diff --git a/frontend-next/src/app/app/page.js b/frontend-next/src/app/app/page.js
index b45788a..b35b67d 100644
--- a/frontend-next/src/app/app/page.js
+++ b/frontend-next/src/app/app/page.js
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ function Home() {
         onValue(ref(database, `users/${authUser.uid}`), (userData) => {
             userData = userData.val();
             if (userData) {
-                setUser(userData);
+                setUser({...userData});
             } else {
                 window.location.href = "/onboarding";
             }
diff --git a/frontend-next/src/app/chat/page.js b/frontend-next/src/app/chat/page.js
index 3fed1f1..37a37d6 100644
--- a/frontend-next/src/app/chat/page.js
+++ b/frontend-next/src/app/chat/page.js
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import { useState, useEffect } from "react";
 
 // Firebase Imports
 import { auth, database } from "../../../firebase-config";
-import { ref, onValue, set, onDisconnect  } from "firebase/database";
+import { ref, onValue, set, onDisconnect, get, onChildAdded, onChildRemoved  } from "firebase/database";
 import { useAuthState } from "react-firebase-hooks/auth"
 
 // Component Imports
@@ -90,13 +90,16 @@ function Chat() {
           uid: user.uid,
         })*/
 
-        onValue(ref(database, `/rooms/${path}`), (roomData) => {
+        // Room Object Load
+        get(ref(database, `/rooms/${path}`)).then((roomData) => {
             roomData = roomData.val();
             setChatRoomObj(roomData)
             if (!doneLoading) {
                 setDoneLoading(true)
             }
         })
+
+        
     }
   }, [user]);
 
diff --git a/frontend-next/src/app/dm/page.js b/frontend-next/src/app/dm/page.js
index b46a1fb..815da34 100644
--- a/frontend-next/src/app/dm/page.js
+++ b/frontend-next/src/app/dm/page.js
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import { useState, useEffect } from "react";
 
 // Firebase Imports
 import { auth, database } from "../../../firebase-config";
-import { ref, onValue, set, onDisconnect  } from "firebase/database";
+import { ref, onValue, set, onDisconnect, get, onChildAdded, onChildRemoved} from "firebase/database";
 import { useAuthState } from "react-firebase-hooks/auth"
 
 // Component Imports
@@ -94,12 +94,13 @@ function Chat() {
           uid: user.uid,
         })*/
 
-        onValue(ref(database, `/dms/${path}`), (roomData) => {
-            roomData = roomData.val();
-            setChatRoomObj(roomData)
-            if (!doneLoading) {
-                setDoneLoading(true)
-            }
+        // Room Object Load
+        get(ref(database, `/dms/${path}`)).then((roomData) => {
+          roomData = roomData.val();
+          setChatRoomObj(roomData)
+          if (!doneLoading) {
+              setDoneLoading(true)
+          }
         })
     }
   }, [user]);
diff --git a/frontend-next/src/components/app/friends/page.js b/frontend-next/src/components/app/friends/page.js
index 2d6e84b..3d953c7 100644
--- a/frontend-next/src/components/app/friends/page.js
+++ b/frontend-next/src/components/app/friends/page.js
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 import { Form, useForm } from "react-hook-form";
 
 // Firebase Imports
-import { ref, set } from "firebase/database";
+import { ref, set, onChildAdded, onChildRemoved } from "firebase/database";
 import { database } from "../../../../firebase-config";
 
 // Component Imports
@@ -11,6 +11,11 @@ import { Chat, SystemMessage } from "../datatypes";
 // Icons
 import SendIcon from '@mui/icons-material/Send';
 
+// Notification
+import { createNotification } from "../notifications/notifications";
+
+import { useEffect, useState } from "react";
+
 /**
  * Chat Room Component
  * @prop {JSON} roomObj - Room Object
@@ -18,31 +23,61 @@ import SendIcon from '@mui/icons-material/Send';
  * @returns {Object} - Chat Room Component
  */
 export function DMRoom({ roomObj, user }) {
+  const [chatRoomObj, setChatRoomObj] = useState(roomObj);
+  const [chats, setChats] = useState(null);
   var { register, control, reset, handleSubmit } = useForm();
 
