diff --git a/owe.js b/owe.js
index f59a505..db53f7c 100644
--- a/owe.js
+++ b/owe.js
@@ -2,13 +2,15 @@ var previousTextLength;
 var config_data;
 var unread_words = 0;
 
-function loadSentences(alertIfNew = false) {
+function loadSentences(alertIfNew = false, increaseUnread = true) {
 	fetch("./data/sentences.txt", {headers: {"Cache-Control": "no-cache, no-store"}})
 		.then((response) => { 
 			return response.text().then((text) => {
 				document.querySelector(".sentences").innerHTML = text;
 				if (text.length > previousTextLength) {
-					document.getElementsByTagName("title")[0].innerText = (config_data.title ? config_data.title : "One Word Each") + " (" + ++unread_words + ")";
+					if (increaseUnread) {
+						document.getElementsByTagName("title")[0].innerText = "(" + ++unread_words + ") " + (config_data.title ? config_data.title : "One Word Each") ;
+					}
 					if (alertIfNew) {
 						var newtxt = text.substring(previousTextLength, text.length);
 						//var parser = new DOMParser();
@@ -41,6 +43,7 @@ function loadConfig() {
 	fetch("./data/config.json").then((response) => {
 		return response.text().then((text) => {
 			config_data = JSON.parse(text);
+			setInterval(loadSentences, 5000, ((typeof config_data.notifications !== "undefined") ? config_data.notifications : true));
 		});
 	}).catch(() => {
 		config_data = Object(); // leave empty
@@ -62,7 +65,8 @@ function sendWord() {
 	Http.open('POST', '.');
 	Http.onreadystatechange=(e)=>{
 		document.getElementById("wordinput").value = "";
-		loadSentences();
+		loadSentences(false, false);
+		resetUnread();
 	}
 	Http.send(data);
 }
@@ -96,7 +100,6 @@ window.onfocus = resetUnread;
 //setTimeout(loadSentences, 500);
 loadConfig();
 loadSentences();
-setInterval(loadSentences, 5000, true);
 
 var input = document.getElementById("wordinput");
 input.focus();