diff --git a/contrib/websocket/app.js b/contrib/websocket/app.js
index 7293a76ec..ca554b461 100644
--- a/contrib/websocket/app.js
+++ b/contrib/websocket/app.js
@@ -227,30 +227,3 @@ function getParameterByName(name) {
 	var match = RegExp('[?&]' + name + '=([^&]*)').exec(window.location.search);
 	return match && decodeURIComponent(match[1].replace(/\+/g, ' '));
 }
-
-/* Class for parsing and printing a message / sample */
-function Msg(ts, values, seq) {
-	this.ts = ts;
-	this.values = values;
-	this.seq = seq;
-	
-	if (this.seq == undefined)
-		this.seq = 0;
-	
-	this.parse = function(line) {
-		var res = line.split(/\s+/).map(Number);
-		
-		this.ts = res[0] * 1000;
-		this.values = res.slice(1)
-	};
-	
-	this.print = function() {
-		return (this.ts / 1000).toFixed(9) + "(" + this.seq + ") " + this.values.join(" ");
-	}
-	
-	this.send = function(connection) {
-		var line = this.print();
-
-		connection.send(line);
-	}
-}
diff --git a/contrib/websocket/msg.js b/contrib/websocket/msg.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f83a13cf9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/contrib/websocket/msg.js
@@ -0,0 +1,108 @@
+/** Javascript class for parsing binary messages
+ *
+ * @file
+ * @author Steffen Vogel <stvogel@eonerc.rwth-aachen.de>
+ * @copyright 2014-2015, Institute for Automation of Complex Power Systems, EONERC
+ *   This file is part of S2SS. All Rights Reserved. Proprietary and confidential.
+ *   Unauthorized copying of this file, via any medium is strictly prohibited. 
+ */
+/**
+ * @addtogroup websocket
+ * @ingroup node
+ * @{
+ **********************************************************************************/
+
+var S2SS = S2SS || {};
+
+/* Some constants for the binary protocol */
+const Msg.VERSION		= 1;
+
+const Msg.TYPE_DATA		= 0; /**< Message contains float values */
+const Msg.TYPE_START		= 1; /**< Message marks the beginning of a new simulation case */
+const Msg.TYPE_STOP		= 2; /**< Message marks the end of a simulation case */
+const Msg.TYPE_EMPTY		= 3; /**< Message does not carry useful data */
+
+const Msg.ENDIAN_LITTLE		= 0; /**< Message values are in little endian format (float too!) */
+const Msg.ENDIAN_BIG		= 1; /**< Message values are in bit endian format */
+
+/* Some offsets in the binary message */
+const Msg.OFFSET_ENDIAN		= 1;
+const Msg.OFFSET_TYPE		= 2;
+const Msg.OFFSET_VERSION	= 4;
+
+/* Class for parsing and printing a message / sample */
+function Msg(members) {
+	for(var k in members)
+		this[k] = members[k];
+}
+
+Msg.prototype.length = function() {
+	return this.length * 4 + 16;
+}
+
+Msg.prototype.toArrayBuffer = function() {
+	var blob = new ArrayBuffer(this.length());
+	
+	return blob;
+}
+
+Msg.prototype.fromArrayBuffer = function(blob) {
+	var hdr = new UInt32Array(blob, 0, 16);
+	var hdr16 = new UInt16Array(blob, 0, 16);
+
+	var msg = new Msg({
+		endian:  (hdr[0] >> MSG_OFFSET_ENDIAN) & 0x1,
+		version: (hdr[0] >> MSG_OFFSET_VERSION) & 0xF,
+		type:    (hdr[0] >> MSG_OFFSET_TYPE) & 0x3,
+		length:   hdr16[1],
+		sequence: hdr[1],
+		timestamp: 1e3 * (hdr[2] + hdr[3]), // in milliseconds
+		blob : blob
+	});
+
+	if (msg.endian == MSG_ENDIAN_BIG) {
+		console.warn("Unsupported endianness. Skipping message!");
+		continue;
+
+		/* @todo not working yet
+		hdr = hdr.map(swap32);
+		values = values.map(swap32);
+		*/
+	}
+	
+	
+	msg.values = new Float32Array(msg, offset + 16, length * 4); // values reinterpreted as floats with 16byte offset in msg
+}
+
+Msg.prototype.fromArrayBufferVector = function(blob) {
+	/* some local variables for parsing */
+	var offset = 0;
+	var msgs = [];
+
+	/* for every msg in vector */
+	while (offset < msg.byteLength) {
+		var msg = Msg.fromArrayBuffer(ArrayBuffer(blob, offset));
+		
+		if (msg != undefined)
+			msgs.push(msg);
+
+		offset += msg.blobLength;
+	}
+
+	return msgs;
+}
+
+/** @todo parsing of big endian messages not yet supported */
+function swap16(val) {
+    return ((val & 0xFF) << 8)
+           | ((val >> 8) & 0xFF);
+}
+
+function swap32(val) {
+    return ((val & 0xFF) << 24)
+           | ((val & 0xFF00) << 8)
+           | ((val >> 8) & 0xFF00)
+           | ((val >> 24) & 0xFF);
+}
+
+/** @} */
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/etc/ws.conf b/etc/ws.conf
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f44518786
--- /dev/null
+++ b/etc/ws.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+
+############       Global Options      ############
+
+affinity = 0x02;					# Mask of cores the server should run on
+							# This also maps the NIC interrupts to those cores!
+
+priority = 50;				# Priority for the server tasks.
+							# Usually the server is using a real-time FIFO
+							# scheduling algorithm
+
+debug = 10;						# The level of verbosity for debug messages
+							# Higher number => increased verbosity
+
+stats = 1;						# The interval in seconds to print path statistics.
+							# A value of 0 disables the statistics.
+
+
+############     nodes    ############
+
+nodes = {
+	file = {
+		type = "file",
+		in = {
+			path = "input.log",		# These options specify the path prefix where the the files are stored
+			mode = "r",			# The mode in which files should be opened (see open(2))
+		}
+	},
+
+	ws = {
+		type = "websocket",
+		unit = "MVa",
+		units = [ "V", "A", "Var" ],
+		description = "Das ist ein Test",
+		source = {
+			simulator = "OP5600",
+			location = "ACS lab"
+		}
+	}
+	
+	ws2 = {
+		type = "websocket",
+		description = "Warum nicht noch einanderer?"
+	}
+};
+
+
+############       List of paths       ############
+
+paths = (
+	{ in = "ws"; out = "ws"; hook = [ "ts", "fir:0" ]; rate = 20 }
+);
+
+http = {
+	htdocs = "/s2ss/contrib/websocket",
+	port = 80
+}
diff --git a/lib/websocket.c b/lib/websocket.c
index d6f5f901b..18d557baa 100644
--- a/lib/websocket.c
+++ b/lib/websocket.c
@@ -258,12 +258,27 @@ found:			* (void **) user = n;
 
