diff --git a/src/database/channel.rs b/src/database/channel.rs
index 21f4f85b9715d7837cf0824798ee5b0308b611ec..5f84510f376c85e51c7be8f61ab235cddc164320 100644
--- a/src/database/channel.rs
+++ b/src/database/channel.rs
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ use lru::LruCache;
 use mongodb::bson::{doc, from_bson, Bson};
 use rocket::http::RawStr;
 use rocket::request::FromParam;
+use rocket_contrib::json::JsonValue;
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 use std::sync::{Arc, Mutex};
 
@@ -40,6 +41,40 @@ pub struct Channel {
     pub description: Option<String>,
 }
 
+impl Channel {
+    pub fn serialise(self) -> JsonValue {
+        match self.channel_type {
+            0 => json!({
+                "id": self.id,
+                "type": self.channel_type,
+                "last_message": self.last_message,
+                "recipients": self.recipients,
+            }),
+            1 => {
+                json!({
+                    "id": self.id,
+                    "type": self.channel_type,
+                    "last_message": self.last_message,
+                    "recipients": self.recipients,
+                    "name": self.name,
+                    "owner": self.owner,
+                    "description": self.description,
+                })
+            }
+            2 => {
+                json!({
+                    "id": self.id,
+                    "type": self.channel_type,
+                    "guild": self.guild,
+                    "name": self.name,
+                    "description": self.description,
+                })
+            }
+            _ => unreachable!(),
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 lazy_static! {
     static ref CACHE: Arc<Mutex<LruCache<String, Channel>>> =
         Arc::new(Mutex::new(LruCache::new(4_000_000)));
@@ -83,13 +118,13 @@ pub fn fetch_channels(ids: &Vec<String>) -> Result<Vec<Channel>, String> {
 
     {
         if let Ok(mut cache) = CACHE.lock() {
-            for gid in ids {
-                let existing = cache.get(gid);
+            for id in ids {
+                let existing = cache.get(id);
 
                 if let Some(channel) = existing {
                     channels.push((*channel).clone());
                 } else {
-                    missing.push(gid);
+                    missing.push(id);
                 }
             }
         } else {
diff --git a/src/database/guild.rs b/src/database/guild.rs
index 0ba3f6bb70222f95e6247a93be7340f9e794fe35..b197cf3e173ef5ca0cecd1f74808665f7acc5fd5 100644
--- a/src/database/guild.rs
+++ b/src/database/guild.rs
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ use lru::LruCache;
 use mongodb::bson::{doc, from_bson, Bson};
 use rocket::http::RawStr;
 use rocket::request::FromParam;
+use rocket_contrib::json::JsonValue;
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 use std::sync::{Arc, Mutex};
 
@@ -49,6 +50,32 @@ pub struct Guild {
     pub default_permissions: u32,
 }
 
+impl Guild {
+    pub fn serialise(self) -> JsonValue {
+        json!({
+            "id": self.id,
+            "name": self.name,
+            "description": self.description,
+            "owner": self.owner
+        })
+    }
+
+    pub fn fetch_channels(&self) -> Result<Vec<super::channel::Channel>, String> {
+        super::channel::fetch_channels(&self.channels)
+    }
+
+    pub fn seralise_with_channels(self) -> Result<JsonValue, String> {
+        let channels = self.fetch_channels()?
+            .into_iter()
+            .map(|x| x.serialise())
+            .collect();
+
+        let mut value = self.serialise();
+        value.as_object_mut().unwrap().insert("channels".to_string(), channels);
+        Ok(value)
+    }
+}
+
 #[derive(Hash, Eq, PartialEq)]
 pub struct MemberKey(pub String, pub String);
 
@@ -91,6 +118,52 @@ pub fn fetch_guild(id: &str) -> Result<Option<Guild>, String> {
     }
 }
 
