diff --git a/Meshtastic/Helpers/BLEManager.swift b/Meshtastic/Helpers/BLEManager.swift
index b04f5cb6..b7b3a602 100644
--- a/Meshtastic/Helpers/BLEManager.swift
+++ b/Meshtastic/Helpers/BLEManager.swift
@@ -462,9 +462,9 @@ class BLEManager: NSObject, ObservableObject, CBCentralManagerDelegate, CBPeriph
 				decodedInfo = try FromRadio(serializedData: characteristic.value!)
 				
 			} catch {
-				
 				print(characteristic.value!)
 			}
+
 			switch decodedInfo.packet.decoded.portnum {
 				
 				// Handle Any local only packets we get over BLE
@@ -1280,6 +1280,55 @@ class BLEManager: NSObject, ObservableObject, CBCentralManagerDelegate, CBPeriph
 		return 0
 	}
 	
+	public func getChannel(channelIndex: UInt32, wantResponse: Bool) -> Bool {
+		
+		var adminPacket = AdminMessage()
+		adminPacket.getChannelRequest = channelIndex
+		
+		
+		var meshPacket: MeshPacket = MeshPacket()
+		meshPacket.to = UInt32(connectedPeripheral.num)
+		meshPacket.from	= 0 //UInt32(connectedPeripheral.num)
+		meshPacket.id = UInt32.random(in: UInt32(UInt8.max)..<UInt32.max)
+		meshPacket.priority =  MeshPacket.Priority.reliable
+		meshPacket.wantAck = wantResponse
+		
+		var dataMessage = DataMessage()
+		dataMessage.payload = try! adminPacket.serializedData()
+		dataMessage.portnum = PortNum.adminApp
+		dataMessage.wantResponse = true
+		
+		meshPacket.decoded = dataMessage
+
+		var toRadio: ToRadio!
+		toRadio = ToRadio()
+		toRadio.packet = meshPacket
+
+		let binaryData: Data = try! toRadio.serializedData()
+		
+		if connectedPeripheral!.peripheral.state == CBPeripheralState.connected {
+			
+			do {
+
+				try context!.save()
+				
+				if meshLoggingEnabled { MeshLogger.log("💾 Saved a Get Channel Request Admin Message for node: \(String(connectedPeripheral.num))") }
+				
+				connectedPeripheral.peripheral.writeValue(binaryData, for: TORADIO_characteristic, type: .withResponse)
+				return true
+
+			} catch {
+
+				context!.rollback()
+
+				let nsError = error as NSError
+				print("💥 Error Inserting New Core Data MessageEntity: \(nsError)")
+			}
+		}
+		
+		return false
+	}
+	
 	public func getCannedMessageModuleMessages(destNum: Int64,  wantResponse: Bool) -> Bool {
 		
 		var adminPacket = AdminMessage()
diff --git a/Meshtastic/Helpers/MeshPackets.swift b/Meshtastic/Helpers/MeshPackets.swift
index 332d1a1f..a024ad3c 100644
--- a/Meshtastic/Helpers/MeshPackets.swift
+++ b/Meshtastic/Helpers/MeshPackets.swift
@@ -1355,6 +1355,9 @@ func adminAppPacket (packet: MeshPacket, meshLogging: Bool, context: NSManagedOb
 		print(try! powerConfig.jsonUTF8Data())
 		print(powerConfig.meshSdsTimeoutSecs)
 		
+	} else if let channel = try? Channel(serializedData: packet.decoded.payload) {
+		print(try! channel.jsonUTF8Data())
+		print("channel settings:", channel.settings)
 	}
 	
 
@@ -1429,6 +1432,7 @@ func positionPacket (packet: MeshPacket, meshLogging: Bool, context: NSManagedOb
 }
 
 func routingPacket (packet: MeshPacket, meshLogging: Bool, context: NSManagedObjectContext) {
+	print("Routing packet", packet)
 	
 	if let routingMessage = try? Routing(serializedData: packet.decoded.payload) {
 		
diff --git a/Meshtastic/MeshtasticApp.swift b/Meshtastic/MeshtasticApp.swift
index e59de623..679ebb1d 100644
--- a/Meshtastic/MeshtasticApp.swift
+++ b/Meshtastic/MeshtasticApp.swift
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ struct MeshtasticAppleApp: App {
 	@ObservedObject private var userSettings: UserSettings = UserSettings()
 
 	@State var saveQR = false
-	@State private var channelUrl: URL?
+	@State var channelUrl: URL?
 	
 	@Environment(\.scenePhase) var scenePhase
 
@@ -26,20 +26,28 @@ struct MeshtasticAppleApp: App {
 			.onContinueUserActivity(NSUserActivityTypeBrowsingWeb) { userActivity in
 
 				print("QR Code URL received from the Camera \(userActivity)")
-				guard let channelUrl = userActivity.webpageURL else {
-				  return
+				channelUrl = userActivity.webpageURL
+				if channelUrl!.absoluteString.lowercased().contains("https://meshtastic.org/e/#") {
+					saveQR = true
 				}
-
-				print("User wants to open URL: \(channelUrl)")
-				saveQR = true
+				
+				print("User wants to open URL: \(channelUrl?.relativeString)")
 
 			}
 			.sheet(isPresented: $saveQR) {
 				
-				SaveChannelQRCode(channelHash: channelUrl)
+				SaveChannelQRCode(channelHash: channelUrl?.absoluteString ?? "Empty Channel URL")
 			}
 			.onOpenURL(perform: { (url) in
 				
+				print("QR Code URL received from the Camera \(url)")
+				channelUrl = url
+				print("User wants to open URL: \(channelUrl?.absoluteString ?? "No QR Code Link")")
+				
+				if url.absoluteString.lowercased().contains("https://meshtastic.org/e/#") {
+					saveQR = true
+				}
+
 				//we are expecting a .mbtiles map file that contains raster data
 				//save it to the documents directory, and name it offline_map.mbtiles
 				let fileManager = FileManager.default
diff --git a/Meshtastic/Views/Settings/SaveChannelQRCode.swift b/Meshtastic/Views/Settings/SaveChannelQRCode.swift
index 650a0e9d..4024f861 100644
--- a/Meshtastic/Views/Settings/SaveChannelQRCode.swift
+++ b/Meshtastic/Views/Settings/SaveChannelQRCode.swift
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import SwiftUI
 
 struct SaveChannelQRCode: View {
 	
-	var channelHash: URL?
+	var channelHash: String
 
 	var body: some View {
 		
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ struct SaveChannelQRCode: View {
 				.font(.callout)
 				.padding()
 
-			Text(String(channelHash?.path ?? "URL did not pass through properly"))
+			Text(channelHash)
 				.font(.title2)
 				.padding()
 			
diff --git a/Meshtastic/Views/Settings/ShareChannel.swift b/Meshtastic/Views/Settings/ShareChannel.swift
index d2eb08e0..36a85f2e 100644
--- a/Meshtastic/Views/Settings/ShareChannel.swift
+++ b/Meshtastic/Views/Settings/ShareChannel.swift
@@ -87,6 +87,13 @@ struct ShareChannel: View {
 			.onAppear {
 
 				self.bleManager.context = context
+				let i: UInt32 = 1;
+//				while i < 9 { // this should actually loop over MyNodeInfo.maxChannels to get all channels
+					print("requesting channel",i)
+					let resp = self.bleManager.getChannel(channelIndex: i, wantResponse: true)
+					print("resp from getChannel", resp)
+//					i+=1;
+//				}
 			}
 			
 		}