diff --git a/ui-display/frontend-app/src/components/Constants.js b/ui-display/frontend-app/src/components/Constants.js
index 74ffcec..ba1626c 100644
--- a/ui-display/frontend-app/src/components/Constants.js
+++ b/ui-display/frontend-app/src/components/Constants.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-export const TIMESLOT_LEN = 15;
+export const TIMESLOT_LEN = 30;
 export const FAMILY_NAME = "family";
 export const USERS = ["user_1", "user_2", "user_3", "user_4", FAMILY_NAME];
 export const DAYS = ["sunday", "monday", "tuesday", "wednesday", 
diff --git a/ui-display/frontend-app/src/components/widgets/SuggestedTimeWidget.js b/ui-display/frontend-app/src/components/widgets/SuggestedTimeWidget.js
index eebc209..338064d 100644
--- a/ui-display/frontend-app/src/components/widgets/SuggestedTimeWidget.js
+++ b/ui-display/frontend-app/src/components/widgets/SuggestedTimeWidget.js
@@ -6,8 +6,11 @@ export default function SuggestedTimeWidget() {
 
     const currentToTimeSlotNum = () => {
         const now = new Date();
-        const hour_slot = now.getHours() * 60 / Constants.TIMESLOT_LEN;
+        console.log("now:", now);
+        const hour_slot = ((now.getHours() * 60) / Constants.TIMESLOT_LEN) - (5 * 60 / Constants.TIMESLOT_LEN);
+        console.log("hour", hour_slot);
         const minute_slot = Math.floor(now.getMinutes() / Constants.TIMESLOT_LEN) * Constants.TIMESLOT_LEN / Constants.TIMESLOT_LEN;
+        console.log("minute", minute_slot);
         return hour_slot + minute_slot;
     }
 
@@ -29,12 +32,14 @@ export default function SuggestedTimeWidget() {
     const [loading, setLoading] = useState(true);
     const baseURL = 'https://localhost:8000/display/';
 
+
     useEffect(() => {
         const interval = setInterval(()=>{
-            fetchData()
-        },200000)
+            fetchData();
+        },5000);
         /* DEFAULT BEHAVIOUR: GET SINGLE RECOMMENDATION OF NEXT NEAREST TIME */
         const fetchData = async () => {
+            console.log('data fetched');
             const response = await fetch("http://localhost:8000/display/user-free-timeslots");
             const data = await response.json();
             if (data && data.body) {
@@ -42,11 +47,13 @@ export default function SuggestedTimeWidget() {
                 // filter out any days already passed
                 // TODO what do we do when the week is nearly over?
                 const dayName = Constants.DAYS[new Date().getDay()];
+                console.log(dayName);
+                console.log(Constants.DAY_POSITIONS[dayName]);
+                console.log("today:", currentToTimeSlotNum());
+                    
                 const timeSlots = timeSlotsAllWeek.filter(timeSlot => 
-                    (Constants.DAY_POSITIONS[timeSlot.day] 
-                        > Constants.DAY_POSITIONS[dayName]) 
-                        || (Constants.DAY_POSITIONS[timeSlot.day] 
-                            === Constants.DAY_POSITIONS[dayName] 
+                    (Constants.DAY_POSITIONS[timeSlot.day] > Constants.DAY_POSITIONS[dayName]) 
+                        || (Constants.DAY_POSITIONS[timeSlot.day] === Constants.DAY_POSITIONS[dayName] 
                             && timeSlot.slot_num > currentToTimeSlotNum()));
                 setSuggestedTime(dayAndTimeToDate(timeSlots[0]['day'],
                     timeSlots[0]['time']));
@@ -54,8 +61,10 @@ export default function SuggestedTimeWidget() {
             }
         };
 
-        fetchData();
-    }, []); // Empty dependency array means this effect runs once when component mounts
+        return () => clearInterval(interval);
+
+        //fetchData();
+    }, [suggestedTime]); // Empty dependency array means this effect runs once when component mounts
 
 
     return (
@@ -65,7 +74,7 @@ export default function SuggestedTimeWidget() {
                     <p>Oops! Check back in a sec.</p> :
                     <>
                         <h1>Suggested Time 🪩</h1>
-                        <h3>Everybody is next free at {suggestedTime}.</h3>
+                        <h3>Everybody is next free {suggestedTime}.</h3>
                     </>
                 }
             </header>