diff --git a/visions/ui/package-lock.json b/visions/ui/package-lock.json
index 337109c..807f246 100644
--- a/visions/ui/package-lock.json
+++ b/visions/ui/package-lock.json
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@
         "classnames": "^2.5.1",
         "react": "^18.3.1",
         "react-dom": "^18.3.1",
-        "react-redux": "^9.2.0",
         "react-router": "^6.28.0",
         "react-router-dom": "^6.28.0",
         "react-scripts": "5.0.1",
@@ -3748,11 +3747,6 @@
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@types/trusted-types/-/trusted-types-2.0.7.tgz",
       "integrity": "sha512-ScaPdn1dQczgbl0QFTeTOmVHFULt394XJgOQNoyVhZ6r2vLnMLJfBPd53SB52T/3G36VI1/g2MZaX0cwDuXsfw=="
     },
-    "node_modules/@types/use-sync-external-store": {
-      "version": "0.0.6",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@types/use-sync-external-store/-/use-sync-external-store-0.0.6.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-zFDAD+tlpf2r4asuHEj0XH6pY6i0g5NeAHPn+15wk3BV6JA69eERFXC1gyGThDkVa1zCyKr5jox1+2LbV/AMLg=="
-    },
     "node_modules/@types/ws": {
       "version": "8.5.13",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@types/ws/-/ws-8.5.13.tgz",
@@ -12926,28 +12920,6 @@
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/react-is/-/react-is-17.0.2.tgz",
       "integrity": "sha512-w2GsyukL62IJnlaff/nRegPQR94C/XXamvMWmSHRJ4y7Ts/4ocGRmTHvOs8PSE6pB3dWOrD/nueuU5sduBsQ4w=="
     },
-    "node_modules/react-redux": {
-      "version": "9.2.0",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/react-redux/-/react-redux-9.2.0.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-ROY9fvHhwOD9ySfrF0wmvu//bKCQ6AeZZq1nJNtbDC+kk5DuSuNX/n6YWYF/SYy7bSba4D4FSz8DJeKY/S/r+g==",
-      "dependencies": {
-        "@types/use-sync-external-store": "^0.0.6",
-        "use-sync-external-store": "^1.4.0"
-      },
-      "peerDependencies": {
-        "@types/react": "^18.2.25 || ^19",
-        "react": "^18.0 || ^19",
-        "redux": "^5.0.0"
-      },
-      "peerDependenciesMeta": {
-        "@types/react": {
-          "optional": true
-        },
-        "redux": {
-          "optional": true
-        }
-      }
-    },
     "node_modules/react-refresh": {
       "version": "0.11.0",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/react-refresh/-/react-refresh-0.11.0.tgz",
@@ -15285,14 +15257,6 @@
         "requires-port": "^1.0.0"
       }
     },
-    "node_modules/use-sync-external-store": {
-      "version": "1.4.0",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/use-sync-external-store/-/use-sync-external-store-1.4.0.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-9WXSPC5fMv61vaupRkCKCxsPxBocVnwakBEkMIHHpkTTg6icbJtg6jzgtLDm4bl3cSHAca52rYWih0k4K3PfHw==",
-      "peerDependencies": {
-        "react": "^16.8.0 || ^17.0.0 || ^18.0.0 || ^19.0.0"
-      }
-    },
     "node_modules/util-deprecate": {
       "version": "1.0.2",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/util-deprecate/-/util-deprecate-1.0.2.tgz",
diff --git a/visions/ui/package.json b/visions/ui/package.json
index f95789d..65707a6 100644
--- a/visions/ui/package.json
+++ b/visions/ui/package.json
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@
     "classnames": "^2.5.1",
     "react": "^18.3.1",
     "react-dom": "^18.3.1",
-    "react-redux": "^9.2.0",
     "react-router": "^6.28.0",
     "react-router-dom": "^6.28.0",
     "react-scripts": "5.0.1",
diff --git a/visions/ui/src/App.tsx b/visions/ui/src/App.tsx
index a607bbb..373750c 100644
--- a/visions/ui/src/App.tsx
+++ b/visions/ui/src/App.tsx
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import React, { PropsWithChildren, useEffect, useState } from 'react';
+import React, { PropsWithChildren, useContext, useEffect, useState } from 'react';
 import './App.css';
 import { Client } from './client';
 import { createBrowserRouter, RouterProvider } from 'react-router-dom';
@@ -9,8 +9,7 @@ import { PlayerView } from './views/PlayerView/PlayerView';
 import { Admin } from './views/Admin/Admin';
 import Candela from './plugins/Candela';
 import { Authentication } from './views/Authentication/Authentication';
-import { StateProvider } from './components/StateProvider';
-import { AuthProvider } from './providers/AuthProvider/AuthProvider';
+import { StateContext, StateProvider } from './providers/StateProvider/StateProvider';
 
