diff --git a/src/App.css b/src/App.css
index 9563cf1..af19ee1 100644
--- a/src/App.css
+++ b/src/App.css
@@ -130,9 +130,11 @@
   display: inline-flex;
   position: relative;
   flex-direction: column;
+  position: relative;
   align-items: center;
   top: 5rem;
   width: 90vw;
+  top: 5rem;
 }
 
 /* Page handling */
diff --git a/src/App.test.js b/src/App.test.js
deleted file mode 100644
index f6847b2..0000000
--- a/src/App.test.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-import React from 'react';
-import { render } from '@testing-library/react';
-import { Provider } from 'react-redux';
-import { store } from './app/store';
-import App from './App';
-
-test('renders text', () => {
-  const { getByText } = render(
-    <Provider store={store}>
-      <App />
-    </Provider>
-  );
-
-  expect(getByText(/Stuff/)).toBeInTheDocument();
-});
-
-test('store is not empty or falsy', () => {
-  expect(store).not.toBeNull();
-})
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diff --git a/src/features/posts/Post.css b/src/features/posts/Post.css
index ac7f8d5..8b4eca5 100644
--- a/src/features/posts/Post.css
+++ b/src/features/posts/Post.css
@@ -3,7 +3,8 @@
 .post-body {
     display: inline-flex;
     flex-direction: column;
-    width: 75%;
+    align-items: center;
+    width: 85%;
     padding: 1rem 2rem;
     border-radius: 10px;
     background-color: rgb(29, 4, 39);
@@ -28,6 +29,7 @@
 
 img, video {
     max-height: 45rem;
+    max-width: 95%;
     object-fit: contain;
 }
 
@@ -35,6 +37,7 @@ img, video {
 
 .post-metadata {
     display: inline-flex;
+    width: 90%;
     margin-top: 1rem;
     padding-top: 0.5rem;
     border-top: 1px solid gray;
@@ -99,6 +102,7 @@ img, video {
     display: inline-flex;
     flex-direction: column;
     align-items: center;
+    max-width: 80%;
 }
 
 #post-audio {
diff --git a/src/features/posts/Post.js b/src/features/posts/Post.js
index f8cb10f..5421762 100644
--- a/src/features/posts/Post.js
+++ b/src/features/posts/Post.js
@@ -91,11 +91,12 @@ export default function Post({data, key}) {
     // before the fetch requests' promises are fulfilled.
     
     return (
-        <>
         <div className="post-body" key={key}>
 
             {title ?
-                <a className="title" href={`https://reddit.com${permalink}`}>{title}</a>
+            
+            <a className="title" href={`https://reddit.com${permalink}`}>{title}</a>
+            
             : <p>[untitled]</p>}
 
             {media ? <img alt={title} src={media} /> : null}
@@ -129,8 +130,6 @@ export default function Post({data, key}) {
             <div className={commentStyle}>
                 <Discussion permalink={permalink} isVisible={visible} />
             </div>
-
         </div>
-        </>
     );
 }
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diff --git a/src/features/reddit/redditSlice.test.js b/src/features/reddit/redditSlice.test.js
deleted file mode 100644
index e69de29..0000000
diff --git a/src/features/sidebar/Sidebar.js b/src/features/sidebar/Sidebar.js
index b64c2c2..4ee9cba 100644
--- a/src/features/sidebar/Sidebar.js
+++ b/src/features/sidebar/Sidebar.js
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-import React, { useRef, useState } from "react";
-import { useSelector, /* useDispatch */ } from "react-redux";
+import React from "react";
+import { useSelector } from "react-redux";
 import { selectAllSubs } from "../reddit/redditSlice";
 import { v4 } from 'uuid';
 import SidebarItem from "./SidebarItem";
@@ -9,41 +9,17 @@ export default function Sidebar({isCollapsed}) {
     const allSubs = useSelector(selectAllSubs);
     let arrayOfSubs = Object.keys(allSubs);
 
