diff --git a/birdnet.conf-defaults b/birdnet.conf-defaults
index e75cda1..e53af20 100644
--- a/birdnet.conf-defaults
+++ b/birdnet.conf-defaults
@@ -60,7 +60,8 @@ RTSP_STREAM=
 
 APPRISE_NOTIFICATION_TITLE="New BirdNET-Pi Detection"
 APPRISE_NOTIFICATION_BODY="A \$sciname \$comname was just detected with a confidence of \$confidence"
-APPRISE_NOTIFY_EACH_DETECTION=false
+APPRISE_NOTIFY_EACH_DETECTION=0
+APPRISE_NOTIFY_NEW_SPECIES=0
 
 #----------------------  Flickr Images API Configuration -----------------------#
 
diff --git a/homepage/views.php b/homepage/views.php
index 4dbd247..33f4621 100644
--- a/homepage/views.php
+++ b/homepage/views.php
@@ -250,10 +250,6 @@ if(isset($_GET['view'])){
                        'sudo systemctl restart spectrogram_viewer.service',
                        'sudo systemctl disable --now spectrogram_viewer.service',
                        'sudo systemctl enable --now spectrogram_viewer.service',
-                       'sudo systemctl stop pushed_notifications.service',
-                       'sudo systemctl restart pushed_notifications.service',
-                       'sudo systemctl disable --now pushed_notifications.service',
-                       'sudo systemctl enable --now pushed_notifications.service',
                        'stop_core_services.sh',
                        'restart_services.sh',
                        'sudo reboot',
diff --git a/scripts/config.php b/scripts/config.php
index 78f0055..8b13084 100644
--- a/scripts/config.php
+++ b/scripts/config.php
@@ -16,10 +16,10 @@ if(isset($_GET['apprise_notify_each_detection'])) {
 } else {
   $apprise_notify_each_detection = 0;
 }
-if(isset($_GET['apprise_notify_each_species'])) {
-  exec('sudo systemctl start pushed_notifications.service');
+if(isset($_GET['apprise_notify_new_species'])) {
+  $apprise_notify_new_species = 1;
 } else {
-  exec('sudo systemctl stop pushed_notifications.service');
+  $apprise_notify_new_species = 0;
 }
 
 // logic for setting the date and time based on user inputs from the form below
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ $contents = preg_replace("/BIRDWEATHER_ID=.*/", "BIRDWEATHER_ID=$birdweather_id"
 $contents = preg_replace("/APPRISE_NOTIFICATION_TITLE=.*/", "APPRISE_NOTIFICATION_TITLE=\"$apprise_notification_title\"", $contents);
 $contents = preg_replace("/APPRISE_NOTIFICATION_BODY=.*/", "APPRISE_NOTIFICATION_BODY=\"$apprise_notification_body\"", $contents);
 $contents = preg_replace("/APPRISE_NOTIFY_EACH_DETECTION=.*/", "APPRISE_NOTIFY_EACH_DETECTION=$apprise_notify_each_detection", $contents);
+$contents = preg_replace("/APPRISE_NOTIFY_NEW_SPECIES=.*/", "APPRISE_NOTIFY_NEW_SPECIES=$apprise_notify_new_species", $contents);
 $contents = preg_replace("/FLICKR_API_KEY=.*/", "FLICKR_API_KEY=$flickr_api_key", $contents);
 
 
@@ -56,6 +57,7 @@ $contents2 = preg_replace("/BIRDWEATHER_ID=.*/", "BIRDWEATHER_ID=$birdweather_id
 $contents2 = preg_replace("/APPRISE_NOTIFICATION_TITLE=.*/", "APPRISE_NOTIFICATION_TITLE=\"$apprise_notification_title\"", $contents2);
 $contents2 = preg_replace("/APPRISE_NOTIFICATION_BODY=.*/", "APPRISE_NOTIFICATION_BODY=\"$apprise_notification_body\"", $contents2);
 $contents2 = preg_replace("/APPRISE_NOTIFY_EACH_DETECTION=.*/", "APPRISE_NOTIFY_EACH_DETECTION=$apprise_notify_each_detection", $contents2);
+$contents2 = preg_replace("/APPRISE_NOTIFY_NEW_SPECIES=.*/", "APPRISE_NOTIFY_NEW_SPECIES=$apprise_notify_new_species", $contents2);
 $contents2 = preg_replace("/FLICKR_API_KEY=.*/", "FLICKR_API_KEY=$flickr_api_key", $contents2);
 
