diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4951c97
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+node_modules
+db/database.db
+.env
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/public/scripts/common.js b/public/scripts/common.js
index df34750..3f685f8 100644
--- a/public/scripts/common.js
+++ b/public/scripts/common.js
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ async function loadHeaderFooter() {
     if (!headerResponse.ok) throw new Error('Failed to load header');
     const headerHTML = await headerResponse.text();
 
+    headerElement.innerHTML = headerHTML;
+
     const backButtonTemplate = document.getElementById('back-button-template');
     const loginTemplate = document.getElementById('login-template');
     const myAccountTemplate = document.getElementById('my-account-template');
@@ -20,8 +22,6 @@ async function loadHeaderFooter() {
       headerElement.innerHTML += loginTemplate.cloneNode(true);
     }
 
-    headerElement.innerHTML = headerHTML;
-
     const footerResponse = await fetch('https://commonhtml.thepenguinontheweb.tech/footer-snippet.html');
     if (!footerResponse.ok) throw new Error('Failed to load footer');
     const footerHTML = await footerResponse.text();