diff --git a/frontend/package.json b/frontend/package.json
index 290e937..98876d6 100644
--- a/frontend/package.json
+++ b/frontend/package.json
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@
     "react-icons": "^3.7.0",
     "react-redux": "^7.1.0",
     "react-redux-loading": "^1.0.1",
-    "react-router-dom": "^5.0.1",
     "redux": "^4.0.4",
     "redux-thunk": "^2.3.0",
     "fluence": "^0.3.9"
diff --git a/frontend/src/actions/messages.js b/frontend/src/actions/messages.js
index ab3fda5..a22c200 100644
--- a/frontend/src/actions/messages.js
+++ b/frontend/src/actions/messages.js
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
-import { saveMessage } from "../utils/api";
-
-//importing loading bar to show when we submit a tweet
+import {getMessages, saveMessage} from "../utils/api";
 import { showLoading, hideLoading } from "react-redux-loading";
 
 export const ADD_MESSAGE = "ADD_MESSAGE";
@@ -13,9 +11,31 @@ function addMessage(message) {
     };
 }
 
-//args: message text and the message that the newTweet is replying to, if any
+export function fetchPosts(counter) {
+    return dispatch => {
+
+        return getMessages().then((messages) => {
+            dispatch(receiveMessages(messages, counter));
+            dispatch(hideLoading());
+        });
+    };
+}
+
+export function handleInitialData() {
+    return dispatch => {
+        //before retrieving info, show loading bar
+        dispatch(showLoading());
+
+        return getMessages().then((messages) => {
+            dispatch(receiveMessages(messages, 0));
+
+            //after everything has loaded, hide loading bar
+            dispatch(hideLoading());
+        });
+    };
+}
+
 export function handleAddMessage(text, name) {
-    //using getState to get the current state of our store
     return (dispatch) => {
         dispatch(showLoading());
         return saveMessage({
@@ -28,9 +48,10 @@ export function handleAddMessage(text, name) {
 }
 
 //action creator
-export function receiveMessages(messages) {
+export function receiveMessages(messages, counter) {
     return {
         type: RECEIVE_MESSAGES,
+        counter,
         messages
     };
 }
diff --git a/frontend/src/actions/shared.js b/frontend/src/actions/shared.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 47b3503..0000000
--- a/frontend/src/actions/shared.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-import { getMessages } from "../utils/api";
-
-//importing action creators
-import { receiveMessages } from "./messages";
-
-//importing action creators of loading bar
-import { showLoading, hideLoading } from "react-redux-loading";
-
-export function handleInitialData() {
-    return dispatch => {
-        //before retrieving info, show loading bar
-        dispatch(showLoading());
-
-        return getMessages().then((messages) => {
-            dispatch(receiveMessages(messages));
-
-            //after everything has loaded, hide loading bar
-            dispatch(hideLoading());
-        });
-    };
-}
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/App.js b/frontend/src/components/App.js
index 4de2b95..1fc1713 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/App.js
+++ b/frontend/src/components/App.js
@@ -1,42 +1,30 @@
-import React, { Component, Fragment } from "react";
-import { BrowserRouter as Router, Route } from "react-router-dom";
-import { connect } from "react-redux";
-import { handleInitialData } from "../actions/shared";
+import React, {Component, Fragment} from "react";
+import {BrowserRouter as Router} from "react-router-dom";
+import {connect} from "react-redux";
 
 import LoadingBar from "react-redux-loading"; //importing the loading bar given by react-redux-loading
-
 import Dashboard from "./Dashboard";
 import NewMessage from "./NewMessage";
 
 class App extends Component {
-  componentDidMount() {
-    this.props.dispatch(handleInitialData());
-  }
 
-  render() {
-    return (
-        <Router>
-          {/* using a fragment so we don't add another element (div) to the DOM */}
-          <Fragment>
-            <LoadingBar />
-            <div className="container">
-              {this.props.loading === true ? null : (
-                  <div>
-                      <NewMessage />
-                      <Dashboard />
-                  </div>
-              )}
-            </div>
-          </Fragment>
-        </Router>
-    );
-  }
+    render() {
+        return (
+            <Router>
+              <Fragment>
+                <LoadingBar />
+                <div className="container">
+                  {this.props.loading === true ? null : (
+                      <div>
+                          <NewMessage />
+                          <Dashboard />
+                      </div>
+                  )}
+                </div>
+              </Fragment>
+            </Router>
+        );
+    }
 }
 
