diff --git a/src/App.tsx b/src/App.tsx
index 564757a..70d41b2 100644
--- a/src/App.tsx
+++ b/src/App.tsx
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
-import React, { createContext, useContext, useState } from "react";
+import React, { useContext, useEffect, useState } from "react";
 import Chat from "./Chat/Chat";
 import "./App.css";
 import { LangType, Message } from "./Chat/messageTypes";
-import { MessageContainer } from "./Chat/MessageContainer";
+import { MessageDisplay } from "./Chat/MessageDisplay";
 import strings from "./Intl/strings.json";
 import { LangContext, LoginContext, LoginType } from "./context";
 import { contentTypes, domain, endpoints, port } from "./consts";
@@ -11,19 +11,31 @@ import { Login } from "./Login/Login";
 const Wrapper = (): React.ReactElement => {
 	const [lang, setLang] = useState<LangType>("en_US");
 	const [login, setLogin] = useState<LoginType | undefined>(undefined);
+	useEffect(() => {
+		document.title = login
+			? `IRC logged in as ${login.username}`
+			: "IRC Chat";
+	}, [login]);
 	return (
 		<LangContext.Provider value={lang}>
+			<h1>{strings[lang].homepage.title}</h1>
+			<p>{strings[lang].homepage.description}</p>
 			<LoginContext.Provider value={login}>
+				{/* callbacks for altering the Lang/Login contexts */}
 				<Login
 					setLogin={(value) => {
 						setLogin(value);
 					}}
 				></Login>
-				<App
-					changeLang={(value: string) => {
-						setLang(value as LangType);
-					}}
-				/>
+				{login ? (
+					<App
+						changeLang={(value: string) => {
+							setLang(value as LangType);
+						}}
+					/>
+				) : (
+					<></>
+				)}
 			</LoginContext.Provider>
 		</LangContext.Provider>
 	);
@@ -33,6 +45,7 @@ const setNameOnServer = async (name: string) => {
 		`http://${domain}:${port}${endpoints.user}`,
 		{
 			method: "POST",
+			mode: "cors",
 			headers: contentTypes.json,
 			body: JSON.stringify({
 				userName: name,
@@ -77,23 +90,20 @@ const App = ({
 			}
 		});
 	};
-	if (!username) {
-		var newName = prompt(home.userNamePrompt) as string;
-		while (!validateName(newName)) {
-			console.log(newName);
+	// if (!username) {
+	// 	var newName = prompt(home.userNamePrompt) as string;
+	// 	while (!validateName(newName)) {
+	// 		console.log(newName);
 
-			prompt("Username invalid! Please enter again.") as string;
-		}
-		setUsername(newName);
-	}
+	// 		prompt("Username invalid! Please enter again.") as string;
+	// 	}
+	// 	setUsername(newName);
+	// }
 	if (!login) {
 		return <></>;
 	} else
 		return (
 			<div className="App">
-				<h1>{home.title}</h1>
-				<pre>{home.description}</pre>
-				<h3>Your name is: {username}</h3>
 				<button
 					onClick={(ev) => {
 						const selection = prompt(home.newLangPrompt);
@@ -130,9 +140,9 @@ const App = ({
 					Change Username
 				</button>
 				{messages.map((message) => {
-					return <MessageContainer {...message} />;
+					return <MessageDisplay {...message} />;
 				})}
-				{<Chat user={username as string} />}
+				{<Chat user={login.username as string} />}
 			</div>
 		);
 };
diff --git a/src/Chat/Chat.tsx b/src/Chat/Chat.tsx
index 89dc036..aa19502 100644
--- a/src/Chat/Chat.tsx
+++ b/src/Chat/Chat.tsx
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import React, {
 	useRef,
 	useState,
 } from "react";
-import { MessageContainer } from "./MessageContainer";
+import { MessageDisplay } from "./MessageDisplay";
 import { Client } from "@stomp/stompjs";
 import { Message, MessageType } from "./messageTypes";
 import "./Chat.css";
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ const Chat = ({ user }: { user: string }): React.ReactElement => {
