diff --git a/server/src/OctoPrintConnection.ts b/server/src/OctoPrintConnection.ts
index 4f74503..abf9618 100644
--- a/server/src/OctoPrintConnection.ts
+++ b/server/src/OctoPrintConnection.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import fetch from 'node-fetch';
 /// <reference path="mjpeg-proxy.d.ts"/>
 import { MjpegProxy } from 'mjpeg-proxy';
 
-import {ExtendedMessage} from '../../types/messages';
+import {Message, StatusMessage, SettingsMessage} from '../../types/messages';
 import * as octoprint from '../../types/octoprint';
 
 const PING_TIME = 10000;
@@ -13,13 +13,14 @@ type Timeout = ReturnType<typeof setTimeout>;
 export default class OctoprintConnection {
   public name?: string;
   public webcamProxy?: MjpegProxy;
-  protected lastStatus?: ExtendedMessage;
+  protected lastStatus?: StatusMessage;
+  protected settingsMessage?: SettingsMessage;
 
   constructor(
     public slug: string,
     public address: string,
     protected apikey: string,
-    protected broadcast: (msg: ExtendedMessage) => void
+    protected broadcast: (msg: Message) => void
   ) {
     this.try_connect_websocket();
   }
@@ -41,7 +42,18 @@ export default class OctoprintConnection {
     if (this.webcamProxy === undefined) {
       this.webcamProxy = new MjpegProxy(webcamURL.toString());
     }
-    this.name = settings.appearance.name;
+    this.settingsMessage = {
+      kind: "settings",
+      printer: this.slug,
+      name: settings.appearance.name,
+      color: settings.appearance.color,
+      webcam: {
+        flipH: settings.webcam.flipH,
+        flipV: settings.webcam.flipV,
+        rotate90: settings.webcam.rotate90,
+      }
+    }
+    this.broadcast(this.settingsMessage);
 
     // do passive login to get a session key from the API key
     const login: octoprint.LoginResponse = await this.api_post('login', {
@@ -66,10 +78,10 @@ export default class OctoprintConnection {
       .on('message', (data: WebSocket.Data) => {
         const event: octoprint.Message = JSON.parse(data as string);
 
-        let ext_event: ExtendedMessage = {
-          ...event,
+        let ext_event: StatusMessage = {
+          kind: "status",
           printer: this.slug,
-          name: this.name,
+          msg: event,
         };
         this.broadcast(ext_event);
 
@@ -120,12 +132,12 @@ export default class OctoprintConnection {
   }
 
   send_init(ws: WebSocket) {
-    let payload: ExtendedMessage;
-    if (this.lastStatus) {
-      payload = this.lastStatus;
-    } else {
-      payload = { init: null, printer: this.slug, name: this.name };
+    if (this.settingsMessage) {
+      ws.send(JSON.stringify(this.settingsMessage));
+
+      if (this.lastStatus) {
+        ws.send(JSON.stringify(this.lastStatus));
+      }
     }
-    ws.send(JSON.stringify(payload));
   }
 }
diff --git a/server/src/server.ts b/server/src/server.ts
index 46d2bf1..de9ef55 100644
--- a/server/src/server.ts
+++ b/server/src/server.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import * as yaml from 'js-yaml';
 import * as expressWs from 'express-ws';
 import * as WebSocket from 'ws';
 
-import { ExtendedMessage } from '../../types/messages';
+import { Message } from '../../types/messages';
 import OctoPrintConnection from './OctoPrintConnection';
 
 const PORT = process.env.PORT || 1234;
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ function broadcast(data: WebSocket.Data) {
   });
 }
 
-function broadcastPayload(payload: ExtendedMessage) {
+function broadcastPayload(payload: Message) {
   broadcast(JSON.stringify(payload));
 }
 
diff --git a/src/App.vue b/src/App.vue
index ec0935c..70af18b 100644
--- a/src/App.vue
+++ b/src/App.vue
@@ -29,17 +29,10 @@
 <script setup lang="ts">
 import { computed, ref, Ref } from 'vue';
 
-import * as messages from '../types/messages';
-import * as octoprint from '../types/octoprint';
-import PrinterCard from './PrinterCard.vue';
+import { Message, WebcamSettings } from '../types/messages';
+import PrinterCard, { PrinterInfo } from './PrinterCard.vue';
 
-const printers: Ref<{
-  [key: string]: {
-    name?: string;
-    lastUpdate: Date;
-    status: octoprint.CurrentOrHistoryPayload | null;
-  };
-}> = ref({});
+const printers: Ref<{ [key: string]: PrinterInfo }> = ref({});
 const hasPrinters = computed(() => Object.keys(printers.value).length > 0);
 
 let now: Ref<Date> = ref(new Date());
@@ -53,22 +46,30 @@ function connectWebsocket() {
     (loc.protocol === 'https:' ? 'wss://' : 'ws://') + loc.host + '/ws';
   websocket = new WebSocket(ws_uri);
   websocket.addEventListener('message', (ev: MessageEvent) => {
-    const event: messages.ExtendedMessage = JSON.parse(ev.data as string);
+    const event: Message = JSON.parse(ev.data as string);
     console.log(event);
 
     if (!(event.printer in printers.value)) {
-      printers.value[event.printer] = { status: null, lastUpdate: new Date() };
+      printers.value[event.printer] = {
+        status: null,
+        webcam: null,
+        color: null,
+        lastUpdate: new Date(),
+      };
     }
-    printers.value[event.printer].name = event.name;
     printers.value[event.printer].lastUpdate = new Date();
 
