diff --git a/assets/css/dashboard.css b/assets/css/dashboard.css
index d68e1f0..a1e2de4 100644
--- a/assets/css/dashboard.css
+++ b/assets/css/dashboard.css
@@ -139,6 +139,61 @@ body {
     background: rgba(239, 68, 68, 0.1);
 }
 
+.status-dropdown {
+    position: relative;
+    display: inline-block;
+    margin-right: 15px;
+}
+
+.dropdown-header {
+    padding: 8px 15px;
+    background: var(--bg-secondary);
+    border: 1px solid var(--border-color);
+    border-radius: 4px;
+    cursor: pointer;
+    min-width: 120px;
+}
+
+.dropdown-content {
+    display: none;
+    position: absolute;
+    top: 100%;
+    left: 0;
+    background: var(--bg-secondary);
+    min-width: 160px;
+    box-shadow: var(--shadow);
+    border-radius: 4px;
+    padding: 10px;
+    z-index: 100;
+    border: 1px solid var(--border-color);
+}
+
+.status-dropdown.active .dropdown-content {
+    display: block;
+}
+
+.dropdown-content label {
+    display: block;
+    padding: 8px;
+    cursor: pointer;
+    transition: background 0.2s;
+}
+
+.dropdown-content label:hover {
+    background: var(--hover-bg);
+}
+
+.dropdown-content .save-filter {
+    margin-top: 10px;
+    width: 100%;
+    padding: 8px;
+    background: #3b82f6;
+    color: white;
+    border: none;
+    border-radius: 4px;
+    cursor: pointer;
+}
+
 /*UNCHECKED BELOW*/
 
 body.menu-open {
diff --git a/assets/js/dashboard.js b/assets/js/dashboard.js
index b1ebc23..0372d52 100644
--- a/assets/js/dashboard.js
+++ b/assets/js/dashboard.js
@@ -291,25 +291,62 @@ function initSearch() {
 
 // Filter by status
 function initStatusFilter() {
-    const filter = document.createElement('select');
-    filter.innerHTML = `
-        <option value="">All Status</option>
-        <option value="Open">Open</option>
-        <option value="Closed">Closed</option>
-    `;
-    filter.className = 'status-filter';
-    filter.onchange = (e) => {
-        const status = e.target.value;
-        const rows = document.querySelectorAll('tbody tr');
-        rows.forEach(row => {
-            if (!status || row.querySelector('.status-' + status)) {
-                row.style.display = '';
-            } else {
-                row.style.display = 'none';
-            }
-        });
+    const filterContainer = document.createElement('div');
+    filterContainer.className = 'status-filter-container';
+    
+    // Create dropdown container
+    const dropdown = document.createElement('div');
+    dropdown.className = 'status-dropdown';
+    
+    // Create dropdown header
+    const dropdownHeader = document.createElement('div');
+    dropdownHeader.className = 'dropdown-header';
+    dropdownHeader.textContent = 'Status Filter';
+    
+    // Create dropdown content
+    const dropdownContent = document.createElement('div');
+    dropdownContent.className = 'dropdown-content';
+    
+    const statuses = ['Open', 'Closed'];
+    statuses.forEach(status => {
+        const label = document.createElement('label');
+        const checkbox = document.createElement('input');
+        checkbox.type = 'checkbox';
+        checkbox.value = status;
+        checkbox.id = `status-${status.toLowerCase()}`;
+        
+        const urlParams = new URLSearchParams(window.location.search);
+        const currentStatuses = urlParams.get('status') ? urlParams.get('status').split(',') : [];
+        checkbox.checked = currentStatuses.includes(status);
+        
+        label.appendChild(checkbox);
+        label.appendChild(document.createTextNode(status));
+        dropdownContent.appendChild(label);
+    });
+    
+    const saveButton = document.createElement('button');
+    saveButton.className = 'btn save-filter';
+    saveButton.textContent = 'Apply Filter';
+    
+    saveButton.onclick = () => {
+        const checkedBoxes = dropdownContent.querySelectorAll('input:checked');
+        const selectedStatuses = Array.from(checkedBoxes).map(cb => cb.value);
+        localStorage.setItem('statusFilter', selectedStatuses.join(','));
+        window.location.href = selectedStatuses.length ? `?status=${selectedStatuses.join(',')}` : '?';
+        dropdown.classList.remove('active');
     };
-    document.querySelector('.table-controls .table-actions').prepend(filter);
+    
+    // Toggle dropdown on header click
+    dropdownHeader.onclick = () => {
+        dropdown.classList.toggle('active');
+    };
+    
+    dropdown.appendChild(dropdownHeader);
+    dropdown.appendChild(dropdownContent);
+    dropdownContent.appendChild(saveButton);
+    filterContainer.appendChild(dropdown);
+    
+    document.querySelector('.table-controls .table-actions').prepend(filterContainer);
 }
 
 function sortTable(table, column) {
diff --git a/create_ticket_api.php b/create_ticket_api.php
index d956e25..f845208 100644
--- a/create_ticket_api.php
+++ b/create_ticket_api.php
@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
 <?php
 header('Content-Type: application/json');
 
+error_reporting(E_ALL);
+ini_set('display_errors', 1);
+file_put_contents('debug.log', print_r($_POST, true) . "\n" . file_get_contents('php://input') . "\n", FILE_APPEND);
+
+
 // Load environment variables with error check
 $envFile = __DIR__ . '/.env';
 if (!file_exists($envFile)) {
@@ -22,10 +27,10 @@ if (!$envVars) {
 
