diff --git a/game/begin.coffee b/game/begin.coffee
index 80d02b1..ee82b09 100644
--- a/game/begin.coffee
+++ b/game/begin.coffee
@@ -1,7 +1,13 @@
 salet.game_id = "being-astrid-is-hard-enough-but-try-living-as-one"
 salet.game_version = "1.0"
-ably = new Ably.Realtime('v6yAiA.PKvuDg:iJhwQu-DkAWpDOUB')
-channel = ably.channels.get('astrid-'+i18n.lang)
+client = deepstream('localhost:6020').login()
+client.record.listen('presence.*', (match, isSubscribed, response) =>
+  if (isSubscribed)
+    response.accept()
+  else
+    # stop publishing data, client disconnected
+    client.record.getRecord(match).discard()
+)
 
 $.holdReady( true )
 $.getJSON('game/translations/'+i18n.lang+'.json', (data) ->
@@ -35,14 +41,6 @@ $(document).ready(() ->
       window.night = true
   )
 
-  channel.subscribe('enter', (message) ->
-    if (
-      message.data.room == salet.current and
-      message.data.name != salet.character.name
-    )
-      salet.view.write("room_enter".l()+message.data.name+".")
-  )
-  
   salet.beginGame()
 )
 
@@ -62,18 +60,33 @@ actlink = (content, ref) ->
 # For accessibility reasons the text is provided in HTML, not here.
 room "start",
   enter: () ->
-    names = "names".l()
-    salet.character.name = names[salet.rnd.randomInt(names.length)]
+    if (salet.character.name == undefined)
+      names = "names".l()
+      salet.character.name = names[salet.rnd.randomInt(names.length)]
+      salet.character.id = salet.rnd.randn()
   dsc: () -> "intro".l()
   choices: "#start"
 
 croom = (name, options) ->
   options.enter = () ->
     if (salet.interactive)
-      channel.publish('enter', {
-        room: @name,
-        name: salet.character.name
-      })
+      status = client.record.getRecord('presence.'+@room)
+      status.set('presence.'+@room+'.'+salet.character.id, salet.character.name)
+      players = status.get()
+      if players.length > 1
+        salet.view.write("room_present".l())
+        names = []
+        for player in players
+          if player == 'presence.'+@room+'.'+salet.character.id
+            continue
+          i = client.record.getRecord(player)
+          names.push(i)
+        salet.view.write(names.join(', '))
+  options.exit = () ->
+    if (salet.interactive)
+      status = client.record.getRecord('presence')
+      status.delete('presence.'+@name+'.'+salet.character.id)
+
   options.dsc = () -> 
     "### #{@title()}\n" + @desc()
   return room(name,options)
diff --git a/game/translations/ru.cson b/game/translations/ru.cson
index 464fe4c..db1fbb5 100644
--- a/game/translations/ru.cson
+++ b/game/translations/ru.cson
@@ -4,7 +4,10 @@ intro: """
   Астрид спит и видит себя.
   Во сне все люди равны, потому что все они — Астрид.
 """
+no_local_storage: "Локальное хранилище недоступно."
+erase_message: "Это навсегда удалит вашего персонажа и немедленно вернёт вас на старт игры. Вы уверены?"
 room_enter: "В комнату входит "
+room_present: "В комнате стоят "
 entry_option: "Быть Астрид"
 entry_title: "Прихожая"
 entry_dsc: """
diff --git a/html/index.html b/html/index.html
index 2b4f6dc..6833cf8 100644
--- a/html/index.html
+++ b/html/index.html
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@
     <script type="text/javascript" src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/marked/0.3.5/marked.min.js" crossorigin="anonymous"></script>
     <script type="text/javascript" src="https://code.jquery.com/jquery-3.1.1.min.js" crossorigin="anonymous"></script>
     <script type="text/javascript" src="game/salet.min.js"></script>
-    <script src="https://cdn.ably.io/lib/ably.min.js"></script>
+    <script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/deepstream.io-client-js/2.1.1/deepstream.js"></script>
 
     <script type="text/javascript" defer="defer" src="game/main.js"></script>
   </body>
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 0db82d1..e6e5535 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "dependencies": {
-    "gulp-rename": "^1.2.2",
-    "salet": "^1.6.15"
+    "deepstream": "0.0.0",
+    "deepstream.io": "^2.1.2"
   },
   "private": true,
   "devDependencies": {
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@
     "gulp-zip": "^3.0.2",
     "vinyl-buffer": "^1.0.0",
     "vinyl-source-stream": "^1.1.0",
+    "gulp-rename": "^1.2.2",
+    "salet": "^1.6.15",
     "cson": "^4.0.0"
   }
 }
diff --git a/sass/main.scss b/sass/main.scss
index cfb0e79..f515202 100644
--- a/sass/main.scss
+++ b/sass/main.scss
@@ -4,13 +4,13 @@
 // The title block
 .title {
   margin-top: 3.5em;
-  @extend .col-xs-12;
+  @extend .col-12;
   .label {
     margin-top: 1.5em;
     margin-bottom: 1em;
     @extend .col-md-8;
     @extend .offset-md-2;
-    @extend .col-xs-12;
+    @extend .col-12;
     text-align: center;
   }
   .subtitle {
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
   }
 }
 #choices {
-  @extend .col-xs-12;
+  @extend .col-12;
 }
 .fixed {
   position: fixed;
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@
 .content {
   @extend .col-md-10;
   @extend .offset-md-1;
-  @extend .col-xs-12;
+  @extend .col-12;
   padding: 1em;
   ul {
     margin: 0;
@@ -110,13 +110,13 @@
   #footleft {
     @extend .col-md-5;
     @extend .offset-md-2;
-    @extend .col-xs-12;
+    @extend .col-12;
   }
   #footright {
     text-align: right;
     @extend .col-md-2;
     @extend .offset-md-2;
-    @extend .col-xs-12;
+    @extend .col-12;
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/server.js b/server.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..910edc1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server.js
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+const DeepstreamServer = require('deepstream.io')
+const C = DeepstreamServer.constants
+/*
+ * The server can take
+ * 1) a configuration file path
+ * 2) null to explicitly use defaults to be overriden by server.set()
+ * 3) left empty to load the base configuration from the config file located within the conf directory.
+ * 4) pass some options, missing options will be merged with the base configuration
+ * */
+const server = new DeepstreamServer({
+  host: 'localhost',
+  port: 6020
+})
+
+// start the server
+server.start()