diff --git a/src/components/UIUC-Components/LargeDropzone.tsx b/src/components/UIUC-Components/LargeDropzone.tsx
index ebdce9216..cdfa51649 100644
--- a/src/components/UIUC-Components/LargeDropzone.tsx
+++ b/src/components/UIUC-Components/LargeDropzone.tsx
@@ -77,11 +77,18 @@ export function LargeDropzone({
   // console.log("in LargeDropzone.tsx ALL emailAddresses: ", user?.emailAddresses )
 
   const refreshOrRedirect = async (redirect_to_gpt_4: boolean) => {
+    if (is_new_course) {
+      // refresh current page
+      await new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, 200))
+      router.push(`/${courseName}/materials`)
+      return
+    }
+
     if (redirect_to_gpt_4) {
       router.push(`/${courseName}/chat`)
     }
     // refresh current page
-    await new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, 700))
+    await new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, 200))
     router.reload()
   }
   const uploadToS3 = async (file: File | null, uniqueFileName: string) => {
diff --git a/src/components/UIUC-Components/MakeNewCoursePage.tsx b/src/components/UIUC-Components/MakeNewCoursePage.tsx
index 630122cf5..ee6bf4ed6 100644
--- a/src/components/UIUC-Components/MakeNewCoursePage.tsx
+++ b/src/components/UIUC-Components/MakeNewCoursePage.tsx
@@ -1,26 +1,6 @@
 import Head from 'next/head'
-// import {
-//   Card,
-//   Text,
-//   Flex,
-//   Group,
-//   Checkbox,
-//   Col,
-//   Paper,
-//   Input,
-//   Textarea,
-//   FileInput,
-//   MediaQuery,
-//   type CheckboxProps,
-//   Title,
-// } from '@mantine/core'
-
 import React, { useState } from 'react'
-// import GlobalHeader from './GlobalHeader'
-// import GlobalFooter from './GlobalFooter'
-// import EmailChipsComponent from './EmailChipsComponent'
-// import { type CourseMetadata } from '~/types/courseMetadata'
-// import LargeDropzone from './LargeDropzone'
+
 import PlainNavbar from '~/components/UIUC-Components/navbars/PlainNavbar'
 import { useMediaQuery } from '@mantine/hooks'
 import EditCourseCard from '~/components/UIUC-Components/EditCourseCard'
@@ -32,15 +12,6 @@ const MakeNewCoursePage = ({
   course_name: string
   current_user_email: string
 }) => {
-  const [introMessage, setIntroMessage] = useState('')
-  const [courseName, setCourseName] = useState(course_name || '')
-  const [isCourseAvailable, setIsCourseAvailable] = useState<
-    boolean | undefined
-  >(undefined)
-  const [allExistingCourseNames, setAllExistingCourseNames] = useState<
-    string[]
-  >([])
-  const isSmallScreen = useMediaQuery('(max-width: 960px)')
 
   return (
     <>
@@ -49,7 +20,7 @@ const MakeNewCoursePage = ({
         <title>{course_name}</title>
         <meta
           name="description"
-          content="The AI teaching assistant built for students at UIUC."
+          content="Create a new project on UIUC.chat."
         />
         <link rel="icon" href="/favicon.ico" />
       </Head>
diff --git a/src/components/UIUC-Components/WebScrape.tsx b/src/components/UIUC-Components/WebScrape.tsx
index 55e940e1e..67a7c1d17 100644
--- a/src/components/UIUC-Components/WebScrape.tsx
+++ b/src/components/UIUC-Components/WebScrape.tsx
@@ -133,11 +133,7 @@ export const WebScrape = ({
         showToast()
 
         if (is_new_course) {
-          // Make course exist in kv store
-          // Removing this for kv refactor
-          // await setCourseExistsAPI(courseName)
-
-          // set course exists in new metadata endpoint. Works great.
+          // set course exists in new metadata endpoint
           const response = callSetCourseMetadata(courseName, {
             course_owner: current_user_email,
             // Don't set properties we don't know about. We'll just upsert and use the defaults.
@@ -153,7 +149,7 @@ export const WebScrape = ({
           if (!response) {
             throw new Error('Error while setting course metadata')
           }
-          router.replace(`/${courseName}/materials`)
+          router.push(`/${courseName}/materials`)
         }
         router.push(`/${courseName}/materials`)
       } else if (url.includes('canvas.illinois.edu/courses/')) {
@@ -498,11 +494,9 @@ export const WebScrape = ({
             }}
             size="md"
             radius={'xl'}
-            className={`rounded-s-md ${
-              isUrlUpdated ? 'bg-purple-800' : 'border-purple-800'
-            } overflow-ellipsis text-ellipsis p-2 ${
-              isUrlUpdated ? 'text-white' : 'text-gray-500'
-            } min-w-[5rem] -translate-x-1 transform hover:border-indigo-600 hover:bg-indigo-600 hover:text-white focus:shadow-none focus:outline-none`}
+            className={`rounded-s-md ${isUrlUpdated ? 'bg-purple-800' : 'border-purple-800'
+              } overflow-ellipsis text-ellipsis p-2 ${isUrlUpdated ? 'text-white' : 'text-gray-500'
+              } min-w-[5rem] -translate-x-1 transform hover:border-indigo-600 hover:bg-indigo-600 hover:text-white focus:shadow-none focus:outline-none`}
             w={`${isSmallScreen ? 'auto' : 'auto'}`}
             disabled={isDisabled}
           >