diff --git a/common.ts b/common.ts
index 5282330..5ad78da 100644
--- a/common.ts
+++ b/common.ts
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 export * from './dataTypes';
 export * from './messageTypes';
+export * from './parseMessage';
diff --git a/parseMessage.ts b/parseMessage.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ae5782d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/parseMessage.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+import {
+    ChatMessage,
+    Join,
+    ListenerJoined,
+    ListenerLeft,
+    ListenerList, SearchSong, SearchSongResult,
+    SendChatMessage,
+    StuenMessage
+} from "./messageTypes";
+
+export default function parseMessage(message: string): StuenMessage | null {
+    try {
+        const data = JSON.parse(message);
+
+        switch (data.type) {
+            case 'Join':
+                return new Join(data.name);
+            case 'ListenerJoined':
+                return new ListenerJoined(data.name);
+            case 'ListenerLeft':
+                return new ListenerLeft(data.name);
+            case 'ListenerList':
+                return new ListenerList(data.names);
+            case 'SendChatMessage':
+                return new SendChatMessage(data.message);
+            case 'ChatMessage':
+                return new ChatMessage(data.name, data.message);
+            case 'SearchSong':
+                return new SearchSong(data.query);
+            case 'SearchSongResult':
+                return new SearchSongResult(data.result);
+            default:
+                console.error('Unknown message type:', data.type);
+                return null;
+        }
+    } catch (error) {
+        console.error('Error parsing WebSocket message:', error);
+        return null; // Handle parsing errors
+    }
+}