diff --git a/app/src/main/java/org/wntr/mdeditor/MainActivity.kt b/app/src/main/java/org/wntr/mdeditor/MainActivity.kt
index 91183ac..b0e2fae 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/org/wntr/mdeditor/MainActivity.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/org/wntr/mdeditor/MainActivity.kt
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ import okhttp3.ResponseBody
 import okhttp3.ResponseBody.Companion.toResponseBody
 import org.json.JSONObject
 import org.wntr.mdeditor.databinding.ActivityMainBinding
+import retrofit2.Response
 import java.io.BufferedReader
 import java.io.File
 import java.io.FileOutputStream
@@ -478,6 +479,13 @@ class MainActivity : AppCompatActivity() {
                         Log.d(javaClass.simpleName, "result: ${response.code()}")
                     }
                     if (response.isSuccessful) {
+                        this@MainActivity.runOnUiThread({
+                            Toast.makeText(
+                                this@MainActivity,
+                                "Post under ${metaData.metaData.get("url")} got deleted.",
+                                Toast.LENGTH_LONG
+                            ).show()
+                        })
                         Log.d(javaClass.simpleName, "Post under ${metaData.metaData.get("url")} got deleted.")
                         metaData.metaData.minusAssign("url")
                         metaData.ID=null
@@ -585,76 +593,80 @@ class MainActivity : AppCompatActivity() {
         val post = sendPost(title, updated_at = metaData.updatedAt!!, authors = listOf(author), html, feature_image = metaData.get("feature_image"))
         val postings = sendPostList(listOf(post))
 
-        var response: retrofit2.Response<posts> = retrofit2.Response.error(
-            444,
-            "error".toResponseBody("text/plain".toMediaTypeOrNull())
-        )
-
         try {
-            response = api.postApi.updatePost(id, postings).execute()
-        } catch (ex: Exception) {
-            Log.d(javaClass.simpleName, "Couldn't update posting. Exception: ${ex}")
-        }
+            val response = api.postApi.updatePost(id, postings).execute()
 
-        if (response.isSuccessful) {
-            Log.d(javaClass.simpleName, "Updated: ${response.body()!!.posts[0].url}")
-            metaData.updatedAt= response.body()!!.posts[0].updated_at
-            val intent = Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW).setData(parse(metaData.metaData.get("url")))
-            try {
-                startActivity(intent)
-            } catch (e: ActivityNotFoundException) {
+            if (response.isSuccessful) {
+                val resp = JSONObject(response.body()!!.string())
+                metaData.updatedAt= resp.getJSONArray("posts").getJSONObject(0).getString("updated_at")
+                val intent = Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW).setData(parse(metaData.metaData.get("url")))
+                try {
+                    startActivity(intent)
+                } catch (e: ActivityNotFoundException) {
+                    this.runOnUiThread({
+                        Toast.makeText(this, "No eligble app installed.", Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show()
+                        Log.i(javaClass.simpleName, e.toString())
+                    })
+                }
+                Log.d(javaClass.simpleName, "Updated: ${resp.getJSONArray("posts").getJSONObject(0).getString("url")}")
+            } else {
                 this.runOnUiThread({
-                    Toast.makeText(this, "No eligble app installed.", Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show()
-                    Log.i(javaClass.simpleName, e.toString())
+                    Toast.makeText(
+                        this,
+                        "error while updating post.\n${response.errorBody()}",
+                        Toast.LENGTH_LONG
+                    ).show()
                 })
+                Log.i(javaClass.simpleName, response.code().toString())
             }
-        } else {
-            this.runOnUiThread({
-                Toast.makeText(
-                    this,
-                    "error while updating post.\n${response.errorBody()}",
-                    Toast.LENGTH_LONG
-                ).show()
-            })
-            Log.i(javaClass.simpleName, response.code().toString())
+            return response as retrofit2.Response<Any>
+        } catch (ex: Exception) {
+            Log.d(javaClass.simpleName, "Couldn't update posting. Exception: ${ex}")
+            return retrofit2.Response.error(
+                444,
+                "error".toResponseBody("text/plain".toMediaTypeOrNull())
+            )
         }
-        return response as retrofit2.Response<Any>
-
     }
     fun sendPosting(html: String, author: String): retrofit2.Response<Any> {
         val title = metaData.get("title") ?: "test"
         val post = sendPost(title, updated_at = Instant.now().toString(), authors = listOf(author), html, feature_image = metaData.get("feature_image"))
         val postings = sendPostList(listOf(post))
-        var response: retrofit2.Response<posts> = retrofit2.Response.error(
-            444,
-            "error".toResponseBody("text/plain".toMediaTypeOrNull())
-        )
 
