diff --git a/front/php/server/util.php b/front/php/server/util.php
index 466352ec..4b6d9daf 100755
--- a/front/php/server/util.php
+++ b/front/php/server/util.php
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ function cleanLog($logFile)
 
   $path = "";
 
-  $allowedFiles = ['pialert.log', 'pialert_front.log', 'IP_changes.log', 'stdout.log', 'stderr.log', "pialert_pholus_lastrun.log"];
+  $allowedFiles = ['pialert.log', 'pialert_front.log', 'IP_changes.log', 'stdout.log', 'stderr.log', "pialert_pholus_lastrun.log", 'pialert.php_errors.log'];
   
   if(in_array($logFile, $allowedFiles))
   {
@@ -365,10 +365,39 @@ function encode_single_quotes ($val) {
 // -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 function getDateFromPeriod () {
-  $period = $_REQUEST['period'];    
-  return '"'. date ('Y-m-d', strtotime ('+2 day -'. $period) ) .'"';
+
+  $periodDate = $_REQUEST['period'];
+
+  $periodDateSQL = "";
+  $days = "";
+
+  switch ($periodDate) {
+    case '7 days':
+      $days = "7";
+      break;
+    case '1 month':
+      $days = "30";
+      break;
+    case '1 year':
+      $days = "365";
+      break;
+    case '100 years':
+      $days = "3650"; //10 years
+      break;
+    default:
+    $days = "1";    
+  }  
+
+  $periodDateSQL = "-".$days." day"; 
+
+  return " date('now', '".$periodDateSQL."') ";
+ 
+  // $period = $_REQUEST['period'];    
+  // return '"'. date ('Y-m-d', strtotime ('+2 day -'. $period) ) .'"';
 }
 
+
+
 // -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 function quotes ($text) {
   return str_replace ('"','""',$text);
diff --git a/front/php/templates/language/en_us.json b/front/php/templates/language/en_us.json
index e5f0bca8..b556ce54 100755
--- a/front/php/templates/language/en_us.json
+++ b/front/php/templates/language/en_us.json
@@ -492,7 +492,7 @@
         "WEBHOOK_REQUEST_METHOD_name" : "Request method",
         "WEBHOOK_REQUEST_METHOD_description" : "The HTTP request method to be used for the webhook call.",
         "WEBHOOK_SIZE_name" : "Max payload size",
-        "WEBHOOK_SIZE_description" : "The maximum size of the webhook payload as number of characters in the passed string. If above limit, it will be truncated and a <code>(text was truncated)</code> message is appended.",
+        "WEBHOOK_SIZE_description" : "The maximum size of the webhook payload as number of characters in the passed string. If above limit, it will be truncated and a <code>(text was truncated)</code> message is appended.",        
         "Apprise_display_name" : "Apprise",
         "Apprise_icon" : "<i class=\"fa fa-bullhorn\"></i>",
         "REPORT_APPRISE_name" : "Enable Apprise",
@@ -501,6 +501,8 @@
         "APPRISE_HOST_description" : "Apprise host URL starting with <code>http://</code> or <code>https://</code>. (don not forget to include <code>/notify</code> at the end)",
         "APPRISE_URL_name" : "Apprise notification URL",
         "APPRISE_URL_description" : "Apprise notification target URL. For example for Telegram it would be <code>tgram://{bot_token}/{chat_id}</code>.",
+        "APPRISE_SIZE_name" : "Max payload size",
+        "APPRISE_SIZE_description" : "The maximum size of the apprise payload as number of characters in the passed string. If above limit, it will be truncated and a <code>(text was truncated)</code> message is appended.",
         "NTFY_display_name" : "NTFY",
         "NTFY_icon" : "<i class=\"fa fa-terminal\"></i>",
         "REPORT_NTFY_name" : "Enable NTFY",
diff --git a/front/plugins/plugin_helper.py b/front/plugins/plugin_helper.py
index 7072d4f7..0643391c 100755
--- a/front/plugins/plugin_helper.py
+++ b/front/plugins/plugin_helper.py
@@ -14,7 +14,9 @@ def read_config_file():
 
