diff --git a/nirvana-ios/ContentView.swift b/nirvana-ios/ContentView.swift
index 506f11b..c1c9bc8 100644
--- a/nirvana-ios/ContentView.swift
+++ b/nirvana-ios/ContentView.swift
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ struct ContentView: View {
         NavigationStackView {
             switch self.authSessionStore.sessionState {
                 case SessionState.isAuthenticated:
-                    HomeView()
+                    InnerCircleView()
                 case SessionState.isLoggedOut:
                     WelcomeView()
             }
diff --git a/nirvana-ios/Views/PhoneVerification/PhoneVerificationView.swift b/nirvana-ios/Views/PhoneVerification/PhoneVerificationView.swift
index 9be26dc..f7a1176 100644
--- a/nirvana-ios/Views/PhoneVerification/PhoneVerificationView.swift
+++ b/nirvana-ios/Views/PhoneVerification/PhoneVerificationView.swift
@@ -10,11 +10,13 @@ import NavigationStack
 import Combine
 // TODO: maybe this is useless and just do my own toasts and alerts
 import PopupView
+import Firebase
+import FirebaseAuth
 
 // user can type in a phone number and then receive a text
 struct PhoneVerificationView: View {
     @State var phoneNumber = ""
-    @State var ccode = "+1"
+    @State var ccode = "1"
     @EnvironmentObject private var navigationStack: NavigationStack
     
     // Alert settings
@@ -29,7 +31,7 @@ struct PhoneVerificationView: View {
             OnboardingTemplateView(hdrText: "Let's get you verified", imgName: "undraw_my_password_d-6-kg", bottomActArea: AnyView(
                 VStack {
                     HStack {
-                        Text(ccode)
+                        Text("+\(ccode)")
                             .padding()
                             .background(.ultraThinMaterial)
                             .clipShape(Circle())
@@ -61,21 +63,43 @@ struct PhoneVerificationView: View {
                     .padding(.vertical, 20)
                     
                     Button {
-                        print("send verification")
-                        
-                        // do auth stuff
-                        // then async send to next page
-                        self.navigationStack.push(PhoneVerificationCodeView()) // verify code page
+                        print("send sms")
+                                                
+                        let concatPhoneNumber = "+"+self.ccode+self.phoneNumber
+                        // do auth stuff from firebase
                         
+                        PhoneAuthProvider.provider()
+                          .verifyPhoneNumber(concatPhoneNumber, uiDelegate: nil) { verificationID, error in
+                              // problem verifying number showing alert...maybe fake number or something from user
+                              if error != nil {
+                                  self.toastText = (error?.localizedDescription)!
+                                  self.showToast.toggle()
+                                  return
+                              }
+                              // Sign in using the verificationID and the code sent to the user
+                              // ...
+                              
+                              UserDefaults.standard.set(verificationID, forKey: "authVerificationID")
+                              
+                              // then async send to next page
+                              self.navigationStack.push(PhoneVerificationCodeView()) // verify code page
+                          }
                     } label: {
-                        Text("Send Verification")
-                            .bold()
-                            .foregroundColor(NirvanaColor.white)
-                            .frame(maxWidth: .infinity)
-                            .padding(.vertical, 20)
-                            .background(NirvanaColor.teal)
-                            .clipShape(Capsule())
-                            .shadow(radius:10)
+                        VStack {
+                            Text("Send Verification")
+                                .fontWeight(.heavy)
+                                .foregroundColor(NirvanaColor.white)
+                                .frame(maxWidth: .infinity)
+                                .padding(.vertical, 20)
+                                .background(self.phoneNumber.count == 10 ? NirvanaColor.teal : Color.white.opacity(0.2)) // show dull button if didn't enter full phone number
+                                .clipShape(Capsule())
+                                .shadow(radius:10)
+                                .animation(.default)
+                            
+                            Text("You might receive an SMS message for verification and standard rates apply.")
+                                .font(.footnote)
+                                .foregroundColor(Color.black.opacity(0.7))
+                        }
                     }
                 }
             ))
@@ -118,6 +142,10 @@ struct PhoneVerificationCodeView: View {
     
     @State var verificationCode = ""
     
+    // Alert settings
+    @State var showToast = false
+    @State var toastText = "There was an error in verifying your account"
+    
     var body: some View {
         ZStack(alignment: .topLeading) {
             Color.clear
@@ -133,21 +161,47 @@ struct PhoneVerificationCodeView: View {
                         .font(.subheadline)
                         .multilineTextAlignment(.center)
                         .padding(.vertical)
-//                        .onReceive(Just(self.$verificationCode)) {newValue in
-//                            let filtered = newValue.filter {
-//                                "0123456789".contains($0)
-//                            }
+//                        .onReceive(Just(self.$verificationCode)) { newValue in
+//                            let filtered = newValue.filter { "0123456789".contains($0) }
+//
 //                            if filtered != newValue {
-//                                self.$verificationCode = filtered
+//                                self.verificationCode = filtered
 //                            }
 //                        }
                     
                     Button {
-                        print("Verify")
+                        print("verify code")
                         
                         // do auth stuff
+                                                
+                        // get it from the previous screen but from storage
+                        let verificationID = UserDefaults.standard.string(forKey: "authVerificationID")
+                        
+                        if verificationID == nil {
+                            self.toastText = "There was an error validating your code."
+                            self.showToast.toggle()
+                        }
+                        // if we got a value, then continue with verifying their code
+                        let credential = PhoneAuthProvider.provider().credential(
+                          withVerificationID: verificationID!,
+                          verificationCode: self.verificationCode
+                        )
+                        
+                        // firebase will now verify the put together credential
+                        Auth.auth().signIn(with: credential) { (res, err) in
+                            if err != nil {
+                                self.toastText = (err?.localizedDescription)!
+                                self.showToast.toggle()
+                                return
+                            }
+                            
+                            UserDefaults.standard.set(true, forKey: "authVerificationID")
+                            
+                        }
+                        
                         // then async send to next page
                         self.navigationStack.push(PhoneVerificationCodeView()) // verify code page
+                    
                         
                     } label: {
                         Text("Send Verification")
@@ -174,6 +228,13 @@ struct PhoneVerificationCodeView: View {
                     .padding()
             }
         }
+        .alert(isPresented: self.$showToast) {
+            Alert(
+                title: Text(self.toastText),
+                message: Text("Go back and try again or re-enter phone number."),
+                dismissButton: .default(Text("Got it!"))
+                )
+        }
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/nirvana-ios/Views/PhoneVerification/PhoneVerificationViewModel.swift b/nirvana-ios/Views/PhoneVerification/PhoneVerificationViewModel.swift
index bb93add..89537a2 100644
--- a/nirvana-ios/Views/PhoneVerification/PhoneVerificationViewModel.swift
+++ b/nirvana-ios/Views/PhoneVerification/PhoneVerificationViewModel.swift
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ final class PhoneVerificationViewModel : ObservableObject  {
 }
 
 extension String {
+    // custom function to give (949)920-0392 and get out the right thing
     func applyPatternOnNumbers(pattern: String, replacementCharacter: Character) -> String {
         var pureNumber = self.replacingOccurrences( of: "[^0-9]", with: "", options: .regularExpression)
         for index in 0 ..< pattern.count {