diff --git a/src/components/PopupSettings/NPEDCategoryPopup.tsx b/src/components/PopupSettings/NPEDCategoryPopup.tsx
index 0fa7129..8f5b279 100644
--- a/src/components/PopupSettings/NPEDCategoryPopup.tsx
+++ b/src/components/PopupSettings/NPEDCategoryPopup.tsx
@@ -30,6 +30,12 @@ const NPEDCategoryPopup = () => {
       value: values,
       path: "CategoryPopup",
     });
+
+    await mutation.mutateAsync({
+      operation: "SAVE",
+      path: "",
+      value: null
+    })
     if (result?.reason === "OK") toast.success("Pop up settings saved");
     dispatch({ type: "NPEDCATENABLED", payload: values });
   };
diff --git a/src/components/SessionForm/SessionCard.tsx b/src/components/SessionForm/SessionCard.tsx
index 4d0cab2..d77931b 100644
--- a/src/components/SessionForm/SessionCard.tsx
+++ b/src/components/SessionForm/SessionCard.tsx
@@ -62,7 +62,11 @@ const SessionCard = () => {
       path: "sessionStats",
       value: dedupedSightings,
     });
-
+    await mutation.mutateAsync({
+      operation: "SAVE",
+      path: "",
+      value: null,
+    });
     if (result.reason === "OK") toast.success("Session saved");
   };
 
diff --git a/src/components/SettingForms/Sound/SoundSettingsFields.tsx b/src/components/SettingForms/Sound/SoundSettingsFields.tsx
index 5e1a79b..bbd3e93 100644
--- a/src/components/SettingForms/Sound/SoundSettingsFields.tsx
+++ b/src/components/SettingForms/Sound/SoundSettingsFields.tsx
@@ -39,6 +39,11 @@ const SoundSettingsFields = () => {
       path: "soundSettings",
       value: updatedValues,
     });
+    await mutation.mutateAsync({
+      operation: "SAVE",
+      path: "",
+      value: null,
+    });
     if (result.reason !== "OK") {
       toast.error("Cannot update sound settings");
     } else {
diff --git a/src/components/SettingForms/Sound/SoundUpload.tsx b/src/components/SettingForms/Sound/SoundUpload.tsx
index 3cd0e6e..4122383 100644
--- a/src/components/SettingForms/Sound/SoundUpload.tsx
+++ b/src/components/SettingForms/Sound/SoundUpload.tsx
@@ -46,7 +46,11 @@ const SoundUpload = () => {
     if (result.reason !== "OK") {
       toast.error("Cannot update sound settings");
     }
-
+    await mutation.mutateAsync({
+      operation: "SAVE",
+      path: "",
+      value: null,
+    });
     dispatch({ type: "ADD", payload: values });
   };
 
diff --git a/src/components/SightingModal/SightingModal.tsx b/src/components/SightingModal/SightingModal.tsx
index 428b52c..26a270f 100644
--- a/src/components/SightingModal/SightingModal.tsx
+++ b/src/components/SightingModal/SightingModal.tsx
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ const SightingModal = ({ isSightingModalOpen, handleClose, sighting, onDelete }:
   const { query, mutation } = useCameraBlackboard();
 
   const hotlistNames = getHotlistName(sighting?.metadata?.hotlistMatches);
-  const handleAcknowledgeButton = () => {
+  const handleAcknowledgeButton = async () => {
     try {
       if (!sighting) {
         toast.error("Cannot add sighting to alert list");
@@ -33,17 +33,27 @@ const SightingModal = ({ isSightingModalOpen, handleClose, sighting, onDelete }:
         return;
       }
       if (!query.data.alertHistory) {
-        mutation.mutate({
+        await mutation.mutateAsync({
           operation: "INSERT",
           path: "alertHistory",
           value: [sighting],
         });
+        await mutation.mutateAsync({
+          operation: "SAVE",
+          path: "",
+          value: null,
+        });
       } else {
-        mutation.mutate({
+        await mutation.mutateAsync({
           operation: "APPEND",
           path: "alertHistory",
           value: sighting,
         });
+        await mutation.mutateAsync({
+          operation: "SAVE",
+          path: "",
+          value: null,
+        });
         toast.success("Sighting Successfully added to alert list");
       }
 
