diff --git a/frontend/app/(app)/code/[id]/page.tsx b/frontend/app/(app)/code/[id]/page.tsx
index b4aa09d..27bf89e 100644
--- a/frontend/app/(app)/code/[id]/page.tsx
+++ b/frontend/app/(app)/code/[id]/page.tsx
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ export default async function CodePage({ params }: { params: { id: string } }) {
             <Navbar
               userData={userData}
               sandboxData={sandboxData}
-              shared={shared}
+              shared={shared as { id: string; name: string; avatarUrl: string }[]}
             />
             <div className="w-screen flex grow">
               <CodeEditor userData={userData} sandboxData={sandboxData} />
diff --git a/frontend/components/dashboard/index.tsx b/frontend/components/dashboard/index.tsx
index ecd3837..8f693be 100644
--- a/frontend/components/dashboard/index.tsx
+++ b/frontend/components/dashboard/index.tsx
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ export default function Dashboard({
     type: "react" | "node"
     author: string
     sharedOn: Date
+    authorAvatarUrl?: string
   }[]
 }) {
   const [screen, setScreen] = useState<TScreen>("projects")
@@ -121,7 +122,12 @@ export default function Dashboard({
             ) : null}
           </>
         ) : screen === "shared" ? (
-          <DashboardSharedWithMe shared={shared} />
+          <DashboardSharedWithMe
+            shared={shared.map((item) => ({
+              ...item,
+              authorAvatarUrl: item.authorAvatarUrl || "",
+            }))}
+          />
         ) : screen === "settings" ? null : null}
       </div>
     </>
diff --git a/frontend/components/dashboard/shared.tsx b/frontend/components/dashboard/shared.tsx
index 262d985..85ce3d2 100644
--- a/frontend/components/dashboard/shared.tsx
+++ b/frontend/components/dashboard/shared.tsx
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import Image from "next/image"
 import Link from "next/link"
 import Avatar from "../ui/avatar"
 import Button from "../ui/customButton"
+import { projectTemplates } from "@/lib/data"
 
 export default function DashboardSharedWithMe({
   shared,
@@ -18,7 +19,7 @@ export default function DashboardSharedWithMe({
   shared: {
     id: string
     name: string
-    type: "react" | "node"
+    type: string
     author: string
     authorAvatarUrl: string
     sharedOn: Date
@@ -46,9 +47,7 @@ export default function DashboardSharedWithMe({
                       <Image
                         alt=""
                         src={
-                          sandbox.type === "react"
-                            ? "/project-icons/react.svg"
-                            : "/project-icons/node.svg"
+                          projectTemplates.find((p) => p.id === sandbox.type)?.icon ?? "/project-icons/node.svg"
                         }
                         width={20}
                         height={20}
diff --git a/frontend/lib/data/index.ts b/frontend/lib/data/index.ts
index 3877c03..4720d03 100644
--- a/frontend/lib/data/index.ts
+++ b/frontend/lib/data/index.ts
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ export const projectTemplates: {
     id: "vanillajs",
     name: "HTML/JS",
     icon: "/project-icons/more.svg",
-    description: "More coming soon, feel free to contribute on GitHub",
+    description: "A simple HTML/JS project for building web apps",
     disabled: false,
   },
   {