diff --git a/WebContent/html/webpages/profileSettings.jsp b/WebContent/html/webpages/profileSettings.jsp
index e0db243..dd34cc5 100644
--- a/WebContent/html/webpages/profileSettings.jsp
+++ b/WebContent/html/webpages/profileSettings.jsp
@@ -128,12 +128,12 @@
 <!-- Notification Settings -->
 <div class = "notificationContainer" style = "visibility: hidden;">
     <!-- Where main user information is edited -->
-    <form action = "redirect/notificationSettingsRedirect.jsp" class = "notificationForm" onsubmit="applyNotifications">
+    <form name="notificationForm" onsubmit="return applyNotifiationChanges()" action = "redirect/notificationSettingsRedirect.jsp" class = "infobar"  method="post">
         <h2>Email Notification Settings</h2>
         <br>
         <h4>Send me a messege when...</h4>
         <input name="prefferedNotificationInteger" style="display: none;">
-        <input name="user" style="display: none;" value='"<%=self.getID()%>'>
+        <input name="user" style="display: none;" value='<%=self.getID()%>'>
         <div style="float: left; margin-right: 10px;"><h5>Tickets are generated</h5></div>
         <div style="float: right;">
         <label class="switch">
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@
             <div class="slider round"></div>
         </label></div><br><br><br>
         <div style="text-align: center;">
-        <button name = "notification" type="submit" class="btn btn-primary" id = "applyNotifications">Apply Changes</button>
+        <button name = "notification" type="submit" class="btn btn-primary">Apply Changes</button>
         <button name="leaveMeAlone" class="btn btn-primary" style="background-color: red">Please just leave me alone</button>
         </div>
     </form>
@@ -199,6 +199,7 @@
     document.getElementById('closeBttn').addEventListener('click',function(){document.getElementById('missingcontent').style.display = "none";});
     // Listeners for notification settings
     document.getElementsByName('leaveMeAlone')[0].addEventListener('click',disableAllNotifications);
+
     var typeTimer;
 	var doneTypingInterval = 2000 //ms
 	
@@ -253,7 +254,8 @@
         var bit2 = document.getElementById('notificationSlider2').checked ? 1 : 0;
         var bit3 = document.getElementById('notificationSlider3').checked ? 1 : 0;
         var newNotificationPreferenceInteger = 1*bit1 + 2*bit2 + 4*bit3;
-        document.notificationForm.prefferedNotificationInteger.value=NotificationPreferenceInteger;
+        document.notificationForm.prefferedNotificationInteger.value=newNotificationPreferenceInteger;
+        return true;
      }
 	//populates form fields if info exists in db already
 	function populate(){
diff --git a/WebContent/html/webpages/redirect/notificationSettingsRedirect.jsp b/WebContent/html/webpages/redirect/notificationSettingsRedirect.jsp
index 0f1f4f5..171a581 100644
--- a/WebContent/html/webpages/redirect/notificationSettingsRedirect.jsp
+++ b/WebContent/html/webpages/redirect/notificationSettingsRedirect.jsp
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ pageEncoding="ISO-8859-1"%>
 <%
   int user = Integer.parseInt(request.getParameter("prefferedNotificationInteger"));
   int prefs = Integer.parseInt(request.getParameter("user"));
-  EmployeeQueries.updateNotificationPreferences(user,prefs);
+  EmployeeQueries.updateNotificationPreferences(prefs,user);
 %>
 <script>
   window.location.replace("../profileSettings.jsp");
diff --git a/src/database/EmployeeQueries.java b/src/database/EmployeeQueries.java
index aac9bc4..14a1b3a 100644
--- a/src/database/EmployeeQueries.java
+++ b/src/database/EmployeeQueries.java
@@ -85,7 +85,8 @@ public static User getEmployeeByID(int id) throws ClassNotFoundException, SQLExc
 			resultSet.getString("Name"),
 			resultSet.getString("Phone_Number"),
 			resultSet.getString("Email"),
-			resultSet.getInt("Img_Index")
+			resultSet.getInt("Img_Index"),
+			resultSet.getInt("Notification_Preference")
 			);
 		resultSet = stmt.executeQuery("SELECT Address FROM location WHERE Location_ID = "+employee.getLocation());
 		resultSet.next();
@@ -113,7 +114,7 @@ public static User[] getAllUsers() throws SQLException, ClassNotFoundException{
 				
 		//iterate result set
 		while(resultSet.next()){
-			users[counter] = new User(resultSet.getInt("Employee_ID"),resultSet.getInt("Location_ID"),resultSet.getString("Name"),resultSet.getString("Phone_Number"),resultSet.getString("Email"),resultSet.getInt("Img_Index"));
+			users[counter] = new User(resultSet.getInt("Employee_ID"),resultSet.getInt("Location_ID"),resultSet.getString("Name"),resultSet.getString("Phone_Number"),resultSet.getString("Email"),resultSet.getInt("Img_Index"),resultSet.getInt("Notification_Preference"));
 			counter++;
 		}
 		
@@ -127,7 +128,9 @@ public static void updateNotificationPreferences(int client, int preferences) th
 		Class.forName("com.mysql.jdbc.Driver");
 		Connection connect = DriverManager.getConnection(database, user, password);
 		Statement statement = connect.createStatement();
-		statement.executeQuery("UPDATE employee SET Notification_Preference = "+preferences+" WHERE Employee_ID = "+client+";");
+		String query = "UPDATE employee SET Notification_Preference = "+preferences+" WHERE Employee_ID = "+client+";";
+		System.out.println("Executing query: "+query);
+		statement.executeUpdate(query);
 		statement.close();
 		connect.close();
 	}
diff --git a/src/entities/Admin.java b/src/entities/Admin.java
index a175178..9cdf730 100644
--- a/src/entities/Admin.java
+++ b/src/entities/Admin.java
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@ public class Admin extends User {
 	private int password_flag;
 	private int finger_flag;
 	
-	public Admin(int id, int location, String name, String phone, String email, int icon, int pass, int finger) {
-		super(id, location, name, phone, email, icon);
+	public Admin(int id, int location, String name, String phone, String email, int icon, int pass, int finger, int notificationPreferences) {
+		super(id, location, name, phone, email, icon, notificationPreferences);
 		password_flag = pass;
 		finger_flag = finger;
 	}
diff --git a/src/entities/User.java b/src/entities/User.java
index 9585c78..bcb4454 100644
--- a/src/entities/User.java
+++ b/src/entities/User.java
@@ -14,14 +14,14 @@ public User(){
 		//empty
 	}
 
-	public User(int id, int location, String name, String phone, String email, int icon){
+	public User(int id, int location, String name, String phone, String email, int icon, int notificationPreferences){
 		this.id = id;
 		this.location = location;
 		this.name = name; //later will do table lookup to determine by id
 		this.phone = phone;
 		this.email = email;
 		this.icon = icon;
-		this.notificationPreferences = 1+2+4;
+		this.notificationPreferences = notificationPreferences;
 	}
 	
 	public int getIcon(){