 // Database connection with detailed error handling
 $conn = new mysqli(
-    $envVars['REACT_APP_DB_HOST'],
-    $envVars['REACT_APP_DB_USER'],
-    $envVars['REACT_APP_DB_PASS'],
-    $envVars['REACT_APP_DB_NAME']
+    $envVars['DB_HOST'],
+    $envVars['DB_USER'],
+    $envVars['DB_PASS'],
+    $envVars['DB_NAME']
 );
 
 if ($conn->connect_error) {
@@ -36,8 +41,17 @@ if ($conn->connect_error) {
     exit;
 }
 
-// Get POST data
-$data = json_decode(file_get_contents('php://input'), true);
+// Force JSON content type for all incoming requests
+header('Content-Type: application/json');
+
+// Parse input regardless of content-type header
+$rawInput = file_get_contents('php://input');
+$data = json_decode($rawInput, true);
+
+if (!$data) {
+    // Try parsing as URL-encoded data
+    parse_str($rawInput, $data);
+}
 
 // Generate ticket ID (9-digit format with leading zeros)
 $ticket_id = sprintf('%09d', mt_rand(1, 999999999));
@@ -82,3 +96,37 @@ if ($stmt->execute()) {
 
 $stmt->close();
 $conn->close();
+
+// Discord webhook
+$discord_webhook_url = $envVars['DISCORD_WEBHOOK_URL'];
+
+// Map priorities to Discord colors (decimal format)
+$priorityColors = [
+    "1" => 16736589, // --priority-1: #ff4d4d
+    "2" => 16753958, // --priority-2: #ffa726
+    "3" => 4363509,  // --priority-3: #42a5f5
+    "4" => 6736490   // --priority-4: #66bb6a
+];
+
+$discord_data = [
+    "content" => "",
+    "embeds" => [[
+        "title" => "New Ticket Created: #" . $ticket_id,
+        "description" => $title,
+        "url" => "http://10.10.10.45/ticket.php?id=" . $ticket_id,
+        "color" => $priorityColors[$priority],
+        "fields" => [
+            ["name" => "Priority", "value" => $priority, "inline" => true],
+            ["name" => "Category", "value" => $category, "inline" => true],
+            ["name" => "Type", "value" => $type, "inline" => true]
+        ]
+    ]]
+];
+
+$ch = curl_init($discord_webhook_url);
+curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, ['Content-Type: application/json']);
+curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POST, 1);
+curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, json_encode($discord_data));
+curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
+curl_exec($ch);
+curl_close($ch);
diff --git a/dashboard.php b/dashboard.php
index 3103531..8ec4758 100644
--- a/dashboard.php
+++ b/dashboard.php
@@ -26,14 +26,21 @@ $defaultSortColumn = isset($_COOKIE['defaultSortColumn']) ? $_COOKIE['defaultSor
 $sortDirection = isset($_COOKIE['sortDirection']) ? $_COOKIE['sortDirection'] : 'desc';
 $offset = ($page - 1) * $limit;
 
-// Get total number of tickets
-$totalTicketsQuery = "SELECT COUNT(*) as total FROM tickets";
+// Get total number of tickets based on current filter
+$status = isset($_GET['status']) ? $_GET['status'] : 'Open';
+$statuses = explode(',', $status);
+$whereClause = "";
+if (isset($_GET['status']) && !empty($_GET['status'])) {
+    $statuses = explode(',', $_GET['status']);
+    $whereClause = "WHERE status IN ('" . implode("','", $statuses) . "')";
+}
+$totalTicketsQuery = "SELECT COUNT(*) as total FROM tickets $whereClause";
 $totalTicketsResult = $conn->query($totalTicketsQuery);
 $totalTickets = $totalTicketsResult->fetch_assoc()['total'];
 $totalPages = ceil($totalTickets / $limit);
 
-// Modify SQL to use these settings
-$sql = "SELECT * FROM tickets ORDER BY $defaultSortColumn $sortDirection LIMIT $limit OFFSET $offset";
+// Modify SQL to use these settings and filter
+$sql = "SELECT * FROM tickets $whereClause ORDER BY $defaultSortColumn $sortDirection LIMIT $limit OFFSET $offset";
 $result = $conn->query($sql);
 ?>
 
@@ -62,18 +69,18 @@ $result = $conn->query($sql);
                 <?php
                 // Previous page button
                 if ($page > 1) {
-                    echo "<button onclick='window.location.href=\"?page=" . ($page - 1) . "\"'>«</button>";
+                    echo "<button onclick='window.location.href=\"?page=" . ($page - 1) . "&status=$status\"'>«</button>";
                 }
 
                 // Page number buttons
                 for ($i = 1; $i <= $totalPages; $i++) {
                     $activeClass = ($i === $page) ? 'active' : '';
-                    echo "<button class='$activeClass' onclick='window.location.href=\"?page=$i\"'>$i</button>";
+                    echo "<button class='$activeClass' onclick='window.location.href=\"?page=$i&status=$status\"'>$i</button>";
                 }
 
                 // Next page button
                 if ($page < $totalPages) {
-                    echo "<button onclick='window.location.href=\"?page=" . ($page + 1) . "\"'>»</button>";
+                    echo "<button onclick='window.location.href=\"?page=" . ($page + 1) . "&status=$status\"'>»</button>";
                 }
                 ?>
             </div>