diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/application.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/application.scss
index 82fc778cc7f93a5f6e5916f7fe5def2da9ec3e15..5971b9647fe308e95d3dde1d7547b620fb20f1cc 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/application.scss
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/application.scss
@@ -31,8 +31,10 @@
 }
 
 .error_message {
+    margin-top: 0.5rem;
     font-size: 1rem;
     font-weight: 300;
+    background-color: #f8d7da !important;
 }
 .content, .notice, .alert {
     background-color: rgb(54, 56, 54);
@@ -43,6 +45,9 @@
 .footer {
     background-color: blue;
 }
+.nav-masthead {
+    margin-bottom: 0.5rem;
+}
 
 .nav-masthead .nav-link {
     padding: .25rem 0;
@@ -58,14 +63,21 @@
 }
   
 .nav-masthead .nav-link + .nav-link {
-    margin-left: 1rem;
+    margin-left: 0.5rem;
+    margin-right: 0.5rem;
 }
   
 .nav-masthead .active {
     color: #fff;
     border-bottom-color: #fff;
+    margin-left: 0.5rem;
+    margin-right: 0.5rem;
 }
 
 .white-text {
     color:#fff;
 }
+
+.alert {
+    margin-bottom: 0.5rem;
+}
diff --git a/app/controllers/application_controller.rb b/app/controllers/application_controller.rb
index 281b342195ce47e7ff3b4d2da1c19fd796e97de9..abc2868e495e58a778987dd27c4f026480b0ddb5 100644
--- a/app/controllers/application_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/application_controller.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 class ApplicationController < ActionController::Base
-
+  add_flash_types :success, :warning, :danger, :info
 
     protected
     def login_http(loginParams)
@@ -92,6 +92,23 @@ class ApplicationController < ActionController::Base
       end
       return emails
     end
+
+    def get_ids(emails)
+      ids = []
+      email_request = HTTParty.post('http://172.17.0.1:3001/auth/id', :headers => {
+        'Content-Type' => 'application/json', 'Authorization' => session[:jwt_token]
+      },
+      :body => {
+        :emails => emails
+      }.to_json)
+
+      if email_request.code == 404
+        ids = nil
+      else
+        ids = email_request["ids"]
+      end
+      return ids
+    end
     
     def send_reset_email(email)
       reset_token_request = HTTParty.post('http://172.17.0.1:3001/reset_password_token', :body => {
@@ -234,7 +251,8 @@ class ApplicationController < ActionController::Base
       if session[:logged_in]
         event = update_event_request(event_validation)
         if event.code == 404
-          puts event.code, event["error"]
+          @update_event_error = "Event not found"
+
         else
           creator = get_emails(event["creator"])
           email_addresses = get_emails(event["invitees"])
diff --git a/app/controllers/events_controller.rb b/app/controllers/events_controller.rb
index 68ac8df0e2c0aef16e007ca83a1b3261eab5c8af..0073f76ded3b12f4f59a8752372a279cf559536a 100644
--- a/app/controllers/events_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/events_controller.rb
@@ -12,30 +12,44 @@ class EventsController < ApplicationController
 
     def generate_event
         @new_event_validation = EventValidation.new(params["new_event_validation"].permit(:title, :description, :active, :scheduledAtTime, :scheduledAtDate, :creator, :invitees))
-        invitees_string = params["new_event_validation"]["invitees"].split(",")
-        invitees = []
-        invitees_string.each do |i|
-            invitees.push(i.to_i)
-        end
-        puts [invitees]
-        @new_event_validation.invitees = invitees
-        @new_event_validation.scheduledAt = "#{@new_event_validation.scheduledAtDate} #{@new_event_validation.scheduledAtTime}".to_datetime
-        if @new_event_validation.valid?
-            create_event(@new_event_validation)
-            redirect_to root_path
-        else
-            puts @new_event_validation.errors.full_messages
-            render 'new', status: :unprocessable_entity
-        end
+        invitees_string = params["new_event_validation"]["invitees"].split(", ")
+        invitees = get_ids(invitees_string)
+        if invitees.nil?
+            @new_event_error = "One or more of the users were not found"
+            @new_event_validation = EventValidation.new()
+            render 'new', status: :unprocessable_entity            
+        else 
+
+            @new_event_validation.invitees = invitees
+            @new_event_validation.scheduledAt = "#{@new_event_validation.scheduledAtDate} #{@new_event_validation.scheduledAtTime}".to_datetime
+            if @new_event_validation.valid?
+                create_event(@new_event_validation)
+                redirect_to root_path
+            else
+                puts @new_event_validation.errors.full_messages
+                render 'new', status: :unprocessable_entity
+            end
+        end 
     end
 
