diff --git a/HackIllinois/ViewControllers/HIPointsShopSwiftUIView.swift b/HackIllinois/ViewControllers/HIPointsShopSwiftUIView.swift
index 109f987c..09559865 100644
--- a/HackIllinois/ViewControllers/HIPointsShopSwiftUIView.swift
+++ b/HackIllinois/ViewControllers/HIPointsShopSwiftUIView.swift
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ class PointShopManager: ObservableObject {
                     do {
                         let (containedItem, _) = try result.get()
                         self.items = containedItem.items
+                        print("Loaded point shop items")
                     } catch {
                         print("Failed to preload point shop items with error: \(error)")
                     }
@@ -264,7 +265,7 @@ struct HIPointShopSwiftUIView: View {
                     }
                     Spacer()
                 }
-                if startFetchingQR {
+                if startFetchingQR && !cartManager.items.isEmpty {
                     VStack {
                         Text("SCAN HERE TO COMPLETE PURCHASE")
                             .padding(.bottom, 50)
@@ -276,6 +277,14 @@ struct HIPointShopSwiftUIView: View {
                             .scaledToFit()
                             .frame(width: 250 * resizeFactor[0], height: 250 * resizeFactor[0])
                     }
+                } else if cartManager.items.isEmpty {
+                    Text("CART IS EMPTY")
+                        .font(Font.custom("Montserrat", size: 24).weight(.bold))
+                        .padding()
+                        .background(
+                            RoundedRectangle(cornerRadius: 12)
+                                .fill(Color(red: 255 / 255, green: 247 / 255, blue: 240 / 255))
+                        )
                 }
             }
             .overlay(showError ? ErrorPopup(title: errorMessage[0], description: errorMessage[1], show: $showError) : nil)
@@ -290,7 +299,6 @@ struct HIPointShopSwiftUIView: View {
                 DispatchQueue.main.async {
                     do {
                         let (containedItem, _) = try result.get()
-                        // ✅ Update the manager’s items
                         shopManager.items = containedItem.items
                     } catch {
                         print("Failed to reload points shop: \(error)")
@@ -411,6 +419,7 @@ struct PointShopItemCell: View {
     let item: Item
     @Binding var showError: Bool
     @Binding var errorMessage: [String]
+    @State private var image: UIImage? = nil
 
     var body: some View {
         ZStack {
@@ -424,15 +433,24 @@ struct PointShopItemCell: View {
                     .font(.caption)
                     .foregroundColor(.white)
                     .multilineTextAlignment(.center)
-                    .frame(width: 75 * (UIScreen.main.bounds.width/428))
+                    .frame(width: 100 * (UIScreen.main.bounds.width / 428))
+                    .lineLimit(2) // Allows up to two lines
+                    .fixedSize(horizontal: false, vertical: true)
                 
                 // Item image
-                Image(systemName: "Profile0")
-                    .data(url: URL(string: item.imageURL)!)
-                    .resizable()
-                    .scaledToFit()
-                    .frame(width: 60 * (UIScreen.main.bounds.width/428), height: 60 * (UIScreen.main.bounds.width/428))
-
+                if let image = image {
+                    Image(uiImage: image)
+                        .resizable()
+                        .scaledToFit()
+                        .frame(width: 60 * (UIScreen.main.bounds.width/428), height: 60 * (UIScreen.main.bounds.width/428))
+                } else {
+                    ProgressView() // Placeholder while loading
+                        .frame(width: 60 * (UIScreen.main.bounds.width/428), height: 60 * (UIScreen.main.bounds.width/428))
+                        .onAppear {
+                            loadImage()
+                        }
+                }
+                
                 // Price + quantity
                 HStack(spacing: 4) {
                     Image("Coin")
@@ -477,6 +495,18 @@ struct PointShopItemCell: View {
             alignment: .topTrailing
         )
     }
+    
+    private func loadImage() {
+        guard let url = URL(string: item.imageURL) else { return }
+        
+        URLSession.shared.dataTask(with: url) { data, response, error in
+            if let data = data, let loadedImage = UIImage(data: data) {
+                DispatchQueue.main.async {
+                    self.image = loadedImage
+                }
+            }
+        }.resume()
+    }
 }
 
 struct CartItemCell: View {
@@ -484,6 +514,7 @@ struct CartItemCell: View {
     let item: Item
     @Binding var showError: Bool
     @Binding var errorMessage: [String]
+    @State private var image: UIImage? = nil
 
     var body: some View {
         ZStack {
@@ -497,14 +528,23 @@ struct CartItemCell: View {
                     .font(.caption)
                     .foregroundColor(.white)
                     .multilineTextAlignment(.center)
-                    .frame(width: 75 * (UIScreen.main.bounds.width/428))
+                    .frame(width: 100 * (UIScreen.main.bounds.width / 428))
+                    .lineLimit(2) // Allows up to two lines
+                    .fixedSize(horizontal: false, vertical: true)
                 
                 // Item image
-                Image(systemName: "Profile0")
-                    .data(url: URL(string: item.imageURL)!)
-                    .resizable()
-                    .scaledToFit()
-                    .frame(width: 60 * (UIScreen.main.bounds.width/428), height: 60 * (UIScreen.main.bounds.width/428))
+                if let image = image {
+                    Image(uiImage: image)
+                        .resizable()
+                        .scaledToFit()
+                        .frame(width: 60 * (UIScreen.main.bounds.width/428), height: 60 * (UIScreen.main.bounds.width/428))
+                } else {
+                    ProgressView() // Placeholder while loading
+                        .frame(width: 60 * (UIScreen.main.bounds.width/428), height: 60 * (UIScreen.main.bounds.width/428))
+                        .onAppear {
+                            loadImage()
+                        }
+                }
 
                 // Price + quantity
                 HStack(spacing: 4) {
@@ -553,6 +593,18 @@ struct CartItemCell: View {
         .frame(width: 140 * (UIScreen.main.bounds.width/428), height: 140 * (UIScreen.main.bounds.width/428))
         .cornerRadius(12)
     }
+    
+    private func loadImage() {
+        guard let url = URL(string: item.imageURL) else { return }
+        
+        URLSession.shared.dataTask(with: url) { data, response, error in
+            if let data = data, let loadedImage = UIImage(data: data) {
+                DispatchQueue.main.async {
+                    self.image = loadedImage
+                }
+            }
+        }.resume()
+    }
 }
 
 func addItemToCart(view: Int, showError: Binding<Bool>, errorMessage: Binding<[String]>, itemId: String, completion: @escaping (String) -> Void) {