diff --git a/backend/react_app.py b/backend/react_app.py
index b082b2ab28d634661f1488b2597be65ace59f073..0e5f462b6f0bd0d982dff6e9f9a59a30b0ebc567 100644
--- a/backend/react_app.py
+++ b/backend/react_app.py
@@ -4,15 +4,8 @@ from flask import Flask, request
 app = Flask(__name__)
 
 
-@app.route('/profile')
-def my_profile():
-    response_body = {
-        "name": "Nagato",
-        "about" :"Hello! I'm a full stack developer that loves python and javascript"
-    }
+@app.route('/home', methods=["POST"])
+def home():
+    data = request.json
 
-    return response_body
-
-# def get_user_input():
-
-#     return request.args
\ No newline at end of file
+    return data
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 7e0afa9d8f3e6b30d622b188551f02c267bcd428..37a93f09ae113905cdcb94f358824a19988d2cf9 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
   "dependencies": {
     "@emotion/react": "^11.9.0",
     "@emotion/styled": "^11.8.1",
+    "@mui/icons-material": "^5.6.2",
     "@mui/material": "^5.6.2",
     "@mui/styled-engine-sc": "^5.6.1",
     "@testing-library/jest-dom": "^5.16.4",
@@ -13,6 +14,7 @@
     "axios": "^0.26.1",
     "react": "^18.0.0",
     "react-dom": "^18.0.0",
+    "react-hook-form": "^7.30.0",
     "react-scripts": "^5.0.1",
     "styled-components": "^5.3.5",
     "web-vitals": "^2.1.4"
diff --git a/public/basic.html b/public/basic.html
deleted file mode 100644
index 9c47ba6a00c5cf9920c4f3f96f8810b2bd530018..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/public/basic.html
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
-<!doctype html>
-<html>
-  <style>
-    #myProgress {
-      width: 100%;
-      background-color: #ddd;
-    }
-    
-    #myBar {
-      width: 1%;
-      height: 30px;
-      background-color: #04AA6D;
-    }
-    </style>
-
-  <head>
-    {% block head %}
-    <title>{% block title %}{% endblock %} - Meta Reinforcement Learning for Data Augmentation</title>
-    {% endblock %}
-  </head>
-  <body>
-    {% block body %}{% endblock %}
-  </body>
-</html>
-
diff --git a/public/home.html b/public/home.html
deleted file mode 100644
index 2e3000dbec4fd82e6f2ebfb8c2e70eeab7429041..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/public/home.html
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,239 +0,0 @@
-{% extends "basic.html" %}
-{% block title%}Home{% endblock %}
-{% block body %}
-<h1>Meta Reinforcement Learning for Data Augmentation</h1>
-
-<h3>Choose your dataset</h3>
-<form action="/user_input" method="POST" enctype="multipart/form-data">
-  <!-- upload dataset -->
-  <label for="dataset_upload">You can upload your dataset folder here:</label>
-  <input type="file" id='dataset_upload' name="dataset_upload" class="upload"><br><br>
-  
-  <!-- <label for="dataset_upload">Upload your train dataset folder here:</label> -->
-  <!-- <input type="file" id='dataset_upload' name="dataset_upload" webkitdirectory mozdirectory /><br> -->
-  <!-- <label for="dataset_upload">Upload your test dataset folder here:</label>
-  <input type="file" id='test_upload' name="test_upload" webkitdirectory mozdirectory /><br><br> -->
-
-  <!-- dataset radio button -->
-  Or you can select a dataset from our database: <br>
-  <input type="radio" id="dataset1"
-    name="dataset_selection" value="MNIST">
-  <label for="dataset1">MNIST dataset</label><br>
-
-  <input type="radio" id="dataset2"
-    name="dataset_selection" value="KMNIST">
-  <label for="dataset2">KMNIST dataset</label><br>
-
-  <input type="radio" id="dataset3"
-    name="dataset_selection" value="FashionMNIST">
-  <label for="dataset3">FashionMNIST dataset</label><br>
-
-  <input type="radio" id="dataset4"
-  name="dataset_selection" value="CIFAR10">
-  <label for="dataset4">CIFAR10 dataset</label><br>
-
