diff --git a/src/app.rb b/src/app.rb
index f540752..69be77b 100644
--- a/src/app.rb
+++ b/src/app.rb
@@ -49,6 +49,10 @@ get '/traits' do
   json DATA[:traits]
 end
 
+get '/stock_objs' do
+  json DATA[:stock_objs]
+end
+
 get '/lifepaths/:stock' do
   if DATA[:stocks].include? params['stock']
     json DATA[:lifepaths][params['stock']]
diff --git a/src/lib/data.rb b/src/lib/data.rb
index fc5abd3..713f783 100644
--- a/src/lib/data.rb
+++ b/src/lib/data.rb
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ require_relative 'data/gold'
 require_relative 'data/wizard'
 require_relative 'data/dark_elf'
 require_relative 'data/troll'
+require_relative 'stock'
 
 module Charred
   class Data
@@ -29,6 +30,7 @@ module Charred
 
       @data[:traits] = @data[:traits].sort.to_h
       @data[:skills] = @data[:skills].sort.to_h
+      @data[:stock_objs] = @data[:stocks].map { |s| Stock.new s, s }
     end
 
     def verbose_merge(to, from)
@@ -54,4 +56,4 @@ module Charred
       end
     end
   end
-end
\ No newline at end of file
+end
diff --git a/src/lib/stock.rb b/src/lib/stock.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..77d623c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/lib/stock.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+module Charred
+  # module Stock
+    class Stock
+      attr :key
+      attr :name
+
+      def initialize(key, name)
+        @key = key
+        @name = name
+      end
+      def as_json(options = {})
+        {
+          "key" => key,
+          "name" => name
+        }
+      end
+      def to_json(*a)
+        as_json.to_json(*a)
+      end
+    # end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/src/public/js/burning-service.js b/src/public/js/burning-service.js
index 644ecc9..0bff544 100644
--- a/src/public/js/burning-service.js
+++ b/src/public/js/burning-service.js
@@ -290,7 +290,20 @@ function BurningDataService($http) {
     }
   }
 
-  var stocks = ["man", "dwarf", "elf", "orc", "roden", "wolf", "troll"];
+  var stocks;
+  $http.get("/stock_objs", {'timeout': 3000}).
+    success(function(data,status,headers,config){
+      stocks = data.map(s => s.key);
+      for (var i = 0; i < stocks.length; i++) {
+        loadLifepathsForStock(stocks[i]);
+        loadStartingStatPtsForStock(stocks[i]);
+        loadResourcesForStock(stocks[i]);
+      }
+      console.log("Stocks fetched from server: " + stocks)
+    }).
+    error(function(data,status,headers,config){
+      console.log("Error: Getting stocks from server failed: HTTP code " + status + ": " + data);
+    });
   var myself = this;
 
   /* Load lifepaths from server */
@@ -350,11 +363,6 @@ function BurningDataService($http) {
       });
   }
 
-  for (var i = 0; i < stocks.length; i++) {
-    loadLifepathsForStock(stocks[i]);
-    loadStartingStatPtsForStock(stocks[i]);
-    loadResourcesForStock(stocks[i]);
-  }
 
   /* Load skills from server */
   $http.get("/skills", {'timeout': 3000} ).