diff --git a/components/BeerIndex/BeerIndexPaginationBar.tsx b/components/BeerIndex/BeerIndexPaginationBar.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c90217c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/components/BeerIndex/BeerIndexPaginationBar.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+import Link from 'next/link';
+
+import { FC } from 'react';
+
+interface PaginationProps {
+  pageNum: number;
+  pageCount: number;
+}
+
+const BeerIndexPaginationBar: FC<PaginationProps> = ({ pageCount, pageNum }) => {
+  return (
+    <div className="btn-group">
+      <Link
+        className={`btn ${pageNum === 1 ? 'btn-disabled' : ''}`}
+        href={{ pathname: '/beers', query: { page_num: pageNum - 1 } }}
+        scroll={false}
+        prefetch={true}
+      >
+        «
+      </Link>
+      <button className="btn">Page {pageNum}</button>
+      <Link
+        className={`btn ${pageNum === pageCount ? 'btn-disabled' : ''}`}
+        href={{ pathname: '/beers', query: { page_num: pageNum + 1 } }}
+        scroll={false}
+        prefetch={true}
+      >
+        »
+      </Link>
+    </div>
+  );
+};
+
+export default BeerIndexPaginationBar;
diff --git a/components/BeerIndex/Pagination.tsx b/components/BeerIndex/Pagination.tsx
deleted file mode 100644
index dc18fb8..0000000
--- a/components/BeerIndex/Pagination.tsx
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,37 +0,0 @@
-import { useRouter } from 'next/router';
-import { FC } from 'react';
-
-interface PaginationProps {
-  pageNum: number;
-  pageCount: number;
-}
-
-const Pagination: FC<PaginationProps> = ({ pageCount, pageNum }) => {
-  const router = useRouter();
-
-  return (
-    <div className="btn-group">
-      <button
-        className="btn"
-        disabled={pageNum <= 1}
-        onClick={async () =>
-          router.push({ pathname: '/beers', query: { page_num: pageNum - 1 } })
-        }
-      >
-        «
-      </button>
-      <button className="btn">Page {pageNum}</button>
-      <button
-        className="btn"
-        disabled={pageNum >= pageCount}
-        onClick={async () =>
-          router.push({ pathname: '/beers', query: { page_num: pageNum + 1 } })
-        }
-      >
-        »
-      </button>
-    </div>
-  );
-};
-
-export default Pagination;
diff --git a/components/ui/forms/FormPageLayout.tsx b/components/ui/forms/FormPageLayout.tsx
index fddea6c..4fef0c1 100644
--- a/components/ui/forms/FormPageLayout.tsx
+++ b/components/ui/forms/FormPageLayout.tsx
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ const FormPageLayout: FC<FormPageLayoutProps> = ({
     <div className="align-center my-20 flex h-fit flex-col items-center justify-center">
       <div className="w-8/12">
         <div className="tooltip tooltip-bottom absolute" data-tip={backLinkText}>
-          <Link href={backLink} className="btn btn-ghost btn-sm">
+          <Link href={backLink} className="btn-ghost btn-sm btn p-0">
             <BiArrowBack className="text-xl" />
           </Link>
         </div>
diff --git a/config/auth/cookie.ts b/config/auth/cookie.ts
index 464b8a2..50ac928 100644
--- a/config/auth/cookie.ts
+++ b/config/auth/cookie.ts
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ export const MAX_AGE = 60 * 60 * 8; // 8 hours
 export function setTokenCookie(res: NextApiResponse, token: string) {
   const cookie = serialize(TOKEN_NAME, token, {
     maxAge: MAX_AGE,
-    httpOnly: true,
+    httpOnly: false,
     secure: process.env.NODE_ENV === 'production',
     path: '/',
     sameSite: 'lax',
diff --git a/hooks/useUser.ts b/hooks/useUser.ts
index 14bdc2f..0d59f34 100644
--- a/hooks/useUser.ts
+++ b/hooks/useUser.ts
@@ -3,15 +3,18 @@ import APIResponseValidationSchema from '@/validation/APIResponseValidationSchem
 import useSWR from 'swr';
 
 const useUser = () => {
-  // check cookies for user
   const {
     data: user,
     error,
     isLoading,
   } = useSWR('/api/users/current', async (url) => {
+    if (!document.cookie.includes('token')) {
+      throw new Error('No token cookie found');
+    }
     const response = await fetch(url);
 
     if (!response.ok) {
+      document.cookie = 'token=; expires=Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 UTC; path=/;';
       throw new Error(response.statusText);
     }
 
@@ -23,6 +26,7 @@ const useUser = () => {
     }
 
     const parsedPayload = GetUserSchema.safeParse(parsed.data.payload);
+    console.log(parsedPayload);
     if (!parsedPayload.success) {
       throw new Error(parsedPayload.error.message);
     }
diff --git a/pages/api/users/register.ts b/pages/api/users/register.ts
index baaef64..ffe3f41 100644
--- a/pages/api/users/register.ts
+++ b/pages/api/users/register.ts
@@ -17,12 +17,6 @@ interface RegisterUserRequest extends NextApiRequest {
   body: z.infer<typeof CreateUserValidationSchema>;
 }
 
-const { BASE_URL } = process.env;
-
-if (!BASE_URL) {
-  throw new ServerError('BASE_URL env variable is not set.', 500);
-}
-
 const registerUser = async (req: RegisterUserRequest, res: NextApiResponse) => {
   const [usernameTaken, emailTaken] = await Promise.all([
     findUserByUsername(req.body.username),
diff --git a/pages/beers/index.tsx b/pages/beers/index.tsx
index aee56cd..a2cbd45 100644
--- a/pages/beers/index.tsx
+++ b/pages/beers/index.tsx
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import getAllBeerPosts from '@/services/BeerPost/getAllBeerPosts';
 import { useRouter } from 'next/router';
 import DBClient from '@/prisma/DBClient';
 import Layout from '@/components/ui/Layout';
-import Pagination from '@/components/BeerIndex/Pagination';
+import BeerIndexPaginationBar from '@/components/BeerIndex/BeerIndexPaginationBar';
 import BeerCard from '@/components/BeerIndex/BeerCard';
 import { BeerPostQueryResult } from '@/services/BeerPost/schema/BeerPostQueryResult';
 import Head from 'next/head';
@@ -26,16 +26,24 @@ const BeerPage: NextPage<BeerPageProps> = ({ initialBeerPosts, pageCount }) => {
         <meta name="description" content="Beer posts" />
       </Head>
       <div className="flex items-center justify-center bg-base-100">
-        <main className="my-10 flex w-10/12 flex-col space-y-4">
+        <div className="my-10 flex  w-10/12 flex-col space-y-4">
+          <header className="my-10">
+            <div className="space-y-2">
+              <h1 className="text-6xl font-bold">The Biergarten Index</h1>
+              <h2 className="text-2xl font-bold">
+                Page {pageNum} of {pageCount}
+              </h2>
+            </div>
+          </header>
           <div className="grid gap-5 md:grid-cols-2 xl:grid-cols-3">
             {initialBeerPosts.map((post) => {
               return <BeerCard post={post} key={post.id} />;
             })}
           </div>
           <div className="flex justify-center">
-            <Pagination pageNum={pageNum} pageCount={pageCount} />
+            <BeerIndexPaginationBar pageNum={pageNum} pageCount={pageCount} />
           </div>
-        </main>
+        </div>
       </div>
     </Layout>
   );