+pub fn fetch_guilds(ids: &Vec<String>) -> Result<Vec<Guild>, String> {
+    let mut missing = vec![];
+    let mut guilds = vec![];
+
+    {
+        if let Ok(mut cache) = CACHE.lock() {
+            for id in ids {
+                let existing = cache.get(id);
+
+                if let Some(guild) = existing {
+                    guilds.push((*guild).clone());
+                } else {
+                    missing.push(id);
+                }
+            }
+        } else {
+            return Err("Failed to lock cache.".to_string());
+        }
+    }
+
+    if missing.len() == 0 {
+        return Ok(guilds);
+    }
+
+    let col = get_collection("guilds");
+    if let Ok(result) = col.find(doc! { "_id": { "$in": missing } }, None) {
+        for item in result {
+            let mut cache = CACHE.lock().unwrap();
+            if let Ok(doc) = item {
+                if let Ok(guild) = from_bson(Bson::Document(doc)) as Result<Guild, _> {
+                    cache.put(guild.id.clone(), guild.clone());
+                    guilds.push(guild);
+                } else {
+                    return Err("Failed to deserialize guild!".to_string());
+                }
+            } else {
+                return Err("Failed to fetch guild.".to_string());
+            }
+        }
+
+        Ok(guilds)
+    } else {
+        Err("Failed to fetch channel from database.".to_string())
+    }
+}
+
 pub fn fetch_member(key: MemberKey) -> Result<Option<Member>, String> {
     {
         if let Ok(mut cache) = MEMBER_CACHE.lock() {
diff --git a/src/database/user.rs b/src/database/user.rs
index 286613cf0b5bbde9a8da415ef2a4b23a0d363e93..8def8e61254c0859c960ac4507ffb2ed1458999f 100644
--- a/src/database/user.rs
+++ b/src/database/user.rs
@@ -1,9 +1,13 @@
 use super::get_collection;
+use super::guild::{Guild, fetch_guilds};
+use super::channel::{Channel, fetch_channels};
 
 use lru::LruCache;
 use mongodb::bson::{doc, from_bson, Bson, DateTime};
+use mongodb::options::FindOptions;
 use rocket::http::{RawStr, Status};
 use rocket::request::{self, FromParam, FromRequest, Request};
+use rocket_contrib::json::JsonValue;
 use rocket::Outcome;
 use std::sync::{Arc, Mutex};
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
@@ -36,6 +40,116 @@ pub struct User {
     pub relations: Option<Vec<UserRelationship>>,
 }
 
+impl User {
+    pub fn serialise(self, relationship: i32) -> JsonValue {
+        if relationship == super::Relationship::SELF as i32 {
+            json!({
+                "id": self.id,
+                "username": self.username,
+                "display_name": self.display_name,
+                "email": self.email,
+                "verified": self.email_verification.verified,
+            })
+        } else {
+            json!({
+                "id": self.id,
+                "username": self.username,
+                "display_name": self.display_name,
+                "relationship": relationship
+            })
+        }
+    }
+
+    pub fn find_guilds(&self) -> Result<Vec<String>, String> {
+        let members = get_collection("members")
+            .find(
+                doc! {
+                    "_id.user": &self.id
+                },
+                None
+            ).map_err(|_| "Failed to fetch members.")?;
+        
+        Ok(members.into_iter()
+            .filter_map(|x| match x {
+                Ok(doc) => {
+                    match doc.get_document("_id") {
+                        Ok(id) => {
+                            match id.get_str("guild") {
+                                Ok(value) => Some(value.to_string()),
+                                Err(_) => None
+                            }
+                        }
+                        Err(_) => None
+                    }
+                }
+                Err(_) => None
+            })
+            .collect())
+    }
+
+    pub fn find_dms(&self) -> Result<Vec<String>, String> {
+        let channels = get_collection("channels")
+            .find(
+                doc! {
+                    "recipients": &self.id
+                },
+                FindOptions::builder()
+                    .projection(doc! { "_id": 1 })
+                    .build()
+            ).map_err(|_| "Failed to fetch channel ids.")?;
+        
+        Ok(channels.into_iter()
+            .filter_map(|x| x.ok())
+            .filter_map(|x| {
+                match x.get_str("_id") {
+                    Ok(value) => Some(value.to_string()),
+                    Err(_) => None
+                }
+            })
+            .collect())
+    }
+
+    pub fn create_payload(self) -> Result<JsonValue, String> {
+        let v = vec![];
+        let relations = self.relations.as_ref().unwrap_or(&v);
+        
+        let users: Vec<JsonValue> = fetch_users(
+            &relations
+                .iter()
+                .map(|x| x.id.clone())
+                .collect()
+        )?
+            .into_iter()
+            .map(|x| {
+                let id = x.id.clone();
+                x.serialise(
+                    relations.iter()
+                        .find(|y| y.id == id)
+                        .unwrap()
+                        .status as i32
+                )
+            })
+            .collect();
+
+        let channels: Vec<JsonValue> = fetch_channels(&self.find_dms()?)?
+            .into_iter()
+            .map(|x| x.serialise())
+            .collect();
+        
+        let guilds: Vec<JsonValue> = fetch_guilds(&self.find_guilds()?)?
+            .into_iter()
+            .map(|x| x.serialise())
+            .collect();
+
+        Ok(json!({
+            "users": users,
+            "channels": channels,
+            "guilds": guilds,
+            "user": self.serialise(super::Relationship::SELF as i32)
+        }))
+    }
+}
+
 lazy_static! {
     static ref CACHE: Arc<Mutex<LruCache<String, User>>> =
         Arc::new(Mutex::new(LruCache::new(4_000_000)));
@@ -73,6 +187,52 @@ pub fn fetch_user(id: &str) -> Result<Option<User>, String> {
     }
 }
 
+pub fn fetch_users(ids: &Vec<String>) -> Result<Vec<User>, String> {
+    let mut missing = vec![];
+    let mut users = vec![];
+
+    {
+        if let Ok(mut cache) = CACHE.lock() {
+            for id in ids {
+                let existing = cache.get(id);
+
+                if let Some(user) = existing {
+                    users.push((*user).clone());
+                } else {
+                    missing.push(id);
+                }
+            }
+        } else {
+            return Err("Failed to lock cache.".to_string());
+        }
+    }
+
+    if missing.len() == 0 {
+        return Ok(users);
+    }
+
+    let col = get_collection("users");
+    if let Ok(result) = col.find(doc! { "_id": { "$in": missing } }, None) {
+        for item in result {
+            let mut cache = CACHE.lock().unwrap();
+            if let Ok(doc) = item {
+                if let Ok(user) = from_bson(Bson::Document(doc)) as Result<User, _> {
+                    cache.put(user.id.clone(), user.clone());
+                    users.push(user);
+                } else {
+                    return Err("Failed to deserialize user!".to_string());
+                }
+            } else {
+                return Err("Failed to fetch user.".to_string());
+            }
+        }
+
+        Ok(users)
+    } else {
+        Err("Failed to fetch user from database.".to_string())
+    }
+}
+
 #[derive(Debug)]
 pub enum AuthError {
     Failed,
diff --git a/src/notifications/ws.rs b/src/notifications/ws.rs
index 55ae2f5dcf6893476547b34680289d8a2edb876c..ba37ec9a44fc0ac1f57eabde07914e537ecc9b46 100644
--- a/src/notifications/ws.rs
+++ b/src/notifications/ws.rs
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ impl Handler for Server {
                             match state.try_authenticate(self.id.clone(), token.to_string()) {
                                 StateResult::Success(user_id) => {
                                     let user = crate::database::user::fetch_user(&user_id).unwrap().unwrap();
+                                    self.user_id = Some(user_id);
                                     
                                     self.sender.send(
                                         json!({
@@ -46,14 +47,10 @@ impl Handler for Server {
                                         .to_string(),
                                     )?;
                                     