     def update_generated_event
-        @update_event_validation = EventValidation.new(params["update_event_validation"].permit(:id, :title, :description, :active, :scheduledAt, :creator, :invitees))
-        if @update_event_validation.valid?
-            update_event(@update_event_validation)
-        else
-            puts @update_event_validation.errors.full_messages
-            render 'new', status: :unprocessable_entity
+        @update_event_validation = EventValidation.new(params["update_event_validation"].permit(:id, :title, :description, :active, :scheduledAtTime, :scheduledAtDate, :creator, :invitees))
+        invitees_string = params["update_event_validation"]["invitees"].split(", ")
+        invitees = get_ids(invitees_string)
+        if invitees.nil?
+            @update_event_error = "One or more of the users were not found"
+            
+            redirect_to root_path, danger: @update_event_error    
+        else 
+            @update_event_validation.invitees = invitees
+            @update_event_validation.scheduledAt = "#{@update_event_validation.scheduledAtDate} #{@update_event_validation.scheduledAtTime}".to_datetime
+            if @update_event_validation.valid?
+                update_event(@update_event_validation)
+                redirect_to root_path
+            else
+                puts @update_event_validation.errors.full_messages
+                render 'edit', status: :unprocessable_entity
+            end
         end
     end
     
diff --git a/app/controllers/home_controller.rb b/app/controllers/home_controller.rb
index 2e6997da680719a92fe60052e20e69752664668c..bdf33d3413f41e882a38f6383023342fecf4efeb 100644
--- a/app/controllers/home_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/home_controller.rb
@@ -8,79 +8,8 @@ class HomeController < ApplicationController
         @created_events = get_my_created_events(session[:user_id])
     end
 
-    def test
-        login_params = {"email" => "test@surrey.ac.uk", "password" => "123456"}
-        login(login_params)
-    end
-
-    def test_sign_up
-        sign_up_params = {"email" => "test3@surrey.ac.uk", "password" => "1234567"}
-        sign_up_test(sign_up_params)
-    end
-
-    def test_log_out
+    def log_out_button
         log_out
     end
 
