diff --git a/lib/comparisonView.js b/lib/comparisonView.js
index 0bd4bb1..60eeda2 100644
--- a/lib/comparisonView.js
+++ b/lib/comparisonView.js
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ export default function ComparisonView({ listOfElementsForView }) {
   let initialMaxSteps = maxMergeSortSteps(listOfElementsForView.length)
   let initialExpectedSteps = expectedNumMergeSortSteps(listOfElementsForView.length)
   let initialTableRows = []
+  let initialDontPushSubmitButtonAnyMore = false
 
   // state variables and functions
   const [listOfElements, setListOfElements] = useState(initialListOfElements)
@@ -68,6 +69,7 @@ export default function ComparisonView({ listOfElementsForView }) {
 
   const [isListOrdered, setIsListOrdered] = useState(initialIsListOdered)
   const [orderedList, setOrderedList] = useState(initialOrderedList)
+  const [dontPushSubmitButtonAnyMore, setDontPushSubmitButtonAnyMore] = useState(initialDontPushSubmitButtonAnyMore)
 
   let [showAdvancedOptions, changeShowAdvanceOptions] = useState(initialShowAdvancedOptions);
   let [showComparisons, changeShowComparisons] = useState(initialShowComparisons);
@@ -88,6 +90,7 @@ export default function ComparisonView({ listOfElementsForView }) {
     changeNumSteps(initialNumSteps)
     removeOldSvg()
     setTableRows(initialTableRows)
+    setDontPushSubmitButtonAnyMore(initialDontPushSubmitButtonAnyMore)
   }
 
   let changeDataSet = (listOfElementsNew) => {
@@ -190,31 +193,31 @@ export default function ComparisonView({ listOfElementsForView }) {
     }
   }
 
-  let nextStepSlider = async ({ posList, binaryComparisons, sliderValue, Reasoning, element1, element2 }) => {
-    if (sliderValue < 1 && sliderValue > 0) {
-      sliderValue = 1 / sliderValue;
-      [element1, element2] = [element2, element1]
-    }
-    console.log(`posList@nextStepSlider:`)
-    console.log(posList)
-    let [successStatus, result] = nextStepSimple(posList, binaryComparisons, element1, element2)
+  let nextStepSlider = async ({ posList, binaryComparisons, sliderValue, reasoning, element1, element2 }) => {
+    if (!dontPushSubmitButtonAnyMore) {
+      if (sliderValue < 1 && sliderValue > 0) {
+        sliderValue = 1 / sliderValue;
+        [element1, element2] = [element2, element1]
+      }
+      console.log(`posList@nextStepSlider:`)
+      console.log(posList)
+      let [successStatus, result] = nextStepSimple(posList, binaryComparisons, element1, element2)
 
-    let newQuantitativeComparison = [element1, element2, sliderValue, reasoning]
-    let newQuantitativeComparisons = [...quantitativeComparisons, newQuantitativeComparison]
-    setQuantitativeComparisons(newQuantitativeComparisons)
+      let newQuantitativeComparison = [element1, element2, sliderValue, reasoning]
+      let newQuantitativeComparisons = [...quantitativeComparisons, newQuantitativeComparison]
+      setQuantitativeComparisons(newQuantitativeComparisons)
 
-    setSliderValue(DEFAULT_COMPARE())
-    setReasoning('')
-    changeNumSteps(numSteps + 1)
-    if (successStatus) {
+      setSliderValue(DEFAULT_COMPARE())
+      setReasoning('')
+      changeNumSteps(numSteps + 1)
+      if (successStatus) {
+        setDontPushSubmitButtonAnyMore(true)
 
-      let jsObject = nicelyFormatLinks(quantitativeComparisons, listOfElements)
-      await pushToMongo(jsObject)
-      console.log(jsObject)
+        let jsObject = nicelyFormatLinks(quantitativeComparisons, listOfElements)
+        await pushToMongo(jsObject)
+        console.log(jsObject)
 
-      alert("Comparisons completed. Background work might take a while, or straight-out fail")
-      setTimeout(async () => {
-        // Make sure to do this after the 
+        alert("Comparisons completed. Background work might take a while, or straight-out fail")
         setIsListOrdered(true)
         setOrderedList(result)
 
@@ -226,15 +229,21 @@ export default function ComparisonView({ listOfElementsForView }) {
           rows: tableRows,
           setTableRows
         })
+        /*
+        setTimeout(async () => {
+          // Make sure to do this after the 
 
