diff --git a/blipblop/ui/startscreen.py b/blipblop/ui/startscreen.py
index e818d78..9db149c 100644
--- a/blipblop/ui/startscreen.py
+++ b/blipblop/ui/startscreen.py
@@ -1,70 +1,57 @@
 import os
-from PyQt5.QtWidgets import QWidget, QGridLayout, QLabel, QFrame, QVBoxLayout, QListWidget, QAbstractItemView, QListWidgetItem
-from PyQt5.QtGui import QPixmap
-from PyQt5.QtCore import Qt, QSettings, pyqtSignal
+from PyQt5.QtWidgets import QWidget, QGridLayout, QLabel
+from PyQt5.QtGui import QFont, QPixmap
+from PyQt5.QtCore import Qt, pyqtSignal
 
 import blipblop.constants as cnst
 
 
+class MyLabel(QLabel):
+    clicked = pyqtSignal()
+    def mouseReleaseEvent(self, QMouseEvent):
+        if QMouseEvent.button() == Qt.LeftButton:
+            self.clicked.emit()
+
+
 class StartScreen(QWidget):
-    keyPressed = pyqtSignal(int)
+    visual_task_signal = pyqtSignal()
+    auditory_task_signal = pyqtSignal()
 
     def __init__(self, parent=None) -> None:
         super().__init__(parent=parent)
-        #self.setStyleSheet("background-color: white;")
 
         layout = QGridLayout()
         layout.setColumnStretch(0, 2)
-        layout.setColumnStretch(1, 1)
-        layout.setColumnStretch(2, 1)
-        layout.setColumnStretch(3, 1)
-        layout.setColumnStretch(4, 2)
-
+        layout.setColumnStretch(6, 1)
+       
         layout.setRowStretch(0, 1)
-        layout.setRowStretch(1, 0)
-        layout.setRowStretch(2, 1)
-        layout.setRowStretch(3, 2)
+        layout.setRowStretch(4, 2)
         self.setLayout(layout)
         
-        label = QLabel("Measure your reaction times!\nselect a task!")
-        # label.setPixmap(QPixmap(os.path.join(cnst.ICONS_FOLDER, "nixview_transparent.png")))
-        # label.setMaximumWidth(300)
+        label = QLabel("Measure your reaction times!\nselect a task")
+        font = QFont()
+        font.setPointSize(25)
+        label.setFont(font)
         label.setAlignment(Qt.AlignCenter)
-        layout.addWidget(label, 1, 1, 1, 3, Qt.AlignCenter)
+        layout.addWidget(label, 1, 2, 1, 3, Qt.AlignCenter)
         
-        frame = QFrame()
-        l  = QVBoxLayout()
-        l.addWidget(QLabel("Recently opened files:"))
-        self._file_list = QListWidget(self)
-        self._file_list.setSelectionMode(QAbstractItemView.SingleSelection)
-        self._file_list.setFrameShape(QFrame.NoFrame)
-        self.keyPressed.connect(self._on_key_pressed)
-        l.addWidget(self._file_list)
-        frame.setLayout(l)
-        layout.addWidget(frame, 3, 1, 1, 3)
-        self._file_map = {}
-    
-    def keyPressEvent(self, event):
-        super(StartScreen, self).keyPressEvent(event)
-        if event.key() == Qt.Key_Return:
-            self.keyPressed.emit(event.key())
-    
-    def _create_short_filename(self, original, index, max_len=40):
-        short = original
-        parts = original.split(os.sep)
-        if len(parts) == 1:
-            short = "%i: %s" % (index, short[:max_len])
-        else:
-            post = parts[-1]
-            if len(post) > max_len - 4:
-                post = post[:max_len - 4]
-                short = str("%i: " % index) + "... " + post
-            else:
-                short = str("%i: " % index) + " ... ".join([original[:max_len - len(post) - 4], post])
-        return short
-
-    def reset(self):
-        pass
+        visual_task_label = MyLabel()
+        visual_task_label.setToolTip("Click to start a new visual task")
+        visual_task_label.setPixmap(QPixmap(os.path.join(cnst.ICONS_FOLDER, "visual_task_large.png")))
+        visual_task_label.setMaximumWidth(256)
+        visual_task_label.clicked.connect(self.new_visual_task)
+        
+        auditory_task_label = MyLabel()
+        auditory_task_label.setToolTip("Click to start a new auditory task")
+        auditory_task_label.setPixmap(QPixmap(os.path.join(cnst.ICONS_FOLDER, "auditory_task_large.png")))
+        auditory_task_label.setMaximumWidth(256)
+        auditory_task_label.clicked.connect(self.new_auditory_task)
+        
+        layout.addWidget(visual_task_label, 2, 1, 2, 2, Qt.AlignCenter )
+        layout.addWidget(auditory_task_label, 2, 4, 2, 2, Qt.AlignCenter )
 
-    def _on_key_pressed(self, key):
-        pass
+    def new_auditory_task(self):
+        self.auditory_task_signal.emit()
+    
+    def new_visual_task(self):
+        self.visual_task_signal.emit()