diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index a853f47..fd726ce 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -8,3 +8,6 @@ Cargo.lock
 
 # These are backup files generated by rustfmt
 **/*.rs.bk
+
+#CLion stuff
+**/.idea/
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index f9b20af..b3365f1 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -17,10 +17,11 @@ colored = "2.0.0"
 rpassword = "6.0.1"
 git-version = "0.3.5"   # ughh just for git hash
 const_format = "0.2.22" # ughh just for git hash
-libnotify = "1.0.3"
+notify-rust = "4"
 uuid = { version = "0.8.2", features = ["v4"] }
 clap = { version = "3.1.6", features = ["derive"] }
-rusqlite = { version="0.27.0", features=["chrono", "backup"] }
+rusqlite = { version="0.27.0", features=["bundled-sqlcipher", "chrono", "backup"] }
+dirs = "4.0.0" # cross-platform paths
 ureq = { version="2.4.0", features=["json"] }
 
 [profile.release]
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index ad18438..187eb9c 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ use regex::Regex;
 use storage::{open_sqlite_storage, Memo, MemoStorage, AuthStorage, StateStorage, SQLiteStorage};
 use utils::{find_by_regex, parse_human_duration, HumanDisplay};
 use remote::RemoteSync;
+use notify_rust::Notification;
 
 const GIT_VERSION: &str = git_version!();
 const PKG_VERSION: &str = env!("CARGO_PKG_VERSION");
@@ -65,14 +66,16 @@ enum Commands {
 
 fn main() {
 	let args = Cli::parse();
-	let home_path = std::env!("HOME").to_string();
-	let mut db_path: String = home_path + "/.local/share/memo-cli.db";
+	//let home_path = std::env!("HOME").to_string(); //this is linux-only
+	let mut db_path: std::path::PathBuf = dirs::home_dir().unwrap();
+	db_path.push(".local/share/memo-cli.db"); //+ "/.local/share/memo-cli.db";
+	//WARNING: this is only for testing, it has no proper error handling and will panic is HOME is invalid or None
 
 	if let Some(db) = args.path {
-		db_path = db;
+		db_path = std::path::PathBuf::from(db);
 	}
 
-	let storage = open_sqlite_storage(&db_path, true).unwrap();
+	let storage = open_sqlite_storage(db_path.to_str().unwrap(), true).unwrap();
 
 	if args.sync {
 		if storage.get_key().is_err() {
@@ -170,14 +173,11 @@ fn main() {
 				builder.push('\n');
 			}
 			if args.notify {
-				libnotify::init("memo-cli").unwrap();
-				let n = libnotify::Notification::new(
-					format!("memo-cli | {}", timing).as_str(),
-					Some(builder.as_str()),
-					None,
-				);
-				n.show().unwrap();
-				libnotify::uninit();
+				Notification::new()
+					.summary(format!("memo-cli | {}", timing).as_str())
+					.body(builder.as_str())
+					//.icon("") //soon...
+					.show();
 			} else {
 				println!("{} | {}", "memo-cli".bold(), timing);
 				print!("{}", builder);