diff --git a/models/chat_model.js b/models/chat_model.js
index 123f00ae..a90bf53b 100644
--- a/models/chat_model.js
+++ b/models/chat_model.js
@@ -1,16 +1,16 @@
 let mongoose = require('mongoose');
 var Schema = mongoose.Schema;
+var itemData = require('../models/item_model');
 
 var chatDataSchema= new Schema({
   // Initial info
-  users:[{email:String}],
+  item: { type: Schema.Types.ObjectId, ref: 'itemData'},
+  interestedBuyer: String,
+  seller: String,
   messages:[{message:String, byWho: String, timestamp:Number}],
+  allParticipants:[{email:String}],
   dateChatCreated: Number,
-  dateChatCreatedComputed: String,
-  dateChatStartedBy: String,
-  selectedImageUrl: String,
-  selectedPostTitle: String,
-  selectedPersonSelling: String
+  dateChatCreatedComputed: String
 },{collection:'chats'});
 
 
diff --git a/routes/chat.js b/routes/chat.js
index 9ac3140f..86a1a91e 100644
--- a/routes/chat.js
+++ b/routes/chat.js
@@ -23,15 +23,15 @@ router.use(bodyParser.urlencoded({ extended: false }))
 /* GET home page. */
 router.get('/', checkAuthentication, function(req, res, next) {
   preselectedThread = req.query.preselectedThread ? req.query.preselectedThread : '';
-  chatData.find({users:
+  chatData.find({allParticipants:
                   {$elemMatch :
                     {
                     email: req.session.passport.user._json.email
                     }
                   }
                 }
-                ).sort({ dateChatCreated: -1 }).then(function(doc) {
-  res.render('chat', { title: 'DrewUse', currentSession: req.session, chats:doc, preselectedThread:preselectedThread});
+                ).populate('item').sort({ dateChatCreated: -1 }).then(function(doc) {
+    res.render('chat', { title: 'DrewUse', currentUser: req.session.passport.user._json.email, chats:doc, preselectedThread:preselectedThread});
   });
 });
 
@@ -39,14 +39,13 @@ router.post('/newMessage', checkAuthentication, function(req,res){
   var current_timestamp = Long.fromNumber(current_millies);
   var date = new Date(current_millies);
   var dateReadable = date.toString();
-  var chat ={
-    users:[{email: req.session.passport.user._json.email},{email: req.body.selectedPersonSelling} ],
+  var chat = {
+    item: mongoose.Types.ObjectId(req.body.itemId),
+    seller: req.body.seller,
+    interestedBuyer: req.session.passport.user._json.email,
+    allParticipants:[ {email: req.session.passport.user._json.email}, {email: req.body.seller} ],
     dateChatCreated: current_timestamp,
-    dateChatCreatedComputed: dateReadable,
-    dateChatStartedBy: req.session.passport.user._json.email,
-    selectedImageUrl: req.body.selectedImageUrl,
-    selectedPostTitle: req.body.selectedPostTitle,
-    selectedPersonSelling: req.body.selectedPersonSelling
+    dateChatCreatedComputed: dateReadable
   }
   var data = new chatData(chat);
   data.save((err, doc) => {
@@ -59,7 +58,7 @@ router.post('/messages/getInfo', checkAuthentication, (req, res) => {
   console.log(req.body.threadId);
   chatData.find({_id: req.body.threadId})
     .then(function(doc) {
-      console.log(doc);
+      // console.log(doc);
       res.io.emit('allMessages', doc);
     });
 
diff --git a/views/chat.hbs b/views/chat.hbs
index c124056a..1e85a565 100644
--- a/views/chat.hbs
+++ b/views/chat.hbs
@@ -188,14 +188,14 @@ img{ max-width:100%;}
         <div class="chat_list">
           {{# each chats }}
           <div class="chat_people" threadId="{{this._id}}">
-            <span class="chat_img"> <img src="{{this.selectedImageUrl}}" alt="sunil"> </span>
+            <span class="chat_img"> <img src="{{this.item.image_url}}" alt="Image for product '{{this.item.title}}'"> </span>
             <span class="chat_ib">
               <input id = "threadId" type="hidden" class="form-control disabled" value="{{this._id}}">
-              <strong><h5>{{this.selectedPostTitle}}</h5></strong>
-              {{#ifEquals this.selectedPersonSelling ../currentSession.passport.user._json.email}}
+              <strong><h5>{{this.item.title}}</h5></strong>
+              {{#ifEquals this.seller ../currentUser}}
                 <span class="badge badge-success">Interested Buyer</span>
               {{/ifEquals}}
-              {{#ifEquals this.dateChatStartedBy ../currentSession.passport.user._json.email}}
+              {{#ifEquals this.interestedBuyer ../currentUser}}
                 <span class="badge badge-info">Product Seller</span>
               {{/ifEquals}}
               <p class="chat_date">Last chatted: </p>
diff --git a/views/index.hbs b/views/index.hbs
index 694072c0..9095b02b 100644
--- a/views/index.hbs
+++ b/views/index.hbs
@@ -131,9 +131,8 @@
 
             {{else}}
             <form action="/chat/newMessage" method="POST">
-              <input class="card-text" name="selectedImageUrl" value="{{this.image_url}}" style="display:none;"></input>
-              <input class="card-text" name="selectedPostTitle" value="{{this.title}}" style="display:none;"></input>
-              <input class="card-text" name="selectedPersonSelling" value="{{this.postedBy}}" style="display:none;"></input>
+              <input class="card-text" name="itemId" value="{{this._id}}" style="display:none;"></input>
+              <input class="card-text" name="seller" value="{{this.postedBy}}" style="display:none;"></input>
               <center><button type="submit" class="btn btn-success">I'm Interested</button></center>
             </form>
             {{/if}}