diff --git a/src/app/components/feed/feed.component.html b/src/app/components/feed/feed.component.html
index 111dfbd..00f4bbb 100644
--- a/src/app/components/feed/feed.component.html
+++ b/src/app/components/feed/feed.component.html
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
           <textarea matInput #content type="text" (input)="onTextInputChange()" [(ngModel)]="textInputValue" [disabled]="posting"
             mat-autosize="true" matAutosizeMaxRows="3" placeholder="post something"></textarea>
         </mat-form-field>
-        <input style="display: none" id="input-file" type="file" accept="video/*,image/*" (change)="onFileInputChange($event)" #name>
+        <input style="display: none" id="fileInput" type="file" accept="video/*,image/*" (change)="onFileInputChange($event)" #fileInput>
         <div class="input">
         <div class="left">
           <p id="check">
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
           </p>
         </div>
         <div class="right">
-          <button mat-button mat-icon-button (click)="name.click()"
+          <button mat-button mat-icon-button (click)="fileInput.click()"
             matTooltip="upload a picture or video (up to 10MB)"
             matTooltipShowDelay="200"
             [disabled]="posting">
diff --git a/src/app/components/feed/feed.component.ts b/src/app/components/feed/feed.component.ts
index f888af1..abb2992 100644
--- a/src/app/components/feed/feed.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/components/feed/feed.component.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import {Component, OnInit, ViewChild} from '@angular/core';
+import {Component, OnInit, ViewChild, ElementRef} from '@angular/core';
 import {Post} from 'src/app/models/post';
 import {FeedService, Sort} from 'src/app/services/feed/feed.service';
 import {Activitylist} from 'src/app/models/activity';
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ export class FeedComponent implements OnInit {
   loadingNew = true;
   loadingMostLiked = true;
   // file upload variables
-  @ViewChild('name', {static: false}) fileInput;
+  @ViewChild('fileInput', {static: false}) fileInput: ElementRef;
   public uploading = false;
   public profilePictureUrl: BehaviorSubject<string | null>;
   private file;
@@ -64,8 +64,11 @@ export class FeedComponent implements OnInit {
       this.loadingMostLiked = this.loadingNew = available;
     });
     this.feedService.posting.subscribe(posting => {
+      const temp = this.posting;
       this.posting = posting;
-      this.resetPostInput();
+      if (temp !== this.posting && !this.posting) {
+        this.resetPostInput();
+      }
     });
   }
 
@@ -78,7 +81,6 @@ export class FeedComponent implements OnInit {
     if (postElement && activityId && this.checked) {
       this.posting = true;
       this.feedService.createPostActivity(postElement.value, activityId, this.file).subscribe(() => {
-        postElement.value = '';
       }, (error: IErrorResponse) => {
         this.errorOccurred = true;
         this.posting = false;
@@ -87,7 +89,6 @@ export class FeedComponent implements OnInit {
     } else if (postElement) {
       this.posting = true;
       this.feedService.createPost(postElement.value, this.file).subscribe((result) => {
-        postElement.value = '';
       }, (error: IErrorResponse) => {
         console.log(error);
         this.posting = false;
diff --git a/src/app/components/feed/postlist/postlist.component.html b/src/app/components/feed/postlist/postlist.component.html
index 2ffa144..f07a137 100644
--- a/src/app/components/feed/postlist/postlist.component.html
+++ b/src/app/components/feed/postlist/postlist.component.html
@@ -22,10 +22,12 @@
     </mat-card-subtitle>
   </mat-card-header>
   <mat-card-content>
-    <mat-spinner *ngIf="post.mediaLoading" style="margin:0 auto; margin-top: 2em;" diameter="50"></mat-spinner>
-    <div class="postMedia" [hidden]="post.mediaLoading">
-      <img *ngIf="post.mediaType === 'IMAGE'" [src]="post.mediaUrl" (load)="onLoad(this.post)" alt="post image"/>
-      <video *ngIf="post.mediaType === 'VIDEO'" (load)="onLoad(this.post)" controls>
+    <mat-spinner *ngIf="post.mediaLoading && post.mediaType === 'IMAGE'" style="margin:0 auto; margin-top: 2em;" diameter="50"></mat-spinner>
+    <div class="postMedia">
+      <div [hidden]="post.mediaLoading">
+        <img *ngIf="post.mediaType === 'IMAGE'" [src]="post.mediaUrl" (load)="onLoad(this.post)" alt="post image"/>
+      </div>
+      <video *ngIf="post.mediaType === 'VIDEO'" controls>
         <source [src]="post.mediaUrl" type="video/webm">
       </video>
     </div>