diff --git a/src/Components/SideMenu/index.js b/src/Components/SideMenu/index.js
index 97124d5..14bff7d 100644
--- a/src/Components/SideMenu/index.js
+++ b/src/Components/SideMenu/index.js
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import Sider from "antd/es/layout/Sider";
 import { useContext, useEffect, useState } from "react";
 import { useLocation, useNavigate } from "react-router-dom";
 import PropTypes from "prop-types";
-import { Constants, MyAvatar, WebSocketContext } from "../../utils";
+import { Constants, MyAvatar, WebSocketContext, getUserId } from "../../utils";
 
 export default function SideMenu({ userSession, setUserSession }) {
   const location = useLocation();
@@ -22,6 +22,19 @@ export default function SideMenu({ userSession, setUserSession }) {
   }, [location.pathname]);
 
   const navigate = useNavigate();
+
+  function getCurrentUsedScannerName() {
+    const userId = getUserId();
+
+    const scannerName = webSocketContext.Scanners.find(
+      (scanner) => scanner.UsedByUserId === userId
+    )?.Name;
+
+    console.log(scannerName);
+
+    return scannerName === undefined ? "No scanner selected" : scannerName;
+  }
+
   return (
     <Sider
       theme="light"
@@ -75,7 +88,7 @@ export default function SideMenu({ userSession, setUserSession }) {
             items={[
               {
                 icon: <ScanOutlined />,
-                label: "Alex's Scanner",
+                label: getCurrentUsedScannerName(),
                 key: "/scanners",
               },
               {
diff --git a/src/Pages/Scanners/index.js b/src/Pages/Scanners/index.js
index e6afc8b..c2408a0 100644
--- a/src/Pages/Scanners/index.js
+++ b/src/Pages/Scanners/index.js
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import {
   FormatDatetime,
   MyAvatar,
   WebSocketContext,
+  getUserId,
   getUserSessionFromLocalStorage,
 } from "../../utils";
 import { useContext } from "react";
@@ -44,7 +45,7 @@ const columns = [
         <Link
           to="#"
           onClick={() => {
-            if (localStorage.getItem("userId") === record._usedByUserId) {
+            if (getUserId() === record._usedByUserId) {
               message.error("You are already using this scanner");
               return;
             }
diff --git a/src/utils.js b/src/utils.js
index bbdfc18..bce510a 100644
--- a/src/utils.js
+++ b/src/utils.js
@@ -433,3 +433,7 @@ export function MyAvatar({
 
   return <MyAvat />;
 }
+
+export function getUserId() {
+  return localStorage.getItem("userId");
+}