diff --git a/app/src/main/java/org/seanandroid/mealieurlshare/MainActivity.kt b/app/src/main/java/org/seanandroid/mealieurlshare/MainActivity.kt
index 867e957..cea521d 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/org/seanandroid/mealieurlshare/MainActivity.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/org/seanandroid/mealieurlshare/MainActivity.kt
@@ -1,121 +1,31 @@
 package org.seanandroid.mealieurlshare
 
-import android.content.Context
-import android.database.sqlite.SQLiteDatabase
-import android.database.sqlite.SQLiteOpenHelper
 import android.os.Bundle
 import android.widget.Toast
 import androidx.appcompat.app.AppCompatActivity
-import androidx.core.app.ActivityCompat
-import androidx.core.content.ContextCompat
 import org.seanandroid.mealieurlshare.databinding.ActivityMainBinding
 
 class MainActivity : AppCompatActivity() {
 
     private lateinit var binding: ActivityMainBinding
-    private lateinit var dbHelper: DatabaseHelper
 
     override fun onCreate(savedInstanceState: Bundle?) {
         super.onCreate(savedInstanceState)
         binding = ActivityMainBinding.inflate(layoutInflater)
         setContentView(binding.root)
 
-        dbHelper = DatabaseHelper(this)
-        dbHelper.open()
-
-        // Request notification permission on first install
-        if (android.os.Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= android.os.Build.VERSION_CODES.TIRAMISU) {
-            if (ContextCompat.checkSelfPermission(this, android.Manifest.permission.POST_NOTIFICATIONS) != android.content.pm.PackageManager.PERMISSION_GRANTED) {
-                ActivityCompat.requestPermissions(this, arrayOf(android.Manifest.permission.POST_NOTIFICATIONS), 1)
-            }
-        }
-
-        // Load text fields from database
-        val url = dbHelper.getUrl()
-        val token = dbHelper.getToken()
-
-        if (url != null) {
-            binding.urlEditText.setText(url)
-        }
-
-        if (token != null) {
-            binding.tokenEditText.setText(token)
-        }
-
         binding.saveButton.setOnClickListener {
-            val newUrl = binding.urlEditText.text.toString()
-            val newToken = binding.tokenEditText.text.toString()
-            // Save URL and TOKEN in SQLite database
-            dbHelper.saveUrlAndToken(newUrl, newToken)
+            val url = binding.urlEditText.text.toString()
+            val token = binding.tokenEditText.text.toString()
+            // Save URL and TOKEN in SharedPreferences
+            val sharedPreferences = getSharedPreferences("app_prefs", MODE_PRIVATE)
+            with(sharedPreferences.edit()) {
+                putString("url", url)
+                putString("token", token)
+                apply()
+            }
             // Show a Toast message to confirm saving
             Toast.makeText(this, "URL and TOKEN saved", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show()
         }
     }
-
-    override fun onDestroy() {
-        super.onDestroy()
-        dbHelper.close()
-    }
-}
-
-class DatabaseHelper(context: Context) : SQLiteOpenHelper(context, DATABASE_NAME, null, DATABASE_VERSION) {
-
-    companion object {
-        private const val DATABASE_NAME = "mealie_url_share.db"
-        private const val DATABASE_VERSION = 1
-        private const val TABLE_NAME = "settings"
-        private const val COLUMN_URL = "url"
-        private const val COLUMN_TOKEN = "token"
-    }
-
-    private var db: SQLiteDatabase? = null
-
-    override fun onCreate(db: SQLiteDatabase) {
-        db.execSQL("CREATE TABLE $TABLE_NAME ($COLUMN_URL TEXT, $COLUMN_TOKEN TEXT)")
-    }
-
-    override fun onUpgrade(db: SQLiteDatabase, oldVersion: Int, newVersion: Int) {
-        // Do nothing
-    }
-
-    fun open() {
-        db = writableDatabase
-    }
-
-    override fun close() {
-        db?.close()
-    }
-
-    fun saveUrlAndToken(url: String, token: String) {
-        open()
-        val previousUrl = getUrl()
-        val previousToken = getToken()
-
-        if (url != previousUrl || token != previousToken) {
-            db?.execSQL("DELETE FROM $TABLE_NAME")
-            db?.execSQL("INSERT INTO $TABLE_NAME ($COLUMN_URL, $COLUMN_TOKEN) VALUES ('$url', '$token')")
-        }
-    }
-
-    fun getUrl(): String? {
-        open()
-        val cursor = db?.rawQuery("SELECT $COLUMN_URL FROM $TABLE_NAME", null)
-        var url: String? = null
-        if (cursor?.moveToFirst() == true) {
-            url = cursor.getString(0)
-        }
-        cursor?.close()
-        return url
-    }
-
-    fun getToken(): String? {
-        open()
-        val cursor = db?.rawQuery("SELECT $COLUMN_TOKEN FROM $TABLE_NAME", null)
-        var token: String? = null
-        if (cursor?.moveToFirst() == true) {
-            token = cursor.getString(0)
-        }
-        cursor?.close()
-        return token
-    }
 }
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/org/seanandroid/mealieurlshare/ShareActivity.kt b/app/src/main/java/org/seanandroid/mealieurlshare/ShareActivity.kt
index c0becc6..7349a06 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/org/seanandroid/mealieurlshare/ShareActivity.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/org/seanandroid/mealieurlshare/ShareActivity.kt
@@ -22,22 +22,20 @@ import java.io.IOException
 class ShareActivity : AppCompatActivity() {
 
     private val client = OkHttpClient()
-    private lateinit var dbHelper: DatabaseHelper
     private lateinit var handler: Handler
     private var isRequestRunning = false
 
     override fun onCreate(savedInstanceState: Bundle?) {
         super.onCreate(savedInstanceState)
 
-        dbHelper = DatabaseHelper(this)
-        dbHelper.open()
+        // Get the shared preferences
+        val sharedPreferences = getSharedPreferences("app_prefs", MODE_PRIVATE)
+        val url = sharedPreferences.getString("url", null)
+        val token = sharedPreferences.getString("token", null)
 
         // Get the shared text
         val sharedText = intent.getStringExtra(Intent.EXTRA_TEXT)
 
-        val url = dbHelper.getUrl()
-        val token = dbHelper.getToken()
-
         if (url != null && token != null && sharedText != null) {
             sendPostRequest(url, token, sharedText)
         } else {
@@ -84,11 +82,9 @@ class ShareActivity : AppCompatActivity() {
             override fun onResponse(call: Call, response: Response) {
                 isRequestRunning = false
                 if (response.isSuccessful) {
-                    runOnUiThread {
-                        Toast.makeText(this@ShareActivity, "URL sent to your Mealie API", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show()
-                    }
+                    sendNotification("Request successful!")
                 } else {
-                    sendNotification("Request failed: ${response.code} ${response.message}")
+                    sendNotification("Request failed: ${response.message}")
                 }
                 finish()
             }
@@ -112,7 +108,7 @@ class ShareActivity : AppCompatActivity() {
         val notification = NotificationCompat.Builder(this, channelId)
             .setContentTitle("Mealie URL Share")
             .setContentText(message)
-            .setSmallIcon(R.mipmap.mealie_upload_round) // Replace with your notification icon
+            .setSmallIcon(R.drawable.baseline_error_24) // Replace with your notification icon
             .setAutoCancel(true)
             .build()