-  <input type="radio" id="dataset5"
-  name="dataset_selection" value="CIFAR100">
-  <label for="dataset5">CIFAR100 dataset</label><br>
-
-  <input type="radio" id="dataset6"
-  name="dataset_selection" value="Other">
-  <label for="dataset6">Other dataset DIFFERENT</label><br><br> 
-
-<!-- --------------------------------------------------------------- -->
-
-
-  <h3>Choose the network the dataset is trained on</h3>
-  <!-- upload network -->
-  <label for="network_upload">Please upload your network here as a .pkl file:</label>
-  <input type="file" id='network_upload' name="network_upload" class="upload"><br><br>
-
-
-  <!-- network selection -->
-  Or you can select a dataset from our database: <br>
-  <input type="radio" id="network1"
-    name="network_selection" value="LeNet">
-  <label for="network1">LeNet</label><br>
-
-  <input type="radio" id="network2"
-  name="network_selection" value="EasyNet">
-  <label for="network2">EasyNet</label><br>
-
-  <input type="radio" id="network3"
-  name="network_selection" value="SimpleNet">
-  <label for="network3">SimpleNet</label><br>
-
-  <input type="radio" id="network4"
-  name="network_selection" value="Other">
-  <label for="network4">Other</label><br><br> 
-
-
-
-  <h3>Advanced Search</h3>
-  <!-- action(data augmentation) space -->
-  Which data augmentation method you would like exclude? <br>
-  <input type="checkbox" id="ShearX"
-    name="action_space" value="ShearX">
-  <label for="ShearX">ShearX</label>
-
-  <input type="checkbox" id="ShearY"
-    name="action_space" value="ShearY">
-  <label for="ShearY">ShearY</label>
-
-  <input type="checkbox" id="TranslateX"
-    name="action_space" value="TranslateX">
-  <label for="TranslateX">TranslateX</label>
-
-  <input type="checkbox" id="TranslateY"
-  name="action_space" value="TranslateY">
-  <label for="TranslateY">TranslateY</label>
-
-  <input type="checkbox" id="Rotate"
-    name="Rotate" value="Rotate">
-  <label for="Rotate">Rotate</label><br>
-
-  <input type="checkbox" id="Brightness"
-  name="action_space" value="Brightness">
-  <label for="Brightness">Brightness</label>
-
-  <input type="checkbox" id="Color"
-  name="action_space" value="Color">
-  <label for="Color">Color</label>
-
-  <input type="checkbox" id="Contrast"
-  name="action_space" value="Contrast">
-  <label for="Contrast">Contrast</label>
-
-  <input type="checkbox" id="Sharpness"
-  name="action_space" value="Sharpness">
-  <label for="Sharpness">Sharpness</label><br>
-
-  <input type="checkbox" id="Posterize"
-  name="action_space" value="Posterize">
-  <label for="Posterize">Posterize</label>
-
-  <input type="checkbox" id="Solarize"
-  name="action_space" value="Solarize">
-  <label for="Solarize">Solarize</label>
-
-  <input type="checkbox" id="AutoContrast"
-  name="action_space" value="AutoContrast">
-  <label for="AutoContrast">AutoContrast</label>
-
-  <input type="checkbox" id="Equalize"
-  name="action_space" value="Equalize">
-  <label for="Equalize">Equalize</label>
-
-  <input type="checkbox" id="Invert"
-  name="action_space" value="Invert">
-  <label for="Invert">Invert</label><br><br><br>
-
-
-  
-  <div id="like_button_container"></div>
-  <script src="https://unpkg.com/react@18/umd/react.development.js" crossorigin></script>
-
-  <script src="https://unpkg.com/react-dom@18/umd/react-dom.development.js" crossorigin></script>
-  <!-- <script src="metarl/auto_augmentation/templates/like_button.js"></script> -->
-
-  <script type = 'module'> 
-  // 'use strict';
-    import React from 'react';
-    import ReactDOM from "react-dom/client";
-  </script>
-   
-
-  <script>
-   const e = React.createElement;
-
-  var path = document.location.pathname;
-  var directory = path.substring(path.indexOf('/'), path.lastIndexOf('/'));
-  // var loc = window.location.pathname;
