diff --git a/frontend/src/upload.js b/frontend/src/upload.js
index 984787f4..1ef072e6 100644
--- a/frontend/src/upload.js
+++ b/frontend/src/upload.js
@@ -11,13 +11,18 @@ $(document).ready(function() {
   $copyBtn.html('Copy');
 
   $('#page-one').show();
-  $('#file-list').hide();
+  $('#file-list').show();
   $('#upload-progress').hide();
   $('#share-link').hide();
 
+  for(let i=0; i<localStorage.length; i++) {
+    let id = localStorage.key(i);
+    checkUploads(id);
+  }
+
   // copy link to clipboard
   $copyBtn.click(() => {
-    const aux = document.createElement('input');
+    var aux = document.createElement('input');
     aux.setAttribute('value', $('#link').attr('value'));
     document.body.appendChild(aux);
     aux.select();
@@ -52,39 +57,6 @@ $(document).ready(function() {
       file = event.target.files[0];
     }
 
-    const $fileList = $('#uploaded-files');
-    const row = document.createElement('tr');
-    const name = document.createElement('td');
-    const link = document.createElement('td');
-    const expiry = document.createElement('td');
-    const del = document.createElement('td');
-    del.setAttribute('align', 'center');
-    const btn = document.createElement('button');
-    const popupDiv = document.createElement('div');
-    const $popupText = $('<span>', { class: 'popuptext' });
-    const cellText = document.createTextNode(file.name);
-
-    name.appendChild(cellText);
-
-    // create delete button
-    btn.innerHTML = 'x';
-    btn.classList.add('delete-btn');
-
-    // create popup
-    popupDiv.classList.add('popup');
-    $popupText.html(
-      '<span class="del-file">Delete</span><span class="nvm" > Nevermind</span>'
-    );
-
-    // add data cells to table row
-    row.appendChild(name);
-    row.appendChild(link);
-    row.appendChild(expiry);
-    popupDiv.appendChild(btn);
-    $(popupDiv).append($popupText);
-    del.appendChild(popupDiv);
-    row.appendChild(del);
-
     const fileSender = new FileSender(file);
     fileSender.on('progress', percentComplete => {
       $('#page-one').hide();
@@ -96,53 +68,111 @@ $(document).ready(function() {
         .querySelector('#progress-bar')
         .style.setProperty('--progress', percentComplete + '%');
       $('#progress-text').html(`${percentComplete}%`);
-      if (percentComplete === 100) {
-        notify('Your upload has finished.');
-      }
+
     });
     fileSender.upload().then(info => {
       const url = info.url.trim() + `#${info.secretKey}`.trim();
       $('#link').attr('value', url);
-      link.innerHTML = url;
+
       localStorage.setItem(info.fileId, info.deleteToken);
 
-      // delete file
-      $popupText.find('.del-file').click(e => {
-        FileSender.delete(
-          info.fileId,
-          localStorage.getItem(info.fileId)
-        ).then(() => {
-          $(e.target).parents('tr').remove();
-          localStorage.removeItem(info.fileId);
-        })
-        .catch(err => { 
-          Raven.captureException(err);
-          return Promise.reject(err);
-        });
-      });
-
-      // show popup
-      del.addEventListener('click', toggleShow);
-      // hide popup
-      $popupText.find('.nvm').click(toggleShow);
-
-      $fileList.append(row); //add row to table
       $('#page-one').hide();
       $('#file-list').hide();
       $('#upload-progress').hide();
       $('#share-link').show();
-    })
-    .catch(err => {
-      Raven.captureException(err);
-      return Promise.reject(err);
-    });
 