         try {
-            response = api.postApi.pushPost(postings).execute()
-        } catch (ex: Exception) {
-            Log.d(javaClass.simpleName, "Couldn't send posting. Exception: ${ex}")
-        }
-        Log.d(javaClass.simpleName, "result: ${response.body()}")
-        if (response.isSuccessful) {
-            val post = response.body()!!.posts[0]
-            val uri = parse(post.url)
-            metaData.ID = post.id
-            metaData.updatedAt = post.updated_at
-            Log.d(javaClass.simpleName, "Uploaded to: $uri\nID: ${metaData.ID}")
-
-            metaData.put("url", uri.toString())
+            val response = api.postApi.pushPost(postings).execute()
+            Log.d(javaClass.simpleName, "result: ${response.code()}")
+            if (response.isSuccessful) {
+                val resp = JSONObject(response.body()!!.string())
+                val post = resp.getJSONArray("posts").getJSONObject(0)
+                val uri = parse(post.getString("url"))
+                metaData.ID = post.getString("id")
+                metaData.updatedAt = post.getString("updated_at")
+                Log.d(javaClass.simpleName, "Uploaded to: $uri\nID: ${metaData.ID}")
+
+                metaData.put("url", post.getString("url"))
 
-            saveFile()
-            val intent = Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW).setData(uri)
-            try {
-                startActivity(intent)
-            } catch (e: ActivityNotFoundException) {
-                Toast.makeText(this, "No eligble app installed.", Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show()
-                Log.i(javaClass.simpleName, e.toString())
+                saveFile()
+                val intent = Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW).setData(uri)
+                try {
+                    startActivity(intent)
+                } catch (e: ActivityNotFoundException) {
+                    Toast.makeText(this, "No eligble app installed.", Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show()
+                    Log.i(javaClass.simpleName, e.toString())
+                }
+            } else if (response.code()==403){
+                this.runOnUiThread({
+                    Toast.makeText(this, "You are not authorized to add posts", Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show()
+                })
             }
+            return response as Response<Any>
+        } catch (ex: Exception) {
+            Log.d(javaClass.simpleName, "Couldn't send posting. Exception: ${ex}")
+            return retrofit2.Response.error(
+                444,
+                "error".toResponseBody("text/plain".toMediaTypeOrNull())
+            )
         }
-        return response as retrofit2.Response<Any>
     }
 
     fun sendPost(username: String, text: String): retrofit2.Response<Any> {
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/org/wntr/mdeditor/ghostAPI.kt b/app/src/main/java/org/wntr/mdeditor/ghostAPI.kt
index 3dd72b2..9290373 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/org/wntr/mdeditor/ghostAPI.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/org/wntr/mdeditor/ghostAPI.kt
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ object RetrofitClient {
         }
         val cookieJar: ClearableCookieJar =
             PersistentCookieJar(SetCookieCache(), SharedPrefsCookiePersistor(applicationContext))
+
         val okHttpClient = OkHttpClient()
             .newBuilder()
             /*
@@ -122,7 +123,7 @@ class ghostAPI(applicationContext: Context, instance: String) {
 
 interface PostApi {
     @GET("posts")
-    fun getPosts(): Call<posts>
+    fun getPosts(): Call<ResponseBody>
     /*  fun getPosts(): Call<ResponseBody>  <- for json string*/
 
     @DELETE("posts/{id}")
@@ -132,10 +133,10 @@ interface PostApi {
     fun getCookie(@Body credentials: Credentials): Call<ResponseBody>
 
     @POST("posts/?source=html")
-    fun pushPost(@Body postings: sendPostList): Call<posts>
+    fun pushPost(@Body postings: sendPostList): Call<ResponseBody>
 
     @PUT("posts/{id}?source=html")
-    fun updatePost(@Path("id") id: String, @Body postings:sendPostList): Call<posts>
+    fun updatePost(@Path("id") id: String, @Body postings:sendPostList): Call<ResponseBody>
 