-function mapStateToProps({ }) {
-  return {
-
-  };
-}
-
-export default connect(mapStateToProps)(App);
+export default connect()(App);
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/Dashboard.js b/frontend/src/components/Dashboard.js
index bd6867f..b6779e0 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/Dashboard.js
+++ b/frontend/src/components/Dashboard.js
@@ -2,14 +2,53 @@ import React, { Component } from "react";
 import { connect } from "react-redux";
 
 import Message from "./Message";
+import {handleInitialData, fetchPosts} from "../actions/messages";
 
 class Dashboard extends Component {
+
+    constructor(props) {
+        super(props);
+        this.state = {counter: 1, lastUpdateCounter: 0};
+    }
+
+    componentDidMount() {
+        this.pollingMessages = setInterval(
+            () => this.getMessages(),
+            2000
+        );
+        this.props.dispatch(handleInitialData());
+    }
+
+    componentWillUnmount() {
+        clearInterval(this.pollingMessages);
+    }
+
+    getMessages() {
+        this.props.dispatch(fetchPosts(this.state.counter + 1));
+
+        this.setState((state) => ({
+            counter: state.counter + 1
+        }));
+    }
+
+    shouldComponentUpdate(nextProps) {
+        return nextProps.updates.counter > this.state.lastUpdateCounter
+    }
+
     render() {
+        let updates = this.props.updates;
+        if (updates.counter) {
+            this.setState(() => ({
+                lastUpdateCounter: updates.counter
+            }));
+        }
         return (
             <div>
-                <h3 className="center">Your Timeline</h3>
+                <b>Counter: {this.state.counter}</b>
+                <b>Last update: {this.state.lastUpdateCounter}</b>
+                <h3 className="center">Feed</h3>
                 <ul className="dashbord-list">
-                    {this.props.messages.map((m, i) => {
+                    {updates.messages.map((m, i) => {
                         return (
                             <li key={i}>
                                 <Message message={m} />
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/Message.js b/frontend/src/components/Message.js
index 3c8fd1e..4e025f7 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/Message.js
+++ b/frontend/src/components/Message.js
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ class Message extends Component {
         return (
             <div className="message-info">
                 <div>
-                    <span>{name}</span>
+                    <span><b>{name}</b></span>
                     <p>{text}</p>
                 </div>
             </div>
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/NewMessage.js b/frontend/src/components/NewMessage.js
index 9ba45ad..f8eb5ff 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/NewMessage.js
+++ b/frontend/src/components/NewMessage.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-import React, { Component } from "react";
-import { connect } from "react-redux";
-import { handleAddMessage } from "../actions/messages";
+import React, {Component} from "react";
+import {connect} from "react-redux";
+import {handleAddMessage} from "../actions/messages";
 
 class NewMessage extends Component {
     state = {
@@ -45,16 +45,17 @@ class NewMessage extends Component {
 
         return (
             <div>
-                <h3 className="center">Compose new Tweet </h3>
+                <h3 className="center">Compose new message </h3>
                 <form className="new-message" onSubmit={this.handleSubmit}>
-          <textarea
-              placeholder="Message"
-              value={text}
-              onChange={this.handleChangeText}
-              className="textarea"
-              maxLength={280}
-          />
-          <input type="text" placeholder="Name" value={name} onChange={this.handleChangeName}/>
+                    <textarea
+                        placeholder="Message"
+                        value={text}
+                        onChange={this.handleChangeText}
+                        className="textarea"
+                        maxLength={280}
+                    />
+                    <input type="text" className="nameinput" placeholder="Name" value={name}
+                           onChange={this.handleChangeName}/>
                     {/* show how many characters are left */}
                     {messageLeft <= 100 && <div className="message-length">{messageLeft}</div>}
 
diff --git a/frontend/src/index.css b/frontend/src/index.css
index 4a1df4d..022c3b3 100644
--- a/frontend/src/index.css
+++ b/frontend/src/index.css
@@ -1,13 +1,171 @@
 body {
   margin: 0;
-  font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", "Roboto", "Oxygen",
-    "Ubuntu", "Cantarell", "Fira Sans", "Droid Sans", "Helvetica Neue",
-    sans-serif;
-  -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;
-  -moz-osx-font-smoothing: grayscale;
+  padding: 0;
+  font-family: sans-serif;
+  color: #252525;
 }
 