-    def test_auth
-        auth
-        redirect_to root_path
-    end
-
-    def reminder_email_test
-        email_request = [session[:user_id]]
-        email = get_emails(email_request)
-        if email == nil
-        else
-            reminder = {"title" => "this is a test", "description" => "this is a test description", "date_time" => Time.now + 4.hours}
-            reminder_email(email, reminder)
-        end
-
-        redirect_to root_path
-        
-    end
-
-    def reset_email_test
-        email = "ross@alantreadway.net"
-
-        send_reset_email(email)
-    end
-
-    def event_test
-        create_event(generate_event)
-        redirect_to root_path
-    end
-
-    def created_event_test
-        id = "2"
-        get_my_created_events(id)
-        redirect_to root_path
-    end
-
-    def generate_event
-        event = EventValidation.new(:id => "2", :title => "this is a test title", :description => "this is a test description", :active => true, :scheduledAt => (Time.now + 1.hours), :creator => session[:user_id], :invitees => [session[:user_id], 3])
-    end
-
-    def events_test
-        id = "2"
-        get_my_events(id)
-        redirect_to root_path
-    end
-
-    def update_event_test
-        update_event(generate_event)
-        redirect_to root_path
-    end
-
-    def delete_event_setup
-        event = EventValidation.new(:id => params["id"], :title => params["title"], :description => params["description"], :active => params["active"], :scheduledAt => params["scheduledAt"], :creator => params["creator"], :invitees => params["invitees"])
-        delete_event(event)
-        redirect_to root_path
-    end
-
-
-
-
-
-
 end
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/app/views/events/edit.html.erb b/app/views/events/edit.html.erb
index cb7a382d99bb77307dcfa624fc85775caef2c075..c653b7a3b0ba89f99c9d304cbe65257c691e5d64 100644
--- a/app/views/events/edit.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/events/edit.html.erb
@@ -1,21 +1,7 @@
 <body>
-  <header class="mb-auto">
-    <div>
-      <a href = "/"><%= image_tag("Logo.png", width: '50px')%></a>
-        <nav class="nav nav-masthead justify-content-center float-md-end">
-          <a class="nav-link active" aria-current="page" href="/">Home</a>
-          <a class="nav-link" href="/home/reminder_email_test">Reminder</a>
-          <a class="nav-link" href="/home/test_auth">Auth</a>
-          <a class="nav-link" href="/home/invite_test">Invite</a>
-          <a class="nav-link" href="/create_event">Create Event</a>
-          <a class="nav-link" href="/home/events_test">Get My Events</a>
-          <a style="padding-right:10px;" class="nav-link" href="/home/test_log_out">Log out</a> 
-        </nav>
-    </div>
-  </header>
   <div class="row pt-5">
     <div class="col-md-6 offset-md-3 text-box">
-      <h3 class="text-center", style="color: White;">Create Event</h3>
+      <h3 class="text-center", style="color: White;">Edit Event</h3>
 
       <%= form_for @update_event_validation, as: :update_event_validation, url: update_event_send_path do |f| %>
         <%= f.hidden_field :id, value: params["id"] %>
@@ -31,25 +17,31 @@
             <%= f.text_field :description, class:"col-sm-7", required: true %>
           </div>
 
-          <div class="field row", style="margin-top: 10px;">
-            <%= f.label :active, "Active:", class: "form-label col-sm-4 text-sm-end" %>
-            <%= f.text_field :active, class:"col-sm-7", required: true %>
-          </div>
+          <%= f.hidden_field :active, value: true %>
 
           <div class="field row", style="margin-top: 10px;">
-            <%= f.label :scheduledAt, "Scheduled at:", class: "form-label col-sm-4 text-sm-end" %>
-            <%= f.text_field :scheduledAt, class:"col-sm-7", required: true %>
+            <%= f.label :scheduledAtTime, "Time", class: "form-label col-sm-4 text-sm-end" %>
+            <%= f.time_field :scheduledAtTime, class:"col-sm-7", required: true %>
           </div>
 
           <div class="field row", style="margin-top: 10px;">
-            <%= f.label :creator, "Creator:", class: "form-label col-sm-4 text-sm-end" %>
-            <%= f.text_field :creator, class:"col-sm-7", required: true %>
+            <%= f.label :scheduledAtDate, "Date", class: "form-label col-sm-4 text-sm-end" %>
+            <%= f.date_field :scheduledAtDate, class:"col-sm-7", required: true %>
           </div>
 
+          <%= f.hidden_field :creator, value: session[:user_id] %>
+          
           <div class="field row", style="margin-top: 10px;">
             <%= f.label :invitees, "Invites:", class: "form-label col-sm-4 text-sm-end" %>
             <%= f.text_field :invitees, class:"col-sm-7", required: true %>
           </div> 
+          <% if @update_event_error != "" %>
+              <div class="row field">
+                <div class="alert alert-danger error_message offset-sm-4 col-sm-7" role="alert">
+                  <%= @update_event_error %>
+                </div>
+              </div>
+          <% end %>
 