diff --git a/src/components/UI/Header.tsx b/src/components/UI/Header.tsx
index 7d0f34a..9b8c74a 100644
--- a/src/components/UI/Header.tsx
+++ b/src/components/UI/Header.tsx
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ export default function Header() {
         </Link>
       </div>
       <div className="flex flex-col lg:flex-row items-center space-x-24 justify-items-center">
-        <div className="flex flex-row lg:flex-row space-x-2 mx-auto  p-2 md:p-0 items-center">
+        <div className="flex flex-row lg:flex-row space-x-2 mx-10 p-2 md:p-0 items-center">
           {sessionStarted && sessionPaused ? (
             <p className="text-gray-400 font-bold">Session Paused</p>
           ) : (
diff --git a/src/components/UI/SoundBtn.tsx b/src/components/UI/SoundBtn.tsx
index 6aaba9f..2802973 100644
--- a/src/components/UI/SoundBtn.tsx
+++ b/src/components/UI/SoundBtn.tsx
@@ -16,6 +16,11 @@ const SoundBtn = () => {
       path: "soundEnabled",
       value: { enabled: newEnabled },
     });
+    await mutation.mutateAsync({
+      operation: "SAVE",
+      path: "",
+      value: null,
+    });
   };
   useEffect(() => {
     setEnabled(query?.data?.soundEnabled?.enabled);
@@ -23,10 +28,7 @@ const SoundBtn = () => {
 
   return (
     <button onClick={handleClick}>
-      <FontAwesomeIcon
-        icon={enabled ? faVolumeHigh : faVolumeXmark}
-        size="2x"
-      />
+      <FontAwesomeIcon icon={enabled ? faVolumeHigh : faVolumeXmark} size="2x" />
     </button>
   );
 };
diff --git a/src/context/providers/IntegrationsContextProvider.tsx b/src/context/providers/IntegrationsContextProvider.tsx
index 4845b2e..b2b3e86 100644
--- a/src/context/providers/IntegrationsContextProvider.tsx
+++ b/src/context/providers/IntegrationsContextProvider.tsx
@@ -16,6 +16,11 @@ export const IntegrationsProvider = ({ children }: IntegrationsProviderType) =>
 
     const fetchData = async () => {
       try {
+        await mutation.mutateAsync({
+          operation: "Load",
+          path: "",
+          value: null,
+        });
         const result = await mutation.mutateAsync({
           operation: "VIEW",
           path: "sessionStats",
diff --git a/src/context/providers/SoundContextProvider.tsx b/src/context/providers/SoundContextProvider.tsx
index f534800..49066a5 100644
--- a/src/context/providers/SoundContextProvider.tsx
+++ b/src/context/providers/SoundContextProvider.tsx
@@ -20,6 +20,11 @@ const SoundContextProvider = ({ children }: SoundContextProviderProps) => {
         operation: "VIEW",
         path: "soundSettings",
       });
+      await mutation.mutateAsync({
+        operation: "LOAD",
+        path: "",
+        value: null,
+      });
 
       if (!result.result || typeof result.result !== "object") {
         dispatch({ type: "UPDATE", payload: state });
diff --git a/src/types/types.ts b/src/types/types.ts
index 0c9349a..0f08692 100644
--- a/src/types/types.ts
+++ b/src/types/types.ts
@@ -282,7 +282,7 @@ export type CameraConfig = {
 export type CameraBlackBoardOptions = {
   operation?: string;
   path?: string;
-  value?: object | string | number | (string | number)[];
+  value?: object | string | number | (string | number)[] | null;
 };
 
 export type CameraBlackboardResponse = {