-
-
-
-  class LikeButton extends React.Component {
-    constructor(props) {
-      super(props);
-      this.state = { liked: false };
-    }
-
-    render() {
-      if (this.state.liked) {
-        return 'You liked this.';
-      }
-
-      return e(
-        'button',
-        { onClick: () => this.setState({ liked: true }) },
-        'Like'
-      );
-    }
-  }
-
-
-  const domContainer = document.querySelector('#like_button_container');
-  const root = ReactDOM.createRoot(domContainer);
-  root.render(e(LikeButton));
-
-  </script>
-    
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-  <!-- 3
-  <div id="mydiv"></div>
-
-    <script type="text/babel" type="javascript">
-      import ReactDOM from 'react-dom';
-      function Hello() {
-        return <h1>Hello World!</h1>;
-      }
-
-      ReactDOM.render(<Hello />, document.getElementById('mydiv'))
-    </script>
-  3 -->
-
-
-  <!-- ----------------- -->
-
-
-  <!-- <script
-    src="https://unpkg.com/react@16/umd/react.production.min.js"
-    crossorigin
-    type="javascript"
-  ></script>
-  <script
-    src="https://unpkg.com/react-dom@16/umd/react-dom.production.min.js"
-    crossorigin
-  ></script>
-  <script src="https://unpkg.com/@babel/standalone/babel.min.js"></script>
-
-  <script type="text/babel" src="WelcomeBack.js"></script>
-  <script type="text/babel" src="CoolButton.js"></script>
-
-  <script type="text/babel">
-    ReactDOM.render(<WelcomeBack />, document.querySelector(".welcome-back"));
-  </script> -->
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-  <input type="submit">
-
-
-</form>
- 
-
-{% endblock %}
diff --git a/public/progress.html b/public/progress.html
deleted file mode 100644
index 7228b06b1c398e6d55b5472b47dd0db2d304bea8..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/public/progress.html
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,43 +0,0 @@
-{% extends "basic.html" %}
-{% block title%}Progress{% endblock %}
-{% block body %}
-Training the model...
-
-<div>
-    <img src="{{url_for('static', filename='image/training_plot.png')}}" class="img-thumbnail" />
-
-  
-    <div id="myProgress">
-        <div id="myBar"></div>
-    </div>
-      
-    <br>
-    <button onclick="move()">Click Me</button> 
-    
-    <script>
-    var i = 0;
-    function move() {
-        if (i == 0) {
-            i = 1;
-            var elem = document.getElementById("myBar");
-            var width = 1;
-            var id = setInterval(frame, 10);
-            function frame() {
-                if (width >= 100) {
-                    clearInterval(id);
-                    i = 0;
-                } else {
-                    width++;
-                    elem.style.width = width + "%";
-                }
-            }
-        }
-    }
-    </script>
-
-    <form action="/show_result">
-        <input type="submit" value='Show Result'>
-    </form>
-</div>
- 
-{% endblock %}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/public/result.html b/public/result.html
deleted file mode 100644
index 6e127fdb1ed52f2abefc166f23dc7b8d25062f48..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/public/result.html
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-{% extends "basic.html" %}
-{% block title %}Result{% endblock %}
-{% block body %}
-
-<div>  
-  <b>Accuracy before data augmentation is: 64.6%</b><br>
-  <b>Accuracy after data augmentation is: 79.3%</b>
-
-</div>
-
-<div>
-  <form action="/download">
-  <input type="submit" value='Download CNN'>
-  </form>
-</div>
-
-{% endblock %}
-
diff --git a/src/App.js b/src/App.js
index 2f270ce2c7dbc1abf3eeac7e57016bf106f754f8..a4c3c8a5bd18e01509129acafb97a2e462d2c3d8 100644
--- a/src/App.js
+++ b/src/App.js
@@ -8,12 +8,12 @@ import logo from './logo.svg';
 