     @Multipart
     @POST("images/upload")
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/org/wntr/mdeditor/mdMeta.kt b/app/src/main/java/org/wntr/mdeditor/mdMeta.kt
index 80d8fec..c565f29 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/org/wntr/mdeditor/mdMeta.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/org/wntr/mdeditor/mdMeta.kt
@@ -5,7 +5,9 @@ import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat.yaml.YAMLFactory
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.module.kotlin.KotlinModule
 import okhttp3.MediaType.Companion.toMediaTypeOrNull
+import okhttp3.ResponseBody
 import okhttp3.ResponseBody.Companion.toResponseBody
+import org.json.JSONObject
 
 class mdMeta {
     var metaData = mutableMapOf<String,String>()
@@ -59,35 +61,38 @@ class mdMeta {
         if (ID !== null)
             return ID as String
         if (metaData.get("url") == "") return null
-        var response: retrofit2.Response<posts> = retrofit2.Response.error(
-            444,
-            "error".toResponseBody("text/plain".toMediaTypeOrNull())
-        )
+
         try {
-            response = MainActivity.api.postApi.getPosts().execute()
-        }
-        catch(e: Exception) {
-            Log.d(javaClass.simpleName, "Couldn't get post list: $e")
-        }
+            val response = MainActivity.api.postApi.getPosts().execute()
 
-        Log.d(javaClass.simpleName, "result: ${response.code()}")
-        if (response.isSuccessful) {
-            val remoteDoc = response.body()!!.posts.find { it.url == metaData.get("url")}
+            Log.d(javaClass.simpleName, "result: ${response.code()}")
+            if (response.isSuccessful) {
+                val resp = JSONObject(response.body()!!.string())
+                val posts = resp.getJSONArray("posts")
+                var remoteDoc : JSONObject? =  null
 
-            if (remoteDoc == null ){
-                Log.d(javaClass.simpleName, "Could not find post ID ${metaData.get("url")}. Already deleted?")
-                metaData.put("url", "")
-                ID = null
+                for (i in 0 until posts.length()) {
+                    remoteDoc = posts.getJSONObject(i)
+                    if (remoteDoc.getString("url") == metaData.get("url")) break
+                }
+
+                if (remoteDoc == null ){
+                    Log.d(javaClass.simpleName, "Could not find post ID ${metaData.get("url")}. Already deleted?")
+                    metaData.put("url", "")
+                    ID = null
+                    return ID
+                }
+                ID = remoteDoc.getString("id")
+                updatedAt = remoteDoc.getString("updated_at")
+                Log.d(javaClass.simpleName, "Document is online at ${
+                    metaData.get("url")}\nID: ${ID}")
                 return ID
+            } else {
+                return null
             }
-            ID = remoteDoc.id
-            updatedAt = remoteDoc.updated_at
-            Log.d(javaClass.simpleName, "Document is online at ${
-                metaData.get("url")}\nID: ${ID}")
-            return ID
-        } else {
+        } catch(e: Exception) {
+            Log.d(javaClass.simpleName, "Couldn't get post list: $e")
             return null
         }
     }
-
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/org/wntr/mdeditor/posts.kt b/app/src/main/java/org/wntr/mdeditor/posts.kt
index 40f97e1..b0a00a7 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/org/wntr/mdeditor/posts.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/org/wntr/mdeditor/posts.kt
@@ -21,209 +21,6 @@ data class sendPostList (
     @JsonProperty("posts") val posts: List<sendPost>
     )
 
