diff --git a/nodeapp/src/alert.js b/nodeapp/src/alert.js
index 40a69a2..ce63f51 100644
--- a/nodeapp/src/alert.js
+++ b/nodeapp/src/alert.js
@@ -4,41 +4,46 @@ require('dotenv').config({path: path.join(__dirname, '../../.env')})
 
 const alert = (type) => {
   console.log('Alert triggered for type: ' + type)
+  const tweet = false
 
   switch(type) {
     // Water is needed
     case 'wantwater':
-      const tweet = [
+      tweet = [
         'I\'m getting pretty thirsty over here, @JayWll',
         'So. Very. Dry. You know I\'m a succulent not a cactus, right @JayWll? 🌵',
         'Hey @JayWll, water me. 🥛',
         'They say a man shall not live by bread alone, and a succulent won\'t live if you don\'t WATER ME @JAYWLL!!1! 🍞🚰💦',
         '@JayWll seriously bro. A little water. That\'s all I ask.'
       ]
-      break;
+      break
 
     // Water has been received
     case 'gotwater':
-      const tweet = [
+      tweet = [
         'Thanks to whoever watered me just now!! So moist.',
         'So refreshing! Thank you, mysterious stranger, for the life-giving liquidy sustenance.',
         'Whoever watered me (I\'m kind of guessing it was you, @Katheryn_mur), know that I appreciate it!'
       ]
-      break;
-    }
-
-    // Define options for the twitter API
-    const msg = new twit({
-      consumer_key: process.env.CONSUMER_KEY,
-      consumer_secret: process.env.CONSUMER_SECRET,
-      access_token: process.env.ACCESS_TOKEN,
-      access_token_secret: process.env.ACCESS_TOKEN_SECRET
-    })
-
-    // Post a tweet
-    //msg.post('statuses/update', { status: tweet[Math.floor(Math.random() * tweet.length)] })
-    console.log(tweet[Math.floor(Math.random() * tweet.length)])
+      break
   }
+
+  if (!tweet) {
+    console.log('nothing to send')
+    return
+  }
+
+  // Define options for the twitter API
+  const msg = new twit({
+    consumer_key: process.env.CONSUMER_KEY,
+    consumer_secret: process.env.CONSUMER_SECRET,
+    access_token: process.env.ACCESS_TOKEN,
+    access_token_secret: process.env.ACCESS_TOKEN_SECRET
+  })
+
+  // Post tweet
+  //msg.post('statuses/update', { status: tweet[Math.floor(Math.random() * tweet.length)] })
+  console.log(tweet[Math.floor(Math.random() * tweet.length)])
 }
 
 module.exports = alert
diff --git a/nodeapp/src/db.js b/nodeapp/src/db.js
index 4d61dfe..dea4e4d 100644
--- a/nodeapp/src/db.js
+++ b/nodeapp/src/db.js
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 const Sequelize = require('sequelize')
 const Op = Sequelize.Op
-const path = require('path')
-const twit = require('twit')
-require('dotenv').config({path: path.join(__dirname, '../../.env')})
+const alert = require('./alert')
 
