diff --git a/src/main/java/envoy/server/processors/MessageProcessor.java b/src/main/java/envoy/server/processors/MessageProcessor.java
index ad3bc54..0d9a7e6 100644
--- a/src/main/java/envoy/server/processors/MessageProcessor.java
+++ b/src/main/java/envoy/server/processors/MessageProcessor.java
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.Date;
 
 import envoy.data.Message;
+import envoy.event.MessageStatusChangeEvent;
 import envoy.server.ConnectionManager;
 import envoy.server.ObjectProcessor;
 import envoy.server.database.PersistenceManager;
@@ -36,6 +37,7 @@ public class MessageProcessor implements ObjectProcessor<Message> {
 			// Update the message status to RECEIVED
 			message.setReceivedDate(new Date());
 			message.nextStatus();
+			writeProxy.write(connectionManager.getSocketId(message.getSenderId()), new MessageStatusChangeEvent(message));
 		} catch (IOException e) {
 			System.err.println("Recipient online. Failed to send message" + message.getId());
 			e.printStackTrace();
diff --git a/src/main/java/envoy/server/processors/MessageStatusChangeProcessor.java b/src/main/java/envoy/server/processors/MessageStatusChangeProcessor.java
index 4eec2bc..216e028 100644
--- a/src/main/java/envoy/server/processors/MessageStatusChangeProcessor.java
+++ b/src/main/java/envoy/server/processors/MessageStatusChangeProcessor.java
@@ -29,8 +29,7 @@ public class MessageStatusChangeProcessor implements ObjectProcessor<MessageStat
 			// any other status than read is not supposed to be sent to the server
 			if (input.get() != MessageStatus.READ) throw new EnvoyException("Message" + input.getId() + "has an invalid status");
 		} catch (EnvoyException e) {
-			e.printStackTrace();
-			return;
+			throw new IOException(e);
 		}
 		ConnectionManager	conMan	= ConnectionManager.getInstance();
 		PersistenceManager	perMan	= PersistenceManager.getPersistenceManager();
@@ -40,6 +39,7 @@ public class MessageStatusChangeProcessor implements ObjectProcessor<MessageStat
 		msg.setReadDate(input.getDate());
 		perMan.updateMessage(msg);
 
-		if (conMan.isOnline(msg.getRecipient().getId())) writeProxy.write(conMan.getSocketId(msg.getRecipient().getId()), input);
+		// Notifies the sender of the message about the status-update to READ
+		if (conMan.isOnline(msg.getSender().getId())) writeProxy.write(conMan.getSocketId(msg.getSender().getId()), input);
 	}
 }