 const TEST_CHARSHEET_UUID = "12df9c09-1f2f-4147-8eda-a97bd2a7a803";
 
@@ -33,13 +32,14 @@ interface AuthedViewProps {
 }
 
 const AuthedView = ({ client, children }: PropsWithChildren<AuthedViewProps>) => {
-    return (<AuthProvider client={client}>
-        <StateProvider client={client}>
-            <Authentication onAdminPassword={(password) => console.log(password)} onAuth={(username, password) => console.log(username, password)}>
-                {children}
-            </Authentication>
-        </StateProvider>
-    </AuthProvider >);
+    const [state, dispatch] = useContext(StateContext);
+    return (
+        <Authentication onAdminPassword={(password) => {
+            dispatch({type: "SetAdminPassword", password });
+        }} onAuth={(username, password) => console.log(username, password)}>
+            {children}
+        </Authentication>
+    );
 }
 
 const App = ({ client }: AppProps) => {
@@ -54,8 +54,7 @@ const App = ({ client }: AppProps) => {
         createBrowserRouter([
             {
                 path: "/",
-                element: <AuthedView client={client}> <PlayerView client={client} /> </AuthedView>
-
+                element: <StateProvider client={client}><AuthedView client={client}> <PlayerView client={client} /> </AuthedView> </StateProvider>
             },
             {
                 path: "/gm",
diff --git a/visions/ui/src/components/StateProvider.tsx b/visions/ui/src/components/StateProvider.tsx
deleted file mode 100644
index 79b504a..0000000
--- a/visions/ui/src/components/StateProvider.tsx
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,32 +0,0 @@
-import React, { createContext, PropsWithChildren, useCallback, useEffect, useReducer } from "react";
-import { Status, Tabletop } from "visions-types";
-import { Client } from "../client";
-import { assertNever } from "../plugins/Candela";
-
-type TabletopState = {
-    tabletop: Tabletop;
-}
-
-type Action = {};
-
-const initialState = (): TabletopState => (
-    {
-        tabletop: { backgroundColor: { red: 0, green: 0, blue: 0 }, backgroundImage: undefined }
-    }
-);
-
-export const AppContext = createContext<TabletopState>(initialState());
-
-interface StateProviderProps { client: Client; }
-
-export const StateProvider = ({ client, children }: PropsWithChildren<StateProviderProps>) => {
-    console.log("StateProvider");
-    const [state, dispatch] = useReducer(stateReducer, initialState());
-
-    return <AppContext.Provider value={state}>
-        {children}
-    </AppContext.Provider>;
-}
-
-const stateReducer = (state: TabletopState, _action: Action): TabletopState => state;
-
diff --git a/visions/ui/src/providers/AuthProvider/AuthProvider.tsx b/visions/ui/src/providers/AuthProvider/AuthProvider.tsx
deleted file mode 100644
index e32743d..0000000
--- a/visions/ui/src/providers/AuthProvider/AuthProvider.tsx
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,35 +0,0 @@
-import React, { createContext, PropsWithChildren, useEffect, useReducer } from "react";
-import { Status } from "visions-types";
-import { Client } from "../../client";
-
-type AuthState = { type: "NoAdmin" } | { type: "Unauthed" } | { type: "Authed", username: string };
-
-type Action = { type: "SetAuthState", state: AuthState };
-
-export const AuthContext = createContext<AuthState>({ type: "NoAdmin" });
-
-interface AuthProviderProps {
-    client: Client;
-}
-
-export const AuthProvider = ({ client, children }: PropsWithChildren<AuthProviderProps>) => {
