diff --git a/apps/android/boot.js b/apps/android/boot.js
index eb3d26c6e..a0d538a4a 100644
--- a/apps/android/boot.js
+++ b/apps/android/boot.js
@@ -4,7 +4,33 @@
     Bluetooth.println(JSON.stringify(message));
   }
 
+  function getCurrentTime() {
+    var time = new Date();
+    return (
+      time.getHours() * 3600000 +
+      time.getMinutes() * 60000 +
+      time.getSeconds() * 1000
+    );
+  }
+
+  //convert GB DOW format to sched DOW format
+  function convDow(x) {
+    //if no DOW selected, set alarm to all DOW
+    if (x == 0) x = 127;
+    x = x.toString(2);
+    for (var i = 0; x.length < 7; i++) {
+      x = "0"+x;
+    }
+    x = x.slice(1, 7) + x.slice(0, 1);
+    return "0b"+x;
+  }
+
   var settings = require("Storage").readJSON("android.settings.json",1)||{};
+  //default alarm settings
+  if (settings.rp == undefined) settings.rp = true;
+  if (settings.as == undefined) settings.as = true;
+  if (settings.vibrate == undefined) settings.vibrate = "..";
+  require('Storage').writeJSON("android.settings.json", settings);
   var _GB = global.GB;
   global.GB = (event) => {
     // feed a copy to other handlers if there were any
@@ -44,6 +70,32 @@
           title:event.name||"Call", body:"Incoming call\n"+event.number});
         require("messages").pushMessage(event);
       },
+      "alarm" : function() {
+        //wipe existing GB alarms
+        var gbalarms = require("sched").getAlarms().filter(a=>a.appid=="gbalarms");
+        for (i = 0; i < gbalarms.length; i++) {
+          require("sched").setAlarm(gbalarms[i].id, undefined);
+        }
+        var alarms = require("sched").getAlarms();
+        for (j = 0; j < event.d.length; j++) {
+          //prevents all alarms from going off at once??
+          var last = (event.d[j].h * 3600000 + event.d[j].m * 60000 < getCurrentTime()) ? (new Date()).getDate() : 0;
+          var a = {
+            id : "gb"+j,
+            appid : "gbalarms",
+            on : true,
+            t : event.d[j].h * 3600000 + event.d[j].m * 60000,
+            dow : convDow(event.d[j].rep),
+            last : last,
+            rp : settings.rp,
+            as : settings.as,
+            vibrate : settings.vibrate
+          };
+          alarms.push(a);
+        }
+        require("sched").setAlarms(alarms);
+        require("sched").reload();
+      },
     };
     var h = HANDLERS[event.t];
     if (h) h(); else console.log("GB Unknown",event);