diff --git a/src/menu/menu.controller.ts b/src/menu/menu.controller.ts
index 92f6a69..f6fbb4a 100644
--- a/src/menu/menu.controller.ts
+++ b/src/menu/menu.controller.ts
@@ -23,14 +23,21 @@ module tagIt {
       this.webPageService = WebPageService;
 
       // Wire up clicklistener
-      this.webPageService.wireUpListener(this.onWordSelected,
-        this.onWordDeSelected);
+      this.webPageService.wireUpListener(
+        this.onWordSelected,
+        this.onWordDeSelected
+      );
     }
 
-    onTagSelect (sense: ISense) {
+    onSenseSelect (sense: ISense) {
       this.webPageService.addTagToPage(sense);
+      this.backendService.storeTaggingInformation(
+        sense,
+        this.webPageService.currentSelectionRange,
+        this.selectedWord,
+        "useremail@example.org"
+      );
       this.clearMenuVariables();
-      this.backendService.storeTaggingInformation({});
     }
 
     onWordSelected = (newWord : string) => {
@@ -51,19 +58,11 @@ module tagIt {
       this.$scope.$apply();
     }
 
-    clearMenuVariables = () {
+    clearMenuVariables () {
       this.selectedWord = "";
       this.senses = [];
     }
 
-    selectWord (sense : ISense) {
-      this.backendService.storeTaggingInformation({
-        mail: "mail@nilsnh.no",
-        sentence: "whole sentence",
-        senseid: sense.senseid,
-      });
-    }
-
     removeMenu() {
       $('.tagit-body').children().unwrap();
       $('.tagit-menu').remove();
diff --git a/src/menu/menu.tpl.html b/src/menu/menu.tpl.html
index 5986fcf..f0f2c70 100644
--- a/src/menu/menu.tpl.html
+++ b/src/menu/menu.tpl.html
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
   <input type="text" ng-model="wordToFilterBy" class="form-control" placeholder="Filter tags" />
 
   <ul id="senses">
-    <li ng-click="vm.onTagSelect(sense)" id="sense.senseid" ng-repeat="sense in vm.senses | filter:wordToFilterBy" class="list-unstyled">
+    <li ng-click="vm.onSenseSelect(sense)" id="sense.senseid" ng-repeat="sense in vm.senses | filter:wordToFilterBy" class="list-unstyled">
       <strong>{{sense.word}}</strong> {{sense.explanation}}
     </li>
   </ul>
diff --git a/src/services/backend.service.ts b/src/services/backend.service.ts
index fe47fd4..7f5c91d 100644
--- a/src/services/backend.service.ts
+++ b/src/services/backend.service.ts
@@ -29,9 +29,28 @@ module tagIt {
 
     // save tagging information
     // Params: email, tagging, sentence
-    storeTaggingInformation (tag : Object) {
+    storeTaggingInformation (sense: ISense, range: Range, selectedWord: string, userEmail: string) {
       this.$log.debug('storeTaggingInformation() was called');
-      this.$log.debug(tag);
+      var messageToSendToServer = {
+        sense: sense,
+        range: range,
+        selectedWord: selectedWord,
+        userEmail: userEmail
+      }
+
+      this.$log.debug('would have sent this to the server:');
+      this.$log.debug(messageToSendToServer);
+      this.$log.debug('please uncomment code for actually sending to server');
+
+      // this.$http.post("example.org", messageToSendToServer)
+      //   .then((response) => {
+      //     this.$log.debug('successfully posted to server. Response:');
+      //     this.$log.debug(response);
+      //   })
+      //   .catch((error) => {
+      //     this.$log.error('something went wrong when posting to server');
+      //     this.$log.error(error);
+      //   });
     }
 
     private createQuery (word: string) {