-    if ('init' in event) {
-      printers.value[event.printer].status = null;
-    } else if ('current' in event && event.current) {
-      printers.value[event.printer].status = event.current;
-    } else if ('history' in event && event.history) {
-      printers.value[event.printer].status = event.history;
-    } else if ('remote_ws_status' in event) {
+    if (event.kind === 'settings') {
+      printers.value[event.printer].name = event.name;
+      printers.value[event.printer].webcam = event.webcam;
+      printers.value[event.printer].color = event.color;
+    } else if (event.kind === 'status') {
+      if ('current' in event.msg && event.msg.current) {
+        printers.value[event.printer].status = event.msg.current;
+      } else if ('history' in event.msg && event.msg.history) {
+        printers.value[event.printer].status = event.msg.history;
+      } else if ('remote_ws_status' in event.msg) {
+      }
     }
   });
 
diff --git a/src/PrinterCard.vue b/src/PrinterCard.vue
index 3dd7ce4..44b412e 100644
--- a/src/PrinterCard.vue
+++ b/src/PrinterCard.vue
@@ -1,7 +1,13 @@
 <template>
   <div class="card">
-    <h3 class="card-header">{{ name || 'Unknown' }}</h3>
-    <img class="card-img webcam" :src="'/webcam/' + slug" />
+    <h3 class="card-header" :data-color="color">
+      {{ name || 'Unknown' }}
+    </h3>
+    <img
+      class="card-img webcam"
+      :style="webcamTransform"
+      :src="'/webcam/' + slug"
+    />
     <div class="card-body" v-if="status">
       <div>{{ status.state.text }}</div>
       <div>Job File Name: {{ status.job.file.name || 'None' }}</div>
@@ -26,15 +32,22 @@
 import { computed } from 'vue';
 import prettyMilliseconds from 'pretty-ms';
 
-import * as octoprint from '../types/octoprint';
+import { CurrentOrHistoryPayload } from '../types/octoprint';
+import { WebcamSettings, OctoprintColor } from '../types/messages';
 
-const props = defineProps<{
+interface Props {
   slug: string;
   name?: string;
   lastUpdate: Date;
   now: Date;
-  status: octoprint.CurrentOrHistoryPayload | null;
-}>();
+  status: CurrentOrHistoryPayload | null;
+  webcam: WebcamSettings | null;
+  color: OctoprintColor | null;
+}
+
+export type PrinterInfo = Omit<Props, 'slug' | 'now'>;
+
+const props = defineProps<Props>();
 
 function formatDuration(seconds: number): string {
   return prettyMilliseconds(seconds * 1000);
@@ -54,4 +67,51 @@ const lastUpdateString = computed(() => {
     }
   }
 });
+
+const webcamTransform = computed(() => {
+  if (props.webcam) {
+    const transforms = [];
+    if (props.webcam.flipH) {
+      transforms.push('scaleX(-1)');
+    }
+    if (props.webcam.flipV) {
+      transforms.push('scaleY(-1)');
+    }
+    if (props.webcam.rotate90) {
+      transforms.push('rotate(90)');
+    }
+    return { transform: transforms.join(' ') };
+  } else {
+    return {};
+  }
+});
 </script>
+
+<style lang="scss">
+$bs-colors: ('red', 'orange', 'yellow', 'green', 'blue', 'white');
+
+.card-header[data-color] {
+  background-image: var(--bs-gradient);
+
+  @each $color in $bs-colors {
+    &[data-color='#{$color}'] {
+      background-color: var(--bs-#{$color});
+    }
+  }
+
+  &[data-color='violet'] {
+    background-color: var(--bs-purple);
+  }
+
+  &[data-color='black'] {
+    background-color: var(--bs-purple);
+  }
+
+  &[data-color='blue'],
+  &[data-color='green'],
+  &[data-color='violet'],
+  &[data-color='black'] {
+    color: var(--bs-light);
+  }
+}
+</style>
diff --git a/types/messages.d.ts b/types/messages.d.ts
index 32f211c..9dcc9a7 100644
--- a/types/messages.d.ts
+++ b/types/messages.d.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,27 @@
-import { Message } from './octoprint';
+import { Message as OctoprintMessage } from './octoprint';
 
-export type ExtendedMessage = (Message | { init?: null }) & {
+interface BaseMessage {
   printer: string;
-  name?: string;
-};
+}
+
+export interface StatusMessage extends BaseMessage {
+  kind: 'status';
+  msg: OctoprintMessage;
+}
+
+export interface WebcamSettings {
+  flipH: boolean;
+  flipV: boolean;
+  rotate90: boolean;
+}
+
+export type OctoprintColor = 'red' | 'orange' | 'yellow' | 'green' | 'blue' | 'violet' | 'black' | 'white' | 'default';
+
+export interface SettingsMessage extends BaseMessage {
+  kind: 'settings';
+  name: string;
+  webcam: WebcamSettings;
+  color: OctoprintColor;
+}
+
+export type Message = StatusMessage | SettingsMessage;