diff --git a/Assets/InteractionEngine/CommunicationEvents.cs b/Assets/InteractionEngine/CommunicationEvents.cs
index ddd7481e659c5d6a63279564d0f7154a8447baec..57aed277fed5c6d5ec898b85a771bee2ad044a52 100644
--- a/Assets/InteractionEngine/CommunicationEvents.cs
+++ b/Assets/InteractionEngine/CommunicationEvents.cs
@@ -74,4 +74,6 @@ public class SignalEvent : UnityEvent {
     //Global List of Facts
     public static List<Fact> Facts = new List<Fact>();
 
+
+    public static bool ServerRunning = false;
 }
diff --git a/Assets/InteractionEngine/Fact.cs b/Assets/InteractionEngine/Fact.cs
index 596ae179100bd999d4288ed568b671313556a894..0129cf82f27ec83e19745f91d15ad388e32e343e 100644
--- a/Assets/InteractionEngine/Fact.cs
+++ b/Assets/InteractionEngine/Fact.cs
@@ -27,18 +27,24 @@ public class AddFactResponse
 
     public static AddFactResponse sendAdd(string path, string body)
     {
+        if (!CommunicationEvents.ServerRunning)
+        {
+            Debug.LogWarning("Server not running");
+            return new AddFactResponse();
+        }
         Debug.Log(body);
         //Put constructor parses stringbody to byteArray internally  (goofy workaround)
         UnityWebRequest www = UnityWebRequest.Put(path, body);
         www.method = UnityWebRequest.kHttpVerbPOST;
         www.SetRequestHeader("Content-Type", "application/json");
-
+        www.timeout = 1;
+        //TODO: implement real asynchronous communication ...
         AsyncOperation op = www.Send();
         while (!op.isDone) { }
         if (www.isNetworkError || www.isHttpError)
         {
-            Debug.Log(www.error);
-            return null;
+            Debug.LogWarning(www.error);
+            return new AddFactResponse();
         }
         else
         {
diff --git a/Assets/InventoryStuff/DisplayScrolls.cs b/Assets/InventoryStuff/DisplayScrolls.cs
index 29475db213abc31ed41de8d22f55c061037764cf..366a6210b57aba3782661bb41a6591e186ee75bf 100644
--- a/Assets/InventoryStuff/DisplayScrolls.cs
+++ b/Assets/InventoryStuff/DisplayScrolls.cs
@@ -60,10 +60,11 @@ IEnumerator getScrollsfromServer() {
         yield return request.Send();
         if (request.isNetworkError || request.isHttpError)
         {
-            Debug.LogError(request.error);
+            Debug.LogWarning(request.error);
         }
         else
         {
+            CommunicationEvents.ServerRunning = true;
             string jsonString = request.downloadHandler.text;
             buildScrollSelection(jsonString);
         }
diff --git a/Assets/StartServer.cs b/Assets/StartServer.cs
index 2075ea48a1dc3f4e289df64302f3c1dbd80076f6..2e7081d9d9705b82c6dd729d1bda15f0b270b6bd 100644
--- a/Assets/StartServer.cs
+++ b/Assets/StartServer.cs
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ public class StartServer : MonoBehaviour
    [SerializeField]
     TMPro.TextMeshProUGUI WaitingText;
 
-    bool ServerRunning = false;
+    
     // Start is called before the first frame update
     void Start()
     {
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ void Start()
     void PrepareGame()
     {
         WaitingText.text = "Press any key to start the game";
-        ServerRunning= true;
+        CommunicationEvents.ServerRunning= true;
         UnityEngine.Debug.Log("server fin");
 
     }
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ IEnumerator ServerRoutine()
     // Update is called once per frame
     void Update()
     {
-        if(ServerRunning && Input.anyKey)
+        if(CommunicationEvents.ServerRunning && Input.anyKey)
         {
              SceneManager.LoadScene(1);
         }
diff --git a/Assets/TreeWorld_02.unity b/Assets/TreeWorld_02.unity
index beb5782a220fef19777af0d38fbe0ec4069d1deb..52bd65ae3adc0f495423e7ebd1b4a17286578edc 100644
--- a/Assets/TreeWorld_02.unity
+++ b/Assets/TreeWorld_02.unity
@@ -28366,7 +28366,8 @@ MonoBehaviour:
   m_Script: {fileID: 11500000, guid: 38cd422d38f88564e81d012b615cc77a, type: 3}
   m_Name: 
   m_EditorClassIdentifier: 
-  ToolMode: 4
+  id: 0
+  UiName: 
   Sprite: {fileID: 21300000, guid: d456617ba2282854d9570dcebcc2b279, type: 3}
   FactManager: {fileID: 0}
   ignoreLayerMask:
@@ -40563,6 +40564,11 @@ PrefabInstance:
       propertyPath: ignoreLayerMask.m_Bits
       value: 31232
       objectReference: {fileID: 0}
+    - target: {fileID: 729203331, guid: 2ba8d552442ba664e8e567adee683a11, type: 3}
+      propertyPath: Sprite
+      value: 
+      objectReference: {fileID: 21300000, guid: 644edf8b3fa05da418500a0e9dd10820,
+        type: 3}
     - target: {fileID: 1085307962, guid: 2ba8d552442ba664e8e567adee683a11, type: 3}
       propertyPath: GadgetUI
       value: