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diff --git a/frontend/crisis-events-text-summarization-frontend/src/App.js b/frontend/crisis-events-text-summarization-frontend/src/App.js
index a5ac9cec006c57805f9cd44ce9f184e9282ba227..0a96e691658caaa4e88b2317fb2ee870e07f5195 100644
--- a/frontend/crisis-events-text-summarization-frontend/src/App.js
+++ b/frontend/crisis-events-text-summarization-frontend/src/App.js
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import logo from './logo.svg';
 import './App.css';
 import './login'
-import Login from './login';
+import Login from './login.js';
 import React, { useState, useEffect, useContext } from 'react'
 
 // MUI imports
@@ -35,7 +35,25 @@ function App() {
   const [foo, setFoo] = useState('');
   const [authenticated, setAuthenticated] = useState(false);
   const [username, setUsername] = useState(""); //test_user
-  const [password, setPassword] = useState(""); //admintest12345
+  const [password, setPassword] = useState(""); //12345
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    // Check if user is already authenticated from sessionStorage
+    const isAuthenticated = sessionStorage.getItem('authenticated');
+    if (isAuthenticated === 'true') {
+        setAuthenticated(true);
+    }
+  }, []);
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (authenticated) {
+        // If user is authenticated, save the state in sessionStorage
+        sessionStorage.setItem('authenticated', 'true');
+    } else {
+        // If user is not authenticated, remove the state from sessionStorage
+        sessionStorage.removeItem('authenticated');
+    }
+  }, [authenticated]);
 
   const [loadedCollections, setLoadedCollections] = useState([]);
   const [selectedCollection, setSelectedCollection] = useState(null);
@@ -56,24 +74,6 @@ function App() {
     setLoadedRawFiles(r)
   }
 
-  useEffect(() => {
-    // Check if user is already authenticated from localStorage
-    const isAuthenticated = localStorage.getItem('authenticated');
-    if (isAuthenticated === 'true') {
-      setAuthenticated(true);
-    }
-  }, []);
-
-  useEffect(() => {
-    if (authenticated) {
-      // If user is authenticated, save the state in localStorage
-      localStorage.setItem('authenticated', 'true');
-    } else {
-      // If user is not authenticated, remove the state from localStorage
-      localStorage.removeItem('authenticated');
-    }
-  }, [authenticated]);
-
   useEffect(
     () => {
       // console.log("Mounting App");
@@ -88,11 +88,11 @@ function App() {
     },[loadedRawFiles,loadedLinkFiles,loadedXMLFiles]
   );
 
-  useEffect(
-    () => {
-      console.log("Updated authentication",authenticated);
-    },[authenticated]
-  );
+  // useEffect(
+  //   () => {
+  //     console.log("Updated authentication",authenticated);
+  //   },[authenticated]
+  // );
 
   useEffect(
     () => {
@@ -115,41 +115,13 @@ function App() {
     },[selectedCollection]
   );
 
-  const displayLoginStatus = () => {
-    if (authenticated) {
-      return "User: " + username + ", Password: " + password
-    } else {
-      return "Log in"
-    }
-  };
-
-  const loginFunction = () => {
-    fetch(
-      "http://127.0.0.1:5000/login",
-      {
-        method: "POST", // or 'PUT'
-        headers: {
-            "Content-Type": "application/json",
-        },
-        body: JSON.stringify({"authenticate":{"username": username,"password": password}}),
-      }
-    )
-    .then((response) => response.json())
-    .then((response) => {
-      //do something with the response
-      console.log("Got Test Response:",response)
-      setFoo(response);
-      if (response["status"] === "success") {
-        // setUsername(true);
-        // setAuthenticated(true);
-        setAuthenticated(true);
-      }
-    });
-
-  };
-
-  
-
+  // const displayLoginStatus = () => {
+  //   if (authenticated) {
+  //     return "User: " + username + ", Password: " + password
+  //   } else {
+  //     return "Log in"
+  //   }
+  // };
 
   const showEditor= () => {
     if (selectedCollection == null) {
@@ -191,34 +163,28 @@ function App() {
 
   if (!authenticated) {
     return (
-      <Box
-        sx={{
+      <div
+        style={{
+          backgroundImage: 'url(/images/login_background.jpg)',
+          backgroundSize: 'cover',
+          backgroundPosition: 'center',
+          minHeight: '100vh',
           display: 'flex',
-          flexDirection: 'column',
           alignItems: 'center',
-          justifyContent: 'center',
-          height: '100vh',
+          justifyContent: 'center'
         }}
       >
-        <h1>Login</h1>
-          <TextField
-            label="Username"
-            variant="outlined"
-            value={username}
-            onChange={(e) => setUsername(e.target.value)}
-            margin="normal"
-          />
-          <TextField
-            label="Password"
-            type="password"
-            variant="outlined"
-            value={password}
-            onChange={(e) => setPassword(e.target.value)}
-            margin="normal"
-          />
-          <Button variant="contained" aria-label="Basic button group" onClick={loginFunction}>Login</Button>
-      </Box>
-    );    
+        <Login
+          username={username}
+          password={password}
+          authenticated={authenticated}
+          setUsername={setUsername}
+          setPassword={setPassword}
+          setAuthenticated={setAuthenticated}
+          setFoo={setFoo}
+        ></Login>
+      </div>
+    )
   }
 
   return (
@@ -234,7 +200,7 @@ function App() {
           </ButtonGroup>
 
           <br/>
-          <b>Login Status: {displayLoginStatus()}</b>
+          {/* <b>Login Status: {displayLoginStatus()}</b> */}
 
