diff --git a/background.js b/background.js
index 20ed74c3..2f839742 100644
--- a/background.js
+++ b/background.js
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
 chrome.tabs.onUpdated.addListener( // On tab update
   function(tabId, changeInfo, tab) {
     if (changeInfo != undefined && changeInfo.url != undefined) {
-      console.log(changeInfo)
-      let id = youtube_parser(changeInfo.url);
+      let id = getYouTubeVideoID(changeInfo.url);
       if (changeInfo.url && id) { // If URL changed and is youtube video message contentScript the video id
         chrome.tabs.sendMessage( tabId, {
           message: 'ytvideoid',
@@ -13,8 +12,35 @@ chrome.tabs.onUpdated.addListener( // On tab update
   }
 );
 
-function youtube_parser(url) { // Return video id or false
+function getYouTubeVideoID(url) { // Return video id or false
     var regExp = /^.*((youtu.be\/)|(v\/)|(\/u\/\w\/)|(embed\/)|(watch\?))\??v?=?([^#\&\?]*).*/;
     var match = url.match(regExp);
     return (match && match[7].length == 11) ? match[7] : false;
+}
+
+chrome.runtime.onMessage.addListener(function (request, sender, callback) {
+  console.log(request.message)
+  if (request.message == "submitTimes") {
+    submitTimes(request.videoID);
+  }
+});
+
+function submitTimes(videoID) {
+  //get the video times from storage
+  chrome.storage.local.get(['videoTimes' + videoID], function(result) {
+    if (result.videoTimes != undefined && result.videoTimes != []) {
+      let videoTimes = result.videoTimes;
+
+      //TODO: remove this, just temp
+      let videoID = "TEST";
+  
+      //submit these times
+      for (let i = 0; i < videoTimes.length; i++) {
+        let xmlhttp = new XMLHttpRequest();
+        //submit the sponsorTime
+        xmlhttp.open('GET', 'http://localhost/api/postVideoSponsorTimes?videoID=' + videoID + "&startTime=" + videoTimes[i][0] + "&endTime=" + videoTimes[i][1], true);
+        xmlhttp.send();
+      }
+    }
+  });
 }
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diff --git a/content.js b/content.js
index 0d3951b3..361a10e5 100644
--- a/content.js
+++ b/content.js
@@ -22,11 +22,17 @@ chrome.runtime.onMessage.addListener( // Detect URL Changes
       sponsorMessageStarted();
     }
 
-    if (request.message === 'infoFound') {
+    if (request.message === 'isInfoFound') {
       sendResponse({
         found: sponsorDataFound
       })
     }
+
+    if (request.message === 'getVideoID') {
+      sendResponse({
+        videoID: getYouTubeVideoID(document.URL)
+      })
+    }
 });
 
 function sponsorsLookup(id) {
diff --git a/popup.html b/popup.html
index d082acdf..c04c9415 100644
--- a/popup.html
+++ b/popup.html
@@ -27,6 +27,10 @@
         </b>
 
         <button id="clearTimes">Clear Times</button>
+
+        <br/>
+
+        <button id="submitTimes">Submit Times</button>
       </center>
     </div>
   </div>
diff --git a/popup.js b/popup.js
index 58126584..b8984578 100644
--- a/popup.js
+++ b/popup.js
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 document.getElementById("sponsorStart").addEventListener("click", sendSponsorStartMessage);
 document.getElementById("clearTimes").addEventListener("click", clearTimes);
+document.getElementById("submitTimes").addEventListener("click", submitTimes);
 
 //if true, the button now selects the end time
 var startTimeChosen = false;
@@ -26,11 +27,24 @@ chrome.tabs.query({
 }, tabs => {
   chrome.tabs.sendMessage(
     tabs[0].id,
-    {from: 'popup', message: 'infoFound'},
+    {from: 'popup', message: 'isInfoFound'},
     infoFound
   );
 })
 
+// //get the tab's video ID
+// var videoID = undefined;
+// chrome.tabs.query({
+//   active: true,
+//   currentWindow: true
+// }, tabs => {
+//   chrome.tabs.sendMessage(
+//     tabs[0].id,
+//     {from: 'popup', message: 'getVideoID'},
+//     setVideoID
+//   );
+// })
+
 function infoFound(request) {
   //if request is undefined, then the page currently being browsed is not YouTube
   if (request != undefined) {
@@ -42,6 +56,13 @@ function infoFound(request) {
   }
 }
 
+function setVideoID(request) {
+  //if request is undefined, then the page currently being browsed is not YouTube
+  if (request != undefined) {
+    videoID = request.videoID;
+  }
+}
+
 function sendSponsorStartMessage() {
     //the content script will get the message if a YouTube page is open
     chrome.tabs.query({
@@ -111,4 +132,10 @@ function clearTimes() {
   chrome.storage.local.set({"videoTimes": videoTimes});
 
   displayVideoTimes();
+}
+
+function submitTimes() {
+  chrome.runtime.sendMessage({
+    message: "submitTimes"
+  });
 }
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