diff --git a/src/main/java/envoy/client/ui/SceneContext.java b/src/main/java/envoy/client/ui/SceneContext.java
index 0c40bf3..fb2f0b2 100644
--- a/src/main/java/envoy/client/ui/SceneContext.java
+++ b/src/main/java/envoy/client/ui/SceneContext.java
@@ -58,6 +58,13 @@ public final class SceneContext {
 		 */
 		CONTACT_SEARCH_SCENE("/fxml/ContactSearchScene.fxml"),
 
+		/**
+		 * The scene in which the group creation screen is displayed.
+		 * 
+		 * @since Envoy Client v0.1-beta
+		 */
+		GROUP_CREATION_SCENE("/fxml/GroupCreationScene.fxml"),
+
 		/**
 		 * The scene in which the login screen is displayed.
 		 * 
diff --git a/src/main/java/envoy/client/ui/controller/ChatScene.java b/src/main/java/envoy/client/ui/controller/ChatScene.java
index 4c3fe05..7bdae86 100644
--- a/src/main/java/envoy/client/ui/controller/ChatScene.java
+++ b/src/main/java/envoy/client/ui/controller/ChatScene.java
@@ -19,9 +19,9 @@ import envoy.client.data.Settings;
 import envoy.client.event.MessageCreationEvent;
 import envoy.client.net.Client;
 import envoy.client.net.WriteProxy;
+import envoy.client.ui.ContactListCell;
 import envoy.client.ui.MessageListCell;
 import envoy.client.ui.SceneContext;
-import envoy.client.ui.ContactListCell;
 import envoy.data.Contact;
 import envoy.data.Message;
 import envoy.data.MessageBuilder;
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ public final class ChatScene {
 	@FXML
 	private void addContactButtonClicked() {
 		sceneContext.load(SceneContext.SceneInfo.CONTACT_SEARCH_SCENE);
-		sceneContext.<ContactSearchScene>getController().initializeData(sceneContext);
+		sceneContext.<ContactSearchScene>getController().initializeData(sceneContext, localDB);
 	}
 
 	@FXML
diff --git a/src/main/java/envoy/client/ui/controller/ContactSearchScene.java b/src/main/java/envoy/client/ui/controller/ContactSearchScene.java
index 9fc495d..f2976c9 100644
--- a/src/main/java/envoy/client/ui/controller/ContactSearchScene.java
+++ b/src/main/java/envoy/client/ui/controller/ContactSearchScene.java
@@ -8,9 +8,10 @@ import javafx.fxml.FXML;
 import javafx.scene.control.*;
 import javafx.scene.control.Alert.AlertType;
 
+import envoy.client.data.LocalDB;
 import envoy.client.event.SendEvent;
-import envoy.client.ui.SceneContext;
 import envoy.client.ui.ContactListCell;
+import envoy.client.ui.SceneContext;
 import envoy.data.Contact;
 import envoy.event.ElementOperation;
 import envoy.event.EventBus;
@@ -38,6 +39,9 @@ public class ContactSearchScene {
 	@FXML
 	private Button searchButton;
 
+	@FXML
+	private Button newGroupButton;
+
 	@FXML
 	private TextField searchBar;
 
@@ -46,6 +50,8 @@ public class ContactSearchScene {
 
 	private SceneContext sceneContext;
 
+	private LocalDB localDB;
+
 	private static EventBus		eventBus	= EventBus.getInstance();
 	private static final Logger	logger		= EnvoyLog.getLogger(ChatScene.class);
 
@@ -53,7 +59,10 @@ public class ContactSearchScene {
 	 * @param sceneContext enables the user to return to the chat scene
 	 * @since Envoy Client v0.1-beta
 	 */
-	public void initializeData(SceneContext sceneContext) { this.sceneContext = sceneContext; }
+	public void initializeData(SceneContext sceneContext, LocalDB localDB) {
+		this.sceneContext	= sceneContext;
+		this.localDB		= localDB;
+	}
 
 	@FXML
 	private void initialize() {
@@ -122,6 +131,12 @@ public class ContactSearchScene {
 		}
 	}
 
