diff --git a/client/src/Board.js b/client/src/Board.js
index 3a7dfef..950a936 100755
--- a/client/src/Board.js
+++ b/client/src/Board.js
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ const base = process.env.PUBLIC_URL;
    
 const assetsPath = `${base}/assets`;
 const gamesPath = `${base}/games`;
+const images = {};
 
 const useStyles = makeStyles((theme) => ({
   root: {
@@ -87,12 +88,29 @@ const hexagonRatio = 1.1547005,
     angle: 0
   } ];
 
+  
+const loadImage = (board, file) => {
+  if (file in images) {
+    return images[file];
+  }
+  const image = new Image();
+  images[file] = image;
+  
+  image.addEventListener("load", board.imageLoaded);
+  image.addEventListener("error", board.imageLoadError);
+
+  image.src = `${assetsPath}/gfx/${file}`;
+
+  return image;
+}
+
 const Tiles = (board) => {
   const tiles = board.game.tiles;
 
   [ "robber", "brick", "wood", "sheep", "stone", "wheat" ].forEach((type) => {
-    const image = new Image(),
-      file = "tiles-" + type + ".png";
+    const file = "tiles-" + type + ".png",
+      image = loadImage(board, file);
+
     tiles.forEach((tile) => {
       if (tile.type === type) {
         tile.image = image;
@@ -101,31 +119,14 @@ const Tiles = (board) => {
       }
       tile.jitter = 0;
     });
-    image.addEventListener("load", (event) => {
-      console.log(`Done loading ${file}`);
-      window.requestAnimationFrame(board.drawFrame);
-    });
-    image.addEventListener("error", (event) => {
-      this.setState({message: `Error loading ${file}`});
-    });
-    image.src = `${assetsPath}/gfx/${file}`;
   });
 
   return tiles;
 };
 
 const Pips = (board) => {
-  const image = new Image(),
-    file = 'pip-numbers.png';
-
-  image.addEventListener("load", (event) => {
-    console.log(`Done loading ${file}`);
-    window.requestAnimationFrame(board.drawFrame);
-  });
-  image.addEventListener("error", (event) => {
-    this.setState({message: `Error loading ${file}`});
-  });
-  image.src = `${assetsPath}/gfx/${file}`;
+  const file = 'pip-numbers.png',
+    image = loadImage(board, file);
 
   return {
     image: image,
@@ -134,29 +135,17 @@ const Pips = (board) => {
 };
 
 const Border = (board, border) => {
-  const image = new Image(), file = border.file
+  const file = border.file,
+    image = loadImage(board, file);
+  
   border.image = image;
-  image.addEventListener("load", (event) => {
-    console.log(`Done loading ${file}`);
-    window.requestAnimationFrame(board.drawFrame);
-  });
-  image.addEventListener("error", (event) => {
-    board.setState({ message: `Error loading ${file}` });
-  });
-  image.src = `${assetsPath}/gfx/${file}`;
   return border;
 };
 
 const Table = (board) => {
-  const image = new Image(), file = "table.png";
-  image.addEventListener("load", (event) => {
-    console.log(`Done loading ${file}`);
-    window.requestAnimationFrame(board.drawFrame);
-  });
-  image.addEventListener("error", (event) => {
-    board.setState({ message: `Error loading ${file}` });
-  });
-  image.src = `${assetsPath}/gfx/${file}`;
+  const file = "table.png",
+    image = loadImage(board, file);
+
   return image;
 };
 
@@ -418,6 +407,9 @@ class Board extends React.Component {
     this.rollDice = this.rollDice.bind(this);
     this.setGameState = this.setGameState.bind(this);
     this.shuffleBoard = this.shuffleBoard.bind(this);
+    this.updateGame = this.updateGame.bind(this);
+    this.imageLoadError = this.imageLoadError.bind(this);
+    this.imageLoaded = this.imageLoaded.bind(this);
 
     this.mouse = { x: 0, y: 0 };
     this.radius = 0.317;
@@ -440,6 +432,15 @@ class Board extends React.Component {
     this.id = (props.router && props.router.params.id) ? props.router.params.id : 0;
   }
 
