diff --git a/webapp/src/components/Game/GameAction/Create.jsx b/webapp/src/components/Game/GameAction/Create.jsx
index c78fff0..bbcc817 100644
--- a/webapp/src/components/Game/GameAction/Create.jsx
+++ b/webapp/src/components/Game/GameAction/Create.jsx
@@ -17,7 +17,8 @@ export default function Create() {
 
         postData("/api/gameproposal", request)
             .then((responce) => {
-                console.log("responce", responce); // JSON data parsed by `data.json()` call
+                console.log("responce", responce) // JSON data parsed by `data.json()` call
+                ctx.clear_Message2Opponent()
             });
     }
 
@@ -32,7 +33,7 @@ export default function Create() {
 }
 
 function Definitions() {
-    const [ctx] = React.useContext(AppContext)
+    const [ctx, dispatchCtx] = React.useContext(AppContext)
     const [data] = React.useContext(AppData)
 
     const isCurrentUser = data.isCurrentUser
@@ -54,7 +55,7 @@ function Definitions() {
             opponentName,
             opponentColor,
             board: null,
-            message: "let's play a game"
+            message: ctx.newGame.message
         }
     }
 
@@ -64,6 +65,7 @@ function Definitions() {
         isEnabled,
 
         get_GameProposalRequest,
+        clear_Message2Opponent: () => { dispatchCtx({ update: "newGame", message: '' }) }
     }
 }
 
@@ -81,7 +83,7 @@ function get_Opponent(isCurrentUser, whitePlayerName, blackPlayerName) {
 
 async function postData(url = "", data = {}) {
     console.log("POST", url, data)
-    
+
     const response = await fetch(url, {
         method: "POST",
         headers: {
diff --git a/webapp/src/components/Game/Message2Opponent.css b/webapp/src/components/Game/Message2Opponent.css
index 6110b41..cb2abb7 100644
--- a/webapp/src/components/Game/Message2Opponent.css
+++ b/webapp/src/components/Game/Message2Opponent.css
@@ -1,6 +1,3 @@
-.message2opponent {
-    border-radius: 3px;
-    border-color: lightgray;
-    background-color:violet;
-    width: 70%;
+.message2opponent input{ 
+    width: 270px;
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/webapp/src/components/Game/Message2Opponent.jsx b/webapp/src/components/Game/Message2Opponent.jsx
index 4bda210..f341afe 100644
--- a/webapp/src/components/Game/Message2Opponent.jsx
+++ b/webapp/src/components/Game/Message2Opponent.jsx
@@ -4,12 +4,20 @@ import React from 'react'
 import { AppContext } from '../../context/app'
 
 export default function Message2Opponent() {
+  const [ctx, dispatchCtx] = React.useContext(AppContext)
 
-  const [ctx] = React.useContext(AppContext)
+  const setMessage = (message) => {
+    dispatchCtx({ update: "newGame", message })
+  }
 
   return (
     <div className='message2opponent'>
-      Message to opponent
+      <input
+        placeholder='Message to opponent'
+        value={ctx.newGame.message}
+        maxLength={150}
+        onChange={e => setMessage(e.target.value)}
+      />
     </div>
   )
 }
diff --git a/webapp/src/context/app/reducer.js b/webapp/src/context/app/reducer.js
index b68ecc6..08f6a10 100644
--- a/webapp/src/context/app/reducer.js
+++ b/webapp/src/context/app/reducer.js
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ export const initialState = {
   newGame: {
     whitePlayer: '',
     blackPlayer: '',
+    message: '',
   },
 
 }