-                                    self.user_id = Some(user_id);
                                     self.sender.send(
                                         json!({
                                             "type": "ready",
-                                            "data": {
-                                                // ! FIXME: rewrite
-                                                "user": user,
-                                            }
+                                            "data": user.create_payload()
                                         })
                                         .to_string(),
                                     )
diff --git a/src/routes/channel.rs b/src/routes/channel.rs
index cfa631eebecbe1300ea0ef36bc74bf0f44f1a00e..57343394f918c63c092de8a9de5d4c63784fea4f 100644
--- a/src/routes/channel.rs
+++ b/src/routes/channel.rs
@@ -129,36 +129,7 @@ pub fn create_group(user: User, info: Json<CreateGroup>) -> Response {
 #[get("/<target>")]
 pub fn channel(user: User, target: Channel) -> Option<Response> {
     with_permissions!(user, target);
-
-    match target.channel_type {
-        0 => Some(Response::Success(json!({
-            "id": target.id,
-            "type": target.channel_type,
-            "last_message": target.last_message,
-            "recipients": target.recipients,
-        }))),
-        1 => {
-            Some(Response::Success(json!({
-                "id": target.id,
-                "type": target.channel_type,
-                "last_message": target.last_message,
-                "recipients": target.recipients,
-                "name": target.name,
-                "owner": target.owner,
-                "description": target.description,
-            })))
-        }
-        2 => {
-            Some(Response::Success(json!({
-                "id": target.id,
-                "type": target.channel_type,
-                "guild": target.guild,
-                "name": target.name,
-                "description": target.description,
-            })))
-        }
-        _ => unreachable!(),
-    }
+    Some(Response::Success(target.serialise()))
 }
 
 /// [groups] add user to channel
diff --git a/src/routes/guild.rs b/src/routes/guild.rs
index 517a36548a39be98f084b654d868f1bb03b0712c..1ce5392b286e5cd4de93d2abbf7b195447a998e2 100644
--- a/src/routes/guild.rs
+++ b/src/routes/guild.rs
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ use super::channel::ChannelType;
 use super::Response;
 use crate::database::guild::{fetch_member as get_member, get_invite, Guild, MemberKey};
 use crate::database::{
-    self, channel::{fetch_channel, fetch_channels}, channel::Channel, Permission, PermissionCalculator, user::User
+    self, channel::fetch_channel, guild::fetch_guilds, channel::Channel, Permission, PermissionCalculator, user::User
 };
 use crate::notifications::{
     self,
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ use rocket_contrib::json::Json;
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 use ulid::Ulid;
 