 
           <div class="actions text-center">
diff --git a/app/views/events/new.html.erb b/app/views/events/new.html.erb
index f1e4e549501c8ebd682efca7030fc4a07d58b3a4..025a502cee1774850e23455f74a0638de7ed7155 100644
--- a/app/views/events/new.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/events/new.html.erb
@@ -1,18 +1,4 @@
 <body>
-  <header class="mb-auto">
-    <div style="padding-left:20px;">
-      <a href = "/"><%= image_tag("Logo.png", width: '50px')%></a>
-      <nav class="nav nav-masthead justify-content-center float-md-end">
-        <a class="nav-link active" aria-current="page" href="/">Home</a>
-        <a class="nav-link" href="/home/reminder_email_test">Reminder</a>
-        <a class="nav-link" href="/home/test_auth">Auth</a>
-        <a class="nav-link" href="/home/invite_test">Invite</a>
-        <a class="nav-link" href="/create_event">Create Event</a>
-        <a class="nav-link" href="/home/events_test">Get My Events</a>
-        <a style="padding-right:10px;" class="nav-link" href="/home/test_log_out">Log out</a> 
-      </nav>
-    </div>
-  </header>
   <div class="row pt-5">
     <div class="col-md-6 offset-md-3 text-box">
       <h3 class="text-center", style="color: White;">Create Event</h3>
@@ -46,7 +32,14 @@
           <div class="field row", style="margin-top: 10px;">
             <%= f.label :invitees, "Invites:", class: "form-label col-sm-4 text-sm-end" %>
             <%= f.text_field :invitees, class:"col-sm-7", required: true %>
-          </div>  
+          </div>
+          <% if @new_event_error != "" %>
+              <div class="row field">
+                <div class="alert alert-danger error_message offset-sm-4 col-sm-7" role="alert">
+                  <%= @new_event_error %>
+                </div>
+              </div>
+          <% end %>  
 
           <div class="actions text-center">
             <%= submit_tag "Create Event", class: "btn btn-success text-center margin_top" %>
diff --git a/app/views/home/home.html.erb b/app/views/home/home.html.erb
index e84595b615aa424ea9d6e60d4fdffd9ba57b431e..60a9f1f57fa9dd6095a438fa7edfd86937080927 100644
--- a/app/views/home/home.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/home/home.html.erb
@@ -10,33 +10,14 @@
   </head>
   <section class="content">
     <body>
-      <%# <header class="mb-auto">
-        <div>
-          <h3 style = "color: White;" class="float-md-start mb-0">Calendar</h3>
-          <nav class="nav nav-masthead justify-content-center float-md-end">
-            <a class="nav-link active" aria-current="page" href="#">Home</a>
-            <a class="nav-link" href="#">Login</a>
-            <a class="nav-link" href="#">Sign up</a>
-          </nav>
-        </div>
-      </header> %>
         <%= yield %>
+        <% flash.each do |message_type, message| %>
+          <div class="alert col-sm-10 offset-sm-1 error_message alert-<%= message_type %>">
+            <%= message %>
+          </div>
+        <% end %>
         
         <% if session[:logged_in] %>
-          <header class="mb-auto">
-            <div style="padding-left:20px;">
-              <a href="/"><%= image_tag("Logo.png", width: '50px')%></a>
-              <nav class="nav nav-masthead justify-content-center float-md-end">
-                <a class="nav-link active" aria-current="page" href="/">Home</a>
-                <a class="nav-link" href="/home/reminder_email_test">Reminder</a>
-                <a class="nav-link" href="/home/test_auth">Auth</a>
-                <a class="nav-link" href="/home/invite_test">Invite</a>
-                <a class="nav-link" href="/create_event">Create Event</a>
-                <a class="nav-link" href="/home/events_test">Get My Events</a>
-                <a style="padding-right:10px;" class="nav-link" href="/home/test_log_out">Log out</a> 
-              </nav>
-            </div>
-          </header>
           <div class="row">
             <% if @invited_events != nil %>
             <div class="col-sm-10 offset-sm-1 text-box white-text">
@@ -120,17 +101,6 @@
                   