 			console.log(messageBody);
 			setMessages((message) => {
 				return message.concat([
-					<MessageContainer
+					<MessageDisplay
 						key={`${messageBody.type}@${messageBody.timeMillis}`}
 						{...messageBody}
 					/>,
@@ -99,8 +99,23 @@ const Chat = ({ user }: { user: string }): React.ReactElement => {
 			sendData();
 		}
 	});
+	useEffect(() => {
+		try {
+			const elem = document.querySelector(".chat-inner-wrapper");
+			if (elem) {
+				elem.scrollTop = elem.scrollHeight;
+			} else {
+			}
+		} catch (err) {
+			console.log("error encountered");
+		}
+		return () => {};
+	}, [messages]);
 	return (
-		<div className="chat">
+		<fieldset className="chat">
+			<legend>
+				Logged in as <b>{user}</b>
+			</legend>
 			<div className="chat-inner-wrapper">{messages}</div>
 			<span className="entry-box">
 				<input id="data-entry"></input>
@@ -108,7 +123,7 @@ const Chat = ({ user }: { user: string }): React.ReactElement => {
 					{chatPage.sendButtonPrompt}
 				</button>
 			</span>
-		</div>
+		</fieldset>
 	);
 };
 export default Chat;
diff --git a/src/Chat/MessageContainer.tsx b/src/Chat/MessageDisplay.tsx
similarity index 75%
rename from src/Chat/MessageContainer.tsx
rename to src/Chat/MessageDisplay.tsx
index e619e02..d4a6e2b 100644
--- a/src/Chat/MessageContainer.tsx
+++ b/src/Chat/MessageDisplay.tsx
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@ import React, { useContext } from "react";
 import { Message, MessageType } from "./messageTypes";
 import { LangContext } from "../context";
 import strings from "../Intl/strings.json";
-export const MessageContainer = ({
+import "./MessageDisplay.css";
+export const MessageDisplay = ({
 	type,
 	fromUserId,
 	toUserId,
@@ -21,19 +22,23 @@ export const MessageContainer = ({
 	 *   This caused the return statement to fail, and the message fails to render, despite it being correctly committed to the db.
 	 *   Funny clown moment 🤡
 	 */
-
+	const timeString = `${
+		dateTime.getHours() > 12
+			? dateTime.getHours() - 12
+			: dateTime.getHours()
+	}:${dateTime.getMinutes()} ${dateTime.getHours() > 12 ? "PM" : "AM"}`;
 	switch (type) {
 		case MessageType.HELLO as MessageType:
 			return (
-				<p>
-					[{dateTime.toLocaleString()}]{" "}
+				<p className="msg">
+					[{timeString}]{" "}
 					{msgPage.joinMessage.replace("$userName", fromUserId)}
 				</p>
 			);
 		case MessageType.MESSAGE as MessageType:
 			return (
-				<p>
-					[{dateTime.toLocaleString()}]{" "}
+				<p className="msg">
+					[{timeString}]{" "}
 					{msgPage.serverMessage
 						.replace("$userName", fromUserId)
 						.replace("$content", content)}
@@ -46,9 +51,9 @@ export const MessageContainer = ({
 		default:
 			console.error("Illegal MessageType reported!");
 			return (
-				<p>
-					[{dateTime.toLocaleString()}] **THIS MESSAGE CANNOT BE
-					CORRECTLY SHOWN BECAUSE THE CLIENT ENCOUNTERED AN ERROR**
+				<p className="msg-err">
+					[{timeString}] **THIS MESSAGE CANNOT BE CORRECTLY SHOWN
+					BECAUSE THE CLIENT ENCOUNTERED AN ERROR**
 				</p>
 			);
 	}
diff --git a/src/Login/Login.tsx b/src/Login/Login.tsx
index 64ba5dc..6629f4c 100644
--- a/src/Login/Login.tsx
+++ b/src/Login/Login.tsx
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import { useState } from "react";
 import { contentTypes, domain, endpoints, port } from "../consts";
 import { LoginType } from "../context";
 import { User } from "../Chat/userTypes";
+import "./Login.css";
 const encrypt = (rawPasswordString: string) => {
 	// TODO Encryption method stub
 	return rawPasswordString;
@@ -9,9 +10,10 @@ const encrypt = (rawPasswordString: string) => {
 export const Login = ({
