diff --git a/app/backend/InputOutputHandler.tsx b/app/backend/InputOutputHandler.tsx
index 4fa0042..47a6e1f 100644
--- a/app/backend/InputOutputHandler.tsx
+++ b/app/backend/InputOutputHandler.tsx
@@ -17,21 +17,12 @@ const InputOutputBackend: React.FC = () => {
   }
 
   /* Variables for System-prompt */
-  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 [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 [copyClicked, setCopyClicked] = useState(false)
   const [accessToken, setAccessToken] = useState("")
@@ -50,6 +41,7 @@ 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[]>([])
 
@@ -197,6 +189,16 @@ 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()
diff --git a/app/components/Header.tsx b/app/components/Header.tsx
index 8a930e3..0445db4 100644
--- a/app/components/Header.tsx
+++ b/app/components/Header.tsx
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ const Header: React.FC<HeaderProps> = ({ onViewChange, showDivs, toggleDivs, sho
         <div className="header-button header-logo">
           {/* AI logo or text */}
         </div>
-        <div className="login-button-container">
+        <div className="login-button">
           <Login /> 
         </div>
       </header>
diff --git a/app/components/InputFrontend.tsx b/app/components/InputFrontend.tsx
index f02442b..74539e6 100644
--- a/app/components/InputFrontend.tsx
+++ b/app/components/InputFrontend.tsx
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ const InputFrontend = React.forwardRef<HTMLDivElement, InputProps>(
         <button type="button" onClick={() => onSendClick(inputValue, false)} disabled={inputDisabled ? true : false}>
           <img src="/img/send.svg" alt="send" />
         </button>
-        <button className={`microphone-button ${isRecording ? "red": "var(--input-button-color)"}`} type="button" onClick={onMicClick}>
+        <button className={`microphone-button ${isRecording ? "red":"green"}`} type="button" onClick={onMicClick}>
           <img src="/img/microphone.svg" alt="microphone" />
         </button>
       </div>
diff --git a/app/components/Models.tsx b/app/components/Models.tsx
index 894623a..17f7f46 100644
--- a/app/components/Models.tsx
+++ b/app/components/Models.tsx
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-"use client";
 import React, { useState, useEffect } from 'react';
 
 // Define the available model options
@@ -19,10 +18,9 @@ const modelDropdown = {
 const Models: React.FC = () => {
   // Initialize state with value from localStorage or default to ''
   const [selectedModel, setSelectedModel] = useState('');
-  const [radioSelection, setRadioSelection] = useState<string | null>("")
-  
+  const radioSelection = localStorage.getItem('radioSelection')
+
   useEffect(() => {
-    setRadioSelection(localStorage.getItem('radioSelection'))
     const handleStorageChange = () => {
       setSelectedModel(localStorage.getItem('selectedModel') || '');
     };
diff --git a/app/styles/header.css b/app/styles/header.css
index 99343f2..5e84cc5 100644
--- a/app/styles/header.css
+++ b/app/styles/header.css
@@ -40,23 +40,16 @@ header{
 .nav-links{
     position: absolute;
     display: flex;
+    top: 2vh;
     gap: 1em;
-    width: 35vw;
-    height: 100%;
-    align-items: center;
+    width: 25em;
+    height: 2em;
 }
 
 .nav-btn{
-    background-color: var(--input-button-color);
+    background-color: transparent;
     border: none;
     font-size: 0.9em;
-    height: 50%;
-    border-radius: 5px;
-    padding: 1px 15px;
-}
-
-.nav-btn:hover{
-    background-color: var(--input-button-hover-color);
 }
 
 .header-logo{
@@ -71,13 +64,7 @@ header{
     border: none;
 }
 
-.login-button-container{
-    height: 100%;
-    display: flex;
-    align-items: center;
-}
-
-.header-login-button{
+.login-button .header-login-button{
     font-size: 2vh;
     position: absolute;
     top: 1.5vh;
@@ -91,6 +78,6 @@ header{
     transition: background-color 0.3s;
 }
 
-.header-login-button:hover {
+.login-button button:hover {
     background-color: var(--input-button-hover-color);
 }
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