diff --git a/lib/common/apifunctions/categories.dart b/lib/common/apifunctions/categories.dart
index dc537ab..b00cc75 100644
--- a/lib/common/apifunctions/categories.dart
+++ b/lib/common/apifunctions/categories.dart
@@ -4,35 +4,7 @@ import 'package:http/http.dart' as http;
 import 'package:local_spend/common/functions/get_token.dart';
 import 'package:flutter/material.dart';
 
-class Category {
-  String name;
-  String index;
-
-  Category({
-    this.name,
-    this.index,
-  });
-}
-
-Future<List<DropdownMenuItem<String>>> getCategoriesList() async {
-  //TODO: Return a list of [String, String] where {1} is categoryName and {2} is categoryValue for request
-  var categoriesList = List<DropdownMenuItem>();
-
-  var categories = await getCategories();
-
-  categories.forEach((thisCategory) {
-    var thisMap = new DropdownMenuItem(
-      child: new Text(thisCategory.name),
-      value: thisCategory.index,
-    );
-
-    categoriesList.add(thisMap);
-  });
-
-  return categoriesList;
-}
-
-Future<List<Category>> getCategories() async {  // confusing name
+Future<List<String>> getCategories() async {
   const url = "https://dev.peartrade.org/api/search/category";
   var token;
 
@@ -53,7 +25,7 @@ Future<List<Category>> getCategories() async {  // confusing name
 
   if (response.statusCode == 200) {
     //request successful
-    List<Category> categories = new List<Category>();
+    List<String> categories = new List<String>();
     Map responseMap = json.decode(response.body);
 
     var categoriesJSON = responseMap['categories'];
@@ -70,8 +42,7 @@ Future<List<Category>> getCategories() async {  // confusing name
       if (categoriesJSON[i.toString()] != null) {
 //        print("Iteration " + i.toString());
 //        print(categoriesJSON[i.toString()]);
-        categories.add(new Category(
-            name: categoriesJSON[i.toString()], index: i.toString()));
+        categories.add(categoriesJSON[i.toString()]);
 //        print(categories.last);
         i++;
       } else {
diff --git a/lib/common/apifunctions/submit_receipt_api.dart b/lib/common/apifunctions/submit_receipt_api.dart
index 9093cbc..9dbb338 100644
--- a/lib/common/apifunctions/submit_receipt_api.dart
+++ b/lib/common/apifunctions/submit_receipt_api.dart
@@ -31,8 +31,7 @@ Future<LoginModel> submitReceiptAPI(
     'transaction_type' : "3",
     'transaction_value': receipt.amount,
     'purchase_time': receipt.time,
-//    'category': receipt.category,
-//    'category': receipt.category,
+    'category': receipt.category,
     'essential': receipt.essential,
     'organisation_name': receipt.organisationName,
     'recurring': receipt.recurring,
diff --git a/lib/common/widgets/future_dropdownmenu.dart b/lib/common/widgets/future_dropdownmenu.dart
deleted file mode 100644
index 85573fb..0000000
--- a/lib/common/widgets/future_dropdownmenu.dart
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
-import 'package:flutter/material.dart';
-import 'package:local_spend/common/apifunctions/categories.dart';
-import 'dart:async';
-
-Future<List<DropdownMenuItem>> getDropDownItems(String type) async {
-  List<DropdownMenuItem<String>> items = new List<DropdownMenuItem<String>>();
-
-//  if (type == "categories") {
-    var categories = await getCategories();
-
-    categories.forEach((thisValue) {
-      items.add(
-        new DropdownMenuItem(
-          child: new Text(thisValue.name),
-          value: thisValue.index,
-          key: Key(thisValue.index),
-        ),
-      );
-    });
-
-    print("oof");
-
-    return items;
-//  }
-}
diff --git a/lib/pages/receipt_page_2.dart b/lib/pages/receipt_page_2.dart
index 67de152..f63b8ab 100644
--- a/lib/pages/receipt_page_2.dart
+++ b/lib/pages/receipt_page_2.dart
@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
 import 'package:flutter/material.dart';
 import 'package:local_spend/common/platform/platform_scaffold.dart';
 import 'package:intl/intl.dart';
+import 'dart:core';
 import 'package:flutter/cupertino.dart';
 import 'package:local_spend/common/apifunctions/find_organisations.dart';
 import 'package:local_spend/common/widgets/organisations_dialog.dart';
 import 'package:local_spend/common/apifunctions/submit_receipt_api.dart';
+import 'package:local_spend/common/apifunctions/categories.dart';
 
 class Transaction {
   DateTime date;
@@ -40,6 +42,10 @@ class ReceiptPage2State extends State<ReceiptPage2> {
     false,
     "Uncategorised",
   );
+  
+  Future<List<String>> getCats() async {
+    return await getCategories();
+  }
 
   _submitReceipt(Transaction transaction) {
     DateTime dt = new DateTime.now();
@@ -64,6 +70,7 @@ class ReceiptPage2State extends State<ReceiptPage2> {
       receipt.recurring = "";
     }
 
+    print("Category: " + transaction.category);
     receipt.category = transaction.category;
     receipt.amount = transaction.amount.text.toString();
     receipt.time = DateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd'T'hh:mm':00.000+01:00'").format(transaction.date).toString();
@@ -73,10 +80,20 @@ class ReceiptPage2State extends State<ReceiptPage2> {
   }
 
   List<String> _sampleRecurringOptions = new List<String>(7);
-  List<String> _sampleCategories = new List<String>(4);
 
   @override
   Widget build(BuildContext context) {
+
+    Future<List<String>> _futureCats = getCats();
+    List<String> _categories = new List<String>();
+    _categories.add("Fetching categories...");
+
+    _futureCats.then((value) {
+      _categories = null;
+      _categories = value;
+      setState(() {});
+    });
+    
     _sampleRecurringOptions[0] = "None";
     _sampleRecurringOptions[1] = "Daily";
     _sampleRecurringOptions[2] = "Weekly";
@@ -85,11 +102,6 @@ class ReceiptPage2State extends State<ReceiptPage2> {
     _sampleRecurringOptions[5] = "Quarterly";
     _sampleRecurringOptions[6] = "Yearly"; // these will be difficult to fetch from server as they are coded into the site's rather than fetched
 
-    _sampleCategories[0] = "Uncategorised";
-    _sampleCategories[1] = "Cheese";
-    _sampleCategories[2] = "Fish";
-    _sampleCategories[3] = "Music";
-
 
     return PlatformScaffold(
       appBar: AppBar(
@@ -313,9 +325,9 @@ class ReceiptPage2State extends State<ReceiptPage2> {
                               height: MediaQuery.of(context).copyWith().size.height / 3,
                               child: CupertinoPicker(
                                 backgroundColor: Colors.white,
-                                children: _sampleCategories.map((thisOption) => Text(thisOption)).toList(),
+                                children: _categories.map((thisOption) => Text(thisOption)).toList(),
                                 onSelectedItemChanged: ((newValue) {
-                                  transaction.category = _sampleCategories[newValue];
+                                  transaction.category = _categories[newValue];
                                   setState(() {});
                                 }),
                                 itemExtent: 32,