-data class posts(
-    @JsonProperty("meta") val meta: Meta?,
-    @JsonProperty("posts") val posts: List<PostX>
-)
-
-
-data class Author(
-    @JsonProperty("accessibility") val accessibility: String?,
-    @JsonProperty("bio") val bio: String?,
-    @JsonProperty("comment_notifications") val comment_notifications: Boolean?,
-    @JsonProperty("cover_image") val cover_image: String?,
-    @JsonProperty("created_at") val created_at: String?,
-    @JsonProperty("donation_notifications") val donation_notifications: Boolean?,
-    @JsonProperty("email") val email: String?,
-    @JsonProperty("facebook") val facebook: String?,
-    @JsonProperty("free_member_signup_notification") val free_member_signup_notification: Boolean?,
-    @JsonProperty("id") val id: String,
-    @JsonProperty("last_seen") val last_seen: String?,
-    @JsonProperty("location") val location: String?,
-    @JsonProperty("mention_notifications") val mention_notifications: Boolean?,
-    @JsonProperty("meta_description") val meta_description: String?,
-    @JsonProperty("meta_title") val meta_title: String?,
-    @JsonProperty("milestone_notifications") val milestone_notifications: Boolean?,
-    @JsonProperty("name") val name: String?,
-    @JsonProperty("paid_subscription_canceled_notification") val paid_subscription_canceled_notification: Boolean?,
-    @JsonProperty("paid_subscription_started_notification") val paid_subscription_started_notification: Boolean?,
-    @JsonProperty("profile_image") val profile_image: String?,
-    @JsonProperty("recommendation_notifications") val recommendation_notifications: Boolean?,
-    @JsonProperty("roles") val roles: List<Role>?,
-    @JsonProperty("slug") val slug: String?,
-    @JsonProperty("status") val status: String?,
-    @JsonProperty("tour") val tour: String?,
-    @JsonProperty("twitter") val twitter: String?,
-    @JsonProperty("updated_at") val updated_at: String?,
-    @JsonProperty("url") val url: String?,
-    @JsonProperty("website") val website: String?
-)
-
-data class Count(
-    @JsonProperty("clicks") val clicks: Int,
-    @JsonProperty("negative_feedback") val negative_feedback: Int,
-    @JsonProperty("positive_feedback") val positive_feedback: Int
-)
-
-data class Meta(
-    @JsonProperty("pagination") val pagination: Pagination
-)
-
-data class Pagination(
-    @JsonProperty("limit") val limit: Int,
-    @JsonProperty("next") val next: String?,
-    @JsonProperty("page") val page: Int,
-    @JsonProperty("pages") val pages: Int,
-    @JsonProperty("prev") val prev: String?,
-    @JsonProperty("total") val total: Int
-)
-
-data class PostX(
-    @JsonProperty("authors") val authors: List<Author>,
-    @JsonProperty("canonical_url") val canonical_url: String?,
-    @JsonProperty("codeinjection_foot") val codeinjection_foot: String?,
-    @JsonProperty("codeinjection_head") val codeinjection_head: String?,
-    @JsonProperty("comment_id") val comment_id: String?,
-    @JsonProperty("count") val count: Count,
-    @JsonProperty("created_at") val created_at: String?,
-    @JsonProperty("custom_excerpt") val custom_excerpt: String?,
-    @JsonProperty("custom_template") val custom_template: String?,
-    @JsonProperty("email") val email: String?,
-    @JsonProperty("email_only") val email_only: Boolean,
-    @JsonProperty("email_segment") val email_segment: String?,
-    @JsonProperty("email_subject") val email_subject: String?,
-    @JsonProperty("excerpt") val excerpt: String?,
-    @JsonProperty("feature_image") val feature_image: String?,
-    @JsonProperty("feature_image_alt") val feature_image_alt: String?,
-    @JsonProperty("feature_image_caption") val feature_image_caption: String?,
-    @JsonProperty("featured") val featured: Boolean,
-    @JsonProperty("frontmatter") val frontmatter: String?,
-    @JsonProperty("id") val id: String,
-    @JsonProperty("meta_description") val meta_description: String?,
-    @JsonProperty("meta_title") val meta_title: String?,
-    @JsonProperty("mobiledoc") val mobiledoc: String?,
-    @JsonProperty("newsletter") val newsletter: String?,
-    @JsonProperty("og_description") val og_description: String?,
-    @JsonProperty("og_image") val og_image: String?,
-    @JsonProperty("og_title") val og_title: String?,
-    @JsonProperty("post_revisions") val post_revisions: List<Any>,
-    @JsonProperty("primary_author") val primary_author: PrimaryAuthor,
-    @JsonProperty("primary_tag") val primary_tag: Tag?,
-    @JsonProperty("published_at") val published_at: String?,
-    @JsonProperty("reading_time") val reading_time: Int,
-    @JsonProperty("slug") val slug: String?,
-    @JsonProperty("status") val status: String?,
-    @JsonProperty("tags") val tags: List<Tag>,
-    @JsonProperty("tiers") val tiers: List<Tier>,
-    @JsonProperty("title") val title: String?,
-    @JsonProperty("twitter_description") val twitter_description: String?,
-    @JsonProperty("twitter_image") val twitter_image: String?,
-    @JsonProperty("twitter_title") val twitter_title: String?,
-    @JsonProperty("updated_at") val updated_at: String?,
-    @JsonProperty("url") val url: String?,
