diff --git a/app/library/Events.py b/app/library/Events.py
index 281edac4..7fd52b47 100644
--- a/app/library/Events.py
+++ b/app/library/Events.py
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ class Event:
     id: str = field(default_factory=lambda: str(uuid.uuid4()), init=False)
     """The id of the event."""
 
-    created_at: str = field(default_factory=lambda: str(datetime.datetime.now(tz=datetime.timezone.utc).isoformat()))
+    created_at: str = field(default_factory=lambda: str(datetime.datetime.now(tz=datetime.UTC).isoformat()))
     """The time the event was created."""
 
     event: str
@@ -209,8 +209,8 @@ class EventListener:
     async def handle(self, event: Event, **kwargs):
         if self.is_coroutine:
             return self.call_back(event, self.name, **kwargs)
-        else:
-            return asyncio.create_task(self.call_back(event, self.name, **kwargs))
+
+        return asyncio.create_task(self.call_back(event, self.name, **kwargs))
 
 
 class EventBus(metaclass=Singleton):
diff --git a/app/library/Notifications.py b/app/library/Notifications.py
index f372fbb5..add6eefd 100644
--- a/app/library/Notifications.py
+++ b/app/library/Notifications.py
@@ -2,8 +2,9 @@ import asyncio
 import json
 import logging
 import os
+from collections.abc import Awaitable
 from dataclasses import dataclass, field
-from datetime import UTC, datetime
+from datetime import datetime
 from typing import Any
 
 import httpx
@@ -11,7 +12,7 @@ from aiohttp import web
 
 from .config import Config
 from .encoder import Encoder
-from .Events import EventBus, Event, Events
+from .Events import Event, EventBus, Events
 from .ItemDTO import ItemDTO
 from .Singleton import Singleton
 from .Utils import ag, validate_uuid
@@ -323,7 +324,7 @@ class Notification(metaclass=Singleton):
 
         return True
 
-    async def send(self, ev: Event) -> list[dict]:
+    async def send(self, ev: Event, wait: bool = True) -> list[dict] | Awaitable[list[dict]]:
         if len(self._targets) < 1:
             return []
 
@@ -339,7 +340,10 @@ class Notification(metaclass=Singleton):
 
             tasks.append(self._send(target, ev))
 
-        return await asyncio.gather(*tasks)
+        if wait:
+            return await asyncio.gather(*tasks)
+
+        return tasks
 
     async def _send(self, target: Target, ev: Event) -> dict:
         try:
@@ -367,6 +371,7 @@ class Notification(metaclass=Singleton):
             if "form" == target.request.type.lower():
                 reqBody["data"]["data"] = self._encoder.encode(reqBody["data"]["data"])
 
+            logging.getLogger("httpx").setLevel(logging.WARNING)
             response = await self._client.request(**reqBody)
 
             respData = {"url": target.request.url, "status": response.status_code, "text": response.text}
diff --git a/ui/components/PresetForm.vue b/ui/components/PresetForm.vue
index 3ac968ad..7317d393 100644
--- a/ui/components/PresetForm.vue
+++ b/ui/components/PresetForm.vue
@@ -345,6 +345,13 @@ const checkInfo = async () => {
     }
   }
 
+  // trim all fields in copy only if they are strings
+  for (const key in copy) {
+    if (typeof copy[key] === 'string') {
+      copy[key] = copy[key].trim()
+    }
+  }
+
   emitter('submit', { reference: toRaw(props.reference), preset: toRaw(copy) });
 }