diff --git a/public/js/classes.js b/public/js/classes.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 7c94a9b..0000000
--- a/public/js/classes.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,95 +0,0 @@
-export class Session {
-  constructor(id, title, location) {
-    this._id = id;
-    this._title = title;
-    this._location = location;
-  }
-  get id() {
-    return this._id;
-  }
-  set id(id) {
-    this._id = id;
-  }
-
-  get title() {
-    return this._title;
-  }
-  set title(title) {
-    this._title = title;
-  }
-
-  get location() {
-    return this._location;
-  }
-  set location(location) {
-    this._location = location;
-  }
-}
-
-export class Talk {
-  constructor(id, speaker, title, description, session, time, tags, ratings) {
-    this._id = id;
-    this._speaker = speaker;
-    this._title = title;
-    this._description = description;
-    this._session = session;
-    this._time = time;
-    this._tags = tags;
-    this._ratings = ratings;
-  }
-  get id() {
-    return this._id;
-  }
-  set id(id) {
-    this._id = id;
-  }
-
-  get speaker() {
-    return this._speaker;
-  }
-  set speaker(speaker) {
-    this._speaker = speaker;
-  }
-
-  get title() {
-    return this._title;
-  }
-  set title(title) {
-    this._title = title;
-  }
-
-  get description() {
-    return this._description;
-  }
-  set description(description) {
-    this._description = description;
-  }
-
-  get session() {
-    return this._session;
-  }
-  set session(session) {
-    this._session = session;
-  }
-
-  get time() {
-    return this._time;
-  }
-  set time(time) {
-    this._time = time;
-  }
-
-  get tags() {
-    return this._tags;
-  }
-  set tags(tags) {
-    this._tags = tags;
-  }
-
-  get ratings() {
-    return this._ratings;
-  }
-  set ratings(ratings) {
-    this._ratings = ratings;
-  }
-}
diff --git a/public/js/index.js b/public/js/index.js
index b1ebbc8..8ed6318 100644
--- a/public/js/index.js
+++ b/public/js/index.js
@@ -16,11 +16,14 @@ function loadSessions() {
 }
 
 function loadTalks() {
+  return drawTalks(Talk.loadBySessionId("B"));
+}
+function drawTalks(talksPromise) {
   //create holding div to append to (only children are returned)
   var content = $("<div>");
   //return a promise that has the html generated for this page
   //this is executed when both the document is ready and talks have been loaded from the server
-  return $.when(Talk.loadAll(), $.ready)
+  return $.when(talksPromise, $.ready)
     .done(function(data_talks) {
       //setup talks global
       talks = data_talks;
@@ -83,7 +86,6 @@ function loadTalks() {
 
 $(document).ready(function() {
   $("#test").on("click", function() {
-    startSwitch("talks");
     switchPage("talks", loadTalks());
   });
 });
@@ -95,6 +97,7 @@ $(document).ready(function() {
 //takes a promise that child elements will be provided
 function switchPage(pagename, promise) {
   var animation = startSwitch(pagename);
+  //when the page data has loaded, animation completed and the document is ready
   $.when(promise, animation, $.ready).done(function(content) {
     endSwitch(content);
   });
diff --git a/public/js/modules/talk.js b/public/js/modules/talk.js
index 1c104eb..c20d704 100644
--- a/public/js/modules/talk.js
+++ b/public/js/modules/talk.js
@@ -41,6 +41,37 @@ export default class Talk {
     });
   }
 
+  //returns a promise for loading all sessions that resolves with all session objects in an array
+  static loadBySessionId(session) {
+    return new Promise(function(resolve, reject) {
+      var url = "/talks/session/" + session;
+      $.ajax({
+        url: url,
+        method: "GET",
+        success: function(data) {
+          var talks = [];
+          data.forEach(talk => {
+            var obj = new Talk(
+              talk.id,
+              talk.speaker,
+              talk.title,
+              talk.description,
+              talk.session,
+              talk.time,
+              talk.tags,
+              talk.ratings
+            );
+            talks.push(obj);
+          });
+          resolve(talks);
+        },
+        error: function(a, b, c) {
+          reject(Error([a, b, c]));
+        }
+      });
+    });
+  }
+
   rate(rating) {
     var url = "/talks/rate/" + this.id + "/" + rating + "/";