diff --git a/react-frontend/src/components/AddSkill.js b/react-frontend/src/components/AddSkill.js
index a7c3a11..8c5f55e 100644
--- a/react-frontend/src/components/AddSkill.js
+++ b/react-frontend/src/components/AddSkill.js
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ function AddSkill({skillAdded, setSkillAdded, userSkills}) {
         e.preventDefault()
 
         // handles case where description is blank
-        if(newSkill.description == undefined || newSkill.description === "") {
+        if(newSkill.description === undefined || newSkill.description === "") {
             return alert('Sorry, it looks like you haven\'t provided a description... Please try again')
         }
 
diff --git a/react-frontend/src/components/Application.js b/react-frontend/src/components/Application.js
index 1ac9202..8a49e36 100644
--- a/react-frontend/src/components/Application.js
+++ b/react-frontend/src/components/Application.js
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import React from 'react';
-import { MdDeleteForever, MdEdit, MdLabel } from 'react-icons/md';
+import { MdDeleteForever, MdEdit } from 'react-icons/md';
 import EditApplicationPage from '../pages/EditApplicationPage'
 import SlidingWindow from './SlidingWindow';
 
diff --git a/react-frontend/src/components/UserSkillBubble.js b/react-frontend/src/components/UserSkillBubble.js
index 47792a4..1fd531c 100644
--- a/react-frontend/src/components/UserSkillBubble.js
+++ b/react-frontend/src/components/UserSkillBubble.js
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ export default function UserSkillBubble({skill, className}) {
                 break;
             default:
                 completed = 0
-                background = "red"
+                background = "grey"
                 break;
         }
         
diff --git a/react-frontend/src/pages/CallBackPage.js b/react-frontend/src/pages/CallBackPage.js
index 5b326ba..273b5a1 100644
--- a/react-frontend/src/pages/CallBackPage.js
+++ b/react-frontend/src/pages/CallBackPage.js
@@ -5,9 +5,6 @@ import { useAPI } from "../utils/Auth0Functions";
 import fetchRequests from "../data_model/fetchRequests";
 
 
-const datastore_url = process.env.REACT_APP_API_SERVER_URL
-
-
 function CallBackPage() {
     const {isAuthenticated, user} = useAuth0()
     const getTokenFromAuth0 = useAPI()
diff --git a/react-frontend/src/pages/SkillPage.js b/react-frontend/src/pages/SkillPage.js
index bf302c1..d916f90 100644
--- a/react-frontend/src/pages/SkillPage.js
+++ b/react-frontend/src/pages/SkillPage.js
@@ -8,8 +8,6 @@ import { useAuth0 } from '@auth0/auth0-react';
 import { useAPI } from '../utils/Auth0Functions';
 import fetchRequests from '../data_model/fetchRequests';
 
-const apiURL = process.env.REACT_APP_API_SERVER_URL
-
 function SkillPage() {
   // const [groupedSkills, setGroupedSkills] = useState({})
   const [skills, setSkills] = useState([])