diff --git a/src/main/java/mi/hdm/TastyPages.java b/src/main/java/mi/hdm/TastyPages.java
index 1fc5261f884d2413a6a4fc8ec37f8fee375db3dd..8e29204005ebcbf71a04cb53ee83d79cacc2bd2a 100644
--- a/src/main/java/mi/hdm/TastyPages.java
+++ b/src/main/java/mi/hdm/TastyPages.java
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ public class TastyPages extends Application {
     private final static Logger log = LogManager.getLogger(TastyPages.class);
 
     private static Stage stage;
+    public static final View startUpView = View.MAIN;
 
     public static void main(String[] args) {
         log.info("Starting TastyPages");
diff --git a/src/main/java/mi/hdm/controllers/BaseController.java b/src/main/java/mi/hdm/controllers/BaseController.java
index 7633ad390711f80a7dc7bc7db0f6cbdac7dc8135..e0a2bc92126eaaf3c0bb87dc432303b54b5be9b2 100644
--- a/src/main/java/mi/hdm/controllers/BaseController.java
+++ b/src/main/java/mi/hdm/controllers/BaseController.java
@@ -15,8 +15,10 @@ public abstract class BaseController {
     private final static Stage stage = TastyPages.getApplicationStage();
 
     protected Scene currentScene;
+    private static View currentView = TastyPages.startUpView;
 
     protected void changeScene(final View newScene) {
+        if (newScene == currentView) { return; }
         try {
             boolean wasMaximized = stage.isMaximized();
             double sizeX = stage.getWidth();
@@ -27,10 +29,12 @@ public abstract class BaseController {
             Parent newParent = newScene.getScene();
 
             currentScene = new Scene(newParent, sizeX, sizeY);
+            currentView = newScene;
 
             stage.setTitle(newWindowTitle);
             stage.setScene(currentScene);
             stage.setMaximized(wasMaximized);
+            log.info("new view: {}", currentView);
         } catch (IOException io) {
             log.error("IO Exception: something went wrong when changing the scene.");
             io.printStackTrace();
diff --git a/src/main/java/mi/hdm/controllers/View.java b/src/main/java/mi/hdm/controllers/View.java
index fe0283bbd6d3c1477b98dd95390455b38d22fa9b..471e0364954c27de795a66c372dd3aff7594d2da 100644
--- a/src/main/java/mi/hdm/controllers/View.java
+++ b/src/main/java/mi/hdm/controllers/View.java
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@ public enum View {
     }
 
     public Parent getScene() throws IOException {
-        //TODO: keep track of current view and don't reload it if the user selects it again!
         log.info("Loading FXML for '{}' view from: {}", windowTitle, path);
         final FXMLLoader loader = new FXMLLoader(getClass().getResource(path));
         log.debug("Successfully retrieved resource from {}", path);
diff --git a/src/main/resources/fxml/Meal_Plan.fxml b/src/main/resources/fxml/Meal_Plan.fxml
index 89e6482d0419f4e82d0b3dd6735bb351d1316ed1..aa4f1d9a0c72f61bd9e320a3c9ec4834f040d9e1 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/fxml/Meal_Plan.fxml
+++ b/src/main/resources/fxml/Meal_Plan.fxml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 <?import javafx.scene.text.Font?>
 <?import javafx.scene.text.Text?>
 
