diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 39fb081..fc83475 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 /local.properties
 /.idea/workspace.xml
 /.idea/libraries
+/.idea
 .DS_Store
 /build
 /captures
diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index a746e06..2f47b95 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -3,6 +3,10 @@
 buildscript {
     repositories {
         jcenter()
+        maven {
+            url 'https://maven.google.com/'
+            name 'Google'
+        }
     }
     dependencies {
         classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:2.2.0'
@@ -16,6 +20,10 @@ buildscript {
 allprojects {
     repositories {
         jcenter()
+        maven {
+            url 'https://maven.google.com/'
+            name 'Google'
+        }
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/cloud-functions/functions/index.js b/cloud-functions/functions/index.js
index 192da4e..eeeb6c1 100644
--- a/cloud-functions/functions/index.js
+++ b/cloud-functions/functions/index.js
@@ -16,12 +16,12 @@ admin.initializeApp(functions.config().firebase);
 //   });
 // });
 
-exports.pushNotification = functions.database.ref('/messages/{pushId}').onWrite( event => {
+exports.pushNotification = functions.database.ref('/messages/{pushId}').onWrite( (change, event) => {
 
     console.log('Push notification event triggered');
 
     //  Grab the current value of what was written to the Realtime Database.
-    var valueObject = event.data.val();
+    var valueObject = change.after.val();
         
     const payload = {
         notification: {