diff --git a/app/build.gradle.kts b/app/build.gradle.kts
index 104b27e..690369f 100644
--- a/app/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/app/build.gradle.kts
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ dependencies {
     implementation(libs.androidx.material.icons.extended)
     implementation(libs.androidx.material3)
     implementation(libs.androidx.ui.tooling.preview)
+    implementation(libs.protolite.well.known.types)
 
     runtimeOnly(libs.androidx.ui.tooling)
     implementation(libs.org.eclipse.jgit)
@@ -64,5 +65,6 @@ dependencies {
     debugImplementation("androidx.compose.ui:ui-tooling")
     implementation("androidx.compose.ui:ui-tooling-preview")
     implementation("androidx.annotation:annotation")
+    implementation("com.google.code.gson:gson:2.10.1")
 }
 
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/net/mbess/popequer/AppContext.kt b/app/src/main/java/net/mbess/popequer/AppContext.kt
index 975638a..d8e4139 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/net/mbess/popequer/AppContext.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/net/mbess/popequer/AppContext.kt
@@ -6,5 +6,6 @@ class AppContext(
     val androidContext: Context,
 ) {
     val gitActions = GitActions(androidContext)
-    val popequer = PopequerAdapter(gitActions.cloneFolder.absolutePath)
+    val popequer = Popequer(PopequerAdapter(gitActions.cloneFolder.absolutePath))
+    val backgroundActions = BackgroundActions(this)
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/net/mbess/popequer/BackgroundActions.kt b/app/src/main/java/net/mbess/popequer/BackgroundActions.kt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..69ed442
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/src/main/java/net/mbess/popequer/BackgroundActions.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+package net.mbess.popequer
+
+import android.util.Log
+import kotlinx.coroutines.Dispatchers
+import kotlinx.coroutines.launch
+
+class BackgroundActions(val context: AppContext) {
+    fun refresh() {
+        runCatching {
+            context.gitActions.sync()
+            context.popequer.index()
+        }.onFailure {
+            Log.e("BackgroundActions", "Failed to refresh the Notebook");
+        }.onSuccess {
+            Log.i("BackgroundActions", "Notebook refresh successfully");
+        }
+    }
+}
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diff --git a/app/src/main/java/net/mbess/popequer/EventItem.kt b/app/src/main/java/net/mbess/popequer/EventItem.kt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7effad0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/src/main/java/net/mbess/popequer/EventItem.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+package net.mbess.popequer
+
+import java.time.Instant
+
+class EventItem(
+    val name: String,
+    val startTime: Instant,
+    val endTime: Instant?
+) {
+
+}
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diff --git a/app/src/main/java/net/mbess/popequer/GitActions.kt b/app/src/main/java/net/mbess/popequer/GitActions.kt
index 9be9bf9..f1c289e 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/net/mbess/popequer/GitActions.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/net/mbess/popequer/GitActions.kt
@@ -42,9 +42,13 @@ class GitActions(
 
