diff --git a/client/.idea/misc.xml b/client/.idea/misc.xml
index 773fe0f..9f71c83 100644
--- a/client/.idea/misc.xml
+++ b/client/.idea/misc.xml
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <project version="4">
   <component name="ExternalStorageConfigurationManager" enabled="true" />
   <component name="ProjectRootManager" version="2" languageLevel="JDK_17" project-jdk-name="jbr-17" project-jdk-type="JavaSDK">
diff --git a/client/app/build.gradle b/client/app/build.gradle
index 8ae8fdf..a9787c9 100644
--- a/client/app/build.gradle
+++ b/client/app/build.gradle
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ dependencies {
 
 
 
-    implementation 'androidx.core:core-ktx:1.10.0'
+    implementation 'androidx.core:core-ktx:1.10.1'
     implementation 'androidx.lifecycle:lifecycle-runtime-ktx:2.6.1'
     implementation 'androidx.activity:activity-compose:1.7.1'
     implementation "androidx.compose.ui:ui:$compose_ui_version"
diff --git a/client/app/src/main/java/com/birdthedeveloper/prometheus/android/prometheus/android/exporter/compose/HomeActivity.kt b/client/app/src/main/java/com/birdthedeveloper/prometheus/android/prometheus/android/exporter/compose/HomeActivity.kt
index ca795c4..b8a746f 100644
--- a/client/app/src/main/java/com/birdthedeveloper/prometheus/android/prometheus/android/exporter/compose/HomeActivity.kt
+++ b/client/app/src/main/java/com/birdthedeveloper/prometheus/android/prometheus/android/exporter/compose/HomeActivity.kt
@@ -113,8 +113,8 @@ private fun TabPage(
         }
         when(uiState.tabIndex){
             0 -> PrometheusServerPage(promViewModel, Modifier)
-            1 -> PushProxPage(promViewModel, Modifier)
-            2 -> RemoteWritePage(promViewModel, Modifier)
+            1 -> PushProxPage(promViewModel)
+            2 -> RemoteWritePage(promViewModel)
         }
     }
 }
@@ -174,26 +174,9 @@ private fun PrometheusServerPage(
     }
 }
 
-//TODO delete this thing
-//private fun onCheckedChangePushProx(
-//    value : Boolean,
-//    promViewModel: PromViewModel,
-//    showDialog : MutableState<String>
-//) {
-//    if (value) {
-//        val result: String? = promViewModel.turnPushProxOn()
-//        if (result != null) {
-//            showDialog.value = result
-//        }
-//    } else {
-//        promViewModel.turnPushProxOff()
-//    }
-//}
-
 @Composable
 private fun PushProxPage(
     promViewModel: PromViewModel,
-    modifier: Modifier
 ){
     val uiState : PromUiState by promViewModel.uiState.collectAsState()
 
@@ -201,7 +184,7 @@ private fun PushProxPage(
     val showDialogText : MutableState<String> = remember { mutableStateOf("") }
 
     Column(
-        modifier = modifier,
+        modifier = Modifier.fillMaxHeight(),
         verticalArrangement = Arrangement.Center,
         horizontalAlignment = Alignment.CenterHorizontally,
     ) {
@@ -269,12 +252,11 @@ private fun PushProxPage(
 @Composable
 private fun RemoteWritePage(
     promViewModel: PromViewModel,
-    modifier: Modifier,
 ){
     val uiState : PromUiState by promViewModel.uiState.collectAsState()
 
     Column (
-        modifier = modifier,
+        modifier = Modifier,
     ) {
         //TODO implement this
         Text("Remote write configuration")
diff --git a/client/app/src/main/java/com/birdthedeveloper/prometheus/android/prometheus/android/exporter/compose/configuration.kt b/client/app/src/main/java/com/birdthedeveloper/prometheus/android/prometheus/android/exporter/compose/configuration.kt
index 672dde8..7a2ea36 100644
--- a/client/app/src/main/java/com/birdthedeveloper/prometheus/android/prometheus/android/exporter/compose/configuration.kt
+++ b/client/app/src/main/java/com/birdthedeveloper/prometheus/android/prometheus/android/exporter/compose/configuration.kt
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 package com.birdthedeveloper.prometheus.android.prometheus.android.exporter.compose
 
+import androidx.work.Data
+import androidx.work.workDataOf
+
+//@Serializable
 data class PromConfiguration(
     // the following are default values for various configuration settings
     val prometheusServerEnabled : Boolean = true,
@@ -19,9 +23,30 @@ data class PromConfiguration(
             return false
         }
 
+        fun fromWorkData(data : Data) : PromConfiguration{
+            //TODO implement this
+            return PromConfiguration(
+                prometheusServerEnabled = data.getBoolean("0", true),
+                //prometheusServerPort = data.getInt("1", )
+            )
+        }
+
         suspend fun loadFromConfigFile(): PromConfiguration {
             //TODO open file, parse yaml, throw exception possibly
             return PromConfiguration()
         }
     }
+
+    fun toWorkData() : Data{
+        return workDataOf(
+            "0" to this.prometheusServerEnabled,
+            "1" to this.prometheusServerPort,
+            "2" to this.pushproxEnabled,
+            "3" to this.pushproxFqdn,
+            "4" to this.pushproxProxyUrl,
+            "5" to this.remoteWriteEnabled,
+            "6" to this.remoteWriteScrapeInterval,
+            "7" to this.remoteWriteEndpoint,
+        )
+    }
 }
diff --git a/client/build.gradle b/client/build.gradle
index 1dea762..2902af3 100644
--- a/client/build.gradle
+++ b/client/build.gradle
@@ -7,4 +7,7 @@ plugins {
     id 'com.android.application' version '8.0.2' apply false
     id 'com.android.library' version '8.0.2' apply false
     id 'org.jetbrains.kotlin.android' version '1.7.0' apply false
+
+    // custom for serialization
+    id 'org.jetbrains.kotlin.plugin.serialization' version '1.7.0'
 }