-      }, 100);
+        }, 100);
+        */
+      }
     }
+
   }
 
   // Html
   return (
     <div className="flex flex-col items-center justify-center min-h-screen py-2">
-      
+
       {/* Webpage name & favicon */}
       <div className="mt-20">
         <Head >
@@ -243,18 +252,19 @@ export default function ComparisonView({ listOfElementsForView }) {
         </Head>
       </div>
       <main className="flex flex-col items-center w-full flex-1 px-20 text-center">
-        
+
         {/* Heading */}
         <h1 className="text-6xl font-bold">
           Utility Function Extractor
         </h1>
         {/* Approximate progress indicator */}
+
         <p>{`${numSteps} out of ~${expectedSteps} (max ${maxSteps}) comparisons`}</p>
 
         {/* Comparison section */}
         <div className={isListOrdered ? "hidden" : ""}>
           <div className="flex flex-wrap items-center max-w-4xl sm:w-full mt-10">
-            
+
             {/* Element 1 */}
             <div className="flex m-auto border-gray-300 border-4 h-72 w-72 p-5">
               <div className="block m-auto text-center">
@@ -292,10 +302,11 @@ export default function ComparisonView({ listOfElementsForView }) {
                   reasoning={reasoning}
                   toComparePair={toComparePair}
                   nextStepSlider={nextStepSlider}
+                  dontPushSubmitButtonAnyMore={dontPushSubmitButtonAnyMore}
                 />
               </div>
             </div>
-            
+
             {/* Element 2 */}
             <div className="flex m-auto border-gray-300 border-4 h-72 w-72 p-5">
               <div className="block m-auto text-center">
@@ -353,7 +364,7 @@ export default function ComparisonView({ listOfElementsForView }) {
             </CreateTable>
           </div>
         </div>
-        
+
         {/* Convenience functions */}
         <div className="w-2/12 flex justify-center mt-10">
           <button
@@ -364,7 +375,7 @@ export default function ComparisonView({ listOfElementsForView }) {
           </button>
         </div>
 
-        <div className={showAdvancedOptions? "flex flex-wrap -mx-4 overflow-hidden" : "hidden"}>
+        <div className={showAdvancedOptions ? "flex flex-wrap -mx-4 overflow-hidden" : "hidden"}>
           {/* Button: Restart */}
           <div className="my-4 px-4 w-1/3 overflow-hidden">
             <button
diff --git a/lib/slider.js b/lib/slider.js
index 30bf400..a29b1cc 100644
--- a/lib/slider.js
+++ b/lib/slider.js
@@ -125,25 +125,28 @@ export function SliderElement({ onChange, value, displayFunction, domain }) {
   )
 }
 
-export function SubmitSliderButton({ posList, binaryComparisons, sliderValue, reasoning, toComparePair, nextStepSlider }) {
+export function SubmitSliderButton({ posList, binaryComparisons, sliderValue, reasoning, toComparePair, nextStepSlider, dontPushSubmitButtonAnyMore }) {
   // This element didn't necessarily have to exist, but it made it easier for debugging purposes
   let onClick = (event) => {
-    //event.preventDefault();
-    let obj = { posList, binaryComparisons, sliderValue, reasoning, element1: toComparePair[1], element2: toComparePair[0] }
-    //
-    console.log("input@SubmitSliderButton")
-    console.log(obj)
-    if (!!Number(sliderValue) && sliderValue >= 0) {
-      nextStepSlider(obj)
-    } else if (!!Number(sliderValue) && sliderValue < 0) {
-      alert("Negative numbers not yet allowed")
-    } else {
-      alert("Your input is not a number")
+    if(!dontPushSubmitButtonAnyMore){
+      //event.preventDefault();
+      let obj = { posList, binaryComparisons, sliderValue, reasoning, element1: toComparePair[1], element2: toComparePair[0] }
+      //
+      console.log("input@SubmitSliderButton")
+      console.log(obj)
+      if (!!Number(sliderValue) && sliderValue >= 0) {
+        nextStepSlider(obj)
+      } else if (!!Number(sliderValue) && sliderValue < 0) {
+        alert("Negative numbers not yet allowed")
+      } else {
+        alert("Your input is not a number")
+      }
     }
+    
   }
 
   return (<button
-    className="bg-transparent hover:bg-blue-500 text-blue-700 font-semibold hover:text-white py-2 px-4 border border-blue-500 hover:border-transparent rounded mt-5"
+    className={!dontPushSubmitButtonAnyMore ? "bg-transparent hover:bg-blue-500 text-blue-700 font-semibold hover:text-white py-2 px-4 border border-blue-500 hover:border-transparent rounded mt-5" : "bg-transparent text-blue-700 font-semibold py-2 px-4 border border-blue-500 rounded mt-5"}
     onClick={onClick}>
     Submit
   </button>)