             <% end %>
           </div>
-        <% else %>
-          <header class="mb-auto">
-            <div style="padding-left:20px;">
-              <a href = "/"><%= image_tag("Logo.png", width: '50px') %></a>
-              <nav class="nav nav-masthead justify-content-center float-md-end">
-                <a class="nav-link active" aria-current="page" href="/">Home</a>
-                <a class="nav-link" href="/login">Login</a>
-                <a style="padding-right:10px;" class="nav-link" href="/sign_up">Sign up</a>
-              </nav>
-            </div>
-          </header>
         <% end %>
     </body>
   </section>
diff --git a/app/views/layouts/_header.html.erb b/app/views/layouts/_header.html.erb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..8bb86149334d271daaf84e87928748bef6e24478
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/views/layouts/_header.html.erb
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+<div class="nav nav-masthead justify-content-end">
+    <%= link_to "Home", root_path, class: 'nav-link active' %>
+    <% if session[:logged_in] %>
+        <%= link_to "Create Event", create_event_path, class: 'nav-link' %>
+        <%= link_to "Log out", log_out_path, class: 'nav-link' %>
+    <% else %>
+        <%= link_to "Login", login_path,  class: 'nav-link' %>
+        <%= link_to "Sign up", sign_up_path,  class: 'nav-link' %>
+    <% end %>
+</div>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/app/views/layouts/application.html.erb b/app/views/layouts/application.html.erb
index 03876a74c17269ab42a2fec9a199a7477008b541..066b52995f121f91f9aa33d429e10b2911b32160 100644
--- a/app/views/layouts/application.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/layouts/application.html.erb
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
   <section class="content">
   
     <body>
+      <%= render "layouts/header" %>
       <%= yield %>
       <p class="notice"><%= notice %></p>
       <p class="alert"><%= alert %></pw w>
diff --git a/app/views/passwords/new.html.erb b/app/views/passwords/new.html.erb
index 7c9d48c84bd22d67e2dfe988bda9e9e3aeae76d6..f116c424d88b37e81f8f17d6e4a16e1f42f73824 100644
--- a/app/views/passwords/new.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/passwords/new.html.erb
@@ -1,13 +1,3 @@
-    <header class="mb-auto">
-      <div style="padding-left:20px;">
-        <a href = "/"><%= image_tag("Logo.png", width: '50px') %></a>
-        <nav class="nav nav-masthead justify-content-center float-md-end">
-          <a class="nav-link active" aria-current="page" href="/">Home</a>
-          <a class="nav-link" href="/login">Login</a>
-          <a style="padding-right:10px;" class="nav-link" href="/sign_up">Sign up</a>
-        </nav>
-      </div>
-    </header>
     <div class="row pt-5">
       <div class="col-md-6 offset-md-3 text-box white-text">
 
