diff --git a/app/build.gradle b/app/build.gradle
index 3cb8ae0..8e23399 100644
--- a/app/build.gradle
+++ b/app/build.gradle
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ plugins {
 }
 
 android {
+    namespace 'com.cyb3rko.techniklogger'
     signingConfigs {
         signingconf {
             Properties properties = new Properties()
@@ -18,12 +19,12 @@ android {
             keyPassword properties.getProperty("signing.key.password")
         }
     }
-    compileSdk 33
+    compileSdk 34
 
     defaultConfig {
         applicationId "com.cyb3rko.techniklogger"
         minSdk 19
-        targetSdk 33
+        targetSdk 34
         versionCode 17
         versionName "2.2.3"
     }
@@ -43,11 +44,11 @@ android {
         }
     }
     compileOptions {
-        sourceCompatibility JavaVersion.VERSION_11
-        targetCompatibility JavaVersion.VERSION_11
+        sourceCompatibility JavaVersion.VERSION_17
+        targetCompatibility JavaVersion.VERSION_17
     }
     kotlinOptions {
-        jvmTarget = '11'
+        jvmTarget = '17'
     }
     buildFeatures {
         viewBinding true
@@ -58,17 +59,17 @@ dependencies {
     implementation platform('com.google.firebase:firebase-bom:31.4.0')
     implementation 'androidx.appcompat:appcompat:1.6.1'
     implementation 'androidx.cardview:cardview:1.0.0'
-    implementation 'androidx.core:core-ktx:1.9.0'
-    implementation 'androidx.navigation:navigation-fragment-ktx:2.5.3'
-    implementation 'androidx.navigation:navigation-ui-ktx:2.5.3'
-    implementation 'androidx.recyclerview:recyclerview:1.3.0'
+    implementation 'androidx.core:core-ktx:1.12.0'
+    implementation "androidx.navigation:navigation-fragment-ktx:$navigation_version"
+    implementation "androidx.navigation:navigation-ui-ktx:$navigation_version"
+    implementation 'androidx.recyclerview:recyclerview:1.3.1'
     implementation 'androidx.swiperefreshlayout:swiperefreshlayout:1.1.0'
     implementation 'com.afollestad.material-dialogs:bottomsheets:3.3.0'
     implementation 'com.airbnb.android:lottie:5.2.0'
     implementation 'com.amitshekhar.android:android-networking:1.0.2'
     implementation 'com.github.GrenderG:Toasty:1.5.2'
     implementation 'com.github.parse-community.Parse-SDK-Android:parse:1.26.0'
-    implementation 'com.google.android.material:material:1.8.0'
+    implementation 'com.google.android.material:material:1.10.0'
     implementation 'com.google.firebase:firebase-analytics-ktx' // BOM versioning
     implementation 'com.google.firebase:firebase-crashlytics-ktx' // BOM versioning
     implementation 'com.itextpdf:itextpdf:5.5.13.3'
diff --git a/app/proguard-rules.pro b/app/proguard-rules.pro
index 5363c1d..06d0bff 100644
--- a/app/proguard-rules.pro
+++ b/app/proguard-rules.pro
@@ -20,5 +20,5 @@
 # hide the original source file name.
 #-renamesourcefileattribute SourceFile
 
--keep class com.cyb3rko.techniklogger.* { *; }
--keep class com.cyb3rko.techniklogger.** { *; }
\ No newline at end of file
+-keep class com.cyb3rko.techniklogger.** { *; }
+-keep class com.parse.** { <init>(...); }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml b/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
index 7baae2c..dc2725e 100644
--- a/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
+++ b/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
-    xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
-    package="com.cyb3rko.techniklogger">
+    xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools">
 
     <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET" />
     <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE"
diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 42ddc87..48f7473 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -5,17 +5,17 @@ buildscript {
         navigation_version = '2.5.3'
     }
     dependencies {
-        classpath 'com.google.firebase:firebase-crashlytics-gradle:2.9.4'
-        classpath 'com.google.gms:google-services:4.3.15'
+        classpath 'com.google.firebase:firebase-crashlytics-gradle:2.9.9'
+        classpath 'com.google.gms:google-services:4.4.0'
         classpath "androidx.navigation:navigation-safe-args-gradle-plugin:$navigation_version"
     }
 }
 
 plugins {
-    id 'com.android.application' version '7.4.2' apply false
+    id 'com.android.application' version '8.1.2' apply false
     id 'org.jetbrains.kotlin.android' version "$kotlin_version" apply false
 }
 