 
@@ -144,8 +146,8 @@ https://discordapp.com/api/webhooks/{WebhookID}/{WebhookToken}
       <input name="apprise_notification_title" type="text" value="<?php print($config['APPRISE_NOTIFICATION_TITLE']);?>" /><br>
       <label for="apprise_notification_body">Notification Body (use variables $sciname, $comname, or $confidence): </label>
       <input name="apprise_notification_body" type="text" value="<?php print($config['APPRISE_NOTIFICATION_BODY']);?>" /><br>
-      <input type="checkbox" name="apprise_notify_each_species" <?php $output = shell_exec("service pushed_notifications status"); if (!strpos($output, 'dead') !== false && filesize($home."/BirdNET-Pi/apprise.txt") != 0) { echo "checked"; } ?>>
-      <label for="apprise_notify_each_species">Notify each new species</label><br>
+      <input type="checkbox" name="apprise_notify_new_species" <?php if($config['APPRISE_NOTIFY_NEW_SPECIES'] == 1 && filesize($home."/BirdNET-Pi/apprise.txt") != 0) { echo "checked"; };?> >
+      <label for="apprise_notify_new_species">Notify each new species</label><br>
       <input type="checkbox" name="apprise_notify_each_detection" <?php if($config['APPRISE_NOTIFY_EACH_DETECTION'] == 1 && filesize($home."/BirdNET-Pi/apprise.txt") != 0) { echo "checked"; };?> >
       <label for="apprise_notify_each_detection">Notify each new detection</label><br><br>
       <h3>Bird Photos from Flickr</h3>
diff --git a/scripts/install_config.sh b/scripts/install_config.sh
index e74ac56..daab688 100755
--- a/scripts/install_config.sh
+++ b/scripts/install_config.sh
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ RTSP_STREAM=
 APPRISE_NOTIFICATION_TITLE="New BirdNET-Pi Detection"
 APPRISE_NOTIFICATION_BODY="A \$sciname \$comname was just detected with a confidence of \$confidence"
 APPRISE_NOTIFY_EACH_DETECTION=0
+APPRISE_NOTIFY_NEW_SPECIES=0
 
 #----------------------  Flickr Images API Configuration -----------------------#
 
diff --git a/scripts/install_services.sh b/scripts/install_services.sh
index 093047b..1d038b9 100755
--- a/scripts/install_services.sh
+++ b/scripts/install_services.sh
@@ -91,22 +91,6 @@ EOF
   systemctl enable extraction.service
 }
 
-install_pushed_notifications() {
-  cat << EOF > $HOME/BirdNET-Pi/templates/pushed_notifications.service
-[Unit]
-Description=BirdNET-Pi Pushed.co Notifications
-[Service]
-Restart=on-success
-RestartSec=3
-Type=simple
-User=$USER
-ExecStart=/usr/local/bin/species_notifier.sh
-[Install]
-WantedBy=multi-user.target
-EOF
-  ln -sf $HOME/BirdNET-Pi/templates/pushed_notifications.service /usr/lib/systemd/system
-}
-
 create_necessary_dirs() {
   echo "Creating necessary directories"
   [ -d ${EXTRACTED} ] || sudo -u ${USER} mkdir -p ${EXTRACTED}
@@ -436,7 +420,6 @@ install_services() {
   install_recording_service
   install_custom_recording_service # But does not enable
   install_extraction_service
-  install_pushed_notifications
   install_spectrogram_service
   install_chart_viewer_service
   install_gotty_logs
diff --git a/scripts/restart_services.sh b/scripts/restart_services.sh
index 98993af..ad4e9f3 100755
--- a/scripts/restart_services.sh
+++ b/scripts/restart_services.sh
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ sudo pkill server.py
 sudo systemctl stop birdnet_recording.service
 services=(web_terminal.service
 spectrogram_viewer.service
-pushed_notifications.service
 livestream.service
 icecast2.service
 extraction.service
@@ -22,6 +21,6 @@ sudo systemctl restart "${i}"
 done
 until grep 5050 <(netstat -tulpn 2>&1);do
 sudo systemctl restart birdnet_server.service
-sleep 30
+sleep 45
 done
 sudo systemctl restart birdnet_analysis.service
diff --git a/scripts/server.py b/scripts/server.py
index 35833e1..38a06fc 100755
--- a/scripts/server.py
+++ b/scripts/server.py
@@ -243,6 +243,33 @@ def sendAppriseNotifications(species,confidence):
                 title=title,
             )
 
