diff --git a/client/src/App.tsx b/client/src/App.tsx
index 24b20bd..2589743 100644
--- a/client/src/App.tsx
+++ b/client/src/App.tsx
@@ -13,20 +13,26 @@ import { Home } from "./Home";
 import {
     homeAction,
     loginAction,
+    newChatAction,
     profileSelfAction,
     signupAction,
     userListAction,
 } from "./actions";
 import {
+    chatListLoader,
+    chatLoader,
     feedLoader,
     homeLoader,
+    newChatLoader,
     profileLoader,
     userListLoader,
 } from "./loaders";
 import { Feed } from "./Feed";
-import { Messages } from "./Messages";
 import { Profile } from "./Profile";
 import { UserList } from "./UserList";
+import { Chats } from "./Chats";
+import { ChatCreate } from "./ChatCreate";
+import { Chat } from "./Chat";
 
 const router = createBrowserRouter([
     {
@@ -46,7 +52,23 @@ const router = createBrowserRouter([
         element: <Home />,
         children: [
             { path: "feed", element: <Feed />, loader: feedLoader },
-            { path: "messages", element: <Messages /> },
+            // { path: "messages", element: <Messages /> },
+            {
+                path: "messages/chats",
+                element: <Chats />,
+                loader: chatListLoader,
+            },
+            {
+                path: "messages/chats/new",
+                element: <ChatCreate />,
+                loader: newChatLoader,
+                action: newChatAction,
+            },
+            {
+                path: "messages/chat/:id",
+                element: <Chat />,
+                loader: chatLoader,
+            },
             {
                 path: "users",
                 element: <UserList />,
diff --git a/client/src/Chat.tsx b/client/src/Chat.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ace3b6f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/client/src/Chat.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+import { useLoaderData } from "react-router-dom";
+import { chatLoader, LoaderToType } from "./loaders";
+import { isError } from "./api/dto";
+
+export function Chat() {
+    const loaderData = useLoaderData() as LoaderToType<typeof chatLoader>;
+    if (!loaderData || isError(loaderData)) {
+        return <div>error</div>;
+    }
+
+    return <div className={"chat"}>{loaderData.name}</div>;
+}
diff --git a/client/src/ChatCreate.tsx b/client/src/ChatCreate.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f569b69
--- /dev/null
+++ b/client/src/ChatCreate.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+import { Form, useLoaderData, useNavigation } from "react-router-dom";
+import { LoaderToType, newChatLoader } from "./loaders";
+import { isError } from "./api/dto";
+import { getTokenUserUuid } from "./api/utils";
+
+export function ChatCreate() {
+    const loaderData = useLoaderData() as LoaderToType<typeof newChatLoader>;
+    if (!loaderData || isError(loaderData)) {
+        return <div>error</div>;
+    }
+
+    const navigation = useNavigation();
+    const busy = navigation.state === "submitting";
+
+    return (
+        <div className={"chatsNew"}>
+            <Form method="post">
+                <label htmlFor="fname">name:</label>
+                <input type="text" name="name" />
+                <select multiple name={"members"}>
+                    {loaderData
+                        .filter((p) => p.uuid != getTokenUserUuid())
+                        .map((p) => (
+                            <option value={p.uuid}>{p.username}</option>
+                        ))}
+                </select>
+
+                <button type="submit" disabled={busy}>
+                    Create
+                </button>
+            </Form>
+        </div>
+    );
+}
diff --git a/client/src/Chats.scss b/client/src/Chats.scss
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b90effc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/client/src/Chats.scss
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+.chats {
+  
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/client/src/Chats.tsx b/client/src/Chats.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3103c60
--- /dev/null
+++ b/client/src/Chats.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+import { Link, useLoaderData } from "react-router-dom";
+import { chatListLoader, LoaderToType } from "./loaders";
+import { isError } from "./api/dto";
+
+import "./Chats.scss";
+
+export function Chats() {
+    const loaderData = useLoaderData() as LoaderToType<typeof chatListLoader>;
+    if (!loaderData || isError(loaderData)) {
+        return <div>error</div>;
+    }
+
+    return (
+        <div className={"chats"}>
+            <div className={"chatsHeader"}>
+                <Link to={"../messages/chats/new"}>create</Link>
+            </div>
+            <div className={"chatsList"}>
+                {loaderData.map((c) => (
+                    <Link to={"../messages/chat/" + c.id} key={c.id}>
+                        {c.name}
+                    </Link>
+                ))}
+            </div>
+        </div>
+    );
+}
diff --git a/client/src/Home.tsx b/client/src/Home.tsx
index 61d33c4..127ca3c 100644
--- a/client/src/Home.tsx
+++ b/client/src/Home.tsx
@@ -41,7 +41,10 @@ export function Home() {
                     <NavLink to={"feed"} className={activePendingClassName}>
                         Feed
                     </NavLink>{" "}
-                    <NavLink to={"messages"} className={activePendingClassName}>
+                    <NavLink
+                        to={"messages/chats"}
+                        className={activePendingClassName}
+                    >
                         Messages
                     </NavLink>
                     <NavLink to={"users"} className={activePendingClassName}>
diff --git a/client/src/actions.ts b/client/src/actions.ts
index bbebb0f..8b27cd9 100644
--- a/client/src/actions.ts
+++ b/client/src/actions.ts
@@ -2,8 +2,9 @@ import { addFollower, removeFollower, signup } from "./api/Person";
 import { ActionFunctionArgs, redirect } from "react-router-dom";
 import { login } from "./api/Token";
 import { isError } from "./api/dto";
-import { deleteToken, setToken } from "./api/utils";
+import { deleteToken, getTokenUserUuid, setToken } from "./api/utils";
 import { createPost, deletePost, updatePost } from "./api/Post";
+import { createChat } from "./api/Chat";
 
