diff --git a/res/xml/prefs.xml b/res/xml/prefs.xml
index 2022e3a..b39b361 100644
--- a/res/xml/prefs.xml
+++ b/res/xml/prefs.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 		android:key="pref_poll_switch" 
 		android:title="Server Polling" 
 		android:disableDependentsState="false" 
-		android:summary="Poll target URL every 15 minutes (Note: Polling increased power consumption, and is not supported by all phone models)"
+		android:summary="Poll target URL every 15 minutes (Note: increases power usage)"
 		></CheckBoxPreference>
 	
 </PreferenceScreen>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/kalsms/niryariv/itp/SMSReceiver.java b/src/kalsms/niryariv/itp/SMSReceiver.java
index 5394982..265155b 100644
--- a/src/kalsms/niryariv/itp/SMSReceiver.java
+++ b/src/kalsms/niryariv/itp/SMSReceiver.java
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ public class SMSReceiver extends BroadcastReceiver {
 				Log.d("KALSMS", "MSG RCVD:\"" + message + "\" from: " + sender);
 				
 				// send the message to the URL
-				String resp = url.openURL(sender, message, targetUrl).toString();
+				String resp = url.openURL(sender, message, targetUrl, false).toString();
 				Log.d("KALSMS", "RESP:\"" + resp);
 				
 				// SMS back the response
diff --git a/src/kalsms/niryariv/itp/SMSSender.java b/src/kalsms/niryariv/itp/SMSSender.java
index 004c629..96940df 100755
--- a/src/kalsms/niryariv/itp/SMSSender.java
+++ b/src/kalsms/niryariv/itp/SMSSender.java
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ public class SMSSender extends BroadcastReceiver {
 		Log.d("KALSMS", "url:\"" + targetUrl);	
 		TargetUrlRequest url = new TargetUrlRequest();
 		// send the message to the URL
-		String resp = url.openURL("","",targetUrl).toString();
+		String resp = url.openURL("","",targetUrl, true).toString();
 		
 		Log.d("KALSMS", "RESP:\"" + resp);
 		
diff --git a/src/kalsms/niryariv/itp/TargetUrlRequest.java b/src/kalsms/niryariv/itp/TargetUrlRequest.java
index ede5d55..e1e8d92 100644
--- a/src/kalsms/niryariv/itp/TargetUrlRequest.java
+++ b/src/kalsms/niryariv/itp/TargetUrlRequest.java
@@ -26,15 +26,19 @@ import android.util.Log;
 
 public class TargetUrlRequest {
 	
-	public String openURL(String sender, String message, String targetUrl) {
+	public String openURL(String sender, String message, String targetUrl, Boolean isPollRequest) {
 		
-		String url = targetUrl;
+		List<NameValuePair> qparams = new ArrayList<NameValuePair>();
+        
 		if(sender.trim().length() > 0 && message.trim().length() > 0) {
-	        List<NameValuePair> qparams = new ArrayList<NameValuePair>();
 	        qparams.add(new BasicNameValuePair("sender", sender));
-	        qparams.add(new BasicNameValuePair("msg", message));
-	        url = targetUrl + "?" + URLEncodedUtils.format(qparams, "UTF-8");
-		}
+	        qparams.add(new BasicNameValuePair("msg", message));	        
+		} else if (isPollRequest) {
+        	qparams.add(new BasicNameValuePair("poll", "true"));
+        }
+
+		String url = targetUrl + "?" + URLEncodedUtils.format(qparams, "UTF-8");
+
         try {
 	        HttpClient client = new DefaultHttpClient();  
 	        HttpGet get = new HttpGet(url);