diff --git a/db.json b/db.json
index 99f3e7f..3d8859e 100644
--- a/db.json
+++ b/db.json
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
       "body": "Newsletter Issue #161",
       "sentAt": "2020-03-24T18:25:43.511Z",
       "archived": false,
-      "read": false
+      "read": true
     }
   ]
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index fcddcab..a6999b2 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
     "lint": "vue-cli-service lint"
   },
   "dependencies": {
+    "axios": "^0.19.2",
     "core-js": "^3.6.4",
     "date-fns": "^2.11.0",
     "marked": "^0.8.1",
diff --git a/src/components/MailScreen.vue b/src/components/MailScreen.vue
index 8ac9ad5..d758f5e 100644
--- a/src/components/MailScreen.vue
+++ b/src/components/MailScreen.vue
@@ -8,12 +8,12 @@
   import MailScreenArchived from '@/components/MailScreenArchived.vue';
   import MailScreenInbox from '@/components/MailScreenInbox.vue';
   import { ref } from 'vue';
+  import axios from 'axios';
 
   export default {
     async setup(){
-      let response = await fetch('http://localhost:3000/emails');
-      let emails = await response.json();
-      emails = ref(emails);
+      let {data} = await axios.get('http://localhost:3000/emails');
+      let emails = ref(data);
 
       return {emails};
     },
diff --git a/src/components/MailTable.vue b/src/components/MailTable.vue
index df747ac..1ac70cc 100644
--- a/src/components/MailTable.vue
+++ b/src/components/MailTable.vue
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
   import MailView from '@/components/MailView.vue';
   import ModalView from '@/components/ModalView.vue';
   import { ref } from 'vue';
+  import axios from 'axios';
 
   export default {
     setup({emails}){
@@ -42,6 +43,7 @@
 
         if(email) {
           openedEmail.value.read = true;
+          axios.put(`http://localhost:3000/emails/${openedEmail.value.id}`, openedEmail.value)
         }
       }
 
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index fbb01e1..f2353dd 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -1584,6 +1584,13 @@ aws4@^1.8.0:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/aws4/-/aws4-1.9.1.tgz#7e33d8f7d449b3f673cd72deb9abdc552dbe528e"
   integrity sha512-wMHVg2EOHaMRxbzgFJ9gtjOOCrI80OHLG14rxi28XwOW8ux6IiEbRCGGGqCtdAIg4FQCbW20k9RsT4y3gJlFug==
 
+axios@^0.19.2:
+  version "0.19.2"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/axios/-/axios-0.19.2.tgz#3ea36c5d8818d0d5f8a8a97a6d36b86cdc00cb27"
+  integrity sha512-fjgm5MvRHLhx+osE2xoekY70AhARk3a6hkN+3Io1jc00jtquGvxYlKlsFUhmUET0V5te6CcZI7lcv2Ym61mjHA==
+  dependencies:
+    follow-redirects "1.5.10"
+
 babel-loader@^8.0.6:
   version "8.0.6"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/babel-loader/-/babel-loader-8.0.6.tgz#e33bdb6f362b03f4bb141a0c21ab87c501b70dfb"
@@ -2640,6 +2647,13 @@ debug@2.6.9, debug@^2.2.0, debug@^2.3.3:
   dependencies:
     ms "2.0.0"
 
+debug@=3.1.0:
+  version "3.1.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/debug/-/debug-3.1.0.tgz#5bb5a0672628b64149566ba16819e61518c67261"
+  integrity sha512-OX8XqP7/1a9cqkxYw2yXss15f26NKWBpDXQd0/uK/KPqdQhxbPa994hnzjcE2VqQpDslf55723cKPUOGSmMY3g==
+  dependencies:
+    ms "2.0.0"
+
 debug@^3.0.0, debug@^3.1.1, debug@^3.2.5:
   version "3.2.6"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/debug/-/debug-3.2.6.tgz#e83d17de16d8a7efb7717edbe5fb10135eee629b"
@@ -3358,6 +3372,13 @@ flush-write-stream@^1.0.0:
     inherits "^2.0.3"
     readable-stream "^2.3.6"
 
+follow-redirects@1.5.10:
+  version "1.5.10"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/follow-redirects/-/follow-redirects-1.5.10.tgz#7b7a9f9aea2fdff36786a94ff643ed07f4ff5e2a"
+  integrity sha512-0V5l4Cizzvqt5D44aTXbFZz+FtyXV1vrDN6qrelxtfYQKW0KO0W2T/hkE8xvGa/540LkZlkaUjO4ailYTFtHVQ==
+  dependencies:
+    debug "=3.1.0"
+
 follow-redirects@^1.0.0:
   version "1.10.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/follow-redirects/-/follow-redirects-1.10.0.tgz#01f5263aee921c6a54fb91667f08f4155ce169eb"