-    @JsonProperty("uuid") val uuid: String?,
-    @JsonProperty("visibility") val visibility: String?
-)
-
-data class PrimaryAuthor(
-    @JsonProperty("accessibility") val accessibility: String?,
-    @JsonProperty("bio") val bio: String?,
-    @JsonProperty("comment_notifications") val comment_notifications: Boolean,
-    @JsonProperty("cover_image") val cover_image: String?,
-    @JsonProperty("created_at") val created_at: String?,
-    @JsonProperty("donation_notifications") val donation_notifications: Boolean,
-    @JsonProperty("email") val email: String?,
-    @JsonProperty("facebook") val facebook: String?,
-    @JsonProperty("free_member_signup_notification") val free_member_signup_notification: Boolean,
-    @JsonProperty("id") val id: String?,
-    @JsonProperty("last_seen") val last_seen: String?,
-    @JsonProperty("location") val location: String?,
-    @JsonProperty("mention_notifications") val mention_notifications: Boolean,
-    @JsonProperty("meta_description") val meta_description: String?,
-    @JsonProperty("meta_title") val meta_title: String?,
-    @JsonProperty("milestone_notifications") val milestone_notifications: Boolean,
-    @JsonProperty("name") val name: String?,
-    @JsonProperty("paid_subscription_canceled_notification") val paid_subscription_canceled_notification: Boolean,
-    @JsonProperty("paid_subscription_started_notification") val paid_subscription_started_notification: Boolean,
-    @JsonProperty("profile_image") val profile_image: String?,
-    @JsonProperty("recommendation_notifications") val recommendation_notifications: Boolean,
-    @JsonProperty("roles") val roles: List<Role>,
-    @JsonProperty("slug") val slug: String?,
-    @JsonProperty("status") val status: String?,
-    @JsonProperty("tour") val tour: String?,
-    @JsonProperty("twitter") val twitter: String?,
-    @JsonProperty("updated_at") val updated_at: String?,
-    @JsonProperty("url") val url: String?,
-    @JsonProperty("website") val website: String?
-)
-
-data class Role(
-    @JsonProperty("created_at") val created_at: String?,
-    @JsonProperty("description") val description: String?,
-    @JsonProperty("id") val id: String,
-    @JsonProperty("name") val name: String?,
-    @JsonProperty("updated_at") val updated_at: String?
-)
-
-data class Tag(
-    @JsonProperty("accent_color") val accent_color: String?,
-    @JsonProperty("canonical_url") val canonical_url: String?,
-    @JsonProperty("codeinjection_foot") val codeinjection_foot: String?,
-    @JsonProperty("codeinjection_head") val codeinjection_head: String?,
-    @JsonProperty("created_at") val created_at: String?,
-    @JsonProperty("description") val description: String?,
-    @JsonProperty("feature_image") val feature_image: String?,
-    @JsonProperty("id") val id: String,
-    @JsonProperty("meta_description") val meta_description: String?,
-    @JsonProperty("meta_title") val meta_title: String?,
-    @JsonProperty("name") val name: String?,
-    @JsonProperty("og_description") val og_description: String?,
-    @JsonProperty("og_image") val og_image: String?,
-    @JsonProperty("og_title") val og_title: String?,
-    @JsonProperty("slug") val slug: String?,
-    @JsonProperty("twitter_description") val twitter_description: String?,
-    @JsonProperty("twitter_image") val twitter_image: String?,
-    @JsonProperty("twitter_title") val twitter_title: String?,
-    @JsonProperty("updated_at") val updated_at: String?,
-    @JsonProperty("url") val url: String?,
-    @JsonProperty("visibility") val visibility: String?
-)
-
-data class Tier(
-    @JsonProperty("active") val active: Boolean,
-    @JsonProperty("created_at") val created_at: String?,
-    @JsonProperty("currency") val currency: String?,
-    @JsonProperty("description") val description: String?,
-    @JsonProperty("id") val id: String,
-    @JsonProperty("monthly_price") val monthly_price: Int,
-    @JsonProperty("monthly_price_id") val monthly_price_id: String?,
-    @JsonProperty("name") val name: String?,
-    @JsonProperty("slug") val slug: String?,
-    @JsonProperty("trial_days") val trial_days: Int,
-    @JsonProperty("type") val type: String?,
-    @JsonProperty("updated_at") val updated_at: String?,
-    @JsonProperty("visibility") val visibility: String?,
-    @JsonProperty("welcome_page_url") val welcome_page_url: String?,
-    @JsonProperty("yearly_price") val yearly_price: Int,
-    @JsonProperty("yearly_price_id") val yearly_price_id: String?
-)
-
-data class Errors(
-    @JsonProperty("errors") val errors: List<Error>
-)
-
-data class Error(
-    @JsonProperty("code") val code: String,
-    @JsonProperty("context") val context: String,
-    @JsonProperty("details") val details: Any,
-    @JsonProperty("ghostErrorCode")val ghostErrorCode: Any,
-    @JsonProperty("help") val help: String,
-    @JsonProperty("id") val id: String,
-    @JsonProperty("message") val message: String,
-    @JsonProperty("property") val property: Any,
-    @JsonProperty("type") val type: String
-)
-
 data class imagesObj(
     @JsonProperty("images") val images: List<imageObj>
 )