diff --git a/src/pages/SettingsPage/GeneralSettings.js b/src/pages/SettingsPage/GeneralSettings.js
index 7d39876..978fa59 100644
--- a/src/pages/SettingsPage/GeneralSettings.js
+++ b/src/pages/SettingsPage/GeneralSettings.js
@@ -15,13 +15,13 @@ class GeneralSettings extends React.Component {
 
     componentDidMount() {
         const updateRequest = new FormData();
-        updateRequest.append('action', 'loadVideo');
-        updateRequest.append('movieid', this.props.movie_id);
+        updateRequest.append('action', 'loadGeneralSettings');
 
-        fetch('/api/videoload.php', {method: 'POST', body: updateRequest})
+        fetch('/api/settings.php', {method: 'POST', body: updateRequest})
             .then((response) => response.json()
                 .then((result) => {
                     // todo 2020-07-3: set state here
+                    // todo 2020-07-4: php and test code
                 }));
     }
 
@@ -29,7 +29,10 @@ class GeneralSettings extends React.Component {
         return (
             <>
                 <div className='GeneralForm'>
-                    <Form>
+                    <Form onSubmit={(e) => {
+                        e.preventDefault();
+                        this.saveSettings();
+                    }}>
                         <Form.Row>
                             <Form.Group as={Col} controlId="formGridEmail">
                                 <Form.Label>Video Path</Form.Label>
@@ -67,6 +70,17 @@ class GeneralSettings extends React.Component {
             </>
         );
     }
+
+    saveSettings() {
+        const updateRequest = new FormData();
+        updateRequest.append('action', 'saveGeneralSettings');
+
+        fetch('/api/settings.php', {method: 'POST', body: updateRequest})
+            .then((response) => response.json()
+                .then((result) => {
+                    // todo 2020-07-4: settings result here
+                }));
+    }
 }
 
 export default GeneralSettings;
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diff --git a/src/pages/SettingsPage/MovieSettings.css b/src/pages/SettingsPage/MovieSettings.css
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6265fbf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/pages/SettingsPage/MovieSettings.css
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+.indextextarea {
+    margin-top: 15px;
+    padding: 10px;
+
+    overflow-y: scroll;
+    overflow-x: auto;
+
+    min-height: 100px;
+    max-height: 300px;
+    width: 50%;
+    background-color: #c2c2c2;
+    border-radius: 5px;
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/pages/SettingsPage/MovieSettings.js b/src/pages/SettingsPage/MovieSettings.js
index 5ff54aa..a4a0e89 100644
--- a/src/pages/SettingsPage/MovieSettings.js
+++ b/src/pages/SettingsPage/MovieSettings.js
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import React from "react";
+import "./MovieSettings.css"
 
 class MovieSettings extends React.Component {
     constructor(props) {
@@ -35,12 +36,15 @@ class MovieSettings extends React.Component {
     }
 
     startReindex() {
+        document.getElementsByClassName("indextextarea")[0].innerHTML = "";
         console.log("starting");
         const updateRequest = new FormData();
         // fetch all videos available
         fetch('/api/extractvideopreviews.php', {method: 'POST', body: updateRequest})
             .then((response) => response.json()
                 .then((result) => {
+                    // todo 2020-07-4: some kind of start event
+                    //  maybe disable start btn
                     console.log("returned");
                 }))
             .catch(() => {
@@ -60,11 +64,15 @@ class MovieSettings extends React.Component {
                 .then((result) => {
                     if (result.contentAvailable === true) {
                         console.log(result);
+                        // todo 2020-07-4: scroll to bottom of div here
                         this.setState({
+                            // insert a string for each line
                             text: [...result.message.split("\n"),
                                 ...this.state.text]
                         });
                     } else {
+                        // clear refresh interval if no content available
+                        // todo 2020-07-4: maybe enable start btn again
                         clearInterval(this.myinterval);
                     }
                 }))