+	@FXML
+	private void newGroupButtonClicked() {
+		sceneContext.load(SceneContext.SceneInfo.GROUP_CREATION_SCENE);
+		sceneContext.<GroupCreationScene>getController().initializeData(sceneContext, localDB);
+	}
+
 	@FXML
 	private void backButtonClicked() { sceneContext.pop(); }
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/envoy/client/ui/controller/GroupCreationScene.java b/src/main/java/envoy/client/ui/controller/GroupCreationScene.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4eb0a43
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/envoy/client/ui/controller/GroupCreationScene.java
@@ -0,0 +1,78 @@
+package envoy.client.ui.controller;
+
+import java.util.stream.Collectors;
+
+import javafx.application.Platform;
+import javafx.fxml.FXML;
+import javafx.scene.control.*;
+
+import envoy.client.data.LocalDB;
+import envoy.client.event.SendEvent;
+import envoy.client.ui.ContactListCell;
+import envoy.client.ui.SceneContext;
+import envoy.data.Contact;
+import envoy.data.User;
+import envoy.event.EventBus;
+import envoy.event.GroupCreationEvent;
+
+/**
+ * Project: <strong>envoy-client</strong><br>
+ * File: <strong>ContactSearchSceneController.java</strong><br>
+ * Created: <strong>07.06.2020</strong><br>
+ *
+ * @author Maximilian K&auml;fer
+ * @since Envoy Client v0.1-beta
+ */
+public class GroupCreationScene {
+
+	@FXML
+	private Button backButton;
+
+	@FXML
+	private Button createButton;
+
+	@FXML
+	private TextField groupNameBar;
+
+	@FXML
+	private ListView<Contact> contactList;
+
+	private SceneContext sceneContext;
+
+	private static EventBus		eventBus	= EventBus.getInstance();
+	// private static final Logger logger = EnvoyLog.getLogger(ChatScene.class);
+
+	@FXML
+	private void initialize() {
+		contactList.setCellFactory(e -> new ContactListCell());
+		contactList.getSelectionModel().setSelectionMode(SelectionMode.MULTIPLE);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @param sceneContext enables the user to return to the chat scene
+	 * @since Envoy Client v0.1-beta
+	 */
+	public void initializeData(SceneContext sceneContext, LocalDB localDB) {
+		this.sceneContext	= sceneContext;
+		Platform.runLater(() -> contactList.getItems()
+			.addAll(localDB.getUsers()
+				.values()
+				.stream()
+				.filter(c -> c instanceof User && c.getID() != localDB.getUser().getID())
+				.collect(Collectors.toList())));
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Sends a {@link GroupCreationEvent} to the server.
+	 *
+	 * @since Envoy Client v0.1-beta
+	 */
+	@FXML
+	private void sendGroupObject() {
+		eventBus.dispatch(new SendEvent(new GroupCreationEvent(groupNameBar.getText(),
+				contactList.getSelectionModel().getSelectedItems().stream().map(Contact::getID).collect(Collectors.toSet()))));
+	}
+
+	@FXML
+	private void backButtonClicked() { sceneContext.pop(); }
+}
diff --git a/src/main/resources/fxml/ContactSearchScene.fxml b/src/main/resources/fxml/ContactSearchScene.fxml
index c1fe70b..517b3e5 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/fxml/ContactSearchScene.fxml
+++ b/src/main/resources/fxml/ContactSearchScene.fxml
@@ -6,10 +6,8 @@
 <?import javafx.scene.control.TextField?>
 <?import javafx.scene.control.Tooltip?>
 <?import javafx.scene.layout.HBox?>
-<?import javafx.scene.layout.Pane?>
 <?import javafx.scene.layout.VBox?>
 
