diff --git a/racevisionGame/src/main/java/visualiser/Controllers/InGameLobbyController.java b/racevisionGame/src/main/java/visualiser/Controllers/InGameLobbyController.java
index 8a6dd8d6..c69cc676 100644
--- a/racevisionGame/src/main/java/visualiser/Controllers/InGameLobbyController.java
+++ b/racevisionGame/src/main/java/visualiser/Controllers/InGameLobbyController.java
@@ -316,28 +316,32 @@ public class InGameLobbyController extends Controller {
 
     private void countdownText(long interval){
 
+        if (interval <=4000){
+            return;
+        }
+
         if (interval <=5000){
-            countdownTenText.setText("5");
+            //countdownTenText.setText("5");
             return;
         }
         if (interval <=6000){
-            countdownTenText.setText("6");
+            countdownTenText.setText("1");
             return;
         }
         if (interval <=7000){
-            countdownTenText.setText("7");
+            countdownTenText.setText("2");
             return;
         }
         if (interval <=8000){
-            countdownTenText.setText("8");
+            countdownTenText.setText("3");
             return;
         }
         if (interval <=9000){
-            countdownTenText.setText("9");
+            countdownTenText.setText("4");
             return;
         }
         if (interval <=10000){
-            countdownTenText.setText("10");
+            countdownTenText.setText("5");
             return;
         }
 
diff --git a/racevisionGame/src/main/resources/visualiser/scenes/gameLobby.fxml b/racevisionGame/src/main/resources/visualiser/scenes/gameLobby.fxml
index 84ff0c34..367cfbf8 100644
--- a/racevisionGame/src/main/resources/visualiser/scenes/gameLobby.fxml
+++ b/racevisionGame/src/main/resources/visualiser/scenes/gameLobby.fxml
@@ -101,6 +101,11 @@
                   <Font name="System Bold" size="41.0" />
                </font>
             </Label>
+            <Label fx:id="preRacelabel" alignment="CENTER" text="Entering Race In:" textFill="RED" AnchorPane.bottomAnchor="80.0" AnchorPane.leftAnchor="0.0" AnchorPane.rightAnchor="0.0" AnchorPane.topAnchor="0.0">
+               <font>
+                  <Font name="System Bold" size="18.0" />
+               </font>
+            </Label>
          </children>
       </AnchorPane>
     </children>