-  // Message updater
-  var chatsArr = [];
-  var messages = roomObj.chats;
-  for (var message in messages) {
-    if (messages[message].isSystem) {
-      chatsArr.push(
-        <SystemMessage
-          chatObj={messages[message]}
-          key={messages[message].timestamp}
-        />
-      );
-    } else {
-      chatsArr.push(
-        <Chat
-          chatObj={messages[message]}
-          user={user}
-          path={"/dms/" + roomObj.room}
-          key={messages[message].timestamp}
-        />
-      );
+  // Listeners for DMs
+  useEffect(() => {
+    var path = roomObj.UIDs[0] < roomObj.UIDs[1] ? roomObj.UIDs[0] + "-" + roomObj.UIDs[1] : roomObj.UIDs[1] + "-" + roomObj.UIDs[0];
+    onChildAdded(ref(database, `/dms/${path}/chats`), (newDM) => {
+      if (chatRoomObj) {
+        var newDMRoomObj = chatRoomObj
+        if (newDMRoomObj) {
+          if (!newDMRoomObj.chats) {
+            newDMRoomObj.chats = {}
+          }
+          newDMRoomObj.chats[newDM.key] = newDM.val()
+          setChatRoomObj({...newDMRoomObj})
+        }
+      }
+
+    });
+    onChildRemoved(ref(database, `/dms/${path}/chats`), (removed) => {
+      if (chatRoomObj) {
+        var newDMRoomObj = chatRoomObj
+        var deleted = removed.val()
+        delete newDMRoomObj.chats[`${deleted.timestamp}-${deleted.user}`]
+        setChatRoomObj({...newDMRoomObj})
+      }
+    });
+  }, [])
+  
+  useEffect(() => {
+    // Message updater
+    var chatsArr = [];
+    var messages = chatRoomObj.chats;
+    for (var message in messages) {
+      if (messages[message].isSystem) {
+        chatsArr.push(
+          <SystemMessage
+            chatObj={messages[message]}
+            key={messages[message].timestamp}
+          />
+        );
+      } else {
+        chatsArr.push(
+          <Chat
+            chatObj={messages[message]}
+            user={user}
+            path={"/dms/" + chatRoomObj.room}
+            key={messages[message].timestamp}
+          />
+        );
+      }
     }
-  }
-  var chats = chatsArr.reverse();
+    setChats(chatsArr.reverse())
+  }, [chatRoomObj])
 
   /**
    * Send Message in Chatroom
@@ -50,6 +85,21 @@ export function DMRoom({ roomObj, user }) {
    * @returns {void}
    */
   function sendMessage(data) {
+    // Other UID
+    var otherUID = chatRoomObj.initUID == user.uid ? chatRoomObj.targetUID : chatRoomObj.initUID;
+    // Send other user notification if not in room
+    if (chatRoomObj.users && chatRoomObj.users.online) {
+      if (!(otherUID in chatRoomObj.users.online)) {
+        createNotification(
+          "New Message",
+          `${user.username} sent you a message.`,
+          "dm",
+          user.uid,
+          otherUID
+        );
+      }
+    }
+
     var messageFilterBypass = [undefined, null, "", " ", ' ', '\'']
     reset();
     if (!messageFilterBypass.includes(data.message)) {
@@ -63,7 +113,7 @@ export function DMRoom({ roomObj, user }) {
       set(
         ref(
           database,
-          `/dms/${roomObj.room}/chats/${new Date().getTime()}-${user.username}`
+          `/dms/${chatRoomObj.room}/chats/${new Date().getTime()}-${user.username}`
         ),
         payload
       );
diff --git a/frontend-next/src/components/app/header.js b/frontend-next/src/components/app/header.js
index 467f89d..42d82eb 100644
--- a/frontend-next/src/components/app/header.js
+++ b/frontend-next/src/components/app/header.js
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import CloseIcon from '@mui/icons-material/Close';
  */
 function closeChat(chatRoomObj, user) {
   remove(ref(database, `/rooms/${chatRoomObj.path}/${chatRoomObj.name}-${chatRoomObj.timestamp}/users/online/${user.uid}`))
+
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/frontend-next/src/components/app/notifications/notifications.js b/frontend-next/src/components/app/notifications/notifications.js
index b6dc474..9294ea9 100644
--- a/frontend-next/src/components/app/notifications/notifications.js
+++ b/frontend-next/src/components/app/notifications/notifications.js
@@ -17,28 +17,38 @@ import { ref, set, remove } from "firebase/database";
  * @returns {Notification} - Notification Component
  */
 function Notification({data}) {
+    /**
+     * Removes Notification
+     * @returns {void}
+     */
+    function removeNotification() {
+        remove(ref(database, `/users/${data.ruser}/notifications/${data.suser}-${data.action}`))
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Determines Action
+     */
+    function onClick() {
+        if (data.action === "dm") {
+            var order = data.suser > data.ruser ? data.ruser + "-" + data.suser : data.suser + "-" + data.ruser;
+            window.location.href = "/dm?dm=" + order;
+            removeNotification()
+        }
+    }
+
     return (
-        <div className="hover:bg-[#C0C0C0] rounded-lg">
+        <div className="hover:bg-[#C0C0C0] rounded-lg cursor-pointer" >
             <div className="float-right top-0 cursor-pointer p-2 text-[24px] text-slate-500">
-                <div onClick={() => {removeNotification(data.id)}}><CloseIcon/></div>
+                <div onClick={() => {removeNotification()}}><CloseIcon/></div>
             </div>
-            <div className="p-3 text-left">
-                {data.title}<br/>
+            <div className="p-3 text-left" onClick={() => {onClick()}}>
+                <span className="font-bold">{data.title}</span><br/>
                 {data.byline}<br/>
             </div>
         </div>
     )
 }
 
