diff --git a/Tests/MQTTnet.TestApp.AspNetCore2/Startup.cs b/Tests/MQTTnet.TestApp.AspNetCore2/Startup.cs
index 56df889..a71978c 100644
--- a/Tests/MQTTnet.TestApp.AspNetCore2/Startup.cs
+++ b/Tests/MQTTnet.TestApp.AspNetCore2/Startup.cs
@@ -24,14 +24,14 @@ namespace MQTTnet.TestApp.AspNetCore2
             app.UseMqttServer(async server =>
             {
                 var msg = new MqttApplicationMessageBuilder()
-                    .WithPayload("Mqtt is Awesome")
-                    .WithTopic("message")
-                    .Build();
+                    .WithPayload("Mqtt is awesome")
+                    .WithTopic("message");
 
                 while (true)
                 {
-                    server.Publish(msg);
+                    server.Publish(msg.Build());
                     await Task.Delay(TimeSpan.FromSeconds(2));
+                    msg.WithPayload("Mqtt is still awesome at " + DateTime.Now);
                 }
             });
 
diff --git a/Tests/MQTTnet.TestApp.AspNetCore2/wwwroot/Index.html b/Tests/MQTTnet.TestApp.AspNetCore2/wwwroot/Index.html
index 522f002..9cc67e4 100644
--- a/Tests/MQTTnet.TestApp.AspNetCore2/wwwroot/Index.html
+++ b/Tests/MQTTnet.TestApp.AspNetCore2/wwwroot/Index.html
@@ -19,5 +19,17 @@
     });
     System.import('app/app');
 </script>
+    
+<div>
+    <p id="state"></p>
+    <input id="topic" placeholder="topic" />
+    <input id="msg" placeholder="msg" />
+    <button id="publish">send</button>
+</div>
+
+<div>
+    <ul id="msgs" ></ul>
+</div>
+
 </body>
 </html>
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diff --git a/Tests/MQTTnet.TestApp.AspNetCore2/wwwroot/app/app.ts b/Tests/MQTTnet.TestApp.AspNetCore2/wwwroot/app/app.ts
index 166a75a..3ce9856 100644
--- a/Tests/MQTTnet.TestApp.AspNetCore2/wwwroot/app/app.ts
+++ b/Tests/MQTTnet.TestApp.AspNetCore2/wwwroot/app/app.ts
@@ -5,16 +5,52 @@ var client = connect('ws://' + location.host + '/mqtt',
         clientId: "client1",
     });
 
+window.onbeforeunload = () => {
+    client.end();
+};
+
+var publishButton = document.getElementById("publish");
+var topicInput = <HTMLInputElement>document.getElementById("topic");
+var msgInput = <HTMLInputElement>document.getElementById("msg");
+var stateParagraph = document.getElementById("state");
+var msgsList = <HTMLUListElement>document.getElementById("msgs");
+
+publishButton.onclick = click => {
+    var topic = topicInput.value;
+    var msg = msgInput.value;
+    client.publish(topic, msg);
+};
+
 client.on('connect', () => {
-    client.subscribe('presence');
+    client.subscribe('#', { qos: 0 }, (err, granted) => {
+        console.log(err);   
+    });
     client.publish('presence', 'Hello mqtt');
+
+    stateParagraph.innerText = "connected";
+});
+
+client.on("error", e => {
+    showMsg("error: " + e.message);
+});
+
+client.on("reconnect", () => {
+    stateParagraph.innerText = "reconnecting";
 });
 
 client.on('message', (topic, message) => {
-    // message is Buffer
-    console.log(message.toString());
+    showMsg(topic + ": " + message.toString());
 });
 
-window.onbeforeunload = () => {
-    client.end();
-};
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+function showMsg(msg: string) {
+    //console.log(msg);
+
+    var node = document.createElement("LI");
+    node.appendChild(document.createTextNode(msg));
+
+    msgsList.appendChild(node);
+
+    if (msgsList.childElementCount > 20) {
+        msgsList.removeChild(msgsList.childNodes[0]);
+    }
+}
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