diff --git a/examples/apps/screenpipe-app-tauri/components/dev-dialog.tsx b/examples/apps/screenpipe-app-tauri/components/dev-dialog.tsx
index 19598ca74..f818c47d9 100644
--- a/examples/apps/screenpipe-app-tauri/components/dev-dialog.tsx
+++ b/examples/apps/screenpipe-app-tauri/components/dev-dialog.tsx
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ export function DevSettings() {
   const [isSaving, setIsSaving] = useState(false);
   const { toast } = useToast();
 
-  useEffect(() => {
+  React.useEffect(() => {
     setLocalSettings(settings);
   }, [settings]);
 
@@ -36,13 +36,32 @@ export function DevSettings() {
     });
 
     try {
-      await updateSettings(localSettings);
-      await new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, 1000));
+      // Create an object to store only the changed settings
+      const changedSettings = Object.entries(localSettings).reduce(
+        (acc, [key, value]) => {
+          if (value !== settings[key as keyof typeof settings]) {
+            acc[key as keyof typeof settings] = value;
+          }
+          return acc;
+        },
+        {} as Partial<typeof settings>
+      );
 
-      toast({
-        title: "dev settings updated successfully",
-        description: "your changes have been saved.",
-      });
+      // Only update if there are changes
+      if (Object.keys(changedSettings).length > 0) {
+        await updateSettings(changedSettings);
+        await new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, 1000));
+
+        toast({
+          title: "dev settings updated successfully",
+          description: "your changes have been saved.",
+        });
+      } else {
+        toast({
+          title: "no changes detected",
+          description: "no settings were updated.",
+        });
+      }
     } catch (error) {
       console.error("failed to update dev settings:", error);
       toast({
diff --git a/examples/apps/screenpipe-app-tauri/components/screenpipe-status.tsx b/examples/apps/screenpipe-app-tauri/components/screenpipe-status.tsx
index ea048b667..23513a3fb 100644
--- a/examples/apps/screenpipe-app-tauri/components/screenpipe-status.tsx
+++ b/examples/apps/screenpipe-app-tauri/components/screenpipe-status.tsx
@@ -111,14 +111,20 @@ sqlite3 "${dbPath}" "SELECT * FROM audio_transcriptions ORDER BY timestamp DESC
 const DevModeSettings = () => {
   const { settings, updateSettings } = useSettings();
   const [localSettings, setLocalSettings] = useState(settings);
-  const handleDevModeToggle = (checked: boolean) => {
-    setLocalSettings((prev) => ({ ...prev, devMode: checked }));
-    updateSettings({ devMode: checked });
+  const handleDevModeToggle = async (checked: boolean) => {
+    try {
+      await updateSettings({ devMode: checked });
+      setLocalSettings((prev) => ({ ...prev, devMode: checked }));
+      // ... rest of the function ...
+    } catch (error) {
+      console.error("Failed to update dev mode:", error);
+      // Add error handling, e.g., show a toast notification
+    }
   };
   const [isLoading, setIsLoading] = useState(false);
   const { toast } = useToast();
 
-  React.useEffect(() => {
+  useEffect(() => {
     setLocalSettings(settings);
   }, [settings]);
 
@@ -336,21 +342,12 @@ const HealthStatus = ({ className }: { className?: string }) => {
 
     try {
       await invoke("open_screen_capture_preferences");
-      await new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, 2000));
-
-      toastId.update({
-        id: toastId.id,
-        title: "permissions reset",
-        description:
-          "screen capture permissions have been reset. please restart the app.",
-        duration: 5000,
-      });
     } catch (error) {
-      console.error("failed to reset screen permissions:", error);
+      console.error("failed to open screen permissions:", error);
       toastId.update({
         id: toastId.id,
         title: "error",
-        description: "failed to reset screen permissions.",
+        description: "failed to open screen permissions.",
         variant: "destructive",
         duration: 3000,
       });
diff --git a/examples/apps/screenpipe-app-tauri/lib/hooks/use-health-check.tsx b/examples/apps/screenpipe-app-tauri/lib/hooks/use-health-check.tsx
index 8b365245c..54b448a22 100644
--- a/examples/apps/screenpipe-app-tauri/lib/hooks/use-health-check.tsx
+++ b/examples/apps/screenpipe-app-tauri/lib/hooks/use-health-check.tsx
@@ -21,9 +21,16 @@ export function useHealthCheck() {
         throw new Error(`HTTP error! status: ${response.status} ${text}`);
       }
       const data: HealthCheckResponse = await response.json();
-      if (health !== null && health.status === data.status) {
+      if (
+        (health !== null && health.status === data.status) ||
+        // did not change
+        (health != null &&
+          health.status_code === data.status_code &&
+          health.message === data.message)
+      ) {
         return;
       }
+      console.log("setting health", data);
       setHealth(data);
     } catch (error) {
       console.error("Failed to fetch health status:", error);
diff --git a/examples/apps/screenpipe-app-tauri/lib/hooks/use-settings.tsx b/examples/apps/screenpipe-app-tauri/lib/hooks/use-settings.tsx
index b3534cdb2..ff9c8c92d 100644
--- a/examples/apps/screenpipe-app-tauri/lib/hooks/use-settings.tsx
+++ b/examples/apps/screenpipe-app-tauri/lib/hooks/use-settings.tsx
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ let store: Store | null = null;
 export function useSettings() {
   const [settings, setSettings] = useState<Settings>(defaultSettings);
 
+  // console.log("settings", settings);
   const resetSetting = async (key: keyof Settings) => {
     if (!store) {
       await initStore();
diff --git a/examples/apps/screenpipe-app-tauri/src-tauri/Cargo.toml b/examples/apps/screenpipe-app-tauri/src-tauri/Cargo.toml
index e7f7219f2..36554cfe8 100644
--- a/examples/apps/screenpipe-app-tauri/src-tauri/Cargo.toml
+++ b/examples/apps/screenpipe-app-tauri/src-tauri/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "screenpipe-app"
-version = "0.1.70"
+version = "0.1.71"
 description = ""
 authors = ["you"]
 license = ""