-/**
- * Removes Notification
- * @param {String} ruser - Receiving user UID (User Whose Notifications are being removed)
- * @param {String} dataID - Notification ID
- * @returns {void}
- */
-function removeNotification(ruser, dataID) {
-    remove(ref(database, `/user/${ruser}/notifications/${dataID}`))
-}
 
 /**
 * Creates New Notification
@@ -49,16 +59,18 @@ function removeNotification(ruser, dataID) {
 * @param {String} ruser - Receiving user UID
 * @returns {void}
 */
-function createNotification(title, byline, action, suser, ruser) {
+export function createNotification(title, byline, action, suser, ruser) {
     var timestamp = new Date().getTime();
     var payload = {
         title: title,
         byline: byline,
         action: action,
         suser: suser,
-        ruser: ruser
+        ruser: ruser,
+        id: suser + "-" + action,
+        timestamp: timestamp
     };
-    set(ref(database, `/user/${ruser}/notifications/${timestamp}-${suser}`), payload);
+    set(ref(database, `/users/${ruser}/notifications/${suser}-${action}`), payload);
 }
 
 /**
@@ -69,14 +81,13 @@ function createNotification(title, byline, action, suser, ruser) {
  */
 export function NotificationPanel({user}) {
     var notificationsMap = []
-    if (user.notification) {
-        for (var notificationPackage in user.notification) {
-            notificationsMap.push(<Notification data={user.notification[notificationPackage]}/>)
+        if (user.notifications) {
+            for (var notificationPackage in user.notifications) {
+                notificationsMap.push(<Notification data={user.notifications[notificationPackage]}/>)
+            }
+        } else {
+            notificationsMap = null
         }
-        var isNotifications = true
-    } else {
-        var isNotifications = false
-    }
 
     return (
         <Popover className="relative">
@@ -88,8 +99,8 @@ export function NotificationPanel({user}) {
 
           <Popover.Panel className="absolute z-10 bg-white mt-[4px] rounded-xl ml-3 shadow-2xl w-64 md:right-[0px] max-md:right-[-300%]">
             <div className="grid grid-cols-1">
-              {isNotifications && notificationsMap}
-              {!isNotifications && 
+              {notificationsMap}
+              {!notificationsMap && 
                 <div className="h-[64px] flex flex-col justify-center items-center">
                     <NotificationsPausedIcon/> All caught up!
                 </div>
diff --git a/frontend-next/src/components/app/page/chat.js b/frontend-next/src/components/app/page/chat.js
index 4df9604..11ab617 100644
--- a/frontend-next/src/components/app/page/chat.js
+++ b/frontend-next/src/components/app/page/chat.js
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 import { Form, useForm } from "react-hook-form";
 
 // Firebase Imports
-import { ref, set } from "firebase/database";
+import { ref, set, onChildAdded, onChildRemoved } from "firebase/database";
 import { database } from "../../../../firebase-config";
 
 // Component Imports
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import { Chat, SystemMessage } from "../datatypes";
 
 // Icons
 import SendIcon from '@mui/icons-material/Send';
+import { useState,useEffect } from "react";
 
 /**
  * Chat Room Component
@@ -18,32 +19,60 @@ import SendIcon from '@mui/icons-material/Send';
  * @returns {Object} - Chat Room Component
  */
 export function ChatRoom({ roomObj, user }) {
+  const [chatRoomObj, setChatRoomObj] = useState(roomObj);
+  const [chats, setChats] = useState(null);
   var { register, control, reset, handleSubmit } = useForm();
+             
+  // Listeners for Chats
+  useEffect(() => {
+    var path = chatRoomObj.path + "/" + chatRoomObj.name + "-" + chatRoomObj.timestamp;
+    onChildAdded(ref(database, `/rooms/${path}/chats`), (newChat) => {
+      var newChatRoomObj = chatRoomObj
+      if (newChatRoomObj) {
+        if (!newChatRoomObj.chats) {
+          newChatRoomObj.chats = {}
+        }
+        newChatRoomObj.chats[newChat.key] = newChat.val()
+        setChatRoomObj({...newChatRoomObj})
+      }
 