 export type ActionToType<T extends (...args: any) => any> =
     | Exclude<Awaited<ReturnType<T>>, Response>
@@ -85,3 +86,11 @@ export async function userListAction({ request }: ActionFunctionArgs) {
         return await removeFollower(formData.get("uuid")!.toString());
     }
 }
+
+export async function newChatAction({ request }: ActionFunctionArgs) {
+    const formData = await request.formData();
+    return await createChat(formData.get("name")!.toString(), [
+        ...formData.getAll("members")!.map((p) => p.toString()),
+        getTokenUserUuid()!,
+    ]);
+}
diff --git a/client/src/api/Chat.ts b/client/src/api/Chat.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a2028eb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/client/src/api/Chat.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+import { fetchJSONAuth } from "./utils";
+import { ChatsToResp, ChatToResp, TChatsToResp, TChatToResp } from "./dto";
+
+export async function getMyChats(): Promise<TChatsToResp> {
+    return fetchJSONAuth("/chat/my", "GET", ChatsToResp);
+}
+
+export async function getChat(id: number): Promise<TChatToResp> {
+    return fetchJSONAuth("/chat/by-id/" + id, "GET", ChatToResp);
+}
+
+export async function createChat(
+    name: string,
+    memberUuids: string[],
+): Promise<TChatToResp> {
+    return fetchJSONAuth("/chat", "POST", ChatToResp, { name, memberUuids });
+}
diff --git a/client/src/api/dto.ts b/client/src/api/dto.ts
index 5dbe03c..7963866 100644
--- a/client/src/api/dto.ts
+++ b/client/src/api/dto.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { z } from "zod";
+import { number, z } from "zod";
 
 export const ErrorTo = z.object({
     errors: z.array(z.string()),
@@ -6,6 +6,10 @@ export const ErrorTo = z.object({
 });
 export type TErrorTo = z.infer<typeof ErrorTo>;
 
+export function isError(value: unknown): value is TErrorTo {
+    return ErrorTo.safeParse(value).success;
+}
+
 function CreateAPIResponse<T extends z.ZodTypeAny>(obj: T) {
     return z.union([ErrorTo, obj]);
 }
@@ -71,6 +75,28 @@ export type TPostToResp = z.infer<typeof PostToResp>;
 export const PostToArrResp = CreateAPIResponse(PostToArr);
 export type TPostToArrResp = z.infer<typeof PostToArrResp>;
 
-export function isError(value: unknown): value is TErrorTo {
-    return ErrorTo.safeParse(value).success;
-}
+export const MessageTo = z.object({
+    id: number(),
+    chatId: z.number(),
+    authorUuid: z.string(),
+    contents: z.string(),
+});
+export type TMessageTo = z.infer<typeof MessageTo>;
+
+export const MessageToResp = CreateAPIResponse(MessageTo);
+export type TMessageToResp = z.infer<typeof MessageToResp>;
+
+export const ChatTo = z.object({
+    id: z.number(),
+    name: z.string(),
+    creatorUuid: z.string(),
+    members: z.array(PersonTo),
+    messages: z.array(MessageTo),
+});
+export type TChatTo = z.infer<typeof ChatTo>;
+
+export const ChatToResp = CreateAPIResponse(ChatTo);
+export type TChatToResp = z.infer<typeof ChatToResp>;
+
+export const ChatsToResp = CreateAPIResponse(z.array(ChatTo));
+export type TChatsToResp = z.infer<typeof ChatsToResp>;
diff --git a/client/src/loaders.ts b/client/src/loaders.ts
index 453f97a..6cb306b 100644
--- a/client/src/loaders.ts
+++ b/client/src/loaders.ts
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import {
     getPostsByAuthorUuid,
     getPostsByFollowees,
 } from "./api/Post";
+import { getChat, getMyChats } from "./api/Chat";
 
