diff --git a/react/4/seasons/src/Spinner.js b/react/4/seasons/src/Spinner.js
index f9682d1..32f982e 100644
--- a/react/4/seasons/src/Spinner.js
+++ b/react/4/seasons/src/Spinner.js
@@ -1,13 +1,17 @@
 import React from 'react';
 
-const Spinner = () => {
+const Spinner = (props) => {
     return (
         <div className="ui active dimmer">
             <div className="ui big text loader">
-                Loading...
+                {props.message}
             </div>
         </div>
     )
 }
 
+Spinner.defaultProps = {
+    message: 'Loading...'
+}
+
 export default Spinner
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diff --git a/react/4/seasons/src/index.js b/react/4/seasons/src/index.js
index 7e88cd6..5199a23 100644
--- a/react/4/seasons/src/index.js
+++ b/react/4/seasons/src/index.js
@@ -30,9 +30,10 @@ class App extends React.Component {
             return <SeasonDisplay lat={this.state.lat} />
         }
 
-        return <Spinner />
+        return <Spinner message="Please accept location request..." />
     }
 }
+
 ReactDOM.render(
     <App />,
     document.querySelector('#root')
diff --git a/react/NOTES.md b/react/NOTES.md
index ace192e..0d52b06 100644
--- a/react/NOTES.md
+++ b/react/NOTES.md
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ A system for passing data from a parent component to a child component. The goal
 
 Props are objects so the fields have to be called as methods: `props.author` for instance.
 
+It is possible to use `defaultProps` to instantiate the default behaviour of a component.
+
 ## Functional components
 
 Used anytime to show simple content to the user. (the card for example -- create
@@ -38,4 +40,5 @@ Video 61: refactorisation on state and constructors, you can remove the whole co
          super(props)
          this.state = { lat: null, errorMessage: '' }
      }
-```
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+```
+* always try to have one statement in the render method, in case it isn't possible try to use a helper function with the complex cases and returning to the render method. see video 70
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