diff --git a/xpub-mud/__pycache__/mudserver.cpython-310.pyc b/xpub-mud/__pycache__/mudserver.cpython-310.pyc
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diff --git a/xpub-mud/rooms.json b/xpub-mud/rooms.json
index 9cafd63..772ffd3 100644
--- a/xpub-mud/rooms.json
+++ b/xpub-mud/rooms.json
@@ -1,26 +1 @@
-{
-        "Studio": {
-            "name": "Studio",
-            "description": "You're in a cosy studio. It smells a bit like soup.",
-            "exits": {"south": "Corridor"}
-        },
-        "Office": {
-            "name": "Office",
-            "description": "You're in an office with glass windows to the corridor.",
-            "exits": {"east": "Corridor", "south": "artificial research station"}
-        },
-        "Corridor": {
-            "name": "Corridor",
-            "description": "You're in a short corridor with doors on three sides.",
-            "exits": {"north": "Studio", "south": "Aquarium", "west": "Office"}
-        },
-        "Aquarium": {
-            "name": "Aquarium",
-            "description": "You're in an underwater cavern, somehow you can breathe!",
-            "exits": {"north": "Corridor"}
-        },
-        "artificial research station": {
-            "description": "You're  in the artificial research station. What happens here?",
-            "exits": {"north": "Office"}
-        }
-}
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+{"Studio": {"name": "Studio", "description": "You're in a cosy studio. It smells a bit like soup.", "exits": {"south": "Corridor"}}, "Office": {"name": "Office", "description": "You're in an office with glass windows to the corridor.", "exits": {"east": "Corridor", "south": "artificial research station"}}, "Corridor": {"name": "Corridor", "description": "You're in a short corridor with doors on three sides.", "exits": {"north": "Studio", "south": "Aquarium", "west": "Office", "east": "tunnel"}}, "Aquarium": {"name": "Aquarium", "description": "You're in an underwater cavern, somehow you can breathe!", "exits": {"north": "Corridor"}}, "artificial research station": {"description": "You're  in the artificial research station. What happens here?", "exits": {"north": "Office"}}, "tunnel": {"description": "this is a secret tunnel", "exits": {"east": "Corridor"}}}
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diff --git a/xpub-mud/xpub_mud.py b/xpub-mud/xpub_mud.py
index 9b68e84..0426131 100644
--- a/xpub-mud/xpub_mud.py
+++ b/xpub-mud/xpub_mud.py
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ Hi there! This is the multiplayer, text-based version of the Experimental Publis
             mud.send_message(id, "You dropped it")
         
         # make command
-        elif command == "made":
+        elif command == "make":
             mud.send_message(id, "You made a ")
         
         # 'create' command
@@ -294,6 +294,9 @@ Hi there! This is the multiplayer, text-based version of the Experimental Publis
                     # invite the player to write a description for the room
                     mud.send_message(id, "The room is not described yet. When you are in the room, you can use 'describe' to add a description. For example: 'describe This is the XML! It smells a bit muffy here.'")
 
+                    with open("rooms.json", "w") as jsonFile:
+                        json.dump(rooms, jsonFile)
+
             # warn the player when the "create" command is not used in the right way 
             else:
                 mud.send_message(id, f"Sorry you cannot create a new room in that way. Try: 'create direction roomname'")
@@ -309,7 +312,10 @@ Hi there! This is the multiplayer, text-based version of the Experimental Publis
             current_room_name = players[id]["room"]
             print("[INSPECT] current room: ", current_room_name)
         
-            rooms[new_room]["description"] = description      
+            rooms[new_room]["description"] = description     
+
+            with open("rooms.json", "w") as jsonFile:
+                json.dump(rooms, jsonFile)
         
         # some other, unrecognised command
         else: