diff --git a/Game/Assets/Weapons/Weapon.gd b/Game/Assets/Weapons/Weapon.gd
index 7d4e1a7..59e4023 100644
--- a/Game/Assets/Weapons/Weapon.gd
+++ b/Game/Assets/Weapons/Weapon.gd
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 extends Node3D
 					#Hand		Camera			Head		Player
+@onready var main =   get_tree().root.get_node("Main")
 @onready var player = get_parent().get_parent().get_parent().get_parent()
 @onready var camera = get_parent().get_parent()
 @onready var ejector = find_node("Ejector")
@@ -32,7 +33,9 @@ var impact_player = preload("res://Assets/Effects/ImpactPlayer.tscn")
 		if ray['collider'].has_method(&'damage'):
 			if get_tree().get_network_unique_id() == 1: # make sure this can only run on the server
 				print("SHOT HIT ", ray['collider'])
-				ray['collider'].damage(10)
+				ray['collider'].damage(10) # apply damage
+				# boardcast the new health value to all peers TODO: fix this
+				main.rpc(&'player_list_update', main.player_list.get(ray['collider'].get_network_master()).serialize(), ray['collider'].get_network_master())
 			
 			impact_vfx = impact_player.instantiate()
 		else:
diff --git a/Game/Main.gd b/Game/Main.gd
index 2b08e55..7fa1949 100644
--- a/Game/Main.gd
+++ b/Game/Main.gd
@@ -171,8 +171,11 @@ func _input(_event) -> void:
 	else: #we are client, so we're getting data relayed from the server
 		player_list.set(pid, new_info) # server relays other PID's data
 
-func push_local_player_info():
+func push_local_player_info(): #
 	var id = get_tree().network_peer.get_unique_id()
+	
+	#print("PLayer info vsr2str: ", var2str(player_list.get(id)) )
+	
 	if id != 1:
 		rpc_id(1, &'player_list_update', player_list.get(id).serialize())
 	else:
@@ -267,6 +270,7 @@ func _server_disconnected() -> void:
 	
 
 func _ready() -> void:
+	peer.compression_mode = NetworkedMultiplayerENet.COMPRESS_ZSTD
 	print("Commandline arguments: ", OS.get_cmdline_args())
 	
 	get_tree().connect("network_peer_connected", self._player_connected)