         </Box>
 
diff --git a/frontend/crisis-events-text-summarization-frontend/src/login.js b/frontend/crisis-events-text-summarization-frontend/src/login.js
index aa55d00d13cfc765c9a66958bee7b72df2b36103..a3a97d6be837419868a6b4d2a02a7c53ff4a1930 100644
--- a/frontend/crisis-events-text-summarization-frontend/src/login.js
+++ b/frontend/crisis-events-text-summarization-frontend/src/login.js
@@ -1,73 +1,77 @@
-// import './login.css';
-import React, { useState, useEffect } from 'react'
+import TextField from '@mui/material/TextField';
+import Button from '@mui/material/Button';
+import Box from '@mui/material/Box';
 
+function Login(props) {
+    const username = props.username;
+    const password = props.password;
 
-async function PostSignInfo(data) {
-
-    try {
-        const respone = await fetch("http://127.0.0.1:5000/login", {
-            method: "POST", // or 'PUT'
-            headers: {
-                "Content-Type": "application/json",
-            },
-            body: JSON.stringify(data),
-        });
-    }
-    catch (error) {
-        console.error("Could not upload signup information successfully", error);
-    }
-}
-
-
-
-const Login = (props) => {
-
-    const [username, setUsername] = useState('');
-    const [password, setPassword] = useState('');
-
-    const handleSubmit = (e) => {};
-
-    const authenticate = (e) => {
-        console.log("Submitting");
-        fetch("http://127.0.0.1:5000/database_service")
-            .then((res) => res.json())
-            .then((json) => {
-                console.log(json);
+    const loginFunction = () => {
+        fetch(
+            "http://127.0.0.1:5000/login",
+            {
+                method: "POST", // or 'PUT'
+                headers: {
+                    "Content-Type": "application/json",
+                },
+                body: JSON.stringify({ "authenticate": { "username": username, "password": password } }),
+            }
+        )
+            .then((response) => response.json())
+            .then((response) => {
+                //do something with the response
+                console.log("Got Test Response:", response)
+                props.setFoo(response);
+                if (response["status"] === "success") {
+                    props.setAuthenticated(true);
+                }
             });
-    }; 
+    };
 
-    const component_content = (
-        <div className="login-container">
-            <h2>Enter Username</h2>
-            <form onSubmit={authenticate}>
-                <div className="input-group">
-                    <label htmlFor="username">enter username</label>
-                    <input
-                        type="text"
-                        id="username"
-                        name="username"
-                        // value={username}
-                        // onChange={(e) => setUsername(e.target.value)}
-                    />
-                </div>
-
-                <div className="input-group">
-                    <label htmlFor="password">Password</label>
-                    <input
-                        type="password"
-                        id="password"
-                        name="password"
-                        // value={password}
-                        // onChange={(e) => setPassword(e.target.value)}
-                        required
-                    />
-                </div>
-                <button type="submit">Login</button>
-            </form>
+    return (
+        <div style={{ display: 'flex', flexDirection: 'column', alignItems: 'center' }}>
+            <h1 style={{ marginTop: '-40px', marginBottom: '50px' }}>Welcome to the Crisis Events Text Summarization Website</h1>
+            <Box
+                sx={{
+                    backgroundColor: 'white',
+                    display: 'flex',
+                    flexDirection: 'column',
+                    alignItems: 'center',
+                    justifyContent: 'center',
+                    height: '50vh',
+                    width: '20vw',
+                    borderRadius: '10px'
+                }}
+            >
+                <h1>Login</h1>
+                <TextField
+                    sx={{ backgroundColor: 'white', marginBottom: '-8px' }}
+                    label="Username"
+                    variant="outlined"
+                    value={username}
+                    onChange={(e) => props.setUsername(e.target.value)}
+                    margin="normal"
+                />
+                <TextField
+                    sx={{ backgroundColor: 'white' }}
+                    label="Password"
+                    type="password"
+                    variant="outlined"
+                    value={password}
+                    onChange={(e) => props.setPassword(e.target.value)}
+                    margin="normal"
+                />
+                <Button
+                    variant="contained"
+                    aria-label="Basic button group"
+                    onClick={loginFunction}
+                    sx={{marginTop: '15px'}}
+                >
+                    Login
+                </Button>
+            </Box>
         </div>
     );
-
-    return component_content;
 }
 
 export default Login;
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