diff --git a/functions/handlers/post.js b/functions/handlers/post.js
index c14c61c..1db0144 100644
--- a/functions/handlers/post.js
+++ b/functions/handlers/post.js
@@ -4,9 +4,9 @@ exports.putPost = (req, res) => {
 
     const newPost = {
         body: req.body.body,
-        userHandle: req.body.userHandle,
+        userHandle: req.userData.handle,
         userImage: req.body.userImage,
-        userID: req.userData.userID,
+        userID: req.userData.userId,
         microBlogTitle: req.body.microBlogTitle,
         createdAt: new Date().toISOString(),
         likeCount: 0,
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ exports.putPost = (req, res) => {
 };
 
 exports.getallPostsforUser = (req, res) => {
-    admin.firestore().collection('posts').where('userHandle', '==', 'new user' ).get()
+    admin.firestore().collection('posts').where('userHandle', '==', req.userData.handle ).get()
     .then((data) => {
         let posts = [];
         data.forEach(function(doc) {
diff --git a/functions/handlers/topic.js b/functions/handlers/topic.js
index bac0322..4d3dc3d 100644
--- a/functions/handlers/topic.js
+++ b/functions/handlers/topic.js
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /* eslint-disable promise/always-return */
-const admin = require('firebase-admin');
+const { admin, db } = require("../util/admin");
 exports.putTopic = (req, res) => {
 
     const newTopic = {
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ exports.putTopic = (req, res) => {
     admin.firestore().collection('topics').add(newTopic)
     .then((doc) => {
         const resTopic = newTopic;
+        newTopic.topicId = doc.id;
         return res.status(200).json(resTopic);
     })
     .catch((err) => {
@@ -17,8 +18,6 @@ exports.putTopic = (req, res) => {
     });
 };
 
-
-
 exports.getAllTopics = (req, res) => {
     admin.firestore().collection('topics').get()
     .then((data) => {
@@ -30,6 +29,24 @@ exports.getAllTopics = (req, res) => {
     })
     .catch((err) => {
         console.error(err);
-        return res.status(500).json({error: 'Failed to fetch all posts written by specific user.'})
+        return res.status(500).json({error: 'Failed to fetch all topics.'})
     })
-};
\ No newline at end of file
+};
+
+exports.deleteTopic = (req, res) => {
+    const topic = db.doc(`/topics/${req.params.topicId}`);
+    topic.get().then((doc) => {
+        if (!doc.exists) {
+            return res.status(404).json({error: 'Topic not found'});
+        } else {
+            return topic.delete();
+        }
+    })
+    .then(() => {
+        res.json({ message: 'Topic successfully deleted!'});
+    })
+    .catch((err) => {
+        console.error(err);
+        return res.status(500).json({error: 'Failed to delete topic.'})
+    })
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/functions/handlers/users.js b/functions/handlers/users.js
index 71c8783..d8429db 100644
--- a/functions/handlers/users.js
+++ b/functions/handlers/users.js
@@ -80,7 +80,8 @@ exports.signup = (req, res) => {
         handle: newUser.handle,
         createdAt: newUser.createdAt,
         imageUrl: `https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/${config.storageBucket}/o/${noImg}?alt=media`,
-        userId
+        userId,
+        followedTopics: []
       };
       handle2Email.set(userCred.handle, userCred.email);
       return db.doc(`/users/${newUser.handle}`).set(userCred);
diff --git a/functions/index.js b/functions/index.js
index 47dda28..155363c 100644
--- a/functions/index.js
+++ b/functions/index.js
@@ -61,7 +61,10 @@ app.post("/putPost", fbAuth, putPost);
 /*------------------------------------------------------------------*
  *  handlers/topic.js                                                *
  *------------------------------------------------------------------*/
-const { putTopic, getAllTopics
+const {
+  putTopic,
+  getAllTopics,
+  deleteTopic
 } = require("./handlers/topic");
 
 // add topic to database
@@ -70,4 +73,7 @@ app.post("/putTopic", fbAuth, putTopic);
 // get all topics from database
 app.get("/getAllTopics", fbAuth, getAllTopics);
 
