diff --git a/App.js b/App.js
index f6cabac..092e8a8 100644
--- a/App.js
+++ b/App.js
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ import { StatusBar } from 'expo-status-bar';
 import React, { useState, useRef, useEffect } from 'react';
 import { NavigationContainer } from '@react-navigation/native';
 import { createNativeStackNavigator } from '@react-navigation/native-stack';
-import { createMaterialBottomTabNavigator } from '@react-navigation/material-bottom-tabs';
 import { createBottomTabNavigator } from '@react-navigation/bottom-tabs';
 import { Provider as PaperProvider, DefaultTheme, } from 'react-native-paper';
 import MaterialIcons from 'react-native-vector-icons/MaterialIcons';
@@ -41,6 +40,15 @@ Notifications.setNotificationHandler({
 });
 
 async function registerForPushNotificationsAsync() {
+    if (Platform.OS === 'android') {
+        Notifications.setNotificationChannelAsync('default', {
+            name: 'default',
+            importance: Notifications.AndroidImportance.MAX,
+            vibrationPattern: [0, 250, 250, 250],
+            lightColor: '#FF231F7C',
+        });
+    }
+
     let token;
     if (Device.isDevice) {
         const { status: existingStatus } = await Notifications.getPermissionsAsync();
@@ -59,14 +67,7 @@ async function registerForPushNotificationsAsync() {
         alert('Must use physical device for Push Notifications');
     }
 
-    if (Platform.OS === 'android') {
-        Notifications.setNotificationChannelAsync('default', {
-            name: 'default',
-            importance: Notifications.AndroidImportance.MAX,
-            vibrationPattern: [0, 250, 250, 250],
-            lightColor: '#FF231F7C',
-        });
-    }
+    
     console.log(token);
     return token;
 }
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index f044fcb..8cb124d 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@
   "dependencies": {
     "@react-native-async-storage/async-storage": "~1.17.3",
     "@react-navigation/bottom-tabs": "^6.2.0",
-    "@react-navigation/material-bottom-tabs": "^6.1.1",
     "@react-navigation/native": "^6.0.8",
     "@react-navigation/native-stack": "^6.5.0",
     "assert": "^2.0.0",