diff --git a/src/components/BottomBar/BottomBarCourseReview.vue b/src/components/BottomBar/BottomBarCourseReview.vue
index e8a67cfe9..37b17ac3c 100644
--- a/src/components/BottomBar/BottomBarCourseReview.vue
+++ b/src/components/BottomBar/BottomBarCourseReview.vue
@@ -119,17 +119,14 @@ export default defineComponent({
       return `https://www.cureviews.org/course/${subject}/${number}`;
     },
     CUROverallRating(): string | number {
-      if (this.courseObj.overallRating === 0) return '';
       if (!this.courseObj.overallRating) return 'N/A';
       return Math.round(this.courseObj.overallRating * 10) / 10;
     },
     CURDifficulty(): string | number {
-      if (this.courseObj.difficulty === 0) return '';
       if (!this.courseObj.difficulty) return 'N/A';
       return Math.round(this.courseObj.difficulty * 10) / 10;
     },
     CURWorkload(): string | number {
-      if (this.courseObj.workload === 0) return '';
       if (!this.courseObj.workload) return 'N/A';
       return Math.round(this.courseObj.workload * 10) / 10;
     },
diff --git a/src/components/BottomBar/BottomBarState.ts b/src/components/BottomBar/BottomBarState.ts
index 874440ea3..54898f682 100644
--- a/src/components/BottomBar/BottomBarState.ts
+++ b/src/components/BottomBar/BottomBarState.ts
@@ -54,18 +54,18 @@ const getReviews = (
     method: 'POST',
     headers: { 'Content-Type': 'application/json' },
     body: JSON.stringify({ subject: subject.toLowerCase(), number }),
-  }).then(res =>
-    res
-      .json()
-      .then(reviews =>
-        reviews.result
-          ? reviews.result
-          : { classRating: null, classDifficulty: null, classWorkload: null }
-      )
+  }).then(
+    res =>
+      (res.ok && res.json().then(reviews => reviews.result)) || {
+        classRating: null,
+        classDifficulty: null,
+        classWorkload: null,
+      }
   );
 
 export const addCourseToBottomBar = (course: FirestoreSemesterCourse): void => {
   vueForBottomBar.isExpanded = true;
+
   for (let i = 0; i < vueForBottomBar.bottomCourses.length; i += 1) {
     const existingCourse = vueForBottomBar.bottomCourses[i];
     // Must check both uniqueID and code (e.g. CS 1110) to handle req courses that share uniqueID -1
@@ -75,32 +75,40 @@ export const addCourseToBottomBar = (course: FirestoreSemesterCourse): void => {
     }
   }
 
-  if (vueForBottomBar.bottomCourses.length === 0) {
-    vueForBottomBar.isExpanded = true;
-  }
+  vueForBottomBar.bottomCourses = [
+    firestoreSemesterCourseToBottomBarCourse(course),
+    ...vueForBottomBar.bottomCourses,
+  ];
+  vueForBottomBar.bottomCourseFocus = 0;
 
-  const bottomBarCourse = firestoreSemesterCourseToBottomBarCourse(course);
-  const [subject, number] = bottomBarCourse.code.split(' ');
+  const [subject, number] = course.code.split(' ');
   Promise.all([
     getReviews(subject, number).then(({ classRating, classDifficulty, classWorkload }) => {
-      bottomBarCourse.overallRating = classRating;
-      bottomBarCourse.difficulty = classDifficulty;
-      bottomBarCourse.workload = classWorkload;
+      const bottomBarCourse = vueForBottomBar.bottomCourses.find(
+        ({ uniqueID, code }) => uniqueID === course.uniqueID && code === course.code
+      );
+      if (bottomBarCourse) {
+        bottomBarCourse.overallRating = classRating;
+        bottomBarCourse.difficulty = classDifficulty;
+        bottomBarCourse.workload = classWorkload;
+      }
     }),
     getDetailedInformationForBottomBar(course.lastRoster, subject, number).then(
       ({ description, prereqs, enrollment, lectureTimes, instructors, distributions }) => {
-        bottomBarCourse.description = description;
-        bottomBarCourse.prereqs = prereqs;
-        bottomBarCourse.enrollment = enrollment;
-        bottomBarCourse.lectureTimes = lectureTimes;
-        bottomBarCourse.instructors = instructors;
-        bottomBarCourse.distributions = distributions;
+        const bottomBarCourse = vueForBottomBar.bottomCourses.find(
+          ({ uniqueID, code }) => uniqueID === course.uniqueID && code === course.code
+        );
+        if (bottomBarCourse) {
+          bottomBarCourse.description = description;
+          bottomBarCourse.prereqs = prereqs;
+          bottomBarCourse.enrollment = enrollment;
+          bottomBarCourse.lectureTimes = lectureTimes;
+          bottomBarCourse.instructors = instructors;
+          bottomBarCourse.distributions = distributions;
+        }
       }
     ),
-  ]).then(() => {
-    vueForBottomBar.bottomCourses = [bottomBarCourse, ...vueForBottomBar.bottomCourses];
-    vueForBottomBar.bottomCourseFocus = 0;
-  });
+  ]);
 };
 
 export const toggleBottomBar = (gtag?: GTag): void => {