 export type LoaderToType<T extends (...args: any) => any> =
     | Exclude<Awaited<ReturnType<T>>, Response>
@@ -75,3 +76,15 @@ export async function profileLoader({
 export async function feedLoader() {
     return await getPostsByFollowees();
 }
+
+export async function chatListLoader() {
+    return await getMyChats();
+}
+
+export async function newChatLoader() {
+    return await getAllPerson();
+}
+
+export async function chatLoader({ params }: { params: { id?: number } }) {
+    return getChat(params.id!);
+}
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/com/usatiuk/tjv/y/server/controller/ApiExceptionHandler.java b/server/src/main/java/com/usatiuk/tjv/y/server/controller/ApiExceptionHandler.java
index 69b68f7..5fce002 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/com/usatiuk/tjv/y/server/controller/ApiExceptionHandler.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/com/usatiuk/tjv/y/server/controller/ApiExceptionHandler.java
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import org.springframework.http.HttpHeaders;
 import org.springframework.http.HttpStatus;
 import org.springframework.http.ResponseEntity;
 import org.springframework.security.core.AuthenticationException;
+import org.springframework.security.core.userdetails.UsernameNotFoundException;
 import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.ControllerAdvice;
 import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.ExceptionHandler;
 import org.springframework.web.context.request.WebRequest;
@@ -18,28 +19,35 @@ import java.util.Objects;
 
 @ControllerAdvice
 public class ApiExceptionHandler extends ResponseEntityExceptionHandler {
-    @ExceptionHandler(value = {ConstraintViolationException.class})
+    @ExceptionHandler(ConstraintViolationException.class)
     protected ResponseEntity<Object> handleConstraintViolation(ConstraintViolationException ex, WebRequest request) {
         return handleExceptionInternal(ex,
                 new ErrorTo(ex.getConstraintViolations().stream().map(ConstraintViolation::getMessage), HttpStatus.BAD_REQUEST.value()),
                 new HttpHeaders(), HttpStatus.BAD_REQUEST, request);
     }
 
-    @ExceptionHandler(value = {AuthenticationException.class})
+    @ExceptionHandler(AuthenticationException.class)
     protected ResponseEntity<Object> handleAuthenticationException(AuthenticationException ex, WebRequest request) {
         return handleExceptionInternal(ex,
                 new ErrorTo(List.of(ex.getMessage()), HttpStatus.UNAUTHORIZED.value()),
                 new HttpHeaders(), HttpStatus.UNAUTHORIZED, request);
     }
 
-    @ExceptionHandler(value = {ResponseStatusException.class})
+    @ExceptionHandler(UsernameNotFoundException.class)
+    protected ResponseEntity<Object> handleUsernameNotFoundException(UsernameNotFoundException ex, WebRequest request) {
+        return handleExceptionInternal(ex,
+                new ErrorTo(List.of(ex.getMessage()), HttpStatus.UNAUTHORIZED.value()),
+                new HttpHeaders(), HttpStatus.UNAUTHORIZED, request);
+    }
+
+    @ExceptionHandler(ResponseStatusException.class)
     protected ResponseEntity<Object> handleResponseStatusException(ResponseStatusException ex, WebRequest request) {
         return handleExceptionInternal(ex,
                 new ErrorTo(List.of(Objects.requireNonNullElse(ex.getReason(), ex.getStatusCode().toString())), ex.getStatusCode().value()),
                 new HttpHeaders(), ex.getStatusCode(), request);
     }
 
-    @ExceptionHandler(value = {Exception.class})
+    @ExceptionHandler(Exception.class)
     protected ResponseEntity<Object> handleGenericException(Exception ex, WebRequest request) {
         return handleExceptionInternal(ex,
                 new ErrorTo(List.of("Error"), HttpStatus.INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR.value()),