+        if str(str(str([i for i in this_run if i.startswith('APPRISE_NOTIFY_NEW_SPECIES')]).split('=')[1]).split('\\')[0]) == "1":
+            try: 
+                con = sqlite3.connect(userDir + '/BirdNET-Pi/scripts/birds.db')
+                con.row_factory = lambda cursor, row: row[0]
+                cur = con.cursor()
+                cur.execute("SELECT DISTINCT(Com_Name) FROM detections")
+                known_species = cur.fetchall()
+                sciName,comName = species.split("_")
+                
+                print("\ncomName: ",comName)
+                print("\nknown_species: ",known_species)
+                if comName not in known_species:
+                    apobj = apprise.Apprise()
+                    config = apprise.AppriseConfig()
+                    config.add(userDir + '/BirdNET-Pi/apprise.txt')
+                    apobj.add(config)
+                
+                    apobj.notify(
+                    body=body.replace("$sciname",species.split("_")[0]).replace("$comname",species.split("_")[1]).replace("$confidence",confidence),
+                    title=title,
+                    )
+                
+                con.close()
+            except:
+                print("Database busy")
+                time.sleep(2)
+
 def writeResultsToFile(detections, min_conf, path):
 
     print('WRITING RESULTS TO', path, '...', end=' ')
diff --git a/scripts/service_controls.php b/scripts/service_controls.php
index 8abde5e..e81952b 100644
--- a/scripts/service_controls.php
+++ b/scripts/service_controls.php
@@ -73,13 +73,6 @@
     <button type="submit" name="submit" value="sudo systemctl disable --now spectrogram_viewer.service">Disable</button>
     <button type="submit" name="submit" value="sudo systemctl enable --now spectrogram_viewer.service">Enable</button>
   </form>
-  <form action="" method="GET">
-    <h3>Pushed Notifications</h3>
-    <button type="submit" name="submit" value="sudo systemctl stop pushed_notifications.service">Stop</button>
-    <button type="submit" name="submit" value="sudo systemctl restart pushed_notifications.service">Restart</button>
-    <button type="submit" name="submit" value="sudo systemctl disable --now pushed_notifications.service">Disable</button>
-    <button type="submit" name="submit" value="sudo systemctl enable --now pushed_notifications.service">Enable</button>
-  </form>
   <form action="" method="GET">
     <button type="submit" name="submit" value="stop_core_services.sh">Stop Core Services</button>
   </form>	
diff --git a/scripts/update_birdnet_snippets.sh b/scripts/update_birdnet_snippets.sh
index 0082ca2..912574d 100755
--- a/scripts/update_birdnet_snippets.sh
+++ b/scripts/update_birdnet_snippets.sh
@@ -30,7 +30,10 @@ if ! grep APPRISE_NOTIFICATION_BODY /etc/birdnet/birdnet.conf &>/dev/null;then
   sudo -u$USER echo "APPRISE_NOTIFICATION_BODY=\"A \$sciname \$comname was just detected with a confidence of \$confidence\"" >> /etc/birdnet/birdnet.conf
 fi
 if ! grep APPRISE_NOTIFY_EACH_DETECTION /etc/birdnet/birdnet.conf &>/dev/null;then
-  sudo -u$USER echo "APPRISE_NOTIFY_EACH_DETECTION=false" >> /etc/birdnet/birdnet.conf
+  sudo -u$USER echo "APPRISE_NOTIFY_EACH_DETECTION=0 " >> /etc/birdnet/birdnet.conf
+fi
+if ! grep APPRISE_NOTIFY_NEW_SPECIES /etc/birdnet/birdnet.conf &>/dev/null;then
+  sudo -u$USER echo "APPRISE_NOTIFY_EACH_DETECTION=0 " >> /etc/birdnet/birdnet.conf
 fi
 apprise_installation_status=$(~/BirdNET-Pi/birdnet/bin/python3 -c 'import pkgutil; print("installed" if pkgutil.find_loader("apprise") else "not installed")')
 if [[ "$apprise_installation_status" = "not installed" ]];then
@@ -53,3 +56,8 @@ fi
 if ! grep FLICKR_API_KEY /etc/birdnet/birdnet.conf &>/dev/null;then
   sudo -u$USER echo "FLICKR_API_KEY=" >> /etc/birdnet/birdnet.conf
 fi
+if systemctl list-unit-files pushed_notifications.service;then
+  sudo systemctl disable --now pushed_notifications.service
+  sudo rm -f /usr/lib/systemd/system/pushed_notifications.service
+  sudo rm $HOME/BirdNET-Pi/templates/pushed_notifications.service
+fi