 function App() {
   useEffect(() => {
-    fetch('/', {
+    fetch('/home', {
       method: 'POST',
       headers: { 'Content-Type': 'application/json' },
       body: JSON.stringify({ })
     })
-      .then((response) => response.json())
+      .then((response) => response.text())
       .then((data) => console.log(data));
   }, []);
 
diff --git a/src/pages/Home.js b/src/pages/Home.js
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index 3c868821d07381a587bc3fedd0905fce2a0daf0c..4244818e40de25562ba22699494ef5bfa53be547
--- a/src/pages/Home.js
+++ b/src/pages/Home.js
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
 import React, { useState, useEffect } from "react";
 import { Grid, RadioGroup, FormControlLabel, FormControl, FormLabel, Radio, Card, CardContent, Typography } from '@mui/material';
-import {Button, TextField, Checkbox, FormGroup} from '@mui/material';
-import Box from '@mui/material/Box';
-import Switch from '@mui/material/Switch';
-import Grow from '@mui/material/Grow';
+import {Button, TextField, Checkbox, FormGroup, Box, Switch, Grow} from '@mui/material';
+import { useForm, Controller} from "react-hook-form";
+import SendIcon from '@mui/icons-material/Send';
+
+
 
 const hyperparameter = (
     <Grid container spacing={1} style={{maxWidth:500, padding:"0px 10px"}}>
@@ -58,24 +59,42 @@ const action_space = (
     </Grid>
 )
 
+
 // class Home extends React.Component{
 export default function Home() {
 
-    const [checked, setChecked] = React.useState(false);
+    const [checked, setChecked] = useState(false); // advanced search toggle
+    const [dsvalue, setDsvalue] = useState('Other'); // dataset selection
+    const [netvalue, setNetvalue] = useState('Other'); // network selection
 
-    const handleChange = () => {
+    const handleShow = () => {
       setChecked((prev) => !prev);
     };
+
+    const handleDsChange = (event) => {
+        setDsvalue(event.target.value);
+    };
+
+    const handleNetChange = (event) => {
+        setNetvalue(event.target.value);
+    };
+
+// for form submission
+    const { control, handleSubmit } = useForm();
+    const onSubmit = data => console.log(data);
+
+    
   