     fun sync() {
         git.fetch().setCredentialsProvider(credentials).call()
-        git.rebase().setUpstream("origin/master").call().also { result ->
-            Log.i("GitActions", "Rebase status: ${result.status} ${result.conflicts}")
+        git.reset().setMode(ResetCommand.ResetType.HARD).setRef("origin/master").call().also {
+            result ->
+            Log.i("GitActions", "reset!");
         }
+        //git.rebase().setUpstream("origin/master").call().also { result ->
+        //    Log.i("GitActions", "Rebase status: ${result.status} ${result.conflicts}")
+        //}
         Log.i("GitActions", "Successfully sync repo")
     }
     fun trigger() {
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/net/mbess/popequer/Popequer.kt b/app/src/main/java/net/mbess/popequer/Popequer.kt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..36080a7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/src/main/java/net/mbess/popequer/Popequer.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+package net.mbess.popequer
+
+import android.util.Log
+
+class Popequer(
+    val adapter: PopequerAdapter
+) {
+
+    fun index(): String {
+        return adapter.index()
+    }
+    fun upcomingEvents(): List<EventItem> {
+        val events_str = adapter.upcomingEvents()
+        Log.d("Popequer", "From rust: $events_str")
+        val events = PopequerDeserializer().deserializeEvents(events_str)
+        return events;
+    }
+}
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diff --git a/app/src/main/java/net/mbess/popequer/PopequerDeserializer.kt b/app/src/main/java/net/mbess/popequer/PopequerDeserializer.kt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6accde8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/src/main/java/net/mbess/popequer/PopequerDeserializer.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+package net.mbess.popequer
+
+import com.google.gson.Gson
+import com.google.gson.GsonBuilder
+import java.util.ArrayList
+
+import com.google.gson.reflect.TypeToken
+import java.lang.reflect.Type
+import java.time.Instant
+
+
+class PopequerDeserializer() {
+    private var gsonInstance: Gson =
+        GsonBuilder().registerTypeAdapter(Instant::class.java, InstantDeserializer()).create()
+
+    fun deserializeEvents(inp: String): List<EventItem> {
+        val listType: Type = object : TypeToken<ArrayList<EventItem>?>() {}.type
+        return gsonInstance
+            .fromJson(inp, listType)
+    }
+
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/net/mbess/popequer/ui/App.kt b/app/src/main/java/net/mbess/popequer/ui/App.kt
index bfcecff..c4ea8b7 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/net/mbess/popequer/ui/App.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/net/mbess/popequer/ui/App.kt
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import androidx.compose.foundation.layout.padding
 import androidx.compose.material.icons.Icons
 import androidx.compose.material.icons.filled.Add
 import androidx.compose.material.icons.filled.Menu
+import androidx.compose.material.icons.filled.Refresh
 import androidx.compose.material.icons.filled.Settings
 import androidx.compose.material3.*
 import androidx.compose.runtime.Composable
@@ -84,6 +85,13 @@ fun AppContainer(
                         }
                     },
                     actions = {
+                        IconButton(onClick = {
+                            scope.launch(Dispatchers.IO) {
+                                context.backgroundActions.refresh()
+                            }
+                        }) {
+                            Icon(Icons.Filled.Refresh, contentDescription = "Refresh icon")
+                        }
                         IconButton(onClick = {
                             // TODO: switch to settings view
                         }) {
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/net/mbess/popequer/ui/AppNavGraph.kt b/app/src/main/java/net/mbess/popequer/ui/AppNavGraph.kt
index d22ae56..ac931a6 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/net/mbess/popequer/ui/AppNavGraph.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/net/mbess/popequer/ui/AppNavGraph.kt
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ fun AppNavGraph(
         composable(
             route = AppDestinations.UPCOMING_EVENTS
         ) {
-            UpcomingEventsRoute()
+            UpcomingEventsRoute(appContext)
         }
     }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/net/mbess/popequer/ui/MainActivity.kt b/app/src/main/java/net/mbess/popequer/ui/MainActivity.kt
index e8f4a73..1b2e329 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/net/mbess/popequer/ui/MainActivity.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/net/mbess/popequer/ui/MainActivity.kt
@@ -40,10 +40,7 @@ class MainActivity : ComponentActivity() {
                     Toast.makeText(appContext.androidContext, "A repo was just cloned", Toast.LENGTH_LONG)
                         .show()
                 }
-                appContext.gitActions.sync()
-                Log.d("Ppq", "${appContext.popequer}");
-                Log.d("Ppq", "Index: ${appContext.popequer.index()}");
-                Log.d("Ppq", "Upcoming: ${appContext.popequer.upcomingEvents()}");
+                appContext.backgroundActions.refresh()
             }.onFailure {
                 Log.e("MainActivity", "Failed to prepare git repo", it)
             }
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/net/mbess/popequer/ui/UpcomingEventsRoute.kt b/app/src/main/java/net/mbess/popequer/ui/UpcomingEventsRoute.kt
index 0ccc7bc..394d76c 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/net/mbess/popequer/ui/UpcomingEventsRoute.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/net/mbess/popequer/ui/UpcomingEventsRoute.kt
@@ -1,9 +1,46 @@
 package net.mbess.popequer.ui
 