-task clean(type: Delete) {
+tasks.register('clean', Delete) {
     delete rootProject.buildDir
 }
diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
index a3b99f1..04b9497 100644
--- a/gradle.properties
+++ b/gradle.properties
@@ -22,4 +22,6 @@ android.enableJetifier=true
 # Enables namespacing of each library's R class so that its R class includes only the
 # resources declared in the library itself and none from the library's dependencies,
 # thereby reducing the size of the R class for that library
-android.nonTransitiveRClass=true
\ No newline at end of file
+android.nonTransitiveRClass=true
+android.defaults.buildfeatures.buildconfig=true
+android.nonFinalResIds=true
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar
index 943f0cb..7f93135 100644
Binary files a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar and b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar differ
diff --git a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
index 92f85d9..46671ac 100644
--- a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
+++ b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 distributionPath=wrapper/dists
-distrubutionSha256Sum=6147605a23b4eff6c334927a86ff3508cb5d6722cd624c97ded4c2e8640f1f87
-distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-7.6.1-bin.zip
+distributionSha256Sum=3e1af3ae886920c3ac87f7a91f816c0c7c436f276a6eefdb3da152100fef72ae
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-8.4-bin.zip
 networkTimeout=10000
+validateDistributionUrl=true
 zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
-zipStorePath=wrapper/dists
\ No newline at end of file
+zipStorePath=wrapper/dists
diff --git a/gradlew b/gradlew
index 65dcd68..1aa94a4 100644
--- a/gradlew
+++ b/gradlew
@@ -83,10 +83,8 @@ done
 # This is normally unused
 # shellcheck disable=SC2034
 APP_BASE_NAME=${0##*/}
-APP_HOME=$( cd "${APP_HOME:-./}" && pwd -P ) || exit
-
-# Add default JVM options here. You can also use JAVA_OPTS and GRADLE_OPTS to pass JVM options to this script.
-DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS='"-Xmx64m" "-Xms64m"'
+# Discard cd standard output in case $CDPATH is set (https://github.com/gradle/gradle/issues/25036)
+APP_HOME=$( cd "${APP_HOME:-./}" > /dev/null && pwd -P ) || exit
 
 # Use the maximum available, or set MAX_FD != -1 to use that value.
 MAX_FD=maximum
@@ -133,10 +131,13 @@ location of your Java installation."
     fi
 else
     JAVACMD=java
-    which java >/dev/null 2>&1 || die "ERROR: JAVA_HOME is not set and no 'java' command could be found in your PATH.
+    if ! command -v java >/dev/null 2>&1
+    then
+        die "ERROR: JAVA_HOME is not set and no 'java' command could be found in your PATH.
 
 Please set the JAVA_HOME variable in your environment to match the
 location of your Java installation."
+    fi
 fi
 
 # Increase the maximum file descriptors if we can.
@@ -144,7 +145,7 @@ if ! "$cygwin" && ! "$darwin" && ! "$nonstop" ; then
     case $MAX_FD in #(
       max*)
         # In POSIX sh, ulimit -H is undefined. That's why the result is checked to see if it worked.
-        # shellcheck disable=SC3045 
+        # shellcheck disable=SC2039,SC3045
         MAX_FD=$( ulimit -H -n ) ||
             warn "Could not query maximum file descriptor limit"
     esac
@@ -152,7 +153,7 @@ if ! "$cygwin" && ! "$darwin" && ! "$nonstop" ; then
       '' | soft) :;; #(
       *)
         # In POSIX sh, ulimit -n is undefined. That's why the result is checked to see if it worked.
-        # shellcheck disable=SC3045 
+        # shellcheck disable=SC2039,SC3045
         ulimit -n "$MAX_FD" ||
             warn "Could not set maximum file descriptor limit to $MAX_FD"
     esac
@@ -197,11 +198,15 @@ if "$cygwin" || "$msys" ; then
     done
 fi
 
-# Collect all arguments for the java command;
-#   * $DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS, $JAVA_OPTS, and $GRADLE_OPTS can contain fragments of
-#     shell script including quotes and variable substitutions, so put them in
-#     double quotes to make sure that they get re-expanded; and
-#   * put everything else in single quotes, so that it's not re-expanded.
+
+# Add default JVM options here. You can also use JAVA_OPTS and GRADLE_OPTS to pass JVM options to this script.
+DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS='"-Xmx64m" "-Xms64m"'
+
+# Collect all arguments for the java command:
+#   * DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS, JAVA_OPTS, JAVA_OPTS, and optsEnvironmentVar are not allowed to contain shell fragments,
+#     and any embedded shellness will be escaped.
+#   * For example: A user cannot expect ${Hostname} to be expanded, as it is an environment variable and will be
+#     treated as '${Hostname}' itself on the command line.
 
 set -- \
         "-Dorg.gradle.appname=$APP_BASE_NAME" \