diff --git a/bfrontend/src/API/Gateway/GatewayConnection.js b/bfrontend/src/API/Gateway/GatewayConnection.js
index d0b9e3a..684db8f 100644
--- a/bfrontend/src/API/Gateway/GatewayConnection.js
+++ b/bfrontend/src/API/Gateway/GatewayConnection.js
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ const opcodes = {
     2: { name: "YOO_ACK", data: "JSON" },
     3: { name: "ACTION_CREATE_MESSAGE", data: "JSON" },
     4: { name: "EVENT_CREATE_MESSAGE", data: "JSON" },
+    5: { name: "ACTION_UPDATE_STATUS", data: "JSON" },
+    6: { name: "EVENT_CHANNEL_MEMBERS", data: "JSON" },
     21: { name: "ACTION_VOICE_REQUEST_SESSION", data: "JSON" },
     22: { name: "EVENT_VOICE_ASSIGN_SERVER", data: "JSON" },
     23: { name: "ACTION_VOICE_CONNECTION_REQUEST", data: "JSON" },
@@ -84,6 +86,20 @@ GatewayConnection.prototype.connect = function(token) {
                 this.ws.send(this.packet("YOO", { token }));
                 break;
             }
+            case "EVENT_CHANNEL_MEMBERS": {
+                this.presence = {
+                    ...this.presence,
+                    ...packet.data
+                }
+
+                for (const [userId, user] of Object.entries(this.presence)) {
+                    if (user.status <= 0)
+                        delete this.presence[userId];
+                }
+
+                this.fire("presenceUpdate", this.presence);
+                break;
+            }
             case "YOO_ACK": {
                 // Server accepted connection
                 logGateway("Got YOO_ACK", packet.data);
diff --git a/bfrontend/src/API/Gateway/globalGatewayConnection.js b/bfrontend/src/API/Gateway/globalGatewayConnection.js
index 90c8e32..c559694 100644
--- a/bfrontend/src/API/Gateway/globalGatewayConnection.js
+++ b/bfrontend/src/API/Gateway/globalGatewayConnection.js
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 import GatewayConnection from './GatewayConnection';
 import config from '../../Config';
 import store from '../../Global/store';
+import logger from '../../Util/Logger';
+
+const { warn } = logger(["Experiments"]);
 
 const globalGatewayConnection = new GatewayConnection(config.gatewayUrl);
 
@@ -8,13 +11,29 @@ globalGatewayConnection.onopen = (sessionData) => {
     store.dispatch({ type: 'gateway/connectionstatus', gateway: { isConnected: true } });
     store.dispatch({ type: 'authenticator/updatelocaluserobject', user: sessionData.user });
     store.dispatch({ type: 'channels/updatechannellist', channels: sessionData.channels });
-    store.dispatch({ type: 'application/updateexperiments', experiments: sessionData.__global_experiments || [] });
+
+    if (localStorage.getItem("enableExperimentOverrides")) {
+        warn("Experiment overrides are enabled");
+        const experimentModifiers = JSON.parse(localStorage.getItem("experimentOverrides"));
+        const experiments = {
+            ...sessionData.__global_experiments || {},
+            ...experimentModifiers || {}
+        };
+        store.dispatch({ type: 'application/updateexperiments', experiments });
+        store.dispatch({ type: 'application/updatebannertext', text: "Experiment overrides are enabled! Things could go haywire!" });
+    } else {
+        store.dispatch({ type: 'application/updateexperiments', experiments: sessionData.__global_experiments || {} });
+    }
 };
 
 globalGatewayConnection.onmessage = (message) => {
     store.dispatch({ type: 'messagestore/addmessage', message });
 };
 