 	setLogin,
 }: {
-	setLogin: (newLogin: LoginType) => void;
+	setLogin: (newLogin: LoginType | undefined) => void;
 }): React.ReactElement => {
-	const [valid, setValid] = useState(true);
+	const [valid, setValid] = useState<boolean | undefined>(true);
+	const [validText, setValidText] = useState<string | undefined>();
 	const registrationHandler = () => {
 		const uname = (document.getElementById("username") as HTMLInputElement)
 			.value;
@@ -20,6 +22,7 @@ export const Login = ({
 		);
 		fetch(`http://${domain}:${port}${endpoints.user}`, {
 			method: "POST",
+			mode: "cors",
 			headers: contentTypes.json,
 			body: JSON.stringify({
 				userName: uname,
@@ -28,8 +31,12 @@ export const Login = ({
 			}),
 		}).then((response) => {
 			if (response.status === 400) {
+				// 400 Bad request
 				console.log("Username is taken or invalid!");
-			} else {
+				setValid(false);
+				setValidText("Username is taken or invalid!");
+			} else if (response.status === 200) {
+				// 200 OK
 				const futureDate = new Date();
 				futureDate.setHours(futureDate.getHours() + 2);
 				setLogin({
@@ -37,6 +44,7 @@ export const Login = ({
 					lastSeen: Date.now(),
 					validUntil: futureDate.getUTCMilliseconds(),
 				});
+				document.title = `IRC User ${uname}`;
 			}
 		});
 	};
@@ -48,16 +56,28 @@ export const Login = ({
 			(document.getElementById("passwd") as HTMLInputElement).value
 		);
 		// async invocation of Fetch API
-		fetch(`http://${domain}:${port}${endpoints.user}?user=${uname}`, {
+		fetch(`http://${domain}:${port}${endpoints.user}?name=${uname}`, {
 			method: "GET",
+			mode: "cors",
 		})
-			.then((res) => res.json())
+			.then((res) => {
+				if (res.status === 404) {
+					console.log("404 not found encountered");
+					throw new Error("Username does not exist");
+				} else if (res.status === 200) {
+					console.log("200 OK");
+				}
+				return res.json();
+			})
 			.then((userObject) => {
+				if (!userObject) {
+					return;
+				}
 				const user = userObject as User;
 				const validLogin = passwd === user.passwordHash;
 				if (!validLogin) {
 					// login invalid
-					setValid(false); // triggers page re-render -- should refresh the page
+					throw new Error("Password incorrect!");
 				} else {
 					// login valid
 					const validUntilDate: Date = new Date();
@@ -67,22 +87,54 @@ export const Login = ({
 						lastSeen: user.lastSeen,
 						validUntil: validUntilDate.getUTCMilliseconds(),
 					});
+					document.title = `IRC User ${uname}`;
 				}
+			})
+			.catch((reason: Error) => {
+				setValid(false);
+				setValidText(reason.message);
 			});
 	};
 	return (
-		<div>
+		<div className="login">
 			<fieldset>
 				<legend>Login window</legend>
 				<p className="uname-error-text">
-					{valid ? "Error in your username or password" : ""}
+					{valid && valid !== undefined ? "" : validText}
 				</p>
 				<label htmlFor="username">Username: </label>
+				<br />
 				<input id="username" type="text"></input>
+				<br />
 				<label htmlFor="passwd">Password: </label>
+				<br />
 				<input id="passwd" type="password"></input>
-				<button type="submit">Login</button>
-				<button type="submit">Register</button>
+				<br />
+				<button
+					type="submit"
+					onClick={() => {
+						loginHandler();
+					}}
+				>
+					Login
+				</button>
+				<button
+					type="submit"
+					onClick={() => {
+						registrationHandler();
+					}}
+				>
+					Register
+				</button>
+				<button
+					type="submit"
+					onClick={() => {
+						setLogin(undefined);
+						setValid(false);
+					}}
+				>
+					Logout
+				</button>
 			</fieldset>
 		</div>
 	);