diff --git a/src/GameController.java b/src/GameController.java
index 44b0444..1c5e392 100644
--- a/src/GameController.java
+++ b/src/GameController.java
@@ -10,6 +10,15 @@ import java.util.Map;
 
 public class GameController {
 
+	private static MainFrame mainFrame;
+
+	public static MainFrame getMainFrame() {
+		return GameController.mainFrame;
+	}
+	public static void setMainFrame(MainFrame mainFrame) {
+		GameController.mainFrame = mainFrame;
+	}
+
 	// Connection timeout for client sockets in milliseconds
 	public static final int CONNECTION_TIMEOUT = 10 * 1000;
 
@@ -17,11 +26,11 @@ public class GameController {
 		return semester + 13;
 	}
 	
-	public HashMap<String, Class<? extends OnlinePlayer>> supportedVersions = new HashMap<>(Map.of(
+	public static HashMap<String, Class<? extends OnlinePlayer>> supportedVersions = new HashMap<>(Map.of(
 		"1.1.0", OnlinePlayer_1_1_0.class
 	));
 
-	public void startOnlineGame(Class<? extends LocalPlayer> localPlayerClass, InetSocketAddress address, int size) throws IOException {
+	public static void startOnlineGame(Class<? extends LocalPlayer> localPlayerClass, String localPlayerName, InetSocketAddress address, int size) throws IOException {
 		AsyncSocket clientSocket;
 
 		boolean localPlayerIsServer = address.getHostName() == null;
@@ -97,7 +106,7 @@ public class GameController {
 	 * finds the largest common version in two lists of version strings
 	 * @return null if no common versions are found
 	 */
-	public String findMostRecentVersion(List<String> versions1, List<String> versions2) {
+	public static String findMostRecentVersion(List<String> versions1, List<String> versions2) {
 		if (versions1 == null || versions2 == null) return null;
 		String largestCommonVersion = null;
 		for (String v1 : versions1) {
@@ -125,7 +134,7 @@ public class GameController {
 	 *  1 if version1 is more recent than version2
 	 *  -1 otherwise
 	 */
-	public int compareVersions(String version1, String version2) {
+	public static int compareVersions(String version1, String version2) {
 		if (!checkVersionString(version1) || !checkVersionString(version2)) {
 			throw new IllegalArgumentException("Version is not valid version string");
 		}
@@ -150,11 +159,11 @@ public class GameController {
 	/**
 	 * checks if a provided string matches the format of a version number
 	 */
-	public boolean checkVersionString(String versionString) {
+	public static boolean checkVersionString(String versionString) {
 		return versionString != null && versionString.matches("\\d+\\.\\d+\\.\\d+");
 	}
 
-	public void startLocalGame(Class<? extends  LocalPlayer> localPlayerClass, Class<? extends AiPlayer> enemyClass, int size) {
+	public static void startLocalGame(Class<? extends  LocalPlayer> localPlayerClass, String localPlayerName, Class<? extends AiPlayer> enemyClass, int size) {
 
 		LocalPlayer localPlayer;
 		AiPlayer aiPlayer;
@@ -172,7 +181,7 @@ public class GameController {
 		startGameWithInstancedPlayers(localPlayer, aiPlayer);
 	}
 
-	private void startGameWithInstancedPlayers(LocalPlayer p1, Player p2) {
+	private static void startGameWithInstancedPlayers(LocalPlayer p1, Player p2) {
 		p1.setEnemy(p2);
 		p2.setEnemy(p1);