+globalGatewayConnection.presenceUpdate = (presence) => {
+    store.dispatch({ type: 'channels/updatepresence', clientListEvent: presence });
+};
+
 globalGatewayConnection.onclose = function() {
     store.dispatch({ type: 'authenticator/updatelocaluserobject', user: undefined });
     store.dispatch({ type: 'gateway/connectionstatus', gateway: { isConnected: false } });
diff --git a/bfrontend/src/Components/Auth/Login.js b/bfrontend/src/Components/Auth/Login.js
index f842e92..4d79df2 100644
--- a/bfrontend/src/Components/Auth/Login.js
+++ b/bfrontend/src/Components/Auth/Login.js
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ export default function Login() {
             <br />
             <input type="password" name="password" className="text-input" onChange={ ({ target }) => setPasswordInput(target.value) } />
             <br />
-            <button id="login-submit" className="button" onClick={ handleLoginContinueButton }>Continue</button>
+            <button id="login-submit" className="button-pressed" onClick={ handleLoginContinueButton }>Continue</button>
             <Notification text={ info } />
         </div>
     );
diff --git a/bfrontend/src/Components/Channels/ChannelUserList.js b/bfrontend/src/Components/Channels/ChannelUserList.js
index 59ab94c..74f56e6 100644
--- a/bfrontend/src/Components/Channels/ChannelUserList.js
+++ b/bfrontend/src/Components/Channels/ChannelUserList.js
@@ -1,26 +1,14 @@
 import UserProfileButton from '../Users/UserButton';
 
-import { connect } from 'react-redux';
-
-function ChannelUserList({ channelPresenceClientList }) {
-    const users = [
-        { username: "AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA", _id: "a" },
-        { username: "FDGFEGSDFHRFGHNERTYBNRNBTYJMNUM", _id: "b" }
-    ];
-
+function ChannelUserList({ presence }) {
+    console.log(presence);
     return (
         <div className="main-card sidebar">
             <div className="channel-list">
-                { users.map((user) => <UserProfileButton key={ user._id } user={ user } />) }
+                { Object.keys(presence).map((userId) => <UserProfileButton key={ userId } user={ presence[userId] } />) }
             </div>
         </div>
     )
 }
 
-const stateToProps = (state) => {
-    return {
-        channelPresenceClientList: state?.channelPresenceClientList
-    };
-};
-
-export default connect(stateToProps)(ChannelUserList);
\ No newline at end of file
+export default ChannelUserList;
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/bfrontend/src/Components/Channels/ChannelView.js b/bfrontend/src/Components/Channels/ChannelView.js
index 0761761..ed90a9c 100644
--- a/bfrontend/src/Components/Channels/ChannelView.js
+++ b/bfrontend/src/Components/Channels/ChannelView.js
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import { connect, useDispatch } from 'react-redux';
 import { useState, useRef, useEffect } from 'react';
 
 
-const ChannelView = ({ channels, messages, channel, selectedChannelId, experiments }) => {
+const ChannelView = ({ channels, messages, channel, selectedChannelId, experiments, channelPresenceClientList, gradientBannerNotificationText }) => {
     const { id } = useParams();
     const [ textInput, setTextInput ] = useState('');
 
@@ -60,6 +60,10 @@ const ChannelView = ({ channels, messages, channel, selectedChannelId, experimen
                     </button>}
                 </div>
 
+                {(gradientBannerNotificationText !== undefined) && <div className="gradient-banner-card">
+                    { gradientBannerNotificationText }
+                </div>}
+
                 <div className="main-card row-flex-card hidden-overflow">
                     <div className="col-flex-card channel-message-panel hidden-overflow">
                         <div className="message-list-card">
@@ -71,7 +75,7 @@ const ChannelView = ({ channels, messages, channel, selectedChannelId, experimen
                             <input className="text-input message-input" type="text" placeholder="Go on, type something interesting!" ref={ textInputRef } onKeyDown={ handleTextboxKeydown } onChange={ ({ target }) => setTextInput(target.value) }></input>
                         </div>
                     </div>
-                    { (experiments.userListTest) && <ChannelUserList /> }
+                    { (experiments.userListTest) && <ChannelUserList presence={ channelPresenceClientList || [] } /> }
                 </div>
             </div>
         )
@@ -100,7 +104,9 @@ const stateToProps = (state, ownProps) => {
         channel: state?.channels?.find(x => x._id === channelId),
         messages: state?.messages[channelId] || [],
         selectedChannelId: state?.selectedChannelId,
-        experiments: state?.experiments || {}
+        experiments: state?.experiments || {},
+        channelPresenceClientList: state?.channelPresenceClientList,
+        gradientBannerNotificationText: state?.gradientBannerNotificationText
     };
 };
 