-    const [authState, dispatch] = useReducer(stateReducer, { type: "NoAdmin" });
-
-    useEffect(() => {
-        client.status().then((status: Status) => {
-            if (status.admin_enabled) {
-                dispatch({ type: "SetAuthState", state: { type: "Unauthed" } });
-            } else {
-                dispatch({ type: "SetAuthState", state: { type: "NoAdmin" } });
-            }
-        })
-    },
-        [client]
-    );
-
-    return (<AuthContext.Provider value={authState}>
-        {children}
-    </AuthContext.Provider>);
-}
-
-const stateReducer = (_state: AuthState, action: Action) => action.state;
diff --git a/visions/ui/src/providers/StateProvider/StateProvider.tsx b/visions/ui/src/providers/StateProvider/StateProvider.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9968cdd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/visions/ui/src/providers/StateProvider/StateProvider.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+import React, { createContext, PropsWithChildren, useCallback, useEffect, useReducer } from "react";
+import { Status, Tabletop } from "visions-types";
+import { Client } from "../../client";
+import { assertNever } from "../../plugins/Candela";
+
+type AuthState = { type: "NoAdmin" } | { type: "Unauthed" } | { type: "Authed", username: string };
+
+type AppState = {
+    auth: AuthState;
+    tabletop: Tabletop;
+}
+
+type Action = { type: "SetAdminPassword", password: string } | { type: "Auth", username: string, password: string };
+
+const initialState = (): AppState => (
+    {
+        auth: { type: "NoAdmin" },
+        tabletop: { backgroundColor: { red: 0, green: 0, blue: 0 }, backgroundImage: undefined }
+    }
+);
+
+const stateReducer = (state: AppState, action: Action): AppState => {
+    console.log("reducer: ", state, action);
+    return state;
+}
+
+export const StateContext = createContext<[AppState, React.Dispatch<any>]>([initialState(), () => { }]);
+
+interface StateProviderProps { client: Client; }
+
+export const StateProvider = ({ client, children }: PropsWithChildren<StateProviderProps>) => {
+    const [state, dispatch] = useReducer(stateReducer, initialState());
+
+    return <StateContext.Provider value={[state, dispatch]}>
+        {children}
+    </StateContext.Provider>;
+}
diff --git a/visions/ui/src/views/Authentication/Authentication.tsx b/visions/ui/src/views/Authentication/Authentication.tsx
index 39496ab..7b0e322 100644
--- a/visions/ui/src/views/Authentication/Authentication.tsx
+++ b/visions/ui/src/views/Authentication/Authentication.tsx
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
-import React, { PropsWithChildren, useContext, useState } from 'react';
-import { AppContext } from '../../components/StateProvider';
+import { PropsWithChildren, useContext, useState } from 'react';
+import { StateContext } from '../../providers/StateProvider/StateProvider';
 import { assertNever } from '../../plugins/Candela';
-import { AuthContext } from '../../providers/AuthProvider/AuthProvider';
 import './Authentication.css';
 
 interface AuthenticationProps {
@@ -16,9 +15,9 @@ export const Authentication = ({ onAdminPassword, onAuth, children }: PropsWithC
 
     let [userField, setUserField] = useState<string>("");
     let [pwField, setPwField] = useState<string>("");
-    let auth = useContext(AuthContext);
+    let [state, _] = useContext(StateContext);
 
