diff --git a/packages/server/services/Game.js b/packages/server/services/Game.js
index 94a4c97..58c7d1d 100644
--- a/packages/server/services/Game.js
+++ b/packages/server/services/Game.js
@@ -297,6 +297,7 @@ const Game = ({ gameData = {}, gameRecord = [] } = {}) => {
     endGame: function () {
       // TODO manage territory counting
       // form groups for empty points
+      this.gameRecord;
       // for each empty point group determine territory
       // for each non-empty point group determine life
       // submit board state to users
diff --git a/packages/server/services/gameServices.js b/packages/server/services/gameServices.js
index bbdd9e4..f1df37b 100644
--- a/packages/server/services/gameServices.js
+++ b/packages/server/services/gameServices.js
@@ -20,7 +20,18 @@ const GameService = (moveQueries) => {
     },
 
     async makeMove({ id, move }) {
-      if (!gamesInProgress[id]) storeGame({ id }).initGame();
+      // check cache
+      if (!gamesInProgress[id]) {
+        try {
+          let gameRecord;
+          if (moveQueries) {
+            gameRecord = await moveQueries.findGameRecord(id);
+          }
+          storeGame({ id, gameRecord }).initGame();
+        } catch {
+          return { message: "error restoring game" };
+        }
+      }
       gamesInProgress[id] = gamesInProgress[id].makeMove(move);
       if (gamesInProgress[id].success === false)
         return { message: "illegal move" };
diff --git a/packages/server/socket.js b/packages/server/socket.js
index a48ba89..14bad8d 100644
--- a/packages/server/socket.js
+++ b/packages/server/socket.js
@@ -20,12 +20,10 @@ io.on("connection", async (socket) => {
       socket.on("connect_game", (data) => {
         const game = `game-${data.game.id}`;
         socket.join(game, async () => {
-          // ! temp
           const gameRecord = await moveQueries.findGameRecord(data.game.id);
           console.log("gameRecord from db");
           console.log(gameRecord);
           await gameServices.initGame({ id: data.game.id, gameRecord });
-          // ! end-temp
           const { board, ...meta } = await gameServices.getDataForUI(
             data.game.id
           );
@@ -38,7 +36,7 @@ io.on("connection", async (socket) => {
 
         try {
           const { board, message, ...meta } = await gameServices.makeMove({
-            id: 1,
+            id: data.game.id,
             move,
           });
           const socketAction = message ? "error" : "update_board";