diff --git a/bfrontend/src/Components/Home/Root.js b/bfrontend/src/Components/Home/Root.js
index 69e085f..4118647 100644
--- a/bfrontend/src/Components/Home/Root.js
+++ b/bfrontend/src/Components/Home/Root.js
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ export default function Root(props) {
         return (
             <div id="login-message-container">
                 <h1>Welcome back!</h1>
-                <button className="button" onClick={ () => { history.push('/login') } }>Log in</button>
+                <button className="button-pressed" onClick={ () => { history.push('/login') } }>Log in</button>
                 <button className="button" onClick={ () => { history.push('/create') } }>Create an account</button>
             </div>
         );
diff --git a/bfrontend/src/Components/UI/ProfileLink.js b/bfrontend/src/Components/UI/ProfileLink.js
index 358dd66..22acb6b 100644
--- a/bfrontend/src/Components/UI/ProfileLink.js
+++ b/bfrontend/src/Components/UI/ProfileLink.js
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-import defaultProfile from '../../Content/Images/defaultprofile_256px-256px.png'
-
 // This is a mess pls fix later
 export default function ProfileLink({ object, size, type, offset=true, children=null }) {
     let picture;
diff --git a/bfrontend/src/Components/Users/UserButton.js b/bfrontend/src/Components/Users/UserButton.js
index ea6fca4..30beefa 100644
--- a/bfrontend/src/Components/Users/UserButton.js
+++ b/bfrontend/src/Components/Users/UserButton.js
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import UserProfile from './UserProfileLink';
 
 import { useHistory } from 'react-router-dom';
 
-export default function ChannelUserButton({ user }) {
+export default function ChannelUserButton({ user, subtext }) {
     const history = useHistory();
 
     let buttonClasses = 'button button-channel';
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ export default function ChannelUserButton({ user }) {
 
     return (
         <button className={ buttonClasses } onClick={ handleClick }>
-            <UserProfile user={ user } size="32" /> 
+            <UserProfile subtext={ subtext } user={ user } size="32" /> 
         </button>
     );
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/bfrontend/src/Components/Users/UserProfileLink.js b/bfrontend/src/Components/Users/UserProfileLink.js
index b8c4176..fe46ca9 100644
--- a/bfrontend/src/Components/Users/UserProfileLink.js
+++ b/bfrontend/src/Components/Users/UserProfileLink.js
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 import ProfileLink from '../UI/ProfileLink'
 
 // TODO: Stop using this component and just use the ProfileLink component
-export default function ChannelProfile({ user, size, offset=false }) {
+export default function UserProfile({ user, size, subtext }) {
     return (
-        <ProfileLink object={ user } size={ size } type="user" offset={ offset } />
+        <ProfileLink object={ user } size={ size } type="user" offset={ subtext !== undefined } children={ (subtext) && (<span>{ subtext }</span>) } />
     );
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/bfrontend/src/Global/store.js b/bfrontend/src/Global/store.js
index 83dcfda..d4e9fa6 100644
--- a/bfrontend/src/Global/store.js
+++ b/bfrontend/src/Global/store.js
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ const intitialState = {
     gateway: { isConnected: false },
     messages: {},
     channelPresenceClientList: {},
+    gradientBannerNotificationText: undefined,
     
     selectedChannelId: undefined
 };
@@ -57,13 +58,10 @@ const reducer = (state = intitialState, payload) => {
             };
         }
 
-        case 'presence/channel/clientlistupdate': {
+        case 'channels/updatepresence': {
             return {
                 ...state,
-                channelPresenceClientList: {
-                    ...state.channelPresenceClientList || [],
-                    [payload.clientListEvent.channel._id]: payload.clientListEvent.clientList
-                }
+                channelPresenceClientList: payload.clientListEvent
             };
         }
 
@@ -74,6 +72,13 @@ const reducer = (state = intitialState, payload) => {
             }
         }
 
+        case 'application/updatebannertext': {
+            return {
+                ...state,
+                gradientBannerNotificationText: payload.text
+            }
+        }
+
         default: {
             return state;
         }
diff --git a/bfrontend/src/Styles/Components/Button.scss b/bfrontend/src/Styles/Components/Button.scss
index 8f46f89..b7042dc 100644
--- a/bfrontend/src/Styles/Components/Button.scss
+++ b/bfrontend/src/Styles/Components/Button.scss
@@ -26,13 +26,13 @@
     &-pressed {
         @extend .button;
 