-    switch (auth.type) {
+    switch (state.auth.type) {
         case "NoAdmin": {
             return <div className="auth">
                 <div className="card">
@@ -45,7 +44,7 @@ export const Authentication = ({ onAdminPassword, onAuth, children }: PropsWithC
             return <div> {children} </div>;
         }
         default: {
-            assertNever(auth);
+            assertNever(state.auth);
             return <div></div>;
         }
     }
diff --git a/visions/ui/src/views/GmView/GmView.tsx b/visions/ui/src/views/GmView/GmView.tsx
index 5d43745..948906e 100644
--- a/visions/ui/src/views/GmView/GmView.tsx
+++ b/visions/ui/src/views/GmView/GmView.tsx
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-import React, { useContext, useEffect, useState } from 'react';
-import { Client, PlayingField } from '../../client';
-import { AppContext } from '../../components/StateProvider';
+import { useContext, useEffect, useState } from 'react';
+import { Client } from '../../client';
+import { StateContext } from '../../providers/StateProvider/StateProvider';
 import { TabletopElement } from '../../components/Tabletop/Tabletop';
 import { ThumbnailElement } from '../../components/Thumbnail/Thumbnail';
 import { WebsocketContext } from '../../components/WebsocketProvider';
@@ -11,19 +11,19 @@ interface GmViewProps {
 }
 
 export const GmView = ({ client }: GmViewProps) => {
-    const { tabletop } = useContext(AppContext);
+    const [state, dispatch] = useContext(StateContext);
 
     const [images, setImages] = useState<string[]>([]);
     useEffect(() => {
         client.availableImages().then((images) => setImages(images));
     }, [client]);
 
-    const backgroundUrl = tabletop.backgroundImage ? client.imageUrl(tabletop.backgroundImage) : undefined;
+    const backgroundUrl = state.tabletop.backgroundImage ? client.imageUrl(state.tabletop.backgroundImage) : undefined;
     return (<div className="gm-view">
         <div>
             {images.map((imageName) => <ThumbnailElement id={imageName} url={client.imageUrl(imageName)} onclick={() => { client.setBackgroundImage(imageName); }} />)}
         </div>
-        <TabletopElement backgroundColor={tabletop.backgroundColor} backgroundUrl={backgroundUrl} />
+        <TabletopElement backgroundColor={state.tabletop.backgroundColor} backgroundUrl={backgroundUrl} />
     </div>)
 }
 
diff --git a/visions/ui/src/views/PlayerView/PlayerView.tsx b/visions/ui/src/views/PlayerView/PlayerView.tsx
index 5ead8d2..3d3304c 100644
--- a/visions/ui/src/views/PlayerView/PlayerView.tsx
+++ b/visions/ui/src/views/PlayerView/PlayerView.tsx
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import { WebsocketContext } from '../../components/WebsocketProvider';
 import { Client } from '../../client';
 import { TabletopElement } from '../../components/Tabletop/Tabletop';
 import Candela from '../../plugins/Candela';
-import { AppContext } from '../../components/StateProvider';
+import { StateContext } from '../../providers/StateProvider/StateProvider';
 
 const TEST_CHARSHEET_UUID = "12df9c09-1f2f-4147-8eda-a97bd2a7a803";
 
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ interface PlayerViewProps {
 }
 
 export const PlayerView = ({ client }: PlayerViewProps) => {
-    const { tabletop } = useContext(AppContext);
+    const [state, dispatch] = useContext(StateContext);
 
     const [charsheet, setCharsheet] = useState(undefined);
 
@@ -26,9 +26,9 @@ export const PlayerView = ({ client }: PlayerViewProps) => {
         [client, setCharsheet]
     );
 
-    const backgroundColor = tabletop.backgroundColor;
+    const backgroundColor = state.tabletop.backgroundColor;
     const tabletopColorStyle = `rgb(${backgroundColor.red}, ${backgroundColor.green}, ${backgroundColor.blue})`;
-    const backgroundUrl = tabletop.backgroundImage ? client.imageUrl(tabletop.backgroundImage) : undefined;
+    const backgroundUrl = state.tabletop.backgroundImage ? client.imageUrl(state.tabletop.backgroundImage) : undefined;
 
     return (<div className="player-view" style={{ backgroundColor: tabletopColorStyle }}>
         <div className="player-view__middle-panel"> <TabletopElement backgroundColor={backgroundColor} backgroundUrl={backgroundUrl} /> </div>