-
 <VBox maxHeight="-Infinity" maxWidth="-Infinity" minHeight="-Infinity" minWidth="-Infinity" prefHeight="400.0" prefWidth="600.0" xmlns="http://javafx.com/javafx/11.0.1" xmlns:fx="http://javafx.com/fxml/1" fx:controller="envoy.client.ui.controller.ContactSearchScene">
    <children>
       <HBox alignment="CENTER" prefHeight="100.0" prefWidth="200.0">
@@ -30,15 +28,7 @@
                   <Tooltip autoHide="true" text="Clears the text to the left and the elements below" wrapText="true" />
                </tooltip>
             </Button>
-            <Pane disable="true" maxWidth="20.0" prefWidth="20.0" visible="false">
-               <HBox.margin>
-                  <Insets bottom="5.0" left="5.0" right="5.0" top="5.0" />
-               </HBox.margin>
-               <padding>
-                  <Insets bottom="5.0" left="5.0" right="5.0" top="5.0" />
-               </padding>
-            </Pane>
-            <Button fx:id="searchButton" disable="true" defaultButton="true" mnemonicParsing="true" onAction="#suggestContacts" prefHeight="26.0" prefWidth="71.0" text="_Search" textOverrun="LEADING_WORD_ELLIPSIS">
+            <Button fx:id="searchButton" defaultButton="true" disable="true" mnemonicParsing="true" onAction="#suggestContacts" prefHeight="26.0" prefWidth="71.0" text="_Search" textOverrun="LEADING_WORD_ELLIPSIS">
                <padding>
                   <Insets bottom="5.0" left="5.0" right="5.0" top="5.0" />
                </padding>
@@ -49,6 +39,11 @@
                   <Tooltip autoHide="true" text="Search for accounts with the name entered to the left" wrapText="true" />
                </tooltip>
             </Button>
+            <Button mnemonicParsing="false" onAction="#newGroupButtonClicked" text="New Group">
+               <HBox.margin>
+                  <Insets left="100.0" />
+               </HBox.margin>
+            </Button>
          </children>
       </HBox>
       <ListView fx:id="contactList" onMouseClicked="#contactListClicked" prefHeight="314.0" prefWidth="600.0" />
diff --git a/src/main/resources/fxml/GroupCreationScene.fxml b/src/main/resources/fxml/GroupCreationScene.fxml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..53900d5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/resources/fxml/GroupCreationScene.fxml
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+
+<?import javafx.geometry.Insets?>
+<?import javafx.scene.control.Button?>
+<?import javafx.scene.control.Label?>
+<?import javafx.scene.control.ListView?>
+<?import javafx.scene.control.TextField?>
+<?import javafx.scene.control.Tooltip?>
+<?import javafx.scene.layout.HBox?>
+<?import javafx.scene.layout.VBox?>
+<?import javafx.scene.text.Font?>
+
+<VBox maxHeight="-Infinity" maxWidth="-Infinity" minHeight="-Infinity" minWidth="-Infinity" prefHeight="400.0" prefWidth="600.0" xmlns="http://javafx.com/javafx/11.0.1" xmlns:fx="http://javafx.com/fxml/1" fx:controller="envoy.client.ui.controller.GroupCreationScene">
+   <children>
+      <HBox alignment="CENTER" prefHeight="100.0" prefWidth="200.0">
+         <children>
+            <TextField fx:id="groupNameBar" prefColumnCount="22" promptText="Enter Group Name">
+               <HBox.margin>
+                  <Insets bottom="5.0" left="5.0" right="5.0" top="5.0" />
+               </HBox.margin>
+               <padding>
+                  <Insets bottom="5.0" left="5.0" right="5.0" top="5.0" />
+               </padding>
+               <tooltip>
+                  <Tooltip text="Enter a name. If an account by that name exists, it will be displayed below." wrapText="true" />
+               </tooltip>
+            </TextField>
+         </children>
+      </HBox>
+      <Label text="Choose Members:">
+         <font>
+            <Font size="16.0" />
+         </font>
+      </Label>
+      <ListView fx:id="contactList" prefHeight="314.0" prefWidth="600.0" />
+      <Button mnemonicParsing="false" onAction="#sendGroupObject" text="Create" />
+      <Button fx:id="backButton" cancelButton="true" mnemonicParsing="true" onAction="#backButtonClicked" text="_Back">
+         <VBox.margin>
+            <Insets bottom="5.0" left="5.0" right="5.0" top="5.0" />
+         </VBox.margin>
+         <padding>
+            <Insets bottom="5.0" left="5.0" right="5.0" top="5.0" />
+         </padding>
+         <tooltip>
+            <Tooltip autoHide="true" text="Takes you back to the screen where you can chat with others" wrapText="true" />
+         </tooltip>
+      </Button>
+   </children>
+</VBox>