diff --git a/src/pydase/server/web_server/sio_setup.py b/src/pydase/server/web_server/sio_setup.py
index 0e8f581..db834f5 100644
--- a/src/pydase/server/web_server/sio_setup.py
+++ b/src/pydase/server/web_server/sio_setup.py
@@ -2,14 +2,15 @@ import asyncio
 import logging
 from typing import Any, TypedDict
 
+import click
 import socketio  # type: ignore[import-untyped]
 
-from pydase.data_service.data_service import process_callable_attribute
 from pydase.data_service.data_service_observer import DataServiceObserver
 from pydase.data_service.state_manager import StateManager
+from pydase.utils.deserializer import Deserializer, loads
 from pydase.utils.helpers import get_object_attr_from_path_list
 from pydase.utils.logging import SocketIOHandler
-from pydase.utils.serializer import SerializedObject
+from pydase.utils.serializer import SerializedObject, dump
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
@@ -21,26 +22,17 @@ class UpdateDict(TypedDict):
 
     Attributes:
     ----------
-    name : str
-        The name of the attribute to be updated in the DataService instance.
-        If the attribute is part of a nested structure, this would be the name of the
-        attribute in the last nested object. For example, for an attribute access path
-        'attr1.list_attr[0].attr2', 'attr2' would be the name.
-
-    parent_path : str
-        The access path for the parent object of the attribute to be updated. This is
-        used to construct the full access path for the attribute. For example, for an
-        attribute access path 'attr1.list_attr[0].attr2', 'attr1.list_attr[0]' would be
-        the parent_path.
-
-    value : Any
-        The new value to be assigned to the attribute. The type of this value should
-        match the type of the attribute to be updated.
+    value : SerializedObject
+        The serialized new value to be assigned to the attribute.
     """
 
-    name: str
-    parent_path: str
-    value: Any
+    value: SerializedObject
+
+
+class TriggerMethodDict(TypedDict):
+    access_path: str
+    args: SerializedObject
+    kwargs: SerializedObject
 
 
 class RunMethodDict(TypedDict):
@@ -120,23 +112,46 @@ def setup_sio_server(
 
 
 def setup_sio_events(sio: socketio.AsyncServer, state_manager: StateManager) -> None:
+    @sio.event  # type: ignore
+    async def connect(sid: str, environ: Any) -> None:
+        logging.debug("Client [%s] connected", click.style(str(sid), fg="cyan"))
+
+        await sio.emit("class_structure", state_manager.cache, to=sid)
+
+    @sio.event  # type: ignore
+    async def disconnect(sid: str) -> None:
+        logging.debug("Client [%s] disconnected", click.style(str(sid), fg="cyan"))
+
     @sio.event
-    def set_attribute(sid: str, data: UpdateDict) -> Any:
-        logger.debug("Received frontend update: %s", data)
-        parent_path = data["parent_path"].split(".")
-        path_list = [element for element in parent_path if element] + [data["name"]]
-        path = ".".join(path_list)
+    async def update_value(sid: str, data: UpdateDict) -> None:
+        logger.debug(data)
+        path = data["value"]["full_access_path"]
+
+        # this should probably happen within the following function call -> can also
+        # look at the current type of the attribute at "path"
+        new_value = loads(data["value"])
+
         return state_manager.set_service_attribute_value_by_path(
-            path=path, value=data["value"]
+            path=path, value=new_value
         )
 
     @sio.event
-    def run_method(sid: str, data: RunMethodDict) -> Any:
-        logger.debug("Running method: %s", data)
-        parent_path = data["parent_path"].split(".")
-        path_list = [element for element in parent_path if element] + [data["name"]]
-        method = get_object_attr_from_path_list(state_manager.service, path_list)
-        return process_callable_attribute(method, data["kwargs"])
+    async def get_value(sid: str, access_path: str) -> SerializedObject:
+        return state_manager._data_service_cache.get_value_dict_from_cache(access_path)
+
+    @sio.event
+    async def trigger_method(sid: str, data: TriggerMethodDict) -> Any:
+        logger.info(data)
+        try:
+            method = get_object_attr_from_path_list(
+                state_manager.service, data["access_path"].split(".")
+            )
+            args = Deserializer.deserialize(data["args"])
+            kwargs: dict[str, Any] = Deserializer.deserialize(data["kwargs"])
+            return dump(method(*args, **kwargs))
+        except Exception as e:
+            logger.error(e)
+            return dump(e)
 
 
 def setup_logging_handler(sio: socketio.AsyncServer) -> None: