diff --git a/packages/fakeyou.com/src/components/common/ErrorMessage.tsx b/packages/fakeyou.com/src/components/common/ErrorMessage.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..53ed728b6c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/fakeyou.com/src/components/common/ErrorMessage.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+import React from 'react';
+import { useLocalize } from "hooks";
+export default function Error({message}:{message?:string}){
+  const {t} = useLocalize("App")
+  return (
+    <div className="row">
+      <div className="col-12">
+        <h1>{message ? message : t("error.unknownError")}</h1>
+      </div>
+    </div>
+  );
+}
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diff --git a/packages/fakeyou.com/src/components/common/index.tsx b/packages/fakeyou.com/src/components/common/index.tsx
index 6431e33fc7..ecda0ea903 100644
--- a/packages/fakeyou.com/src/components/common/index.tsx
+++ b/packages/fakeyou.com/src/components/common/index.tsx
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import Button from "./Button";
 import Checkbox from "./Checkbox";
 import Container from "./Container";
 import CoverImageInput from "./CoverImageInput";
+import ErrorMessage from "./ErrorMessage"
 import FileActions from "./FileActions";
 import FileDetails from "./FileDetails";
 import FileWrapper from "./FileWrapper";
@@ -28,6 +29,7 @@ import TempInput from "./TempInput";
 import TempSelect from "./TempSelect";
 import TempTextArea from "./TempTextArea";
 import TintSpinner from "./TintSpinner";
+import VideoInput from "./VideoInput";
 
 export {
   AudioBlobPreview,
@@ -37,6 +39,7 @@ export {
   Checkbox,
   Container,
   CoverImageInput,
+  ErrorMessage,
   FileActions,
   FileDetails,
   FileWrapper,
@@ -59,5 +62,6 @@ export {
   TempInput,
   TempSelect,
   TempTextArea,
-  TintSpinner
+  TintSpinner,
+  VideoInput
 };
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diff --git a/packages/fakeyou.com/src/v2/view/pages/storyteller_filter/StorytellerFilter.tsx b/packages/fakeyou.com/src/v2/view/pages/storyteller_filter/StorytellerFilter.tsx
index a6106ca49e..7949bff815 100644
--- a/packages/fakeyou.com/src/v2/view/pages/storyteller_filter/StorytellerFilter.tsx
+++ b/packages/fakeyou.com/src/v2/view/pages/storyteller_filter/StorytellerFilter.tsx
@@ -1,17 +1,13 @@
 import React, {useReducer } from 'react';
 
-import { FontAwesomeIcon } from "@fortawesome/react-fontawesome";
-
-
-import { useInferenceJobs, useLocalize } from "hooks";
+import { useLocalize } from "hooks";
 import { FrontendInferenceJobType, InferenceJob } from '@storyteller/components/src/jobs/InferenceJob';
 
-import { BasicVideo, Button, Container, Panel, Tabs } from "components/common";
+import { Container, ErrorMessage } from "components/common";
 import PageHeader from "components/layout/PageHeader";
 
-import TabContentUpload from "./components/tabContentUpload";
-import TabContentLibrary from "./components/tabContentLibrary";
-
+import PageVideoProvision from './components/pageVideoProvision';
+import PageFilterControls from './components/pageFilterControls';
 import { states, reducer } from "./storytellerFilterReducer";
 
 
@@ -23,26 +19,28 @@ export default function StorytellerFilter(props:{
   inferenceJobs: Array<InferenceJob>;
   inferenceJobsByCategory: Map<FrontendInferenceJobType, Array<InferenceJob>>;
 }){
+  const debug=true;
   const { t } = useLocalize("StorytellerFilter");
-  const { NO_FILE, FILE_UPLOADING, FILE_LOADED } = states;
+  const { NO_FILE, FILE_STAGED, FILE_UPLOADING, FILE_UPLOADED, FILE_LOADING, FILE_LOADED } = states;
   const [pageState, dispatchPageState] = useReducer(reducer, {
     status: NO_FILE,
   });
 
-  const tabs = [
-    {
-      label: t("tabTitle.upload"),
-      content: <TabContentUpload {...{ t, pageState, dispatchPageState }} />,
-      to: "/storyteller-filter/upload",
-      padding: true,
-    },
-    {
-      label: t("tabTitle.library"),
-      content: <TabContentLibrary {...{ t, pageState, dispatchPageState }} />,
-      to: "/storyteller-filter/select-media",
-      padding: true,
-    },
-  ];
+  const pagePicker = () => {
+    switch (pageState.status){
+      case NO_FILE:
+      case FILE_STAGED:
+      case FILE_UPLOADING:
+        return <PageVideoProvision {...{debug, t, pageState, dispatchPageState}}/>
+      case FILE_UPLOADED:
+      case FILE_LOADING:
+      case FILE_LOADED:
+        return <PageFilterControls {...{debug, t, pageState, dispatchPageState}}/>
+      default:
+        return <ErrorMessage/>
+    }
+  }
+  const currPage = pagePicker();
 
