diff --git a/PepperDashEssentials/Room/Cotija/CotijaSystemController.cs b/PepperDashEssentials/Room/Cotija/CotijaSystemController.cs
index 7141a577..ab06a774 100644
--- a/PepperDashEssentials/Room/Cotija/CotijaSystemController.cs
+++ b/PepperDashEssentials/Room/Cotija/CotijaSystemController.cs
@@ -450,6 +450,11 @@ namespace PepperDash.Essentials
 		/// <param name="content"></param>
 		void HandleHeartBeat(JToken content)
 		{
+            SendMessageToServer(JObject.FromObject(new
+            {
+                type = "/heartbeat-ack"
+			}));
+
 			var code = content["userCode"];
 			if(code != null) 
 			{
diff --git a/essentials-framework b/essentials-framework
index 8dbb67fd..5b411024 160000
--- a/essentials-framework
+++ b/essentials-framework
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 8dbb67fda753e126de3f99e8814153410f8834bb
+Subproject commit 5b4110246f47344c1a4e2dd119a9cd0c4019898b