "~> 0.16.5"},
       {:bcrypt_elixir, "~> 3.0"},
-      {:hammer, "~> 6.1"}
+      {:hammer, "~> 6.1"},
+      {:syn, "~> 3.3"}
     ]
   end
 
diff --git a/mix.lock b/mix.lock
index e5bd298..c376f97 100644
--- a/mix.lock
+++ b/mix.lock
@@ -13,5 +13,6 @@
   "hammer": {:hex, :hammer, "6.1.0", "f263e3c3e9946bd410ea0336b2abe0cb6260af4afb3a221e1027540706e76c55", [:make, :mix], [{:poolboy, "~> 1.5", [hex: :poolboy, repo: "hexpm", optional: false]}], "hexpm", "b47e415a562a6d072392deabcd58090d8a41182cf9044cdd6b0d0faaaf68ba57"},
   "poolboy": {:hex, :poolboy, "1.5.2", "392b007a1693a64540cead79830443abf5762f5d30cf50bc95cb2c1aaafa006b", [:rebar3], [], "hexpm", "dad79704ce5440f3d5a3681c8590b9dc25d1a561e8f5a9c995281012860901e3"},
   "postgrex": {:hex, :postgrex, "0.16.5", "fcc4035cc90e23933c5d69a9cd686e329469446ef7abba2cf70f08e2c4b69810", [:mix], [{:connection, "~> 1.1", [hex: :connection, repo: "hexpm", optional: false]}, {:db_connection, "~> 2.1", [hex: :db_connection, repo: "hexpm", optional: false]}, {:decimal, "~> 1.5 or ~> 2.0", [hex: :decimal, repo: "hexpm", optional: false]}, {:jason, "~> 1.0", [hex: :jason, repo: "hexpm", optional: true]}, {:table, "~> 0.1.0", [hex: :table, repo: "hexpm", optional: true]}], "hexpm", "edead639dc6e882618c01d8fc891214c481ab9a3788dfe38dd5e37fd1d5fb2e8"},
+  "syn": {:hex, :syn, "3.3.0", "4684a909efdfea35ce75a9662fc523e4a8a4e8169a3df275e4de4fa63f99c486", [:rebar3], [], "hexpm", "e58ee447bc1094bdd21bf0acc102b1fbf99541a508cd48060bf783c245eaf7d6"},
   "telemetry": {:hex, :telemetry, "1.1.0", "a589817034a27eab11144ad24d5c0f9fab1f58173274b1e9bae7074af9cbee51", [:rebar3], [], "hexpm", "b727b2a1f75614774cff2d7565b64d0dfa5bd52ba517f16543e6fc7efcc0df48"},
 }
diff --git a/test/ssh/ssh_auth_test.exs b/test/ssh/ssh_auth_test.exs
index b6711c7..03063ed 100644
--- a/test/ssh/ssh_auth_test.exs
+++ b/test/ssh/ssh_auth_test.exs
@@ -43,7 +43,8 @@ defmodule Chessh.SSH.AuthTest do
          password: String.to_charlist(@valid_user.password),
          auth_methods: auth_method,
          silently_accept_hosts: true,
-         user_dir: String.to_charlist(@client_test_keys_dir)
+         user_dir: String.to_charlist(@client_test_keys_dir),
+         disconnectfun: fn _reason -> send(parent, {:disconnected, self()}) end
        )}
     )
   end
@@ -66,6 +67,20 @@ defmodule Chessh.SSH.AuthTest do
              )
   end
 
+  test "Player authentications are increased after a successful authentication" do
+    player_before = Repo.get_by(Player, username: @valid_user.username)
+
+    Chessh.SSH.Daemon.pwd_authenticate(
+      @valid_user.username,
+      @valid_user.password,
+      @localhost_inet
+    )
+
+    player_after = Repo.get_by(Player, username: @valid_user.username)
+
+    assert(player_after.authentications - player_before.authentications == 1)
+  end
+
   test "INTEGRATION - Can ssh into daemon with password or public key" do
     {:ok, sup} = Task.Supervisor.start_link()
     test_pid = self()
@@ -83,6 +98,8 @@ defmodule Chessh.SSH.AuthTest do
       send(test_pid, :connected_via_password)
     end)
 
+    assert_receive(:connected_via_password, 2_000)
+
     Task.Supervisor.start_child(sup, fn ->
       {:ok, conn} =
         :ssh.connect(@localhost, Application.fetch_env!(:chessh, :port),
@@ -96,13 +113,12 @@ defmodule Chessh.SSH.AuthTest do
       send(test_pid, :connected_via_public_key)
     end)
 
-    assert_receive(:connected_via_password, 2_000)
     assert_receive(:connected_via_public_key, 2_000)
 
     cleanup()
   end
 
-  test "INTEGRATION - Player cannot have more than specified concurrent sessions which are tracked by successful authentications and disconnections" do
+  test "INTEGRATION - SSH Sessions are closed once player has more than specified concurrent sessions which are tracked by successful authentications and disconnections" do
     max_concurrent_user_sessions =
       Application.get_env(:chessh, RateLimits)
       |> Keyword.get(:max_concurrent_user_sessions)
@@ -130,10 +146,7 @@ defmodule Chessh.SSH.AuthTest do
         conn
       end)
 
-    assert_receive(
-      {:attempted, {:error, 'Unable to connect using the available authentication methods'}},
-      2000
-    )
+    assert_receive({:disconnected, _conn}, 2_000)
 
     # Give it time to send back the disconnection payload after session was opened
     # but over threshold