diff --git a/src/Client/src/main/java/greenify/client/controller/DashBoardController.java b/src/Client/src/main/java/greenify/client/controller/DashBoardController.java
index fa7cb12..df2f2b5 100644
--- a/src/Client/src/main/java/greenify/client/controller/DashBoardController.java
+++ b/src/Client/src/main/java/greenify/client/controller/DashBoardController.java
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ public class DashBoardController {
     public Button userButton;
     public Line pathLine;
     public AnchorPane menuBar;
+    public Button addNewActivityButton;
 
     FadeTransition fadeTrans;       //transition for switching between the different panels
 
@@ -67,6 +68,7 @@ public class DashBoardController {
         userButton.setSkin(new MyButtonSkin(userButton));
 
 
+
     }
 
     /**
@@ -101,9 +103,12 @@ public class DashBoardController {
      * @param event the event (clicking the button)
      */
     public void displayActivities(ActionEvent event) {
+
+
         addFadeTransition(activitiesPane);
 
-        totalVeganMealCounter.setText("" + userService.currentUser.getVeganMeal());
+        int net = userService.currentUser.getVeganMeal() + count;
+        totalVeganMealCounter.setText("" + net);
         System.out.println("display activities");
         dashboardPane.setVisible(false);
         userPane.setVisible(false);
@@ -141,8 +146,9 @@ public class DashBoardController {
         System.out.println("Vegetarian meal is added");
     }
 
+    //sets the slide in transition for startup
     public void addSlideTransition(Node node, Line path1) {
-        PathTransition pathTrans = new PathTransition(Duration.millis(1500), path1, node);
+        PathTransition pathTrans = new PathTransition(Duration.millis(1100), path1, node);
         pathTrans.play();
     }
 
diff --git a/src/Client/src/main/resources/fxml/dashboard.fxml b/src/Client/src/main/resources/fxml/dashboard.fxml
index 53d81ed..ee7d589 100644
--- a/src/Client/src/main/resources/fxml/dashboard.fxml
+++ b/src/Client/src/main/resources/fxml/dashboard.fxml
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@
                   <Font size="30.0" />
                </font>
             </Label>
-            <Button contentDisplay="RIGHT" layoutX="496.0" layoutY="26.0" mnemonicParsing="false" onAction="#displayActivities" prefHeight="74.0" prefWidth="200.0" style="-fx-border-radius: 20px; -fx-padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px; -fx-background-color: transparent;" text="Add a new activity" textFill="#29721a">
+            <Button fx:id="addNewActivityButton" contentDisplay="RIGHT" layoutX="496.0" layoutY="26.0" mnemonicParsing="false" onAction="#displayActivities" prefHeight="74.0" prefWidth="200.0" style="-fx-border-radius: 20px; -fx-padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px; -fx-background-color: transparent;" text="Add a new activity" textFill="#29721a">
                <font>
                   <Font name="Corbel Bold" size="14.0" />
                </font>
diff --git a/src/Client/src/main/resources/stylesheets/dashboardStyle.css b/src/Client/src/main/resources/stylesheets/dashboardStyle.css
index 1cc0944..df39894 100644
--- a/src/Client/src/main/resources/stylesheets/dashboardStyle.css
+++ b/src/Client/src/main/resources/stylesheets/dashboardStyle.css
@@ -39,3 +39,7 @@
   -fx-background-color: #b7e2c2;
 }
 
+#addNewActivityButton:pressed {
+  -fx-background-color: #e8e8e8;
+}
+