-<AnchorPane fx:id="parent" prefHeight="540.0" prefWidth="872.0" xmlns="http://javafx.com/javafx/19" xmlns:fx="http://javafx.com/fxml/1" fx:controller="mi.hdm.controllers.MealPlanController">
+<AnchorPane fx:id="parent" prefHeight="540.0" prefWidth="872.0" xmlns="http://javafx.com/javafx/14" xmlns:fx="http://javafx.com/fxml/1" fx:controller="mi.hdm.controllers.MealPlanController">
    <children>
       <VBox layoutY="69.0" prefHeight="445.0" prefWidth="872.0" AnchorPane.leftAnchor="0.0" AnchorPane.rightAnchor="0.0">
          <children>
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
                               <Font name="Arial" size="17.0" />
                            </font>
                         </Text>
-                        <ProgressBar prefHeight="24.0" prefWidth="631.0" progress="0.0" style="-fx-background-color: d9d9d9; -fx-background-radius: 5; -fx-control-inner-background: a; -fx-accent: d91c1c;">
+                        <ProgressBar prefHeight="24.0" prefWidth="631.0" progress="0.0" style="-fx-background-color: #d9d9d9; -fx-background-radius: 5; -fx-control-inner-background: a; -fx-accent: d91c1c;">
                            <HBox.margin>
                               <Insets left="70.0" />
                            </HBox.margin>
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@
                               <Font name="Arial" size="17.0" />
                            </font>
                         </Text>
-                        <ProgressBar prefHeight="24.0" prefWidth="631.0" progress="0.0" style="-fx-background-color: d9d9d9; -fx-background-radius: 5; -fx-control-inner-background: a; -fx-accent: d91c1c;">
+                        <ProgressBar prefHeight="24.0" prefWidth="631.0" progress="0.0" style="-fx-background-color: #d9d9d9; -fx-background-radius: 5; -fx-control-inner-background: a; -fx-accent: d91c1c;">
                            <HBox.margin>
                               <Insets left="70.0" />
                            </HBox.margin>
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@
                               <Font name="Arial" size="17.0" />
                            </font>
                         </Text>
-                        <ProgressBar prefHeight="24.0" prefWidth="631.0" progress="0.0" style="-fx-background-color: d9d9d9; -fx-control-inner-background: a; -fx-background-radius: 5; -fx-accent: d91c1c;">
+                        <ProgressBar prefHeight="24.0" prefWidth="631.0" progress="0.0" style="-fx-background-color: #d9d9d9; -fx-control-inner-background: a; -fx-background-radius: 5; -fx-accent: d91c1c;">
                            <HBox.margin>
                               <Insets left="70.0" />
                            </HBox.margin>
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@
                               <Font name="Arial" size="17.0" />
                            </font>
                         </Text>
-                        <ProgressBar prefHeight="24.0" prefWidth="631.0" progress="0.0" style="-fx-background-color: d9d9d9; -fx-control-inner-background: a; -fx-background-radius: 5; -fx-accent: d91c1c;">
+                        <ProgressBar prefHeight="24.0" prefWidth="631.0" progress="0.0" style="-fx-background-color: #d9d9d9; -fx-control-inner-background: a; -fx-background-radius: 5; -fx-accent: d91c1c;">
                            <HBox.margin>
                               <Insets left="70.0" />
                            </HBox.margin>
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@
                               <Font name="Arial" size="17.0" />
                            </font>
                         </Text>
-                        <ProgressBar prefHeight="24.0" prefWidth="631.0" progress="0.0" style="-fx-background-color: d9d9d9; -fx-control-inner-background: a; -fx-background-radius: 5; -fx-accent: d91c1c;">
+                        <ProgressBar prefHeight="24.0" prefWidth="631.0" progress="0.0" style="-fx-background-color: #d9d9d9; -fx-control-inner-background: a; -fx-background-radius: 5; -fx-accent: d91c1c;">
                            <HBox.margin>
                               <Insets left="70.0" />
                            </HBox.margin>
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@
                               <Font name="Arial" size="17.0" />
                            </font>
                         </Text>
-                        <ProgressBar prefHeight="24.0" prefWidth="631.0" progress="0.0" style="-fx-background-color: d9d9d9; -fx-control-inner-background: a; -fx-background-radius: 5; -fx-accent: d91c1c;">
+                        <ProgressBar prefHeight="24.0" prefWidth="631.0" progress="0.0" style="-fx-background-color:#d9d9d9; -fx-control-inner-background: a; -fx-background-radius: 5; -fx-accent: d91c1c;">
                            <HBox.margin>
                               <Insets left="70.0" />
                            </HBox.margin>