 // Setup database, using credentials set in .env
 const sequelize = new Sequelize('database', process.env.DB_USER, process.env.DB_PASS, {
@@ -24,67 +22,43 @@ const Readings = sequelize.define('readings', {
     afterCreate: (data, opts) => {
       // Fetch all settings
       Settings.findAll().then((result) => {
+        const low-trigger = parseInt(result.find(o => o.dataValues.key === 'low-trigger').dataValues.value)
+        const high-trigger = parseInt(result.find(o => o.dataValues.key === 'high-trigger').dataValues.value)
+        const low = result.find(o => o.dataValues.key === 'low-trigger').dataValues.value
+        const alert = result.find(o => o.dataValues.key === 'low-trigger').dataValues.value
+
+
         // Reset low moisture flag if it's set, and the reading is greater than high-trigger
-        if (result.find(o => o.dataValues.key === 'low').dataValues.value !== '0' && data.reading >= parseInt(result.find(o => o.dataValues.key === 'high-trigger').dataValues.value)) {
-          // Pick a random message from the array below
-          const tweet = [
-            'Thanks to whoever watered me just now!! So moist.',
-            'So refreshing! Thank you, mysterious stranger, for the life-giving liquidy sustenance.',
-            'Whoever watered me (I\'m kind of guessing it was you, @Katheryn_mur), know that I appreciate it!'
-          ]
-
-          // Define options for the twitter API
-          const msg = new twit({
-            consumer_key: process.env.CONSUMER_KEY,
-            consumer_secret: process.env.CONSUMER_SECRET,
-            access_token: process.env.ACCESS_TOKEN,
-            access_token_secret: process.env.ACCESS_TOKEN_SECRET
-          })
-
-          msg.post('statuses/update', { status: tweet[Math.floor(Math.random() * tweet.length)] })
+        if (low !== '0' && data.reading >= high-trigger)) {
+          // Send alert that water was received
+          alert('gotwater')
 
           // Update low to false
-          db.Settings.update({ value: false }, { where: { key: 'low' } })
+          Settings.update({ value: false }, { where: { key: 'low' } })
+
           // Update alert to false
-          db.Settings.update({ value: false }, { where: { key: 'alert' } })
+          Settings.update({ value: false }, { where: { key: 'alert' } })
         }
 
         // Set the low moisture flag if it's not set, and the value is less than low-trigger
-        if (result.find(o => o.dataValues.key === 'low').dataValues.value === '0' && data.reading <= parseInt(result.find(o => o.dataValues.key === 'low-trigger').dataValues.value)) {
+        if (low === '0' && data.reading <= low-trigger)) {
           // Update low to true
-          db.Settings.update({ value: new Date().toISOString() }, { where: { key: 'low' } })
+          Settings.update({ value: new Date().toISOString() }, { where: { key: 'low' } })
         }
 
         // If the low moisture flag is set but an alert has not yet been sent, determine if an alert is necessarry
-        if (result.find(o => o.dataValues.key === 'low').dataValues.value !== '0' && result.find(o => o.dataValues.key === 'alert').dataValues.value === '0') {
-          const lowtriggered = new Date().getTime() - new Date(result.find(o => o.dataValues.key === 'low').dataValues.value).getTime()
+        if (low !== '0' && alert === '0') {
+          const lowtriggered = new Date().getTime() - new Date(low).getTime()
           const fourdays = 4 * 24 * 60 * 60 * 1000
 
-          // If the first low reading was more than 5 days ago, send an alert
+          // If the first low reading was more than 4 days ago, send an alert
           if (lowtriggered > fourdays) {
-            // Pick a random message from the array below
-            const tweet = [
-              'I\'m getting pretty thirsty over here, @JayWll',
-              'So. Very. Dry. You know I\'m a succulent not a cactus, right @JayWll? 🌵',
-              'Hey @JayWll, water me. 🥛',
-              'They say a man shall not live by bread alone, and a succulent won\'t live if you don\'t WATER ME @JAYWLL!!1! 🍞🚰💦',
-              '@JayWll seriously bro. A little water. That\'s all I ask.'
-            ]
-
-            // Define options for the twitter API
-            const msg = new twit({
-              consumer_key: process.env.CONSUMER_KEY,
-              consumer_secret: process.env.CONSUMER_SECRET,
-              access_token: process.env.ACCESS_TOKEN,
-              access_token_secret: process.env.ACCESS_TOKEN_SECRET
-            })
-
-            // Post a tweet
-            msg.post('statuses/update', { status: tweet[Math.floor(Math.random() * tweet.length)] })
+            // Send alert that water is needed
+            alert('needwater')
 
             // Flag that an alert has been sent
-            db.Settings.update({ value: new Date().toISOString() }, { where: { key: 'alert' } })
-          } else console.log('Low for less than 5 days')
+            Settings.update({ value: new Date().toISOString() }, { where: { key: 'alert' } })
+          } else console.log('Low for less than 4 days')
         } else console.log('No message needed')
       })
     }