+import androidx.compose.foundation.layout.Column
+import androidx.compose.foundation.layout.fillMaxWidth
+import androidx.compose.foundation.layout.padding
+import androidx.compose.foundation.layout.width
+import androidx.compose.foundation.lazy.LazyColumn
+import androidx.compose.foundation.lazy.itemsIndexed
+import androidx.compose.material3.Card
+import androidx.compose.material3.CardDefaults
+import androidx.compose.material3.MaterialTheme
+import androidx.compose.material3.Surface
 import androidx.compose.material3.Text
 import androidx.compose.runtime.Composable
+import androidx.compose.ui.Modifier
+import androidx.compose.ui.unit.dp
+import net.mbess.popequer.AppContext
+import java.time.LocalDateTime
+import java.time.ZoneOffset.UTC
+import java.time.format.DateTimeFormatter
 
 @Composable
-fun UpcomingEventsRoute() {
-    Text(text = "This is the upcoming events route")
+fun UpcomingEventsRoute(
+    appContext: AppContext
+) {
+    Surface(modifier = Modifier.padding(10.dp)) {
+        val formatter = DateTimeFormatter.ofPattern("yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm");
+
+        LazyColumn {
+            itemsIndexed(appContext.popequer.upcomingEvents()) { index, item ->
+                Card(
+                    elevation = CardDefaults.cardElevation(
+                        defaultElevation = 6.dp
+                    ),
+                    shape = MaterialTheme.shapes.medium,
+                    modifier = Modifier.fillMaxWidth().padding(bottom = 10.dp)
+                ) {
+                    Column(modifier = Modifier.padding(15.dp)) {
+                        Text(item.name, style = MaterialTheme.typography.headlineSmall)
+                        Text("Start: ${LocalDateTime.ofInstant(item.startTime, UTC).format(formatter)}")
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
 }
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/net/mbess/popequer/utils.kt b/app/src/main/java/net/mbess/popequer/utils.kt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1b0e120
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/src/main/java/net/mbess/popequer/utils.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+package net.mbess.popequer
+
+import com.google.gson.JsonDeserializationContext
+import com.google.gson.JsonDeserializer
+import com.google.gson.JsonElement
+import com.google.gson.JsonParseException
+import java.lang.reflect.Type
+import java.time.Instant
+
+class InstantDeserializer : JsonDeserializer<Instant?> {
+    @Throws(JsonParseException::class)
+    override fun deserialize(
+        json: JsonElement,
+        typeOfT: Type?,
+        context: JsonDeserializationContext?
+    ): Instant?
+    {
+        if (json.isJsonNull) {
+            return null
+        }
+        return Instant.parse(json.asString)
+    }
+}
+
diff --git a/gradle/libs.versions.toml b/gradle/libs.versions.toml
index 7924575..63e237c 100644
--- a/gradle/libs.versions.toml
+++ b/gradle/libs.versions.toml
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ compose-bom = "2023.10.01"
 material3 = "1.1.2"
 org-eclipse-jgit = "6.8.0.202311291450-r"
 twain = "0.2.2"
+protolite-well-known-types = "18.0.0"
 
 [libraries]
 androidx-compose-bom = { group = "androidx.compose", name = "compose-bom", version.ref = "compose-bom" }
@@ -27,6 +28,7 @@ compose-markdown = { module = "com.github.jeziellago:compose-markdown", version.
 kotlinx-coroutines-android = { group = "org.jetbrains.kotlinx", name = "kotlinx-coroutines-android", version.ref = "kotlinx-coroutines-android" }
 org-eclipse-jgit = { module = "org.eclipse.jgit:org.eclipse.jgit", version.ref = "org-eclipse-jgit" }
 twain = { module = "com.meetup:twain", version.ref = "twain" }
+protolite-well-known-types = { group = "com.google.firebase", name = "protolite-well-known-types", version.ref = "protolite-well-known-types" }
 
 [plugins]
 androidApplication = { id = "com.android.application", version.ref = "agp" }
diff --git a/rust-adapter/src/lib.rs b/rust-adapter/src/lib.rs
index e9461ea..44b71cd 100644
--- a/rust-adapter/src/lib.rs
+++ b/rust-adapter/src/lib.rs
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ enum PopequerAdapterErr {
 }
 
 #[derive(Serialize)]
+#[serde(rename_all = "camelCase")]
 struct EventItem {
     name: String,
     start_time: String,