diff --git a/src/components/Gameboard/Gameboard.tsx b/src/components/Gameboard/Gameboard.tsx
index 846bd59..8dacdd9 100644
--- a/src/components/Gameboard/Gameboard.tsx
+++ b/src/components/Gameboard/Gameboard.tsx
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ import AvailableChips from '../Resources/AvailableChips';
 import AllPlayers from '../Player/AllPlayers';
 import CardRow from '../Card/CardRow';
 import SelectionView from '../Resources/SelectionView';
+import { useCurrentPlayer } from '../../hooks/useCurrentPlayer';
+import getTotalBuyingPower from '../../util/getTotalBuyingPower';
 const { validateChips } = getChipsActions;
 
 export default function Gameboard({ state, setState }: StateProps) {
@@ -57,6 +59,13 @@ export default function Gameboard({ state, setState }: StateProps) {
         }
     }, [state])
 
+    useEffect(() => {
+        if (state.actions.buyCard.active) {
+            const currentPlayer = useCurrentPlayer(state);
+            currentPlayer && console.log(getTotalBuyingPower(currentPlayer));
+        }
+    }, [state.actions])
+
     // displays state of board if data is populated, otherwise points to game constructor
     useEffect(() => {
         if (!state.players.length) {
diff --git a/src/components/Player/ActionMethods/buyCardActions.ts b/src/components/Player/ActionMethods/buyCardActions.ts
index 5fe9992..c8f8a57 100644
--- a/src/components/Player/ActionMethods/buyCardActions.ts
+++ b/src/components/Player/ActionMethods/buyCardActions.ts
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 import { turnOrderUtil } from "../../../util/turnOrderUtil";
-import { AppState, CardData, FullDeck, PlayerCards, ResourceCost, setStateType } from "../../../util/types";
-import { useCurrentPlayer } from "../../../hooks/useCurrentPlayer";
 import getTotalBuyingPower from "../../../util/getTotalBuyingPower";
-import { initialActions, setStateGetNoble } from "../../../hooks/stateSetters";
-import { canPickUpNoble } from "../../Nobles/canPickUpNoble";
-import usePreviousPlayer from "../../../hooks/usePreviousPlayer";
+import { AppState, CardData, PlayerCards, ResourceCost, setStateType } from "../../../util/types";
 import cardTierToKey from "../../../util/cardTierToKey";
+import { canPickUpNoble } from "../../Nobles/canPickUpNoble";
+import { initialActions, setStateGetNoble } from "../../../hooks/stateSetters";
+import { useCurrentPlayer } from "../../../hooks/useCurrentPlayer";
+import usePreviousPlayer from "../../../hooks/usePreviousPlayer";
 
 export const tooExpensive = (card: CardData, state: AppState): boolean => {
     const currentPlayer = useCurrentPlayer(state);
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ export const buyCard = (state: AppState, setState: setStateType, card: CardData)
             let goldToReturn = 0;
 
             // @ts-ignore
-            if (cardCost[typedKey] > totalBuyingPower[typedKey]) {
+            while (cardCostPointer > tempPlayerInventory) {
                 availableGold--;
                 goldToReturn++;
                 tempPlayerInventory++;
diff --git a/src/main.tsx b/src/main.tsx
index 1af5862..8cb84ff 100644
--- a/src/main.tsx
+++ b/src/main.tsx
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-import React from 'react'
-import ReactDOM from 'react-dom/client'
+import { render } from 'react-dom'
 import App from './App'
 import './index.css'
 
-ReactDOM.createRoot(document.getElementById('root') as HTMLElement).render(<App />)
+const root = document.getElementById('root') as HTMLElement;
+render(<App />, root);
diff --git a/src/util/getTotalBuyingPower.ts b/src/util/getTotalBuyingPower.ts
index 8695e78..d2f93d3 100644
--- a/src/util/getTotalBuyingPower.ts
+++ b/src/util/getTotalBuyingPower.ts
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ export default function getTotalBuyingPower(currentPlayer: PlayerData) {
     }
 
     if (!currentPlayer) return totalBuyingPower;
-    
+
     for (let [key,quantity] of Object.entries(currentPlayer.inventory)) {
         totalBuyingPower[key as keyof ResourceCost] += quantity;
     }