diff --git a/app/lib/main.dart b/app/lib/main.dart
index 506c846b8a8c16abc209e8883f05e57c1e5c5997..5bce45213d8ec5a75387d38279491c1a69d78904 100644
--- a/app/lib/main.dart
+++ b/app/lib/main.dart
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ class MyApp extends StatelessWidget {
   @override
   Widget build(BuildContext context) {
     return const MaterialApp(
-      home: const DefaultPage(),
+      home: DefaultPage(),
     );
   }
 }
diff --git a/app/lib/pages/marker_handler/get_markers.dart b/app/lib/pages/marker_handler/get_markers.dart
index cb448d914fd67a9a305e3064384b1b0de0eacd54..702d41458a19f878d878bf46469e20481ed4db8d 100644
--- a/app/lib/pages/marker_handler/get_markers.dart
+++ b/app/lib/pages/marker_handler/get_markers.dart
@@ -12,24 +12,31 @@ Future<List<Measurement>> fetchMarkerData() async {
       ..badCertificateCallback = // NB: temporary disable SSL certificate validation
           (X509Certificate cert, String host, int port) => true;
 
-    // Request makers from API and wait for response
+    // Request markers from API
     var request = await client.getUrl(Uri.parse(serverURI + mapEndpoint));
-    var response = await request.close();
+    var response = await request.close(); // Close response body at end of function
 
-    // Attempt to parse json if request is ok
+    // Parse body to JSON if request is ok
     if (response.statusCode == 200) {
       var responseBody = await response.transform(utf8.decoder).join();
 
-      List<dynamic> jsonData = json.decode(responseBody);
-
-      return jsonData.map((data) => Measurement.Measurement(data)).toList();
+      if (responseBody.isNotEmpty) {
+        var jsonData = json.decode(responseBody);
 
+        if (jsonData != null && jsonData is List) { // Check if jsonData is not null and is a List
+          return jsonData.map((data) => Measurement.Measurement(data)).toList();
+        } else {
+          throw Exception('Failed to parse marker data: Unexpected response format');
+        }
+      } else {
+        throw Exception('Failed to parse marker data: Empty response body');
+      }
     } else {
-      print('Request failed with status: ${response.statusCode}');
-      throw Exception('failed to parse marker data');
+      throw Exception('Failed to fetch marker data: Status code ${response.statusCode}');
     }
   } catch (e) {
-    print('Request failed with error ${e}');
-    throw Exception('failed to connect to the server. Please check your network connection: ${e}');
+    print('Error fetching marker data: $e');
+    throw Exception('Failed to fetch marker data: ${e.toString()}');
   }
 }
+
diff --git a/app/lib/pages/marker_handler/marker_data.dart b/app/lib/pages/marker_handler/marker_data.dart
index e6a86af121a8ab9291d54cb7ba081c0846ab4f6e..2fcc887a9d9c938426f4806c7f89336caecaec6a 100644
--- a/app/lib/pages/marker_handler/marker_data.dart
+++ b/app/lib/pages/marker_handler/marker_data.dart
@@ -25,10 +25,19 @@ class Measurement {
       dataList: (json['Data'] as List<dynamic>)
           .map((data) => Data.fromJson(data))
           .toList(),
-      cornerList: (json['Corner'] as List<dynamic>)
+      cornerList: (json['Corners'] as List<dynamic>)
           .map((data) => Corner.fromJson(data))
           .toList(),
       bodyOfWater: json['WaterBodyName'],
+      /*
+            dataList: (json['Data'] != null && json['Data'] is List)
+          ? (json['Data'] as List<dynamic>).map((data) => Data.fromJson(data)).toList()
+          : [],
+      cornerList: (json['Corner'] != null && json['Corner'] is List)
+          ? (json['Corner'] as List<dynamic>).map((data) => Corner.fromJson(data)).toList()
+          : [],
+      bodyOfWater: json['WaterBodyName'] ?? '',
+      */
     );
   }
 }
diff --git a/server/APIs/__pycache__/get_weather.cpython-311.pyc b/server/APIs/__pycache__/get_weather.cpython-311.pyc
index ab855e0b7f401aed51ed98d992a3903f0e12b059..4efcc88c6050e6cb91118c0e1bb170950b6e7797 100644
Binary files a/server/APIs/__pycache__/get_weather.cpython-311.pyc and b/server/APIs/__pycache__/get_weather.cpython-311.pyc differ
diff --git a/server/APIs/get_weather.py b/server/APIs/get_weather.py
index 89b9997a94ffd9d012c0ace27371e1f64cf7eebb..37e76451af99392bc03592a8f6b2a96cfa2c682b 100644
--- a/server/APIs/get_weather.py
+++ b/server/APIs/get_weather.py
@@ -76,9 +76,9 @@ def get_weather(self):
                     weather_data.append(weather_object)
                     break
 
-
         else:  # Add error message if no weather data is found or the request fails
-            print(f"Request to weather API failed with status code {response.status_code}") #NB: append error message to weather_data
+            print(
+                f"Request to weather API failed with status code {response.status_code}")  # NB: append error message to weather_data
             status_code = response.status_code
 
     # Set headers
diff --git a/server/map/__pycache__/get_markers.cpython-311.pyc b/server/map/__pycache__/get_markers.cpython-311.pyc
index d1b483af8869c5a8987667bd35afdf5e83010ab2..33bb9f1fcd90bb46478879bc3fe3c70157a943a6 100644
Binary files a/server/map/__pycache__/get_markers.cpython-311.pyc and b/server/map/__pycache__/get_markers.cpython-311.pyc differ
diff --git a/server/map/get_markers.py b/server/map/get_markers.py
index 45f8965e5a9779ac3539d375232ff5b5f3dfa8c6..0807fb7b580f6152b7b8950dc0efc96e9bb538d8 100644
--- a/server/map/get_markers.py
+++ b/server/map/get_markers.py
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ def get_all_markers(self, cursor, valid: bool):
         for row in rows:
             measurement_id = row[0]
 
-            # Create a data object for current row
+            # Create data object for current row
             data_object = {
                 'Latitude': row[3],
                 'Longitude': row[4],
@@ -48,8 +48,9 @@ def get_all_markers(self, cursor, valid: bool):
                 'Accuracy': row[8]
             }
 
-            # Create a corner object for current row
+            # Create corner object for current row
             corner_object = {
+                'CornerID': row[11],
                 'Latitude': row[12],
                 'Longitude': row[13]
             }