diff --git a/frontend/src/App.tsx b/frontend/src/App.tsx
index 29b1b60..9a21622 100644
--- a/frontend/src/App.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/App.tsx
@@ -8,15 +8,12 @@ import { ActiveState } from './models/misc';
 export default function App() {
   //TODO : below media query is disjoint from tailwind. Please wire it together.
   const [navState, setNavState] = useState<ActiveState>(
-    window.matchMedia('((min-width: 768px)').matches ? 'ACTIVE' : 'INACTIVE',
+    window.matchMedia('(min-width: 768px)').matches ? 'ACTIVE' : 'INACTIVE',
   );
 
   return (
     <div className="min-h-full min-w-full">
-      <Navigation
-        navState={navState}
-        setNavState={(val: ActiveState) => setNavState(val)}
-      />
+      <Navigation navState={navState} setNavState={setNavState} />
       <div
         className={`transition-all duration-200 ${
           navState === 'ACTIVE' ? 'ml-0 md:ml-72 lg:ml-60' : 'ml-0 md:ml-16'
diff --git a/frontend/src/Navigation.tsx b/frontend/src/Navigation.tsx
index 55ece9d..4709f4a 100644
--- a/frontend/src/Navigation.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/Navigation.tsx
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { useState } from 'react';
+import { useRef, useState } from 'react';
 import { NavLink } from 'react-router-dom';
 import Arrow1 from './assets/arrow.svg';
 import Arrow2 from './assets/dropdown-arrow.svg';
@@ -18,13 +18,14 @@ import {
   selectSourceDocs,
   setSelectedDocs,
 } from './preferences/preferenceSlice';
+import { useOutsideAlerter } from './hooks';
 
 export default function Navigation({
   navState,
   setNavState,
 }: {
   navState: ActiveState;
-  setNavState: (val: ActiveState) => void;
+  setNavState: React.Dispatch<React.SetStateAction<ActiveState>>;
 }) {
   const dispatch = useDispatch();
   const docs = useSelector(selectSourceDocs);
@@ -41,9 +42,26 @@ export default function Navigation({
   const [selectedDocsModalState, setSelectedDocsModalState] =
     useState<ActiveState>(isSelectedDocsSet ? 'INACTIVE' : 'ACTIVE');
 
+  const navRef = useRef(null);
+  useOutsideAlerter(
+    navRef,
+    () => {
+      if (
+        window.matchMedia('(max-width: 768px)').matches &&
+        navState === 'ACTIVE' &&
+        apiKeyModalState === 'INACTIVE'
+      ) {
+        setNavState('INACTIVE');
+        setIsDocsListOpen(false);
+      }
+    },
+    [navState, isDocsListOpen, apiKeyModalState],
+  );
+
   return (
     <>
       <div
+        ref={navRef}
         className={`${
           navState === 'INACTIVE' && '-ml-96 md:-ml-[14rem]'
         } duration-20 fixed z-20 flex h-full w-72 flex-col border-r-2 bg-gray-50 transition-all`}
diff --git a/frontend/src/conversation/Conversation.tsx b/frontend/src/conversation/Conversation.tsx
index b8e0cf0..fffe012 100644
--- a/frontend/src/conversation/Conversation.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/conversation/Conversation.tsx
@@ -67,16 +67,18 @@ export default function Conversation() {
               className="relative right-[38px] bottom-[7px] -mr-[30px] animate-spin cursor-pointer self-end"
             ></img>
           ) : (
-            <img
-              onClick={() => {
-                if (inputRef.current?.textContent) {
-                  handleQuestion(inputRef.current.textContent);
-                  inputRef.current.textContent = '';
-                }
-              }}
-              src={Send}
-              className="relative right-[35px] bottom-[15px] -mr-[21px] cursor-pointer self-end"
-            ></img>
+            <div className="relative right-[43px] bottom-[7px] -mr-[35px] h-[35px] w-[35px] cursor-pointer self-end rounded-full hover:bg-gray-3000">
+              <img
+                className="ml-[9px] mt-[9px]"
+                onClick={() => {
+                  if (inputRef.current?.textContent) {
+                    handleQuestion(inputRef.current.textContent);
+                    inputRef.current.textContent = '';
+                  }
+                }}
+                src={Send}
+              ></img>
+            </div>
           )}
         </div>
         <p className="mt-3 w-10/12 self-center text-center text-xs text-gray-2000">
diff --git a/frontend/src/hooks.ts b/frontend/src/hooks.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..eef2c72
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontend/src/hooks.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+import { useEffect, RefObject } from 'react';
+
+export function useOutsideAlerter<T extends HTMLElement>(
+  ref: RefObject<T>,
+  handler: () => void,
+  additionalDeps: unknown[],
+) {
+  useEffect(() => {
+    function handleClickOutside(this: Document, event: MouseEvent) {
+      if (ref.current && !ref.current.contains(event.target as Node)) {
+        handler();
+      }
+    }
+    document.addEventListener('mousedown', handleClickOutside);
+    return () => {
+      document.removeEventListener('mousedown', handleClickOutside);
+    };
+  }, [ref, ...additionalDeps]);
+}
diff --git a/frontend/src/preferences/APIKeyModal.tsx b/frontend/src/preferences/APIKeyModal.tsx
index 5300bf7..d068aa4 100644
--- a/frontend/src/preferences/APIKeyModal.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/preferences/APIKeyModal.tsx
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
-import { useState } from 'react';
+import { useRef, useState } from 'react';
 import { useDispatch, useSelector } from 'react-redux';
 import { ActiveState } from '../models/misc';
 import { selectApiKey, setApiKey } from './preferenceSlice';
+import { useOutsideAlerter } from './../hooks';
 
 export default function APIKeyModal({
   modalState,
@@ -16,6 +17,20 @@ export default function APIKeyModal({
   const apiKey = useSelector(selectApiKey);
   const [key, setKey] = useState(apiKey);
   const [isError, setIsError] = useState(false);
+  const modalRef = useRef(null);
+
+  useOutsideAlerter(
+    modalRef,
+    () => {
+      if (
+        window.matchMedia('(max-width: 768px)').matches &&
+        modalState === 'ACTIVE'
+      ) {
+        setModalState('INACTIVE');
+      }
+    },
+    [modalState],
+  );
 
   function handleSubmit() {
     if (key.length <= 1) {
@@ -39,7 +54,10 @@ export default function APIKeyModal({
         modalState === 'ACTIVE' ? 'visible' : 'hidden'
       } absolute z-30  h-screen w-screen  bg-gray-alpha`}
     >
-      <article className="mx-auto mt-24 flex w-[90vw] max-w-lg  flex-col gap-4 rounded-lg bg-white p-6 shadow-lg">
+      <article
+        ref={modalRef}
+        className="mx-auto mt-24 flex w-[90vw] max-w-lg  flex-col gap-4 rounded-lg bg-white p-6 shadow-lg"
+      >
         <p className="text-xl text-jet">OpenAI API Key</p>
         <p className="text-md leading-6 text-gray-500">
           Before you can start using DocsGPT we need you to provide an API key