diff --git a/out/production/HierarchyComponents/hswing/HFrame.class b/out/production/HierarchyComponents/hswing/HFrame.class
index df58c33..6becf76 100644
Binary files a/out/production/HierarchyComponents/hswing/HFrame.class and b/out/production/HierarchyComponents/hswing/HFrame.class differ
diff --git a/out/production/HierarchyComponents/hswing/Navigator.class b/out/production/HierarchyComponents/hswing/Navigator.class
index 0e45230..2586ad6 100644
Binary files a/out/production/HierarchyComponents/hswing/Navigator.class and b/out/production/HierarchyComponents/hswing/Navigator.class differ
diff --git a/src/demo/NavigatorExample.java b/src/demo/NavigatorExample.java
index aff7c31..47f69dd 100644
--- a/src/demo/NavigatorExample.java
+++ b/src/demo/NavigatorExample.java
@@ -22,17 +22,24 @@ public static void main(String[] args) {
             ))
         ).getNavigator();
 
+        //this would throw a MoreThanOneComponentException
+        //navigator.getSingle("label");
+
+        //returns null because no components have the name 'label' and the class of a JButton
+        navigator.getSingleByClass("label", JButton.class);
+
         //gets the one 'button1' with the class 'JButton' (automatically casts it from HButton -> JButton)
         navigator.getSingleByClass("button1", JButton.class).addActionListener(e -> {
-            //gets all the JLabels
-            navigator.getListByClass(JLabel.class).forEach(jLabel -> {
+            //gets all the JLabels with name 'label'
+            navigator.getListByClass("label", JLabel.class).forEach(jLabel -> {
                 jLabel.setText(jLabel.getText().repeat(2));
             });
+            navigator.getFrame().pack();
         });
 
-        //getting a list based on just the class
+        //getting a list of JComponents based on just the class
         navigator.getListByClass(JLabel.class).forEach(label -> {
-            label.setBackground(Color.blue);
+            label.setBorder(BorderFactory.createLineBorder(Color.blue, 5, true));
         });
 
         AtomicInteger aint = new AtomicInteger(10);
diff --git a/src/hswing/Navigator.java b/src/hswing/Navigator.java
index 7c4a900..c419329 100644
--- a/src/hswing/Navigator.java
+++ b/src/hswing/Navigator.java
@@ -62,11 +62,11 @@ public JComponent getSingle(String name) throws MoreThanOneComponentException {
 
     /**
      * Gets a single T according to the name
-     * @param name  the name of the {@link JComponent} to get
-     * @param t  the class to automatically cast it to
+     * @param name  the name of the T to get
+     * @param t  the class to find and return
      * @param <T> the class type to be returned
-     * @return  the {@link JComponent} with the name. If the {@link JComponent} does not exist, it will return null
-     * @throws MoreThanOneComponentException if there are multiple {@link JComponent}s with the same name
+     * @return  the T with the name. If the T does not exist, it will return null
+     * @throws MoreThanOneComponentException if there are multiple Ts with the same name
      */
     public <T> T getSingleByClass(String name, Class<T> t) throws MoreThanOneComponentException {
         List<JComponent> componentsWithName = components.get(name);
@@ -79,6 +79,9 @@ public <T> T getSingleByClass(String name, Class<T> t) throws MoreThanOneCompone
         if (componentsWithName.size() == 1) {
             return (T)componentsWithName.get(0);
         }
+        if (componentsWithName.size() == 0) {
+            return null;
+        }
         throw new MoreThanOneComponentException(name);
     }