diff --git a/inji-verify/src/components/Home/VerificationSection/ScanQrCode.tsx b/inji-verify/src/components/Home/VerificationSection/ScanQrCode.tsx
index dc7bf454..b40186eb 100644
--- a/inji-verify/src/components/Home/VerificationSection/ScanQrCode.tsx
+++ b/inji-verify/src/components/Home/VerificationSection/ScanQrCode.tsx
@@ -64,7 +64,10 @@ const ScanQrCode = ({setScanResult}: {
                 </Box>
             </Grid>
             <Grid item xs={12} order={scanStatus === "Failed" ? 2 : 3}>
-                <UploadQrCode setScanResult={checkScanResult} setScanStatus={setScanStatus} displayMessage="Upload QR Code"/>
+                <UploadQrCode
+                    setScanResult={checkScanResult}
+                    setScanStatus={setScanStatus}
+                    displayMessage={scanStatus === "Failed" ? "Upload Another QR Code" : "Upload QR Code"}/>
             </Grid>
             <Grid item xs={12} order={scanStatus === "Failed" ? 3 : 2}>
                 <StyledButton
diff --git a/inji-verify/src/components/Home/VerificationSection/UploadQrCode.tsx b/inji-verify/src/components/Home/VerificationSection/UploadQrCode.tsx
index 0ded0a0d..d28d66fb 100644
--- a/inji-verify/src/components/Home/VerificationSection/UploadQrCode.tsx
+++ b/inji-verify/src/components/Home/VerificationSection/UploadQrCode.tsx
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ export const UploadQrCode = ({setScanResult, displayMessage, setScanStatus}:
                         setAlertInfo({...AlertMessages.unsupportedFileSize, open: true})
                         return;
                     }
+                    setActiveStep(VerificationSteps.Verifying);
                     scanFilesForQr(file)
                         .then(scanResult => {
                             setScanStatus(!!scanResult.data ? "Success" : "Failed")
diff --git a/inji-verify/src/components/Home/VerificationSection/index.tsx b/inji-verify/src/components/Home/VerificationSection/index.tsx
index 6f2c99c6..cc58bebe 100644
--- a/inji-verify/src/components/Home/VerificationSection/index.tsx
+++ b/inji-verify/src/components/Home/VerificationSection/index.tsx
@@ -71,6 +71,9 @@ const DisplayActiveStep = () => {
             // show error message in snackbar
         }
         setQrData(result.data || "");
+        if (!result.data) {
+            setActiveStep(VerificationSteps.ScanQrCodePrompt);
+        }
     }
 
     switch (activeStep) {