+  imageLoaded(event) {
+    console.log(`Done loading ${event.target.src}`);
+    window.requestAnimationFrame(this.drawFrame);
+  }
+
+  imageLoadError(event) {
+    this.setState({message: `Error loading  ${event.target.src}`});
+  }
+  
   shuffleBoard() {
     if (this.loadTimer) {
       window.clearTimeout(this.loadTimer);
@@ -460,15 +461,8 @@ class Board extends React.Component {
       return res.json();
     }).then((game) => {
       console.log (`Board shuffled!`);
-      this.game = game;
-      this.setState({ game: game, message: "" });
-      this.pips = Pips(this);
-      this.tiles = Tiles(this);
-      this.table = Table(this);
-
-      this.borders = this.game.borders.map((file) => {
-        return Border(this, file);
-      });
+      this.updateGame(game);
+      this.setState({ game: game, message: "Board shuffled!" });
     }).catch((error) => {
       console.error(error);
       this.setState({message: error.message});
@@ -500,8 +494,8 @@ class Board extends React.Component {
     }).then((game) => {
       console.log (`Dice rolled!`);
       console.log(game.dice);
-      this.game = game;
-      this.setState({ game: { ...this.state.game, dice: game.dice }, message: ""} );
+      this.updateGame(game);
+      this.setState({ game: { ...this.state.game, dice: game.dice }, message: "Dice rolled!"} );
     }).catch((error) => {
       console.error(error);
       this.setState({message: error.message});
@@ -537,7 +531,7 @@ class Board extends React.Component {
       return res.json();
     }).then((game) => {
       console.log (`Game ${game.id} loaded ${moment().format()}.`);
-      this.game = game;
+      this.updateGame(game);
       this.setState({ game: game, message: "" });
     }).catch((error) => {
       console.error(error);
@@ -579,7 +573,7 @@ class Board extends React.Component {
       return res.json();
     }).then((game) => {
       console.log (`Game state changed.`);
-      this.game = game;
+      this.updateGame(game);
       this.setState({ game: game, message: "" });
     }).catch((error) => {
       console.error(error);
@@ -613,8 +607,8 @@ class Board extends React.Component {
       return res.json();
     }).then((game) => {
       console.log (`Game state set to ${game.state}!`);
-      this.game = game;
-      this.setState({ game: { ...this.state.game, state: game.state }, message: ""} );
+      this.updateGame(game);
+      this.setState({ game: { ...this.state.game, state: game.state }, message: `Game state now ${game.state}.` });
     }).catch((error) => {
       console.error(error);
       this.setState({message: error.message});
@@ -1144,6 +1138,20 @@ class Board extends React.Component {
     });
   }
 
+  updateGame(game) {
+    this.game = game;
+    
+    this.pips = Pips(this);
+    this.tiles = Tiles(this);
+    this.table = Table(this);
+
+    this.borders = this.game.borders.map((file) => {
+      return Border(this, file);
+    });
+
+    window.requestAnimationFrame(this.drawFrame);
+  }
+
   componentDidMount() {
     this.start = new Date();
 
@@ -1159,7 +1167,7 @@ class Board extends React.Component {
       params.method = "GET"
     } else {
       console.log("Requesting new game.");
-      params.url = `${base}/api/v1/games`;
+      params.url = `${base}/api/v1/games/`;
       params.method = "POST";
     }
 
@@ -1185,7 +1193,7 @@ class Board extends React.Component {
       console.log(message);
       this.setState({ message: message });
     
-      params.url = `${base}/api/v1/games`;
+      params.url = `${base}/api/v1/games/${this.id}`;
       params.method = "POST";
     
       return window.fetch(params.url, {
@@ -1205,16 +1213,8 @@ class Board extends React.Component {
         history.push(`${gamesPath}/${game.id}`);
       }
 