-  // Message updater
-  var chatsArr = [];
-  var messages = roomObj.chats;
-  for (var message in messages) {
-    if (messages[message].isSystem) {
-      chatsArr.push(
-        <SystemMessage
-          chatObj={messages[message]}
-          key={messages[message].timestamp}
-        />
-      );
-    } else {
-      chatsArr.push(
-        <Chat
-          chatObj={messages[message]}
-          user={user}
-          path={"/rooms/" +roomObj.path + "/" + roomObj.name + "-" + roomObj.timestamp}
-          key={messages[message].timestamp}
-        />
-      );
+    });
+    onChildRemoved(ref(database, `/rooms/${path}/chats`), (removed) => {
+      if (chatRoomObj) {
+        var newChatRoomObj = chatRoomObj
+        var deleted = removed.val()
+        delete newChatRoomObj.chats[`${deleted.timestamp}-${deleted.user}`]
+        setChatRoomObj({...newChatRoomObj})
+      }
+    });
+  }, [])
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    // Message updater
+    var chatsArr = [];
+    var messages = chatRoomObj.chats;
+    for (var message in messages) {
+      if (messages[message].isSystem) {
+        chatsArr.push(
+          <SystemMessage
+            chatObj={messages[message]}
+            key={messages[message].timestamp}
+          />
+        );
+      } else {
+        chatsArr.push(
+          <Chat
+            chatObj={messages[message]}
+            user={user}
+            path={"/rooms/" + chatRoomObj.path + "/" + chatRoomObj.name + "-" + chatRoomObj.timestamp}
+            key={messages[message].timestamp}
+          />
+        );
+      }
     }
-  }
-  var chats = chatsArr.reverse();
-
+    setChats(chatsArr.reverse())
+  }, [chatRoomObj])
+  
   /**
    * Send Message in Chatroom
    * @param {JSON} data - Message data to send (from form)
@@ -63,9 +92,7 @@ export function ChatRoom({ roomObj, user }) {
       set(
         ref(
           database,
-          `/rooms/${
-            roomObj.path + "/" + roomObj.name + "-" + roomObj.timestamp
-          }/chats/${new Date().getTime()}-${user.username}`
+          `/rooms/${chatRoomObj.path + "/" + chatRoomObj.name + "-" + chatRoomObj.timestamp}/chats/${new Date().getTime()}-${user.username}`
         ),
         payload
       );
diff --git a/frontend-next/src/components/app/sidebar/dm.js b/frontend-next/src/components/app/sidebar/dm.js
index 33deaec..09b98c6 100644
--- a/frontend-next/src/components/app/sidebar/dm.js
+++ b/frontend-next/src/components/app/sidebar/dm.js
@@ -1,23 +1,23 @@
 import { Member } from "../datatypes"
 
 import { database } from "../../../../firebase-config"
-import {ref, get, set} from "firebase/database"
+import {ref, get, onValue} from "firebase/database"
 
 import { useState, useEffect } from "react"
 
 export function Sidebar({user, chatRoomObj}) {
-    const [profileData, setProfileData] = useState(null)
-    // Active users list
-    if (
-      chatRoomObj.hasOwnProperty("users") &&
-      chatRoomObj.users.hasOwnProperty("online")
-    ) {
-      var activeUsers = [];
-      var activeUsersJSON = chatRoomObj.users.online;
+  const [profileData, setProfileData] = useState(null)
+  const [chatroomOnline, setChatroomOnline] = useState(null)
+  
+  var path = chatRoomObj.UIDs[0] < chatRoomObj.UIDs[1] ? chatRoomObj.UIDs[0] + "-" + chatRoomObj.UIDs[1] : chatRoomObj.UIDs[1] + "-" + chatRoomObj.UIDs[0];
+  var activeUsers = []
+  onValue(ref(database, `/dms/${path}/users/online`), (snapshot) => {
+    if (snapshot.exists()) {
+      var activeUsersJSON = snapshot.val();
       for (var activeUser in activeUsersJSON)
-        activeUsers.push(<Member memberObj={activeUsersJSON[activeUser]} />);
-      var chatroomOnline = activeUsers
+        activeUsers.push(<Member memberObj={activeUsersJSON[activeUser]} key={activeUser} />);
     }
+  })
 
     useEffect(() => {
         if (user) {
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ export function Sidebar({user, chatRoomObj}) {
                 </div>
                 <div className="bg-white rounded-lg m-2 shadow-2xl">
                 <div>In The Chat</div>
-                {chatroomOnline}
+                {activeUsers}
                 </div>
             </div>
           </div>