diff --git a/frontend/src/components/Chatbot.css b/frontend/src/components/Chatbot.css
index 869ef1d..7e27b9d 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/Chatbot.css
+++ b/frontend/src/components/Chatbot.css
@@ -98,12 +98,12 @@ h1 {
 }
 
 #send-button:disabled, #query-button:disabled {
-  background-color: #808080;
+  background-color: #8386a8;
   cursor: not-allowed;
 }
 
 #send-button:disabled:hover, #query-button:disabled:hover {
-  background-color: #808080; /* Hover color for disabled state */
+  background-color: #8386a8; /* Hover color for disabled state */
 }
 
 #send-button:not(:disabled):hover, #query-button:not(:disabled):hover {
diff --git a/frontend/src/interface.js b/frontend/src/interface.js
index 6dee641..3c6fa2b 100644
--- a/frontend/src/interface.js
+++ b/frontend/src/interface.js
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ export async function downloadCodebase() {
   const apiURL = "https://syntaxsorcerer-backend.fly.dev";
   const url = document.getElementById("codebase-url").value;
 
-  const response = await fetch(`${apiURL}/api/download`, {
+  const response = await fetch(`${local}/api/download`, {
     method: "POST",
     headers: {
       "Content-Type": "application/json",
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ export async function deleteCodebase() {
   const local = "http://localhost:3000";
   const apiURL = "https://syntaxsorcerer-backend.fly.dev";
 
-  const response = await fetch(`${apiURL}/api/delete`, {
+  const response = await fetch(`${local}/api/delete`, {
     method: "POST",
     headers: {
       "Content-Type": "application/json",
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ export async function sendFiles(files, userInput) {
     request = request.concat(files[i] + "\n");
   }
 
-  request = request.concat(userInput);
+  request = request.concat('I have a question about this code (if what follows does not seem like a reasonable question, prompt me to enter my question again): ' + userInput);
 
   await fetchChatGPTResponse(request);
 }
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ export async function fetchChatGPTResponse(userInput) {
   const apiURL = "https://syntaxsorcerer-backend.fly.dev";
   const codebasePath = "../../codebases";
 
-  const response = await fetch(`${apiURL}/api/chatgpt`, {
+  const response = await fetch(`${local}/api/chatgpt`, {
     method: "POST",
     headers: {
       "Content-Type": "application/json",
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ export async function fetchPineconeResponse(userInput) {
   const local = "http://localhost:3000";
   const apiURL = "https://syntaxsorcerer-backend.fly.dev";
 
-  const response = await fetch(`${apiURL}/api/pinecone`, {
+  const response = await fetch(`${local}/api/pinecone`, {
     method: "POST",
     headers: {
       "Content-Type": "application/json",