 			w = n->_vd;
 			
-			if (!w->read.m)
+			if (!w->read.cnt)
 				return 0;
 
 			pthread_mutex_lock(&w->read.mutex);
-			
-			msg_scan(in, w->read.m, NULL, NULL);
+
+			size_t offset = 0;
+			for (int i = 0; i < w->read.cnt; i++) {
+				struct msg *dst = pool_get_relative(w->read.pool, i);
+#if 1
+				struct msg *src = (char *) in + offset;
+
+				memcpy(dst, src, MSG_LEN(src->values));
+
+				offset += MSG_LEN(src->values);
+				if (offset >= len)
+					break;
+#else
+				/** @todo untested */
+				msg_scan(in, dst, NULL, NULL);
+#endif
+			}
 
 			pthread_mutex_unlock(&w->read.mutex);			
 			pthread_cond_broadcast(&w->read.cond);
@@ -379,31 +394,31 @@ int websocket_close(struct node *n)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-int websocket_read(struct node *n, struct msg *pool, int poolsize, int first, int cnt)
+int websocket_read(struct node *n, struct pool *pool, int cnt)
 {
 	struct websocket *w = n->_vd;
-	struct msg *m = pool + (first % poolsize);
 	
-	w->read.m = m;
+	w->read.pool = pool;
+	w->read.cnt = cnt;
 	
 	pthread_cond_wait(&w->read.cond, &w->read.mutex);
 	
 	return 1;
 }
 
-int websocket_write(struct node *n, struct msg *pool, int poolsize, int first, int cnt)
+int websocket_write(struct node *n, struct pool *pool, int cnt)
 {
 	struct websocket *w = n->_vd;
 	struct msg *m = pool + (first % poolsize);
 
 	pthread_mutex_lock(&w->write.mutex);
 
-	w->write.m = m;
+	w->write.pool = pool;
+	w->write.cnt = cnt;
 	
 	/* Notify all active websocket connections to send new data */
-	list_foreach(struct lws *wsi, &w->connections) {
+	list_foreach(struct lws *wsi, &w->connections)
 		lws_callback_on_writable(context, wsi);
-	}
 	
 	pthread_mutex_unlock(&w->write.mutex);