-    // const [subs, setSubs] = useState(arrayOfSubs);    // this piece of state to be used to modify state based on a dispatched action
-    const [searchSubs, setSearchSubs] = useState('');    // from  sidebaritems when the visibility of a sub is toggled on/off
-
-    const searchWindowStyle = useRef('search-inactive');     // this ref allows us to access and modify the class of the search window container from another part of the render function
-
-    const handleChange = (e) => {
-        e.preventDefault();
-        if (e.target.value) {                                       // this logic locally stores the search term in searchSubs,
-            searchWindowStyle.current = 'search-active';            // and will dispatch a search action from the reddit slice
-            setSearchSubs(e.target.value);                          // based on the provided term
-        } else if (e.target.value === '') {
-            searchWindowStyle.current = 'search-inactive';
-            setSearchSubs('');
-        }
-    }
-
     return (
-        <>
-                    {/* isCollapsed is passed from the parent component, and is mutable within the navbar */}
+        // isCollapsed is passed from the parent component, and is mutable within the navbar
+
         <div className={isCollapsed ? 'sidebar-hidden' : 'sidebar'}>
-            {       // arrayOfSubs will become subs from useState on implementation of useState
-                arrayOfSubs.map((sub) => {             // Maps each sub to its own line within the sidebar, along with a button that toggles its "isSelected" property
+            {
+                arrayOfSubs.map((sub) => {
                     return (
                         <SidebarItem sub={sub} key={v4()}/>
                     )
                 })
             }
-            <input className="search-sub-input" type="text" onChange={handleChange} placeholder="Search Subs to Add"></input>
         </div>
-
-        {/* displays subreddit search results */}
-        <div className={searchWindowStyle.current}>
-            <h2>Search Results for: {searchSubs}</h2>
-            <p>(results here)</p>
-        </div>
-        </>
     );
 }
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diff --git a/src/features/video/VideoPlayer.js b/src/features/video/VideoPlayer.js
index b316f3b..c9e284a 100644
--- a/src/features/video/VideoPlayer.js
+++ b/src/features/video/VideoPlayer.js
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ export default function VideoPlayer({data, src}) {
     
     const [playing, setPlaying] = useState(false);      // handles play/pause logic
     const [audio, setAudio] = useState(null);
+    const [video, setVideo] = useState(null);
     
     const crossPostSrc = src;
 
@@ -36,18 +37,38 @@ export default function VideoPlayer({data, src}) {
             }
         }
 
+        const checkForVideo = async(source) => {
+            try {
+                await fetch(source)
+                .then((response) => {
+                    if (response.status > 400) {
+                        setVideo(null);
+                    } else {
+                        setVideo(source);
+                    }
+                });
+            } catch(e) {
+                console.log(e);
+            }
+        }
+
         if (checking) {
             checkForAudio();
+            checkForVideo(data.media.reddit_video.fallback_url);
             checking = false;
         }
 
         return () => {
             checking = false;
         }
+<<<<<<< HEAD
     }, [url, data, audio]);
+=======
+    }, [url, video, data, audio]);
+>>>>>>> origin/master
 
     useEffect(() => {                    // this section handles simultaneous playback of audio and video
-        if (!audio) {
+        if (!audio || !video) {
             return;
         }
 
@@ -57,15 +78,21 @@ export default function VideoPlayer({data, src}) {
         } else if (!playing) {
             vid.current.pause();
         }
-    }, [playing, audio, aud, vid]);
+    }, [playing, video, audio, aud, vid]);
 
     return (
+        <>
+        {!video ? null :
         <div className="video-player">
             {
                 !audio ? 
 
                 <>
+<<<<<<< HEAD
                 <video id="post-video-no-audio" controls src={url}>
+=======
+                <video id="post-video-no-audio" ref={vidControls} controls src={video}>
+>>>>>>> origin/master
                     This video is not supported by your browser.
                 </video>
                 </>
@@ -73,7 +100,11 @@ export default function VideoPlayer({data, src}) {
                 : 
 
                 <>
+<<<<<<< HEAD
                 <video id="post-video" ref={vid} autoPlay={playing ? true : false} src={url ? url : null}>
+=======
+                <video id="post-video" ref={vid} autoPlay={playing ? true : false} src={video}>
+>>>>>>> origin/master
                     This video is not supported by your browser.
                 </video>
                 <video id="post-audio" ref={aud} controls onPlay={() => setPlaying(true)} onPause={() => setPlaying(false)} src={audio}>
@@ -82,5 +113,7 @@ export default function VideoPlayer({data, src}) {
                 </>
             }
         </div>
+        }
+        </>
     );
 }
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