   return(
     <Container type="panel" className="mb-5">
@@ -51,23 +49,7 @@ export default function StorytellerFilter(props:{
         subText={t("headings.subtitle")}
         // imageUrl="/images/header/video-mocap.png"
       />
-      <Panel>
-        <div className="row g-0">
-          <div className="col-12 col-md-6">
-
-            <Tabs tabs={tabs} />
-
-          </div>
-          <div className="col-12 col-md-6">
-            <Panel padding={true} clear={true}>
-              <BasicVideo
-                title={t("video.sample")}
-                src="/videos/face-animator-instruction-en.mp4"
-              />
-            </Panel>
-          </div>
-        </div>
-      </Panel>
+      {currPage}
     </Container>
   );
 }
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diff --git a/packages/fakeyou.com/src/v2/view/pages/storyteller_filter/components/pageFilterControls.tsx b/packages/fakeyou.com/src/v2/view/pages/storyteller_filter/components/pageFilterControls.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..57d0b98005
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/fakeyou.com/src/v2/view/pages/storyteller_filter/components/pageFilterControls.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+import React from "react";
+import { useMedia } from "hooks";
+import { BucketConfig } from "@storyteller/components/src/api/BucketConfig";
+import { states, Action, State } from "../storytellerFilterReducer";
+import { BasicVideo, ErrorMessage, Panel, Spinner } from "components/common";
+
+export default function PageFilterControls({
+  debug=false, t, pageState, dispatchPageState
+}: {
+  debug?: boolean;
+  t: Function;
+  pageState: State;
+  dispatchPageState: (action: Action) => void;
+}) {
+  useMedia({
+    mediaToken: pageState.mediaFileToken,
+    onSuccess: (res: any) => {
+      // ratings.gather({ res, key: "token" });
+      console.log(res)
+      dispatchPageState({
+        type: 'loadFileSuccess',
+        payload: {mediaFile: res}
+      })
+    },
+  });
+
+  if (pageState.mediaFile){
+    const mediaLink = new BucketConfig().getGcsUrl(pageState.mediaFile.public_bucket_path);
+    if (mediaLink)
+      return(
+        <Panel>
+          <div className="row g-3 p-3">
+            {/* <h1>{t("message.fileUploaded")}</h1> */}
+            {debug && <p>{`File Token: ${pageState.mediaFileToken}`}</p> }
+            <div className="col-6">
+              <BasicVideo src={mediaLink} />
+            </div>
+            <div className="col-6">
+              <BasicVideo src={mediaLink} />
+            </div>
+          </div>
+        </Panel>
+      );
+  }else if (pageState.status <= states.FILE_LOADING){
+    return (
+      <Panel>
+        {debug && <p>{`File Token: ${pageState.mediaFileToken}`}</p> }
+        <p>Loading Files</p>
+        <Spinner />
+      </Panel>
+    );
+  }
+  return <ErrorMessage />;
+}
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diff --git a/packages/fakeyou.com/src/v2/view/pages/storyteller_filter/components/pageVideoProvision.tsx b/packages/fakeyou.com/src/v2/view/pages/storyteller_filter/components/pageVideoProvision.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..095356ae63
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/fakeyou.com/src/v2/view/pages/storyteller_filter/components/pageVideoProvision.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+import React from "react";
+import { Redirect, useLocation } from "react-router-dom";
+
+import { BasicVideo, Panel, Tabs } from "components/common";
+
+import { Action, State } from "../storytellerFilterReducer";
+import TabContentUpload from "./tabContentUpload";
+import TabContentLibrary from "./tabContentLibrary";
+
+export default function PageVideoProvision({
+  debug=false, t, pageState, dispatchPageState
+}: {
+  debug?: boolean;
+  t: Function;
+  pageState: State;
+  dispatchPageState: (action: Action) => void;
+}) {
+  const tabs = [
+    {
+      label: t("tabTitle.upload"),
+      content: <TabContentUpload {...{
+        debug, t, pageState, dispatchPageState
+      }} />,
+      to: "/storyteller-filter/upload",
+      padding: true,
+    },
+    {
+      label: t("tabTitle.library"),
+      content: <TabContentLibrary {...{
+        debug, t, pageState, dispatchPageState
+      }} />,
+      to: "/storyteller-filter/select-media",
+      padding: true,
+    },
+  ];
+
+  //pick default tab using pathname
+  const { pathname } = useLocation();
+  if (pathname === "/storyteller-filter" || pathname === "/storyteller-filter/") {
+    return <Redirect to={"/storyteller-filter/upload"} />;
+  }
+
+  return(
+    <Panel>
+      <div className="row g-0">
+        <div className="col-12 col-md-6">
+          <Tabs tabs={tabs} />
+        </div>
+        <div className="col-12 col-md-6">
+          <Panel padding={true} clear={true}>
+            <BasicVideo
+              title={t("video.sample")}
+              src="/videos/face-animator-instruction-en.mp4"
+            />
+          </Panel>
+        </div>
+      </div>
+    </Panel>
+  );
+}
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diff --git a/packages/fakeyou.com/src/v2/view/pages/storyteller_filter/components/tabContentUpload.tsx b/packages/fakeyou.com/src/v2/view/pages/storyteller_filter/components/tabContentUpload.tsx
index d1f604fce8..b985ee9bc8 100644
--- a/packages/fakeyou.com/src/v2/view/pages/storyteller_filter/components/tabContentUpload.tsx
+++ b/packages/fakeyou.com/src/v2/view/pages/storyteller_filter/components/tabContentUpload.tsx
@@ -3,18 +3,19 @@ import { v4 as uuidv4 } from "uuid";
 
