diff --git a/app/backend/InputOutputHandler.tsx b/app/backend/InputOutputHandler.tsx
index 47a6e1f..4fa0042 100644
--- a/app/backend/InputOutputHandler.tsx
+++ b/app/backend/InputOutputHandler.tsx
@@ -17,12 +17,21 @@ const InputOutputBackend: React.FC = () => {
   }
 
   /* Variables for System-prompt */
-  const [preferredCurrency, setPreferredCurrency] = useState(localStorage.getItem("preferredCurrency") || "")
-  const [preferredLanguage, setPreferredLanguage] = useState(localStorage.getItem("preferredLanguage") || "")
-  const [timeFormat, setTimeFormat] = useState(localStorage.getItem("timeFormat") || "")
-  const [preferredMeasurement, setPreferredMeasurement] = useState(localStorage.getItem("preferredMeasurement") || "")
-  const [timeZone, setTimeZone] = useState(localStorage.getItem("timeZone") || "")
-  const [dateFormat, setDateFormat] = useState(localStorage.getItem("dateFormat") || "")
+  const [preferredCurrency, setPreferredCurrency] = useState<string | null>("")
+  const [preferredLanguage, setPreferredLanguage] = useState<string | null>("")
+  const [timeFormat, setTimeFormat] = useState<string | null>("")
+  const [preferredMeasurement, setPreferredMeasurement] = useState<string | null>("")
+  const [timeZone, setTimeZone] = useState<string | null>("")
+  const [dateFormat, setDateFormat] = useState<string | null>("")
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    setPreferredCurrency(localStorage.getItem("preferredCurrency"))
+    setPreferredLanguage(localStorage.getItem("preferredLanguage"))
+    setTimeFormat(localStorage.getItem("timeFormat"))
+    setPreferredMeasurement(localStorage.getItem("preferredMeasurement"))
+    setTimeZone(localStorage.getItem("timeZone"))
+    setDateFormat(localStorage.getItem("dateFormat"))
+  })
   
   const [copyClicked, setCopyClicked] = useState(false)
   const [accessToken, setAccessToken] = useState("")
@@ -41,7 +50,6 @@ const InputOutputBackend: React.FC = () => {
   const [inputMessage, setInputMessage] = useState<string>("")
   const [inputDisabled, setInputDisabled] = useState(false)
   const [isRecording, setIsRecording] = useState(false)
-  const [audioURL, setAudioURL] = useState<string | null>(null)
   const mediaRecorderRef = useRef<MediaRecorder | null>(null) 
   const audioChunks = useRef<Blob[]>([])
 
@@ -189,16 +197,6 @@ const InputOutputBackend: React.FC = () => {
     mediaRecorder.start()
     setIsRecording(true)
   }
-
-  const ffmpegRef = useRef<FFmpeg | null>(null)
-  const audioRef = useRef("")
-
-  const loadFFmpeg = async () => {
-    if (!ffmpegRef.current) {
-      ffmpegRef.current = new FFmpeg()
-      await ffmpegRef.current.load()
-    }
-  }
     
   const stopRecording = () => {
     mediaRecorderRef.current?.stop()