+// delete a specific topic
+app.delete("/deleteTopic/:topicId", fbAuth, deleteTopic);
+
 exports.api = functions.https.onRequest(app);
diff --git a/functions/package-lock.json b/functions/package-lock.json
index 439a2e2..acfe9ce 100644
--- a/functions/package-lock.json
+++ b/functions/package-lock.json
@@ -535,6 +535,11 @@
       "integrity": "sha512-cBhpre4ma+U0T1oM5fXg7Dy1Jw7zzwv7lt/GoCpr+hDQJoYnKVPLL4dCvSEFMmQurOQvSrwT7SL/DAlhBI97RQ==",
       "dev": true
     },
+    "ansi-regex": {
+      "version": "4.1.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/ansi-regex/-/ansi-regex-4.1.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-1apePfXM1UOSqw0o9IiFAovVz9M5S1Dg+4TrDwfMewQ6p/rmMueb7tWZjQ1rx4Loy1ArBggoqGpfqqdI4rondg=="
+    },
     "ansi-styles": {
       "version": "3.2.1",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/ansi-styles/-/ansi-styles-3.2.1.tgz",
@@ -1190,11 +1195,18 @@
         "progress": "^2.0.0",
         "regexpp": "^2.0.1",
         "semver": "^5.5.1",
+        "strip-ansi": "^4.0.0",
         "strip-json-comments": "^2.0.1",
         "table": "^5.2.3",
         "text-table": "^0.2.0"
       },
       "dependencies": {
+        "ansi-regex": {
+          "version": "3.0.0",
+          "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/ansi-regex/-/ansi-regex-3.0.0.tgz",
+          "integrity": "sha1-7QMXwyIGT3lGbAKWa922Bas32Zg=",
+          "dev": true
+        },
         "debug": {
           "version": "4.1.1",
           "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/debug/-/debug-4.1.1.tgz",
@@ -1209,6 +1221,15 @@
           "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/semver/-/semver-5.7.1.tgz",
           "integrity": "sha512-sauaDf/PZdVgrLTNYHRtpXa1iRiKcaebiKQ1BJdpQlWH2lCvexQdX55snPFyK7QzpudqbCI0qXFfOasHdyNDGQ==",
           "dev": true
+        },
+        "strip-ansi": {
+          "version": "4.0.0",
+          "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/strip-ansi/-/strip-ansi-4.0.0.tgz",
+          "integrity": "sha1-qEeQIusaw2iocTibY1JixQXuNo8=",
+          "dev": true,
+          "requires": {
+            "ansi-regex": "^3.0.0"
+          }
         }
       }
     },
@@ -2355,6 +2376,7 @@
         "mute-stream": "0.0.7",
         "run-async": "^2.2.0",
         "rxjs": "^6.4.0",
+        "string-width": "^2.1.0",
         "strip-ansi": "^5.1.0",
         "through": "^2.3.6"
       },
@@ -2403,6 +2425,12 @@
       "integrity": "sha1-mqIOtq7rv/d/vTPnTKAbM1gdOhY=",
       "optional": true
     },
+    "is-fullwidth-code-point": {
+      "version": "2.0.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/is-fullwidth-code-point/-/is-fullwidth-code-point-2.0.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha1-o7MKXE8ZkYMWeqq5O+764937ZU8=",
+      "dev": true
+    },
     "is-obj": {
       "version": "2.0.0",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/is-obj/-/is-obj-2.0.0.tgz",
@@ -3252,7 +3280,8 @@
       "dev": true,
       "requires": {
         "ansi-styles": "^3.2.0",