-code {
-  font-family: source-code-pro, Menlo, Monaco, Consolas, "Courier New",
-    monospace;
+a {
+  text-decoration: none;
+  color: #252525;
+}
+
+.container {
+  /* border: 1px solid #dad7d7; */
+  max-width: 1000px;
+  margin: 0 auto;
+  padding: 10px;
+}
+
+.btn {
+  text-transform: uppercase;
+  margin: 20px auto;
+  padding: 10px;
+  border: 1px solid rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.29);
+  cursor: pointer;
+  background: #fff;
+  font-size: 16px;
+  width: 250px;
+  position: relative;
+}
+
+.btn:hover {
+  border-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5);
+  text-decoration: none;
+}
+
+.btn:focus {
+  outline: 0;
+  font-weight: 700;
+  border-width: 2px;
+}
+
+.center {
+  text-align: center;
+}
+
+.active {
+  font-weight: bold;
+}
+
+.nav ul {
+  display: flex;
+  flex-direction: row;
+  justify-content: flex-start;
+  text-decoration: none;
+}
+
+.nav li:first-child {
+  padding-left: 0;
+}
+
+ul {
+  padding-left: 0;
+}
+
+li {
+  list-style-type: none;
+  padding: 6px;
+  text-decoration: none;
+}
+
+.avatar {
+  height: 50px;
+  border-radius: 25px;
+  margin: 10px;
+}
+
+.message {
+  width: 100%;
+  max-width: 590px;
+  padding: 10px;
+  display: flex;
+  margin: 0 auto;
+  border: 1px solid #dad7d7;
+  border-radius: 3px;
+  cursor: pointer;
+}
+
+.message-info {
+  margin: 5px;
+  display: flex;
+  flex-direction: column;
+}
+
+/* Hacky but less typing in the video */
+.message-info > div > span:first-child {
+  font-weight: bold;
+  margin-right: 5px;
+}
+.message-info > div > span:nth-child(2) {
+  color: #969696;
+  font-size: 16px;
+}
+.message-info > div > div {
+  color: #969696;
+  font-size: 15px;
+}
+.message-info > div > p {
+  font-size: 18px;
+  margin: 6px 0;
+}
+.message-icons {
+  display: flex;
+  align-items: center;
+}
+.message-icons > span {
+  color: #969696;
+  margin: 0 15px 0 5px;
+  font-size: 18px !important;
+}
+.message-icon {
+  font-size: 27px;
+  color: #697784;
+}
+.message-icon:hover {
+  color: #00b5d6;
+  cursor: pointer;
+}
+.replying-to {
+  border: none;
+  background: transparent;
+  margin: 0;
+  padding: 0;
+  color: #969696;
+  cursor: pointer;
+}
+
+.heart-button {
+  background: transparent;
+  border: none;
+}
+
+.new-message {
+  width: 100%;
+  max-width: 590px;
+  margin: 0 auto;
+  display: flex;
+  flex-direction: column;
+}
+
+.textarea {
+  border-radius: 4px;
+  border: 1px solid #dad7d7;
+  padding: 10px;
+  font-size: 15px;
+  height: 100px;
+}
+
+.nameinput {
+  border-radius: 4px;
+  border: 1px solid #dad7d7;
+  padding: 10px;
+  font-size: 15px;
+}
+
+.message-length {
+  text-align: right;
+  margin-top: 10px;
+  font-size: 20px;
+  color: #c3392a;
 }
diff --git a/frontend/src/reducers/index.js b/frontend/src/reducers/index.js
index 913c203..23a843b 100644
--- a/frontend/src/reducers/index.js
+++ b/frontend/src/reducers/index.js
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 import { combineReducers } from "redux";
 
-import messages from "./messages";
+import updates from "./messages";
 
 import { loadingBarReducer } from "react-redux-loading";
 
 export default combineReducers({
-    messages,
+    updates: updates,
     loadingBar: loadingBarReducer
 });
diff --git a/frontend/src/reducers/messages.js b/frontend/src/reducers/messages.js
index 44173be..21ed703 100644
--- a/frontend/src/reducers/messages.js
+++ b/frontend/src/reducers/messages.js
@@ -1,16 +1,16 @@
 import { RECEIVE_MESSAGES, ADD_MESSAGE } from "../actions/messages";
 
-export default function messages(state = [], action) {
+export default function updates(state = {messages: []}, action) {
     switch (action.type) {
         case RECEIVE_MESSAGES:
-            return action.messages;
+            return action;
 
         case ADD_MESSAGE:
             console.log("reducer message");
             console.log(state);
             console.log(action);
             const { message } = action; //getting the newly added message from action
-            state.push(message);
+            state.messages.unshift(message);
 
             return state;
 
diff --git a/frontend/src/utils/api.js b/frontend/src/utils/api.js
index a5b0dec..d82533f 100644
--- a/frontend/src/utils/api.js
+++ b/frontend/src/utils/api.js
@@ -1,8 +1,3 @@
-import {
-    _getMessages,
-    _saveMessage,
-} from './_DATA.js'
-
 import * as fluence from "fluence";
 
 let session = fluence.directConnect("localhost", 30000, 1);
@@ -14,26 +9,20 @@ export function getMessages () {
     return session.request(JSON.stringify(request))
         .then((r) => r.asString())
         .then((r) => {
-            let posts = JSON.parse(r);
-            console.log("posts");
-            console.log(posts);
-            let list = posts.map((p) => {
+            let response = JSON.parse(r);
+            return response.posts.map((p) => {
                 return {
-                    text: p.msg,
+                    text: p.message,
                     name: p.username
                 }
-            });
-            console.log(list);
-            return list;
+            }).reverse();
         });
 }
 
 export function saveMessage(message) {
-    console.log("save message");
-    console.log(message);
     let request = {
         action: "Post",
-        msg: message.text,
+        message: message.text,
         username: message.name
     };
     return session.requestAsync(JSON.stringify(request)).then(() => message);