 
     // render(){
         return (
+            
         <div className="App" style={{padding:"60px"}}> 
             <Typography gutterBottom variant="h3" align="center" >
             Data Auto-Augmentation 
             </Typography>
             <Grid >
-                <form>
+                <form action="/home" method="POST" onSubmit={handleSubmit(onSubmit)}>
                 <Grid style={{padding:"30px 0px"}}>
                     <Card style={{ maxWidth: 900, padding: "10px 5px", margin: "0 auto" }}>
                         <CardContent>
@@ -87,22 +106,28 @@ export default function Home() {
                                 <FormLabel id="select-dataset" align="left" variant="h6">
                                     Please select the dataset you'd like to use here or select 'Other' if you would like to upload your own dataset
                                 </FormLabel>
-                                <RadioGroup
-                                    row
-                                    aria-labelledby="select-dataset"
-                                    defaultValue="Other"
-                                    name="select-dataset"
-                                    align="centre"
-                                    // value={value}
-                                    // onChange={handleChange}
-                                    >
-                                    <FormControlLabel value="MNIST" control={<Radio />} label="MNIST" />
-                                    <FormControlLabel value="KMNIST" control={<Radio />} label="KMNIST" />
-                                    <FormControlLabel value="FashionMNIST" control={<Radio />} label="FashionMNIST" />
-                                    <FormControlLabel value="CIFAR10" control={<Radio />} label="CIFAR10" />
-                                    <FormControlLabel value="CIFAR100" control={<Radio />} label="CIFAR100" />
-                                    <FormControlLabel value="Other" control={<Radio />} label="Other" />
-                                </RadioGroup>
+                                <Controller 
+                                        name='select-dataset'
+                                        control={control}
+                                        rules={{ required: true }}
+                                        render={({field: { onChange, value }}) => (
+                                    <RadioGroup
+                                        row
+                                        aria-labelledby="select-dataset"
+                                        // defaultValue="Other"
+                                        name="select-dataset"
+                                        align="centre"
+                                        value={value ?? ""} 
+                                        onChange={onChange}
+                                        >
+                                        <FormControlLabel value="MNIST" control={<Radio />} label="MNIST" />
+                                        <FormControlLabel value="KMNIST" control={<Radio />} label="KMNIST" />
+                                        <FormControlLabel value="FashionMNIST" control={<Radio />} label="FashionMNIST" />
+                                        <FormControlLabel value="CIFAR10" control={<Radio />} label="CIFAR10" />
+                                        <FormControlLabel value="CIFAR100" control={<Radio />} label="CIFAR100" />
+                                        <FormControlLabel value="Other" control={<Radio />} label="Other" />
+                                    </RadioGroup> )}
+                                />
                                 <Button
                                 variant="contained"
                                 component="label"
@@ -135,8 +160,8 @@ export default function Home() {
                                     defaultValue="Other"
                                     name="select-network"
                                     align="centre"
-                                    // value={value}
-                                    // onChange={handleChange}
+                                    value={dsvalue}
+                                    onChange={handleDsChange}
                                     >
                                     <FormControlLabel value="LeNet" control={<Radio />} label="LeNet" />
                                     <FormControlLabel value="SimpleNet" control={<Radio />} label="SimpleNet" />
@@ -179,15 +204,15 @@ export default function Home() {
                                     defaultValue="UCB"
                                     name="select-learner"
                                     align="centre"
-                                    // value={value}
-                                    // onChange={handleChange}
+                                    value={netvalue}
+                                    onChange={handleNetChange}
                                     >
                                     <FormControlLabel value="UCB" control={<Radio />} label="UCB" />
                                     <FormControlLabel value="Evolutionary" control={<Radio />} label="Evolutionary Learner" />
                                     <FormControlLabel value="Random Searcher" control={<Radio />} label="Random Searcher" />
                                     <FormControlLabel value="GRU Learner" control={<Radio />} label="GRU Learner" /> 
                                 </RadioGroup>
-                                <Typography style={{ width: 800}} variant="body2" color="textSecondary" component="p" gutterBottom align="left">
+                                <Typography style={{ maxWidth: 800}} variant="body2" color="textSecondary" component="p" gutterBottom align="left">
                                     (give user some recommendation here...)
                                 </Typography>
                             </FormControl>
@@ -203,7 +228,7 @@ export default function Home() {
 
                             <Box sx={{ maxHeight: 500 }}>
                                 <FormControlLabel
-                                    control={<Switch checked={checked} onChange={handleChange} />}
+                                    control={<Switch checked={checked} onChange={handleShow} />}
                                     label="Show"
                                 />
                                 <Box sx={{ display: 'flex' }}>
@@ -219,7 +244,15 @@ export default function Home() {
                                 </Box>
                             </Box>
                 </Grid>
-                
+                <Button
+                    type="submit"
+                    variant="contained"
+                    color='success'
+                    size='large'
+                    endIcon={<SendIcon />}
+                >
+                    Submit Form
+                </Button>
                 </form>
                         
             </Grid>