-        "astral-regex": "^1.0.0"
+        "astral-regex": "^1.0.0",
+        "is-fullwidth-code-point": "^2.0.0"
       }
     },
     "snakeize": {
@@ -3292,12 +3321,47 @@
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/streamsearch/-/streamsearch-0.1.2.tgz",
       "integrity": "sha1-gIudDlb8Jz2Am6VzOOkpkZoanxo="
     },
+    "string-width": {
+      "version": "2.1.1",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/string-width/-/string-width-2.1.1.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-nOqH59deCq9SRHlxq1Aw85Jnt4w6KvLKqWVik6oA9ZklXLNIOlqg4F2yrT1MVaTjAqvVwdfeZ7w7aCvJD7ugkw==",
+      "dev": true,
+      "requires": {
+        "is-fullwidth-code-point": "^2.0.0",
+        "strip-ansi": "^4.0.0"
+      },
+      "dependencies": {
+        "ansi-regex": {
+          "version": "3.0.0",
+          "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/ansi-regex/-/ansi-regex-3.0.0.tgz",
+          "integrity": "sha1-7QMXwyIGT3lGbAKWa922Bas32Zg=",
+          "dev": true
+        },
+        "strip-ansi": {
+          "version": "4.0.0",
+          "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/strip-ansi/-/strip-ansi-4.0.0.tgz",
+          "integrity": "sha1-qEeQIusaw2iocTibY1JixQXuNo8=",
+          "dev": true,
+          "requires": {
+            "ansi-regex": "^3.0.0"
+          }
+        }
+      }
+    },
     "string_decoder": {
       "version": "0.10.31",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/string_decoder/-/string_decoder-0.10.31.tgz",
       "integrity": "sha1-YuIDvEF2bGwoyfyEMB2rHFMQ+pQ=",
       "optional": true
     },
+    "strip-ansi": {
+      "version": "5.2.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/strip-ansi/-/strip-ansi-5.2.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-DuRs1gKbBqsMKIZlrffwlug8MHkcnpjs5VPmL1PAh+mA30U0DTotfDZ0d2UUsXpPmPmMMJ6W773MaA3J+lbiWA==",
+      "requires": {
+        "ansi-regex": "^4.1.0"
+      }
+    },
     "strip-json-comments": {
       "version": "2.0.1",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/strip-json-comments/-/strip-json-comments-2.0.1.tgz",
@@ -3344,6 +3408,7 @@
           "dev": true,
           "requires": {
             "emoji-regex": "^7.0.1",
+            "is-fullwidth-code-point": "^2.0.0",
             "strip-ansi": "^5.1.0"
           }
         },
diff --git a/functions/package.json b/functions/package.json
index 492ff05..04a805c 100644
--- a/functions/package.json
+++ b/functions/package.json
@@ -17,7 +17,8 @@
     "busboy": "^0.3.1",
     "firebase": "^6.6.2",
     "firebase-admin": "^8.6.0",
-    "firebase-functions": "^3.1.0"
+    "firebase-functions": "^3.1.0",
+    "strip-ansi": "^5.2.0"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "eslint": "^5.12.0",
diff --git a/twistter-frontend/src/App.js b/twistter-frontend/src/App.js
index bec4ac6..2335b20 100644
--- a/twistter-frontend/src/App.js
+++ b/twistter-frontend/src/App.js
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ const theme = createMuiTheme(themeObject);
 