 import { UploadMedia } from "@storyteller/components/src/api/media_files/UploadMedia";
 import { useFile } from "hooks";
-
-import VideoInput from "components/common/VideoInput";
+import { ErrorMessage, VideoInput, Spinner } from "components/common";
 import { states, Action, State } from "../storytellerFilterReducer";
 
-export default function TabContentUpload({t, pageState, dispatchPageState}: {
+export default function TabContentUpload({
+  debug=false, t, pageState, dispatchPageState
+}: {
+  debug?: boolean;
   t: Function;
   pageState: State;
   dispatchPageState: (action: Action) => void;
 }) {
   const videoProps = useFile({});
-  const {NO_FILE, FILE_STAGED} = states;
-
+  const {NO_FILE, FILE_STAGED, FILE_UPLOADING} = states;
 
   const makeVideoUploadRequest = () => ({
     uuid_idempotency_token: uuidv4(),
@@ -73,12 +74,17 @@ export default function TabContentUpload({t, pageState, dispatchPageState}: {
         </div>
       </>
     );
-  }
-  return (
+  }else if (pageState.status === FILE_UPLOADING){
+    return(
       <div className="row">
         <div className="col-12">
-          <h1>{t("message.UnknownError")}</h1>
+          <h1>{t("message.fileUploading")}</h1>
+        </div>
+        <div className="col-12">
+          <Spinner />
         </div>
       </div>
-  );
+    );
+  }
+  return <ErrorMessage />;
 }
diff --git a/packages/fakeyou.com/src/v2/view/pages/storyteller_filter/storytellerFilterReducer.tsx b/packages/fakeyou.com/src/v2/view/pages/storyteller_filter/storytellerFilterReducer.tsx
index 665aefda57..b0fd1cec6c 100644
--- a/packages/fakeyou.com/src/v2/view/pages/storyteller_filter/storytellerFilterReducer.tsx
+++ b/packages/fakeyou.com/src/v2/view/pages/storyteller_filter/storytellerFilterReducer.tsx
@@ -1,27 +1,29 @@
+import { MediaFile } from "@storyteller/components/src/api/media_files/GetMediaFile";
 
 export enum states{
   NO_FILE,
   FILE_STAGED,
   FILE_UPLOADING,
   FILE_UPLOADED,
+  FILE_LOADING,
   FILE_LOADED,
-  // MOCAPNET_ENQUEUEING,
-  // MOCAPNET_ENQUEUED,
 }
 
 export type State = {
   status: number;
   mediaFileToken?: string;
+  mediaFile?: MediaFile;
   inferenceJobToken?: string;
 }
 
 export type Action = 
-  | {type: 'uploadFile'}
   | {type: 'stagedFile'}
   | {type: 'clearedFile'}
+  | {type: 'uploadFile'}
   | {type: 'uploadFileSuccess', payload:{ mediaFileToken: string}}
-  // | {type: 'enqueueMocapNet'}
-  // | {type: 'enqueueMocapNetSuccess', payload: {inferenceJobToken: string|undefined}}
+  | {type: 'loadFile'}
+  | {type: 'loadFileSuccess', payload:{mediaFile: MediaFile}}
+
 
 export function reducer (state: State, action: Action): State {
   console.log(action);
@@ -38,14 +40,15 @@ export function reducer (state: State, action: Action): State {
         status: states.FILE_UPLOADED,
         mediaFileToken: action.payload.mediaFileToken
       }
-    // case 'enqueueMocapNet':
-    //   return {...state, status:states.MOCAPNET_ENQUEUEING}
-    // case 'enqueueMocapNetSuccess':
-    //   return {
-    //     ...state,
-    //     status: states.MOCAPNET_ENQUEUED,
-    //     inferenceJobToken: action.payload.inferenceJobToken
-    //   };
+    case 'loadFile':
+      return {...state, status: states.FILE_LOADING}
+    case 'loadFileSuccess':
+      console.log("LOAD FILE SUCCESS");
+      return {
+        ...state,
+        status: states.FILE_LOADED,
+        mediaFile: action.payload.mediaFile
+      }
     default:
       return {status: states.NO_FILE};