diff --git a/loginSystem/templates/loginSystem/login.html b/loginSystem/templates/loginSystem/login.html
index f538610cb..d9a06db62 100644
--- a/loginSystem/templates/loginSystem/login.html
+++ b/loginSystem/templates/loginSystem/login.html
@@ -312,7 +312,7 @@
                                 <div class="input-group">
                                     <input ng-keypress="initiateLogin($event)" ng-model="password" type="password"
                                            class="form-control" id="password" placeholder="Password" required
-                                           name="password" style="height: 45px;">
+                                           name="password" style="height: 45px;" autocomplete="current-password">
                                     <span class="input-group-addon bg-blue">
                       <i class="glyph-icon icon-unlock-alt"></i>
                     </span>
@@ -366,7 +366,7 @@
                 </div>
             </form>
             <div id="loginFailed" class="alert alert-danger">
-                <p>Could Not Login, Error message: {$ errorMessage $}</p>
+                <p>Could Not Login, Error message: <span ng-bind="errorMessage"></span></p>
             </div>
         </div>
     </div>
diff --git a/loginSystem/views.py b/loginSystem/views.py
index dd78836b0..549ab3c73 100644
--- a/loginSystem/views.py
+++ b/loginSystem/views.py
@@ -32,46 +32,61 @@ def verifyLogin(request):
 
         try:
             if request.method == "POST":
-                data = json.loads(request.body)
+                try:
+                    data = json.loads(request.body)
+                except json.JSONDecodeError as e:
+                    print(f"JSON decode error: {e}")
+                    print(f"Raw request body: {request.body}")
+                    data = {'userID': 0, 'loginStatus': 0, 'error_message': 'Invalid request format'}
+                    json_data = json.dumps(data)
+                    return HttpResponse(json_data)
 
-                username = data['username']
-                password = data['password']
+                username = data.get('username', '')
+                password = data.get('password', '')
+
+                # Debug logging
+                print(f"Login attempt - Username: {username}, Password length: {len(password) if password else 0}")
+                print(f"Password contains '$': {'$' in password if password else False}")
+                print(f"Raw password: {repr(password)}")
 
                 try:
-                    if data['languageSelection'] == "English":
+                    language_selection = data.get('languageSelection', 'english')
+                    if language_selection == "English":
                         user_Language = "en"
-                    elif data['languageSelection'] == "Chinese":
+                    elif language_selection == "Chinese":
                         user_Language = "cn"
-                    elif data['languageSelection'] == "Bulgarian":
+                    elif language_selection == "Bulgarian":
                         user_Language = "br"
-                    elif data['languageSelection'] == "Portuguese":
+                    elif language_selection == "Portuguese":
                         user_Language = "pt"
-                    elif data['languageSelection'] == "Japanese":
+                    elif language_selection == "Japanese":
                         user_Language = "ja"
-                    elif data['languageSelection'] == "Bosnian":
+                    elif language_selection == "Bosnian":
                         user_Language = "bs"
-                    elif data['languageSelection'] == "Greek":
+                    elif language_selection == "Greek":
                         user_Language = "gr"
-                    elif data['languageSelection'] == "Russian":
+                    elif language_selection == "Russian":
                         user_Language = "ru"
-                    elif data['languageSelection'] == "Turkish":
+                    elif language_selection == "Turkish":
                         user_Language = "tr"
-                    elif data['languageSelection'] == "Spanish":
+                    elif language_selection == "Spanish":
                         user_Language = "es"
-                    elif data['languageSelection'] == "French":
+                    elif language_selection == "French":
                         user_Language = "fr"
-                    elif data['languageSelection'] == "Polish":
+                    elif language_selection == "Polish":
                         user_Language = "pl"
-                    elif data['languageSelection'] == "Vietnamese":
+                    elif language_selection == "Vietnamese":
                         user_Language = "vi"
-                    elif data['languageSelection'] == "Italian":
+                    elif language_selection == "Italian":
                         user_Language = "it"
-                    elif data['languageSelection'] == "German":
+                    elif language_selection == "German":
                         user_Language = "de"
-                    elif data['languageSelection'] == "Indonesian":
+                    elif language_selection == "Indonesian":
                         user_Language = "id"
-                    elif data['languageSelection'] == "Bangla":
+                    elif language_selection == "Bangla":
                         user_Language = "bn"
+                    else:
+                        user_Language = 'en'
 
                     translation.activate(user_Language)
                     response = HttpResponse()
@@ -83,6 +98,7 @@ def verifyLogin(request):
                     response.set_cookie(settings.LANGUAGE_COOKIE_NAME, user_Language)
 
             admin = Administrator.objects.get(userName=username)
+            print(f"Found admin user: {admin.userName}, password hash length: {len(admin.password) if admin.password else 0}")
 
             if admin.state == 'SUSPENDED':
                 data = {'userID': 0, 'loginStatus': 0, 'error_message': 'Account currently suspended.'}
@@ -99,7 +115,10 @@ def verifyLogin(request):
                     response.write(json_data)
                     return response
 
-            if hashPassword.check_password(admin.password, password):
+            password_check_result = hashPassword.check_password(admin.password, password)
+            print(f"Password check result: {password_check_result}")
+
+            if password_check_result:
                 if admin.twoFA:
                     if request.session.get('twofa', 1) == 0:
                         import pyotp