-        background-color: var(--button-selected-color);
+        background: var(--focus-accent-background);
         color: var(--default-text-color);
     }
 }
 
 .button:hover:not(.button-pressed) {
-    background-color: var(--button-hover-color);
+    background: var(--focus-accent-background-deep);
 }
 
 @media only screen and (max-width: 600px) {
diff --git a/bfrontend/src/Styles/Components/Card.scss b/bfrontend/src/Styles/Components/Card.scss
index f476f74..1b9a29f 100644
--- a/bfrontend/src/Styles/Components/Card.scss
+++ b/bfrontend/src/Styles/Components/Card.scss
@@ -67,4 +67,15 @@
     flex-grow: 10;
     display: flex;
     flex-direction: row;
+}
+
+.gradient-banner-card {
+    background: var(--default-user-background);
+    height: 1.5rem;
+    padding: 10px;
+    margin: 10px;
+    border-radius: 0.3243rem;
+    overflow: hidden;
+    text-overflow: ellipsis;
+    white-space: nowrap;
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/bfrontend/src/Styles/Components/Containers.scss b/bfrontend/src/Styles/Components/Containers.scss
index f658c47..056a717 100644
--- a/bfrontend/src/Styles/Components/Containers.scss
+++ b/bfrontend/src/Styles/Components/Containers.scss
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
     flex-direction: column;
     overflow: auto;
     overflow-x: hidden;
-    min-width: 230px;
+    min-width: 235px;
 }
 
 .channel-list {
diff --git a/bfrontend/src/Styles/Components/Message.scss b/bfrontend/src/Styles/Components/Message.scss
index 0f1cdb4..faace9c 100644
--- a/bfrontend/src/Styles/Components/Message.scss
+++ b/bfrontend/src/Styles/Components/Message.scss
@@ -24,5 +24,5 @@
 
 .message-content {
     padding-left: 6px;
-    text-rendering: "optimizeLegibility";
+    text-rendering: optimizeLegibility;
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/bfrontend/src/Styles/root.scss b/bfrontend/src/Styles/root.scss
index a77844c..dbd9888 100644
--- a/bfrontend/src/Styles/root.scss
+++ b/bfrontend/src/Styles/root.scss
@@ -1,21 +1,33 @@
 :root {
-    --background-color: #030303;
+    --background-color: hsl(0, 0%, 1%);
+    --default-text-color: hsl(0, 0%, 79%);
+    --darker-text-color: hsl(0, 0%, 53%);
+    --card-accent-color: hsl(0, 0%, 10%);
+    --card-accent-color-dark: hsl(0, 0%, 5%);
 
     --default-main-card-color: var(--background-color);
     --card-box-shadow-color: 0 1px 0 #1d1a1abe;
 
-    --default-text-color: #cacaca;
-    --darker-text-color: #808080;
+    --focus-accent-background: var(--card-accent-color);
+    --focus-accent-background-deep: var(--card-accent-color-dark);
 
-    --card-accent-color: #212121;
-    --focus-accent-color: hsl(246, 57%, 38%);
-    --focus-accent-color-deep: hsl(255, 70%, 30%);
+    --default-user-background: linear-gradient(
+        to bottom right,
+        hsl(275, 55%, 40%),
+        hsl(300, 55%, 40%),
+        hsl(325, 55%, 40%)
+    );
+    --default-channel-background: linear-gradient(
+        to bottom right,
+        hsl(150, 55%, 40%),
+        hsl(175, 55%, 40%),
+        hsl(200, 55%, 40%)
+    );
 
     --channel-top-bar-color-accent: var(--background-color);
     --channel-top-bar-color: var(--background-color);
     --bar-card-border-bottom: solid 1px #1d1d1d;
     --message-box-color: var(--card-accent-color);
-    --message-box-shadow: #22222273 6px 8px 12px;
     --channel-top-bar-border-color: var(--accent-color-dark);
 
     --channel-list-background-color: var(--background-color);