Trying to get Photon.PlayerProperties to return not null

Hi there, I'm trying to get the player properties of a local character to return as a random string from a pre shuffled list, but it only returns null. How do I fix this?

 using System.Collections;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using UnityEngine;
 using Photon.Pun;
 using Photon.Realtime;
 public class PropertyAssigner : MonoBehaviour
 {
     public SpriteRenderer Donkey = new SpriteRenderer();
     public SpriteRenderer Elephant = new SpriteRenderer();
     public SpriteRenderer Porcupine = new SpriteRenderer();
     public SpriteRenderer Beaver = new SpriteRenderer();
     public SpriteRenderer Eagle = new SpriteRenderer();
     public SpriteRenderer Bird = new SpriteRenderer();
     public SpriteRenderer Dinosaur = new SpriteRenderer();
     public SpriteRenderer Rhino = new SpriteRenderer();
 
     public Sprite DonkeySp;
     public Sprite ElephantSp;
     public Sprite PorcupineSp;
     public Sprite BeaverSp;
     public Sprite EagleSp;
     public Sprite BirdSp;
     public Sprite DinosaurSp;
     public Sprite RhinoSp;
 
     List<string> icons = new List<string>();
     List<string> shuffledIcons = new List<string>();
     bool b;
 
     ExitGames.Client.Photon.Hashtable playerProperties = new ExitGames.Client.Photon.Hashtable();
 
 
     // Start is called before the first frame update
     void Start()
     {
 
 
         var hash = new Hashtable();
         icons.Add("Donkey");
         icons.Add("Elephant");
         icons.Add("Porcupine");
         icons.Add("Beaver");
         icons.Add("Eagle");
         icons.Add("Bird");
         icons.Add("Dinosaur");
         icons.Add("Rhino");
 
     }
 
         // Update is called once per frame
         void Update()
         {
             
             
 
             if (b == false)
             {
                 for (int i = 0; i < icons.Count; i++)
                 {
                     Debug.Log(icons.Count);
                     string temp = icons[i];
                     int randomIndex = Random.Range(i, icons.Count);
                     icons[i] = icons[randomIndex];
                     icons[randomIndex] = temp;
                 }
             string s = icons[1];
             playerProperties.Add("icon", s);
             playerProperties["icon"] = s;
             Debug.Log(playerProperties.ToStringFull());
             PhotonNetwork.LocalPlayer.SetCustomProperties(playerProperties);
                 icons.Remove(icons[1].ToString());
                 Debug.Log(PhotonNetwork.LocalPlayer.CustomProperties["icon"]);
                 Debug.Log(icons.ToStringFull<string>());
                 b = true;
             Debug.Log(PhotonNetwork.PlayerList.Length);
             Debug.Log(PhotonNetwork.LocalPlayer.CustomProperties["icon"]);
 
         }
          
         foreach (var item in PhotonNetwork.PlayerList)
             
                 if (PhotonNetwork.LocalPlayer.CustomProperties["icon"] == "Donkey")
                 {
                     Donkey.sprite = DonkeySp;
                 Debug.Log("Donkey Sprite");
 
                 }
 
                 else if (PhotonNetwork.LocalPlayer.CustomProperties["icon"] == "Elephant")
                 {
                     Elephant.sprite = ElephantSp;
                 Debug.Log("Elephant Sprite");
             }
 
                 else if (PhotonNetwork.LocalPlayer.CustomProperties["icon"] == "Porcupine")
                 {
                     Porcupine.sprite = PorcupineSp;
                 Debug.Log("Porcupine Sprite");
             }
 
                 else if (PhotonNetwork.LocalPlayer.CustomProperties["icon"] == "Beaver")
                 {
                     Beaver.sprite = BeaverSp;
                 Debug.Log("Beaver Sprite");
             }
 
                 else if (PhotonNetwork.LocalPlayer.CustomProperties["icon"] == "Eagle")
                 {
                     Eagle.sprite = EagleSp;
                 Debug.Log("Eagle Sprite");
             }
 
                 else if (PhotonNetwork.LocalPlayer.CustomProperties["icon"] == "Bird")
                 {
                     Bird.sprite = BirdSp;
                 Debug.Log("Bird Sprite");
             }
 
                 else if (PhotonNetwork.LocalPlayer.CustomProperties["icon"] == "Dinosaur")
                 {
                     Dinosaur.sprite = DinosaurSp;
                 Debug.Log("Dinosaur Sprite");
             }
 
                 else if (PhotonNetwork.LocalPlayer.CustomProperties["icon"] == "Rhino")
                 {
                     Rhino.sprite = RhinoSp;
                 Debug.Log("Rhino Sprite");
             }
 
             }
 
 
 
             void SetCustomProperties(PhotonPlayer player, string icon)
             {
                 ExitGames.Client.Photon.Hashtable customProperties = new ExitGames.Client.Photon.Hashtable() { { "icon", icon } };
                 player.SetCustomProperties(customProperties);
             }
         }
     
 
 

and if you find any spaghetti code that should be fixed don't hesitate to tell me! Thanks in advance!