-    function toggleShow() {
-      $popupText.toggleClass('show');
-    }
+      checkUploads(info.fileId, url);
+    });
   };
 
   window.allowDrop = function(ev) {
     ev.preventDefault();
   };
+
+  //load previous uploads
+  function checkUploads(id, url='') {
+    return new Promise ((resolve, reject) => {
+      const xhr = new XMLHttpRequest();
+      xhr.responseType = 'json';
+      xhr.onreadystatechange = () => {
+        if (xhr.readyState == 4 && xhr.status == 200) {
+          resolve(xhr.response);
+        }
+        else if (xhr.readyState == 4 && xhr.status == 404) {
+          reject('error code: ' + xhr.status);
+        }
+      };
+      xhr.onerror = () => {
+        reject('There was a network error.');
+      };
+      xhr.open('get', '/file/' + id, true);
+      xhr.send();
+    }).then (response => {
+      populateFileList(response, url);
+    }, error => {
+      console.log(error);
+    });
+  }
+
+  //update file table with current files in localStorage
+  function populateFileList(file, url) {
+    console.log(file);
+    const $fileList = $('#uploaded-files');
+    const row = document.createElement('tr');
+    const name = document.createElement('td');
+    const link = document.createElement('td');
+    const expiry = document.createElement('td');
+    const del = document.createElement('td');
+    del.setAttribute('align', 'center');
+    const btn = document.createElement('button');
+    const popupDiv = document.createElement('div');
+    const $popupText = $('<span>', { class: 'popuptext' });
+    const cellText = document.createTextNode(file.name);
+    const progress = document.createElement('p');
+
+    name.appendChild(cellText);
+
+    // create delete button
+    btn.innerHTML = 'x';
+    btn.classList.add('delete-btn');
+    link.innerHTML = url;
+
+    // create popup
+    popupDiv.classList.add('popup');
+    $popupText.html(
+      '<span class="del-file">Delete</span><span class="nvm" > Nevermind</span>'
+    );
+
+    // delete file
+    $popupText.find('.del-file').click(e => {
+      FileSender.delete(
+        file.fileId,
+        localStorage.getItem(file.fileId)
+      ).then(() => {
+        $(e.target).parents('tr').remove();
+        localStorage.removeItem(file.fileId);
+      });
+    });
+
+    // add data cells to table row
+    row.appendChild(name);
+    row.appendChild(link);
+    row.appendChild(expiry);
+    popupDiv.appendChild(btn);
+    $(popupDiv).append($popupText);
+    del.appendChild(popupDiv);
+    row.appendChild(del);
+
+    // show popup
+    del.addEventListener('click', toggleShow);
+    // hide popup
+    $popupText.find('.nvm').click(toggleShow);
+
+    $('tbody').append(row); //add row to table
+
+    function toggleShow() {
+      $popupText.toggleClass('show');
+    }
+  }
+
 });
diff --git a/server/portal_server.js b/server/portal_server.js
index 9dc2cf01..6fba066a 100644
--- a/server/portal_server.js
+++ b/server/portal_server.js
@@ -50,6 +50,23 @@ app.get('/exists/:id', (req, res) => {
   }).catch(err => res.sendStatus(404));
 });
 
+app.get('/file/:id', (req, res) => {
+  let id = req.params.id;
+  storage.filename(id).then(filename => {
+    storage
+      .length(id)
+      .then(contentLength => {
+        res.json({
+          name: filename,
+          filesize: bytes(contentLength),
+          fileId: id
+        })
+      }).catch(() => {
+        console.log('error retrieving id ' + id);
+      });
+  })
+});
+
 app.get('/download/:id', (req, res) => {
   const id = req.params.id;
   storage.filename(id).then(filename => {
diff --git a/views/index.handlebars b/views/index.handlebars
index ed765aed..4ef0788b 100644
--- a/views/index.handlebars
+++ b/views/index.handlebars
@@ -38,12 +38,19 @@
 
     <div id="file-list">
       <table id="uploaded-files">
-        <tr>
-          <th width="30%">File</th>
-          <th width="45%">Copy URL</th>
-          <th width="18%">Expires in</th>
-          <th width="7%">Delete</th>
-        </tr>
+        <thead>
+          <tr>
+            <!-- htmllint attr-bans="false" -->
+            <th width="30%">File</th>
+            <th width="45%">Copy URL</th>
+            <th width="18%">Expires in</th>
+            <th width="7%">Delete</th>
+            <!-- htmllint tag-bans="$previous" -->
+          </tr>
+        </thead>
+        <tbody>
+
+        </tbody>
       </table>
     </div>