diff --git a/admin.php b/admin.php
index b856268..d8b1eb3 100644
--- a/admin.php
+++ b/admin.php
@@ -21,7 +21,8 @@ declare(strict_types=1);
 require_once('include/getJsonErrorString.php');
 
 
-const FOLDER_PATH = '../video/unwatched';
+//const FOLDER_PATH = '../video/unwatched';
+const FOLDER_PATH = '../video/tv.shows/Archer';
 const MAX_RECURSE_DEPTH = 5;
 $g_errors = [];
 
@@ -147,6 +148,29 @@ function getUnsavedMetadata() : void
 	}
 }
 
+function verifyChanges() : void
+{
+	header('Content-Type: text/json');
+	$input = file_get_contents('php://input');
+
+	if ($input) {
+		$json = json_decode($input);
+
+		if ($json) {
+			// TODO: recursively check that each path entry maps to a file on disk
+			// 		and has a valid media type set
+			// TODO: sanitize file names for TMDB queries
+			// TODO: make queries to TMDB for sanitized titles
+			// NOTE: this will be much easier for movies because TV shows will require
+			// 		additional queries for seasons and episodes
+			echo '{"errors": null, "message": "successfully decoded"}';
+		} else {
+			echo '{"errors":"' . __FUNCTION__ . ', error decoding json: '
+				. getJsonErrorString(json_last_error()) . '"}';
+		}
+	}
+}
+
 function main() : void
 {
 	switch (@$_GET['action']) {
@@ -156,6 +180,9 @@ function main() : void
 		case 'file_map';
 			//
 			break;
+		case 'verify':
+			verifyChanges();
+			break;
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/static/admin.js b/static/admin.js
index d56a6b6..5eb1776 100644
--- a/static/admin.js
+++ b/static/admin.js
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ function onScanSubmit(e)
 
 	let errors = document.querySelector('#errors');
 	let error_count = 0;
-	div = document.querySelector('#main_container div');
+	let div = document.querySelector('#main_container div');
 	let json = createJSONFromDOM(div);
 
 	for (let node of div.children) {
@@ -176,14 +176,21 @@ function onScanSubmit(e)
 
 	if (error_count == 0) {
 		console.log('valid json, uploading');
-		fetchPOSTJSON(VERIFY_URL, json, function() {
-			// ??
+
+		fetchPOSTJSON(VERIFY_URL, {body: json}, function(response) {
+			let main_container = document.querySelector("#main_container");
+			resetContainers(main_container);
+
+			if (response.errors)
+				errors.appendChild(document.createTextNode(response.message));
+			else
+				main_container.appendChild(document.createTextNode(response.message));
+
+			console.log(response);
 		});
 	} else {
 		console.log('failed upload, errors in json');
 	}
-
-	console.log(json);
 }
 
 function scanFolderResponse(data)