+// ! FIXME: GET RID OF THIS
 macro_rules! with_permissions {
     ($user: expr, $target: expr) => {{
         let permissions = PermissionCalculator::new($user.clone())
@@ -35,53 +36,34 @@ macro_rules! with_permissions {
 /// fetch your guilds
 #[get("/@me")]
 pub fn my_guilds(user: User) -> Response {
-    if let Ok(result) = database::get_collection("members").find(
-        doc! {
-            "_id.user": &user.id
-        },
-        None,
-    ) {
-        let mut guilds = vec![];
-        for item in result {
-            if let Ok(entry) = item {
-                guilds.push(Bson::String(
-                    entry
-                        .get_document("_id")
-                        .unwrap()
-                        .get_str("guild")
-                        .unwrap()
-                        .to_string(),
-                ));
-            }
-        }
-
-        if let Ok(result) = database::get_collection("guilds").find(
-            doc! {
-                "_id": {
-                    "$in": guilds
-                }
-            },
-            FindOptions::builder()
-                .projection(doc! {
-                    "_id": 1,
-                    "name": 1,
-                    "description": 1,
-                    "owner": 1,
-                })
-                .build(),
-        ) {
-            let mut parsed = vec![];
-            for item in result {
-                let doc = item.unwrap();
-                parsed.push(json!({
-                    "id": doc.get_str("_id").unwrap(),
-                    "name": doc.get_str("name").unwrap(),
-                    "description": doc.get_str("description").unwrap(),
-                    "owner": doc.get_str("owner").unwrap(),
-                }));
+    if let Ok(gids) = user.find_guilds() {
+        if let Ok(guilds) = fetch_guilds(&gids) {
+            let cids: Vec<String> = guilds
+                .iter()
+                .flat_map(|x| x.channels.clone())
+                .collect();
+
+            if let Ok(channels) = database::channel::fetch_channels(&cids) {
+                let data: Vec<rocket_contrib::json::JsonValue> = guilds
+                    .into_iter()
+                    .map(|x| {
+                        let id = x.id.clone();
+                        let mut obj = x.serialise();
+                        obj.as_object_mut().unwrap().insert(
+                            "channels".to_string(),
+                            channels.iter()
+                                .filter(|x| x.guild.is_some() && x.guild.as_ref().unwrap() == &id)
+                                .map(|x| x.clone().serialise())
+                                .collect()
+                        );
+                        obj
+                    })
+                    .collect();
+                
+                Response::Success(json!(data))
+            } else {
+                Response::InternalServerError(json!({ "error": "Failed to fetch channels." }))
             }
-
-            Response::Success(json!(parsed))
         } else {
             Response::InternalServerError(json!({ "error": "Failed to fetch guilds." }))
         }
@@ -94,29 +76,11 @@ pub fn my_guilds(user: User) -> Response {
 #[get("/<target>")]
 pub fn guild(user: User, target: Guild) -> Option<Response> {
     with_permissions!(user, target);
-
-    match fetch_channels(&target.channels) {
-        Ok(results) => {
-            let mut channels = vec![];
-            for item in results {
-                channels.push(json!({
-                    "id": item.id,
-                    "name": item.name,
-                    "description": item.description,
-                }));
-            }
-
-            Some(Response::Success(json!({
-                "id": target.id,
-                "name": target.name,
-                "description": target.description,
-                "owner": target.owner,
-                "channels": channels,
-            })))
-        }
-        Err(_) => Some(Response::InternalServerError(
-            json!({ "error": "Failed to fetch channels." }),
-        ))
+    
+    if let Ok(result) = target.seralise_with_channels() {
+        Some(Response::Success(result))
+    } else {
+        Some(Response::InternalServerError(json!({ "error": "Failed to fetch channels!" })))
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/routes/user.rs b/src/routes/user.rs
index ebe8dcf4cbc1c5232bc1a52de42a2adda6704106..145a61b445de833e08a58eb02c245e92122335ca 100644
--- a/src/routes/user.rs
+++ b/src/routes/user.rs
@@ -15,29 +15,18 @@ use ulid::Ulid;
 /// retrieve your user information
 #[get("/@me")]
 pub fn me(user: User) -> Response {
-    Response::Success(json!({
-        "id": user.id,
-        "username": user.username,
-        "display_name": user.display_name,
-        "email": user.email,
-        "verified": user.email_verification.verified,
-    }))
+    Response::Success(
+        user.serialise(Relationship::SELF as i32)
+    )
 }
 
 /// retrieve another user's information
 #[get("/<target>")]
 pub fn user(user: User, target: User) -> Response {
-    Response::Success(json!({
-        "id": target.id,
-        "username": target.username,
-        "display_name": target.display_name,
-        "relationship": get_relationship(&user, &target) as i32,
-        "mutual": {
-            "guilds": mutual::find_mutual_guilds(&user.id, &target.id),
-            "friends": mutual::find_mutual_friends(&user.id, &target.id),
-            "groups": mutual::find_mutual_groups(&user.id, &target.id),
-        }
-    }))
+    let relationship = get_relationship(&user, &target) as i32;
+    Response::Success(
+        user.serialise(relationship)
+    )
 }
 
 #[derive(Serialize, Deserialize)]