-      this.game = game;
+      this.updateGame(game);
       this.setState({ game: game, message: "" });
-      
-      this.pips = Pips(this);
-      this.tiles = Tiles(this);
-      this.table = Table(this);
-
-      this.borders = this.game.borders.map((file) => {
-        return Border(this, file);
-      });
     }).catch((error) => {
       console.error(error);
       this.setState({message: error.message});
@@ -1233,6 +1233,13 @@ class Board extends React.Component {
       clearTimeout(this.updateSizeTimer);
       this.updateSizeTimer = 0;
     }
+
+    for (let image in images) {
+      image.removeEventListener("load", this.imageLoaded);
+      image.removeEventListener("error", this.imageLoadError);
+      delete images[image];
+    }
+    
     document.removeEventListener("keyup", this.keyUp);
     window.removeEventListener("mousemove", this.mouseMove);
     window.removeEventListener("touchmove", this.mouseMove);
diff --git a/server/routes/games.js b/server/routes/games.js
index b4944db..b921ea3 100755
--- a/server/routes/games.js
+++ b/server/routes/games.js
@@ -5,7 +5,8 @@ const express = require("express"),
   moment = require("moment"),
   crypto = require("crypto"),
   util = require("util"),
-  Promise = require("bluebird");
+  Promise = require("bluebird"),
+  { readFile, writeFile } = require("fs").promises;
 
 let gameDB;
 
@@ -164,14 +165,28 @@ router.put("/:id/:action/:value?", (req, res) => {
   return sendGame(res, req, game);
 })
 
-router.get("/:id", (req, res/*, next*/) => {
+router.get("/:id", async (req, res/*, next*/) => {
   console.log("GET games/" + req.params.id);
+  let error;
   if (req.params.id in games) {
     const game = games[req.params.id];
     return sendGame(res, req, game)
+  }
+
+  if (/^.|\//.exec(req.params.id)) {
+    error = `Requested game ID is invalid`;
+    return res.status(400).send(error);
+  }
+  const game = await readFile(`games/${req.params.id}`)
+  .catch(() => {
+    return null;
+  });
+  if (!game) {
+    error = `Unable to load game: ${req.params.id}`;
+    res.status(404).send(error);
   } else {
-    const error = `Game not found: ${req.params.id}`;
-    return res.status(404).send(error);
+    games[req.params.id] = game;
+    return sendGame(game);
   }
 });
 
@@ -222,7 +237,13 @@ router.put("/:id", (req, res/*, next*/) => {
   }
 });
 
-const sendGame = (res, req, game) => {
+const sendGame = async (res, req, game) => {
+  await writeFile(`games/${game.id}`, JSON.stringify(game, null, 2))
+  .catch((error) => {
+    console.error(`Unable to write to games/${games.id}`);
+    console.error(error);
+  });
+
   return res.status(200).send(Object.assign({}, game, {
     timestamp: Date.now(),
     activePlayer: (req.session && req.session.activePlayer) ?
@@ -230,8 +251,15 @@ const sendGame = (res, req, game) => {
   }));
 }
 
-router.post("/", (req, res/*, next*/) => {
+router.post("/:id?", (req, res/*, next*/) => {
   console.log("POST games/");
+  const id = req.params.id;
+  if (id && id in games) {
+    const error = `Can not create new game for ${id} -- it already exists.`
+    console.error(error);
+    return res.status(400).send(error);
+  }
+
   const game = {
     startTime: Date.now(),
     state: "lobby", /* lobby, in-game, finished */
@@ -255,7 +283,7 @@ router.post("/", (req, res/*, next*/) => {
     longestRoad: null,
     largestArmy: null,
     chat: [ { from: "R", date: Date.now(), message: "Server initialized!" } ],
-    id: crypto.randomBytes(8).toString('hex')
+    id: id ? id : crypto.randomBytes(8).toString('hex')
   };
 
   games[game.id] = game;