diff --git a/components/BookInfoInput.tsx b/components/BookInfoInput.tsx
index befb9fe..394e5eb 100644
--- a/components/BookInfoInput.tsx
+++ b/components/BookInfoInput.tsx
@@ -58,9 +58,8 @@ function BookInfoInput({ handleSubmit }: { handleSubmit: (info: { frontmatter: F
     function handleLanguageChange(lang: string | null) {
         setState(s => {
             if (!lang) {
-                delete s.lang;
-                delete s.language;
-                return s
+                const { lang, language, ...rest } = s;
+                return rest;
             }
             return {
                 ...s,
@@ -80,8 +79,6 @@ function BookInfoInput({ handleSubmit }: { handleSubmit: (info: { frontmatter: F
             cover,
         });
     }
-    console.log(state);
-    console.log("will render");
     return <div style={{ maxWidth: "500px" }}>
         <div className="my-3">
             <label htmlFor="cover-file" className="form-label">cover image <span className="text-muted">(.jpg or .png less than 5mb)</span></label>
diff --git a/components/LanguageSelect.tsx b/components/LanguageSelect.tsx
index 56146da..9a12d9b 100644
--- a/components/LanguageSelect.tsx
+++ b/components/LanguageSelect.tsx
@@ -13,13 +13,14 @@ const languageOptions = [
 ];
 
 function LanguageSelect({ value, onChange }: {
-    value: string | null,
+    value: string | undefined,
     onChange: (language: string | null) => void,
 }) {
     const [showingOther, setShowingOther] = useState<boolean>(false);
     function handleChange(o: { value: string, label: string }) {
         if (!o) {
             onChange(null);
+            if (showingOther) setShowingOther(false);
         } else if (o.value === "other") {
             setShowingOther(true);
             onChange(null);
@@ -34,7 +35,7 @@ function LanguageSelect({ value, onChange }: {
           className="basic-single"
           classNamePrefix="select"
           isClearable={true}
-          value={typeof value === "number" ? null : languageOptions.find(o => value === o.value)}
+          value={languageOptions.find(o => value === o.value)}
           isSearchable
           // @ts-ignore
           onChange={handleChange}
diff --git a/pages/index.tsx b/pages/index.tsx
index 63959cb..37d6caa 100644
--- a/pages/index.tsx
+++ b/pages/index.tsx
@@ -20,6 +20,14 @@ const Home: NextPage = () => {
   }
   function handleSubmit(info: { frontmatter: Frontmatter, cover: File | undefined }) {
     const content = mdRef.current.value as string;
+    if (!content) {
+      alert("Please enter some content for the book");
+      return;
+    }
+    if (!info.frontmatter.title) {
+      alert("Please enter a title for the book");
+      return;
+    }
     bookRequest({
       ...info,
       content,