 const token = localStorage.FBIdToken;
 if (token) {
+
   try {
     const decodedToken = jwtDecode(token);
     if (decodedToken.exp * 1000 < Date.now()) {
diff --git a/twistter-frontend/src/Writing_Microblogs.js b/twistter-frontend/src/Writing_Microblogs.js
index b1570d8..6ddb974 100644
--- a/twistter-frontend/src/Writing_Microblogs.js
+++ b/twistter-frontend/src/Writing_Microblogs.js
@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@ class Writing_Microblogs extends Component {
         // alert('A title for the microblog was inputted: ' + this.state.title + '\nA microblog was posted: ' + this.state.value);
         const postData = {
             body: this.state.value,  
-            userHandle: "new user",
             userImage: "bing-url",
             microBlogTitle: this.state.title,
             microBlogTopics: this.state.topics.split(', ')
@@ -46,7 +45,7 @@ class Writing_Microblogs extends Component {
         }
         
         axios
-            .post('/putPost', postData, headers)
+            .post("/putPost", postData, headers)
             .then((res) =>{
                 alert('Post was shared successfully!')
                 console.log(res.data);
diff --git a/twistter-frontend/src/pages/user.js b/twistter-frontend/src/pages/user.js
index 435c92c..27a0c94 100644
--- a/twistter-frontend/src/pages/user.js
+++ b/twistter-frontend/src/pages/user.js
@@ -6,66 +6,63 @@ import axios from 'axios';
 import { makeStyles, styled } from '@material-ui/core/styles';
 import Grid from '@material-ui/core/Grid';
 import Card from '@material-ui/core/Card';
-import CardMedia from '@material-ui/core/CardMedia';
-import CardContent from '@material-ui/core/CardContent';
 import Chip from '@material-ui/core/Chip';
-import Paper from '@material-ui/core/Paper';
 import Typography from "@material-ui/core/Typography";
 import AddCircle from '@material-ui/icons/AddCircle';
+import TextField from '@material-ui/core/TextField';
 
 // component
-import Profile from '../components/profile/Profile';
 import Userline from '../Userline';
 import noImage from '../images/no-img.png';
 
-
-const PostCard = styled(Card)({
-  background: 'linear-gradient(45deg, #1da1f2 90%)',
-  border: 3,
-  borderRadius: 3,
-  height:325,
-  width: 345,
-  padding: '0 30px',
-});
-
 const MyChip = styled(Chip)({
   margin: 2,
   color: 'primary'
 });
 
-
-const styles = (theme) => ({
-  ...theme
-});
-
-const handleDelete = () => {
-  alert("Delete this topic!");
-}
-
-const handleAddCircle = () => {
-  alert("Add topic");
-}
-
 class user extends Component {  
   state = {
     profile: null,
-    topics: null
+    imageUrl: null,
+    topics: null,
+    newTopic: null
   };
+  
+  handleDelete = (topic) => {
+    alert(`Delete topic: ${topic}!`);
+  }
+  
+  handleAddCircle = () => {
+    axios.post('/putTopic', {
+      topic: this.state.newTopic
+    })
+    .then(function () {
+      location.reload();
+    })
+    .catch(function (err) {
+      console.log(err);
+    });
+  }
+
+  handleChange(event) {
+    this.setState({
+      newTopic: event.target.value
+    })
+  }
 
   componentDidMount() {
     axios
       .get("/user")
       .then(res => {
-        console.log(res.data.credentials.handle);
         this.setState({
-          profile: res.data.credentials.handle
+          profile: res.data.credentials.handle,
+          imageUrl: res.data.credentials.imageUrl
         });
       })
       .catch(err => console.log(err));
     axios
       .get("/getAllTopics")
       .then(res => {
-        console.log(res.data[1]);
         this.setState({
           topics: res.data
         })
@@ -83,22 +80,40 @@ class user extends Component {
     let topicsMarkup = this.state.topics ? (
       this.state.topics.map(topic => <MyChip 
         label={{topic}.topic.topic}
-        onDelete={handleDelete}/>)
+        key={{topic}.topic.topicId}
+        onDelete={ (topic) => this.handleDelete(topic)}/>)
     ) : (<p> loading topics...</p>);
 
+    let imageMarkup = this.state.imageUrl ? (
+      <img
+      src={this.state.imageUrl}
+      height="250"
+      width="250"
+      />
+    ) : (<img src={noImage}/>);
+
     return (
       <Grid container spacing={16}>
         <Grid item sm={8} xs={12}>
           <p>Post</p>
         </Grid>
         <Grid item sm={4} xs={12}>
-          <img src={noImage}/>
+          {imageMarkup}
           {profileMarkup}
           {topicsMarkup}
-          <MyChip
-            icon={<AddCircle />}
+          <TextField
+          id="newTopic"
+          label="new topic"
+          defaultValue=""
+          margin="normal"
+          variant="outlined"
+          value={this.state.newTopic}
+          onChange={ (event) => this.handleChange(event)}
+          />
+          <AddCircle
+            color="primary"
             clickable
-            onClick={handleAddCircle}
+            onClick={this.handleAddCircle}
           />
         </Grid>
       </Grid>
@@ -106,12 +121,4 @@ class user extends Component {
   }
 }
 
-Userline.PropTypes = {
-  handle: PropTypes.object.isRequired
-};
-
-const mapStateToProps = (state) => ({
-  user: state.user
-});
-
 export default user;