     print('[plugin_helper] reading config file')
     # load the variables from  pialert.conf
-    code = compile(filename.read_text(), filename.name, "exec")
+    with open(filename, "r") as file:
+        code = compile(file.read(), filename, "exec")
+
     confDict = {} # config dictionary
     exec(code, {"__builtins__": {}}, confDict)
     return confDict 
diff --git a/pialert/initialise.py b/pialert/initialise.py
index a0d4eaee..38991ed3 100755
--- a/pialert/initialise.py
+++ b/pialert/initialise.py
@@ -124,6 +124,7 @@ def importConfigs (db):
     conf.APPRISE_HOST = ccd('APPRISE_HOST', '' , c_d, 'Apprise host URL', 'text', '', 'Apprise')
     conf.APPRISE_URL = ccd('APPRISE_URL', '' , c_d, 'Apprise notification URL', 'text', '', 'Apprise')
     conf.APPRISE_PAYLOAD = ccd('APPRISE_PAYLOAD', 'html' , c_d, 'Payload type', 'text.select', "['html', 'text']", 'Apprise')
+    conf.APPRISE_SIZE = ccd('APPRISE_SIZE', 1024 , c_d, 'Payload size', 'integer', '', 'Apprise')
 
     # NTFY
     conf.REPORT_NTFY = ccd('REPORT_NTFY', False , c_d, 'Enable NTFY', 'boolean', '', 'NTFY', ['test'])
diff --git a/pialert/plugin.py b/pialert/plugin.py
index 5b9b4280..e50042dd 100755
--- a/pialert/plugin.py
+++ b/pialert/plugin.py
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ class plugins_state:
 def run_plugin_scripts(db, runType, pluginsState = None):
 
     if pluginsState == None:
+        mylog('debug', ['[Plugins] pluginsState initialized '])
         pluginsState = plugins_state()
 
     # Header
@@ -615,8 +616,6 @@ def process_plugin_events(db, plugin, pluginsState):
 
     db.commitDB()
 
-
-
     return pluginsState
 
 
diff --git a/pialert/publishers/apprise.py b/pialert/publishers/apprise.py
index b497147b..148e9036 100755
--- a/pialert/publishers/apprise.py
+++ b/pialert/publishers/apprise.py
@@ -18,34 +18,45 @@ def send(msg: noti_struc):
     html = msg.html
     text = msg.text
 
-    # Define Apprise compatible payload (https://github.com/caronc/apprise-api#stateless-solution)
-    payload = html
+    payloadData = ''
 
-    if conf.APPRISE_PAYLOAD == 'text':
-        payload = text
+    # limit = 1024 * 1024  # 1MB limit (1024 bytes * 1024 bytes = 1MB)
+    limit = conf.APPRISE_SIZE
+
+    #  truncate size
+    if conf.APPRISE_PAYLOAD == 'html':                 
+        if len(msg.html) > limit:
+            payloadData = msg.html[:limit] + " <h1> (text was truncated)</h1>"
+        else:
+            payloadData = msg.html
+    if conf.APPRISE_PAYLOAD == 'text':            
+        if len(msg.text) > limit:
+            payloadData = msg.text[:limit] + " (text was truncated)"
+        else:
+            payloadData = msg.text
+
+    # Define Apprise compatible payload (https://github.com/caronc/apprise-api#stateless-solution)
+    # payload = html
+
+    # if conf.APPRISE_PAYLOAD == 'text':
+    #     payload = text
 
     _json_payload = {
         "urls": conf.APPRISE_URL,
         "title": "Pi.Alert Notifications",
         "format": conf.APPRISE_PAYLOAD,
-        "body": payload
+        "body": payloadData
     }
 
     try:
-        # Construct the curl command with input from the JSON payload
-        curl_command = [
-            "curl", "-i", "-X", "POST", "-H", "Content-Type:application/json",
-            conf.APPRISE_HOST
-        ]
-
-        # Run the curl command with the JSON payload as input
-        completed_process = subprocess.run(
-            curl_command, input=json.dumps(_json_payload),
-            stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.STDOUT, text=True
-        )
+        # try runnning a subprocess
+        p = subprocess.Popen(["curl","-i","-X", "POST" ,"-H", "Content-Type:application/json" ,"-d", json.dumps(_json_payload), conf.APPRISE_HOST], stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.STDOUT)
+        stdout, stderr = p.communicate()
+        # write stdout and stderr into .log files for debugging if needed
+        logResult (stdout, stderr)      # TO-DO should be changed to mylog
 
         # Log the stdout and stderr
-        logResult(completed_process.stdout, completed_process.stderr)  # TO-DO should be changed to mylog
+        mylog('debug', [stdout, stderr])  # TO-DO should be changed to mylog
     except subprocess.CalledProcessError as e:
         # An error occurred, handle it
         mylog('none', [e.output])
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