diff --git a/app/lib/pages/consts.dart b/app/lib/pages/consts.dart
index dcf0e5a44fe3c2965a773d3c6a35d993e0888b21..4ff9e12303eae072fb1f3d87d746405b16b40f66 100644
--- a/app/lib/pages/consts.dart
+++ b/app/lib/pages/consts.dart
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import 'package:google_fonts/google_fonts.dart';
 const String port = "8443";
 const String serverURI = "https://127.0.0.1:$port/";
 const String mapEndpoint = "update_map";
-const int fetchInterval = 5;
+const int fetchInterval = 60; // Fetch marker data every n minutes
 
 // Font variables
 const textColor = Colors.white;
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ final titleStyle = GoogleFonts.dmSans(
   color: textColor,
   fontWeight: FontWeight.bold, // Add this line to make the text bold
 );
-final textStyle = GoogleFonts.dmSans(fontSize: 20, color: textColor);
+final regTextStyle = GoogleFonts.dmSans(fontSize: 20, color: textColor);
 final chartTextStyle = GoogleFonts.dmSans(fontSize: 14, color: textColor);
 
 // Colors
diff --git a/app/lib/pages/default_page.dart b/app/lib/pages/default_page.dart
index 51167e84b160bb61b0de3acdd42e35512d3e8a03..6bd8f225067d7cfaff04917d7f0add0bf2bd0585 100644
--- a/app/lib/pages/default_page.dart
+++ b/app/lib/pages/default_page.dart
@@ -45,7 +45,23 @@ class _DefaultPageState extends State<DefaultPage> {
         print('Request failed with status: ${response.statusCode}');
       }
     } catch (e) {
-      print('Failed to connect to the server: $e');
+      showDialog(
+        context: context,
+        builder: (BuildContext context) {
+          return AlertDialog(
+            title: Text("Error"),
+            content: Text("Failed to connect to the server. Please check your network connection"),
+            actions: [
+              TextButton(
+                onPressed: () {
+                  Navigator.of(context).pop(); // Close the dialog
+                },
+                child: Text("OK"),
+              ),
+            ],
+          );
+        },
+      );
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/app/lib/pages/widgets/map_widget.dart b/app/lib/pages/widgets/map_widget.dart
index 430f4207bb82e4bd036b70be313fe225c789be50..33e6175aa66678dd49ee43cfd19fc3d41a077c9d 100644
--- a/app/lib/pages/widgets/map_widget.dart
+++ b/app/lib/pages/widgets/map_widget.dart
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ class _MapContainerWidgetState extends State<MapContainerWidget> {
                                 Center(
                                   child: Text(
                                     'Placeholder',
-                                    style: textStyle,
+                                    style: regTextStyle,
                                   ),
                                 ),
                                 Positioned(
@@ -138,11 +138,11 @@ class _MapContainerWidgetState extends State<MapContainerWidget> {
                         ),
                         Text(
                           'Latitude: ${selectedMarker?.geoData.latitude}',
-                          style: textStyle,
+                          style: regTextStyle,
                         ),
                         Text(
                           'Longitude: ${selectedMarker?.geoData.longitude}',
-                          style: textStyle,
+                          style: regTextStyle,
                         ),
                         const SizedBox(height: contPadding),
                         SizedBox(
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ class _MapContainerWidgetState extends State<MapContainerWidget> {
                         const SizedBox(height: contPadding),
                         SizedBox(
                             width: screenWidth * boxWidth - contPadding * 2,
-                            height: 200,
+                            height: 160,
                             child: BarChart(
                               BarChartData(
                                 alignment: BarChartAlignment.spaceAround,
@@ -249,7 +249,6 @@ class _MapContainerWidgetState extends State<MapContainerWidget> {
                 ),
               ),
             ),
-            const SizedBox(height: contPadding),
           ],
         );
       },
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