diff --git a/frontend/src/components/URLShortener/URLShortener.tsx b/frontend/src/components/URLShortener/URLShortener.tsx
index 7aa75e1..1712cff 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/URLShortener/URLShortener.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/components/URLShortener/URLShortener.tsx
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ export default function URLShortener() {
 
       setTimeout(() => {
         setShowInput(false);
-      }, 10000);
+      }, 900000);
     } catch (error) {
       console.log(error);
     }
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ export default function URLShortener() {
         <form className="url-input" onSubmit={ShortenIt}>
           <input
             type="text"
-            placeholder="www.example.com"
+            placeholder="https://www.example.com"
             aria-label="URL input field"
             value={url}
             onChange={(e) => setUrl(e.target.value)}
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/footer/Footer.css b/frontend/src/components/footer/Footer.css
index 291323a..3b99385 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/footer/Footer.css
+++ b/frontend/src/components/footer/Footer.css
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 .footer {
     width: 100%;
-    height: 200px;
+    height: 100px;
     background-color: var(--color-secondary);
+    display: flex;
+    justify-content: center;
+    align-items: center;
 }
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