diff --git a/app/views/registrations/edit.html.erb b/app/views/registrations/edit.html.erb
index a71267097bf9348c18f5a031edba9d97cd47446f..5d42e8265e36d722eaeb6f958df5aaa99d15fa5e 100644
--- a/app/views/registrations/edit.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/registrations/edit.html.erb
@@ -1,16 +1,4 @@
 <body>
-  <header class="mb-auto">
-    <div>
-      <h3 style="color: White;" class="float-md-start mb-0" >Calendar</h3>
-      <nav class="nav nav-masthead justify-content-center float-md-end">
-        <a class="nav-link active" aria-current="page" href="/">Home</a>
-        <a class="nav-link" href="/login">Login</a>
-        <a style="padding-right:10px;" class="nav-link" href="/sign_up">Sign up</a>
-      </nav>
-    </div>
-  </header>
-
-
   <%= link_to "Back", :back, class: "btn btn-success" %>
   <div class="row">
     <div class="col-md-4 offset-md-2 text-box">
diff --git a/app/views/registrations/new.html.erb b/app/views/registrations/new.html.erb
index aaa3ecb2df228a05cc119fdbf39608a2be4c1df9..f4798a83e64cbc6895ffa562c261dc75e694cac7 100644
--- a/app/views/registrations/new.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/registrations/new.html.erb
@@ -1,14 +1,4 @@
 <body>
-  <header class="mb-auto">
-    <div style="padding-left:20px;">
-      <a href = "/"><%= image_tag("Logo.png", width: '50px')%></a>
-      <nav class="nav nav-masthead justify-content-center float-md-end">
-        <a class="nav-link active" aria-current="page" href="/">Home</a>
-        <a class="nav-link" href="/login">Login</a>
-        <a style="padding-right:10px;" class="nav-link" href="/sign_up">Sign up</a>
-      </nav>
-    </div>
-  </header>
   <div class="row pt-5">
     <div class="col-md-6 offset-md-3 text-box">
       <h3 class="text-center", style="color: White;">Sign up</h3>
diff --git a/app/views/sessions/new.html.erb b/app/views/sessions/new.html.erb
index 2a97ef92374d139663b70564d023f1177468299c..0dfa16fe518c84ceda91e37c730313d7a8ca7af0 100644
--- a/app/views/sessions/new.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/sessions/new.html.erb
@@ -1,14 +1,4 @@
 <body>
-  <header class="mb-auto">
-    <div style="padding-left:20px;">
-      <a href = "/"><%= image_tag("Logo.png", width: '50px')%></a>
-      <nav class="nav nav-masthead justify-content-center float-md-end">
-        <a class="nav-link active" aria-current="page" href="/">Home</a>
-        <a class="nav-link" href="/login">Login</a>
-        <a style="padding-right:10px;" class="nav-link" href="/sign_up">Sign up</a>
-      </nav>
-    </div>
-  </header>
   <div class="row pt-5 main-row">
     <div class="col-md-4 offset-md-4 text-box default_form">
       <h3 class="text-center white-text">Log in</h3>
@@ -43,7 +33,6 @@
           <div class="row", style="margin-top: 10px;">
             <div class="actions col-md-7 col-sm-6 offset-md-4 offset-sm-4" style="padding-left:0px;">
               <%= link_to "Forgot Password?", reset_password_email_path,  class: 'btn btn-danger' %>
-              <%= link_to "Create Account", sign_up_path, class: "btn btn-info" %>
               <%= f.submit "Log in", class: "btn btn-success" %>
             </div>
           </div>
diff --git a/config/routes.rb b/config/routes.rb
index dcb685cef1f356efe008e043e034bc4993028208..e9c5c1125481634a650c7005dcf255fb48912d5c 100644
--- a/config/routes.rb
+++ b/config/routes.rb
@@ -9,23 +9,15 @@ Rails.application.routes.draw do
 
   get 'user', to: 'user#show'
   get 'users/password/new', to: 'devise/passwords#new', as: 'password_reset'
-  get 'home/test', to: 'home#test'
-  get 'home/test_log_out', to: 'home#test_log_out'
-  get 'home/test_auth', to: 'home#test_auth'
+  get 'log_out', to: 'home#log_out_button'
   get 'sign_up', to: 'registrations#new'
   post 'sign_up/send', to: 'registrations#sign_up'
   get 'login', to: 'sessions#new'
   post 'login/send', to: 'sessions#login'
-  get 'home/reminder_email_test', to: 'home#reminder_email_test'
-  get 'home/reset_email_test', to: 'home#reset_email_test'
   get 'reset_password_email', to: 'passwords#new'
   post 'reset_password_email_setup', to: 'passwords#reset_password_email_setup'
   get 'reset_password', to: 'passwords#edit'
   post 'reset_password_setup', to: 'passwords#reset_password_setup'
-  get 'home/event_test', to: 'home#event_test'
-  get 'home/created_event_test', to: 'home#created_event_test'
-  get 'home/events_test', to: 'home#events_test'
-  get 'home/update_event_test', to: 'home#update_event_test'
   get 'create_event', to: 'events#new'
   post 'create_event/send', to: 'events#generate_event'
   get 'update_event', to: 'events#edit'
diff --git a/docker-compose.yaml b/docker-compose.yaml
index 7926eb8c40d8d1bd55f07fa06a117e5cac0acd7a..11748225d0b8ec79e0a38459a1a34a9cd3ab1140 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yaml
+++ b/docker-compose.yaml
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ services:
         links:
             - db_primary
     auth:
-        image: driftydirt/group24auth:0.0.8
+        image: driftydirt/group24auth:0.0.9
         ports: 
             - "3001:3000"
         depends_on: