diff --git a/src/components/NavItems/tools/C2pa/Hooks/useGetC2paData.jsx b/src/components/NavItems/tools/C2pa/Hooks/useGetC2paData.jsx
index 39ea69cb1..a8c03cdf9 100644
--- a/src/components/NavItems/tools/C2pa/Hooks/useGetC2paData.jsx
+++ b/src/components/NavItems/tools/C2pa/Hooks/useGetC2paData.jsx
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ import {
 } from "redux/reducers/tools/c2paReducer";
 
 /**
- *
+ * This function reads the image's capture information from the assertions
  * @param {Array} assertions array containing the assertions of a manifest
  * @returns {Object} parsed capture information
  */
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ const exifData = (assertions) => {
 };
 
 /**
- *
+ * This function will recursively parse de data from a c2pa manifest and its children, and add it all to the result object
  * @param {Object} manifest the c2pa manifest to be read
  * @param {string=} parent id of manifest's parent if there is one
  * @param {Object} result Object containing the data for the manifests that have already been read
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ const exifData = (assertions) => {
  * @returns {Object} contains the id of the manifest that was just read, as well as the updated results
  */
 async function readManifest(manifest, parent, result, url, depth) {
-  // the object that will contain
+  // the object that will contain the data from this manifest, as well as the parent it
   const res = {
     url: url,
     parent: parent,
@@ -106,20 +106,33 @@ async function readManifest(manifest, parent, result, url, depth) {
         );
         let ingredientId;
 
-        if (depth < 5 && manifest.ingredients[i].manifest) {
-          let { id, data } = await readManifest(
-            manifest.ingredients[i].manifest,
-            manifestId,
-            result,
-            ingredientUrl.url,
-            depth + 1,
-          );
-          ingredientId = id;
-          result = data;
-          result[id].validationIssues = validationIssues;
+        // if a child has more than 5 ancestors, c2pa data will not be shown.
+        if (depth < 5) {
+          if (manifest.ingredients[i].manifest) {
+            let { id, data } = await readManifest(
+              manifest.ingredients[i].manifest,
+              manifestId,
+              result,
+              ingredientUrl.url,
+              depth + 1,
+            );
+            ingredientId = id;
+            result = data;
+            result[id].validationIssues = validationIssues;
+          } else {
+            ingredientId = manifest.ingredients[i].instanceId;
+            result[ingredientId] = {
+              url: ingredientUrl.url,
+              parent: manifestId,
+            };
+          }
         } else {
           ingredientId = manifest.ingredients[i].instanceId;
-          result[ingredientId] = { url: ingredientUrl.url, parent: manifestId };
+          result[ingredientId] = {
+            url: ingredientUrl.url,
+            parent: manifestId,
+            depthExceeded: true,
+          };
         }
         children.push(ingredientId);
         manifestData.children = children;
@@ -232,7 +245,7 @@ async function getC2paData(image, dispatch) {
       if (activeManifest) {
         let { id, data } = await readManifest(activeManifest, null, {}, url, 0);
         data[id].validationIssues = validationIssues;
-        dispatch(c2paResultSet({ data: data, image: null }));
+        dispatch(c2paResultSet(data));
 
         // each manifest has an id. The current image id determines which image's data is displayed
         // and the main image id is used to return to the first image if a child image is being displayed
@@ -243,7 +256,12 @@ async function getC2paData(image, dispatch) {
         console.log("no active manifest");
       }
     } else {
-      dispatch(c2paResultSet({ data: null, image: url }));
+      // if there is no manifest store, the only data saved for an image is its url
+      const data = {};
+      data["id"] = { url: url };
+      dispatch(c2paResultSet(data));
+      dispatch(c2paCurrentImageIdSet("id"));
+      dispatch(c2paMainImageIdSet("id"));
     }
     dispatch(c2paLoadingSet(false));
   } catch (err) {
diff --git a/src/components/NavItems/tools/C2pa/Results/C2paResults.jsx b/src/components/NavItems/tools/C2pa/Results/C2paResults.jsx
index c9e7e5808..dc4b084e3 100644
--- a/src/components/NavItems/tools/C2pa/Results/C2paResults.jsx
+++ b/src/components/NavItems/tools/C2pa/Results/C2paResults.jsx
@@ -41,33 +41,23 @@ const C2paResults = (props = { result, handleClose }) => {
   const currentImageId = useSelector((state) => state.c2pa.currentImageId);
   const mainImageId = useSelector((state) => state.c2pa.mainImageId);
 
-  var data;
-  var img;
-  var parentId;
-  var manifestData;
-  var validationIssues;
-  var latitude;
-  var longitude;
+  const data = props.result;
 
-  if (props.result.data) {
-    data = props.result.data;
+  const img = data[currentImageId].url;
+  const parentId = data[currentImageId].parent;
+  const manifestData = data[currentImageId].manifestData;
+  const validationIssues = data[currentImageId].validationIssues;
 
-    img = data[currentImageId].url;
-    parentId = data[currentImageId].parent;
-    manifestData = data[currentImageId].manifestData;
-    validationIssues = data[currentImageId].validationIssues;
+  const latitude =
+    manifestData && manifestData.captureInfo
+      ? manifestData.captureInfo.latitude
+      : null;
+  const longitude =
+    manifestData && manifestData.captureInfo
+      ? manifestData.captureInfo.longitude
+      : null;
 
-    latitude =
-      manifestData && manifestData.captureInfo
-        ? manifestData.captureInfo.latitude
-        : null;
-    longitude =
-      manifestData && manifestData.captureInfo
-        ? manifestData.captureInfo.longitude
-        : null;
-  } else {
-    img = props.result.image;
-  }
+  const depthExceeded = data[currentImageId].depthExceeded;
 
   const dispatch = useDispatch();
 
@@ -135,11 +125,15 @@ const C2paResults = (props = { result, handleClose }) => {
         <Grid item xs>
           <Card p={1}>
             <CardContent>
-              {!data || !manifestData ? (
+              {!manifestData ? (
                 <Box m={1}>
-                  <Alert severity="info" m={1}>
-                    {keyword("no_c2pa_info")}
-                  </Alert>
+                  {depthExceeded ? (
+                    <Alert>{keyword("child_depth_exceeded")}</Alert>
+                  ) : (
+                    <Alert severity="info" m={1}>
+                      {keyword("no_c2pa_info")}
+                    </Alert>
+                  )}
                   <Box m={1} />
                 </Box>
               ) : (
diff --git a/src/constants/tools.jsx b/src/constants/tools.jsx
index 1317be670..faea0a371 100644
--- a/src/constants/tools.jsx
+++ b/src/constants/tools.jsx
@@ -602,8 +602,8 @@ const c2paData = new Tool(
   "navbar_c2pa_description",
   c2paSvgIcon,
   TOOLS_CATEGORIES.IMAGE,
-  null,
-  null,
+  [TOOL_STATUS_ICON.NEW, TOOL_STATUS_ICON.LOCK],
+  [ROLES.BETA_TESTER],
   "c2pa",
   TOOL_GROUPS.VERIFICATION,
   <C2paData />,