diff --git a/WebContent/html/javascript/request.jsp b/WebContent/html/javascript/request.jsp
index 6e050fe..9e2e523 100644
--- a/WebContent/html/javascript/request.jsp
+++ b/WebContent/html/javascript/request.jsp
@@ -31,6 +31,8 @@ for(var a = 0; a < softwareOptions.length; a++){
 // searchbar listener
 var searchbar = document.getElementsByName('searchBar');
 searchbar[0].onkeyup = refresh;
+// populate page with all devices by default
+show(devices);
 function refresh() {
 	show(fuzzyFilter(filter(devices)));
 }
diff --git a/WebContent/html/webpages/shoppingCart.jsp b/WebContent/html/webpages/shoppingCart.jsp
index 35a396d..8b5a3e3 100644
--- a/WebContent/html/webpages/shoppingCart.jsp
+++ b/WebContent/html/webpages/shoppingCart.jsp
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ pageEncoding="ISO-8859-1"%>
           </div>
           <div class="form-group row">
             <label for="timeNeeded">When will you be able to return it?</label><br/>
-            <input type="date" class="form-control" name="timeNeeded" style="width:20%; margin:0% auto" required/>
+            <input type="date" class="form-control" id="datePicker" name="timeNeeded" style="width:20%; margin:0% auto" required/>
           </div>
           <div class="form-group row">
             <label for="urgent">This is an urgent request</label>
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ pageEncoding="ISO-8859-1"%>
             <label for="urgent">This is a permanent loan</label>
             <input type = "checkbox" name = "checkboxes" value = "perm">
           </div>
-          <button type="submit" class="btn btn-primary" name="Submit">Submit</button>
+          <button type="submit" class="btn btn-primary" id = "Submit" name="Submit">Submit</button>
         </form>
       </div>
 
@@ -239,6 +239,7 @@ var orderForm = document.getElementById('orderInfoModal');
 var orderFormCloseButton = document.getElementById('closeOrderForm');
 orderFormCloseButton.addEventListener('click',hidePopup);
 // done applying event listeners
+document.getElementById('datePicker').valueAsDate = new Date();
 
 var employee = {
   id:"",
@@ -336,15 +337,23 @@ function changeStatus(){
 
 // These functions just redirect button pressed to call the showPopup method with the appropriate parameter
 function orderSelected_showPopup() {
-  showPopup("false");
+  showPopup(false);
 }
 function orderAll_showPopup() {
-  showPopup("true");
+  showPopup(true);
 }
 // Opens order form and calls autofill method. Parameter is actually a string, not a boolean, because it will be put into a text field. 
 // It indicaties which button was used to call the method.
 // If true, submitting the form will order everything in the cart. If false it only orders selected devices.
 function showPopup(orderAllBool){
+  if(checked.length==0 && !orderAllBool){
+  $('#Submit').attr('disabled',true);
+  $('#Submit').attr('title',"There aren't any devices selected to order!");
+  }
+  else{
+  $('#Submit').attr('disabled',false);
+  $('#Submit').removeAttr('title');
+  }
   orderForm.style.display = "block";
   autoFillFields(orderAllBool);
 }
@@ -385,7 +394,7 @@ function autoFillFields(orderAllBool) {
     // and fill in the location sub-fieds
     forceUpdateLocationMetadata();
     // finally mark hidden orderAll field appropriately
-    document.orderForm.orderAll.value=orderAllBool;
+    document.orderForm.orderAll.value=orderAllBool?"true":"false";
 
     // Also, this is where I'm going to restrict the date input to the future
     var dtToday = new Date();