diff --git a/visualiser/src/main/java/seng302/VisualiserInput.java b/visualiser/src/main/java/seng302/VisualiserInput.java
index 39994f4f..05f2752d 100644
--- a/visualiser/src/main/java/seng302/VisualiserInput.java
+++ b/visualiser/src/main/java/seng302/VisualiserInput.java
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 package seng302;
+import javafx.application.Platform;
 import org.xml.sax.SAXException;
 import seng302.Mock.*;
 import seng302.Networking.BinaryMessageDecoder;
@@ -294,42 +295,43 @@ public class VisualiserInput implements Runnable {
 
                  //System.out.println("XML Message!");
 
-                 if (xmlMessage.getXmlMsgSubType() == XMLMessage.XMLTypeRegatta){
-                     //System.out.println("Setting Regatta");
-                     try {
-                         course.setRegattaXMLReader(new RegattaXMLReader(xmlMessage.getXmlMessage()));
-                     }
-                     //TODO REFACTOR should put all of these exceptions behind a RegattaXMLReaderException.
-                     catch (IOException | SAXException | ParserConfigurationException e) {
-                         System.err.println("Error creating RegattaXMLReader: " + e.getMessage());
-                         //Continue to the next loop iteration/message.
-                     }
-
-                 } else if (xmlMessage.getXmlMsgSubType() == XMLMessage.XMLTypeRace){
-                     //System.out.println("Setting Course");
-                     try {
-                     course.setStreamedCourseXMLReader(new StreamedCourseXMLReader(xmlMessage.getXmlMessage()));
-                     }
-                     //TODO REFACTOR should put all of these exceptions behind a StreamedCourseXMLReaderException.
-                     catch (IOException | SAXException | ParserConfigurationException | StreamedCourseXMLException e) {
-                         System.err.println("Error creating StreamedCourseXMLReader: " + e.getMessage());
-                         //Continue to the next loop iteration/message.
-                     }
+                 Platform.runLater(()-> {
+                     if (xmlMessage.getXmlMsgSubType() == XMLMessage.XMLTypeRegatta) {
+                         //System.out.println("Setting Regatta");
+                         try {
+                             course.setRegattaXMLReader(new RegattaXMLReader(xmlMessage.getXmlMessage()));
+
+                         }
+                         //TODO REFACTOR should put all of these exceptions behind a RegattaXMLReaderException.
+                         catch (IOException | SAXException | ParserConfigurationException e) {
+                             System.err.println("Error creating RegattaXMLReader: " + e.getMessage());
+                             //Continue to the next loop iteration/message.
+                         }
+
+                     } else if (xmlMessage.getXmlMsgSubType() == XMLMessage.XMLTypeRace) {
+                         //System.out.println("Setting Course");
+                         try {
+                             course.setStreamedCourseXMLReader(new StreamedCourseXMLReader(xmlMessage.getXmlMessage()));
+                         }
+                         //TODO REFACTOR should put all of these exceptions behind a StreamedCourseXMLReaderException.
+                         catch (IOException | SAXException | ParserConfigurationException | StreamedCourseXMLException e) {
+                             System.err.println("Error creating StreamedCourseXMLReader: " + e.getMessage());
+                             //Continue to the next loop iteration/message.
+                         }
+
+                     } else if (xmlMessage.getXmlMsgSubType() == XMLMessage.XMLTypeBoat) {
+                         //System.out.println("Setting Boats");
+                         try {
+                             course.setBoatXMLReader(new BoatXMLReader(xmlMessage.getXmlMessage()));
+                         }
+                         //TODO REFACTOR should put all of these exceptions behind a BoatXMLReaderException.
+                         catch (IOException | SAXException | ParserConfigurationException e) {
+                             System.err.println("Error creating BoatXMLReader: " + e.getMessage());
+                             //Continue to the next loop iteration/message.
+                         }
 
-                 } else if (xmlMessage.getXmlMsgSubType() == XMLMessage.XMLTypeBoat){
-                     //System.out.println("Setting Boats");
-                     try
-                     {
-                         course.setBoatXMLReader(new BoatXMLReader(xmlMessage.getXmlMessage()));
                      }
-                     //TODO REFACTOR should put all of these exceptions behind a BoatXMLReaderException.
-                     catch (IOException | SAXException | ParserConfigurationException e) {
-                         System.err.println("Error creating BoatXMLReader: " + e.getMessage());
-                         //Continue to the next loop iteration/message.
-                     }
-
-                 }
-
+                 });
              }
              //RaceStartStatus.
              else if (message instanceof RaceStartStatus) {