diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 89e509d..bb1c7b4 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -152,4 +152,8 @@ cython_debug/
 #.idea/
 
 # VSCode
-.vscode/
\ No newline at end of file
+.vscode/
+
+# misc
+OpenHaystack.app/
+extract.txt
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/OpenHaystack.zip b/OpenHaystack.zip
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bea4404
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diff --git a/main.py b/main.py
index 7341d87..40f12c5 100644
--- a/main.py
+++ b/main.py
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-import requests
-import json
+import requests, json, subprocess, re
 import paho.mqtt.client as mqtt
 
 def OpenHayStackLocation():
@@ -12,19 +11,31 @@ def on_connect(client, userdata, flags, rc):
 
 def on_message(client, userdata, msg):
     if msg.topic == "/data":
+        loc_lat, loc_lon = None, None
+        try:
+            subprocess.run("./OpenHaystack.app/Contents/MacOS/OpenHaystack > extract.txt", capture_outout=True, shell=True, timeout=5)
+        except Exception as e:
+            pass
+        with open("extract.txt", "r") as output:
+            lines = output.readlines()
+        for line in reversed(lines):
+            if "FindMyLocationReport" in line:
+                loc_lat = re.findall("latitude: (-?[0-9]*\.[0-9]*)", line)[0]
+                loc_lon = re.findall("longitude: (-?[0-9]*\.[0-9]*)", line)[0]
+                break
+        subprocess.run("pkill OpenHaystack", shell=True)
         data = json.loads(msg.payload)
         firebase_url = "https://leg-barkr.nw.r.appspot.com/readings/save"
         firebase_headers = {
             "Content-Type": "application/json",
             "Device-ID": data["devID"]
         }
-        loc_lat, loc_lon = OpenHayStackLocation()
         firebase_data = {
             "air_temp": data["air_temp"],
             "cumulative_steps_today": data["day_steps"],
             "humidity": data["hum_perc"],
-            "latitude": loc_lat,
-            "longitude": loc_lon,
+            "latitude": float(loc_lat),
+            "longitude": float(loc_lon),
             "skin_temp": data['pet_temp']
         }
         r = requests.post(url = firebase_url, json = firebase_data, params = None, headers = firebase_headers) # add any other necessary values in request