diff --git a/gui/mainwindow.ui b/gui/mainwindow.ui
index 252d695..a527789 100644
--- a/gui/mainwindow.ui
+++ b/gui/mainwindow.ui
@@ -514,7 +514,7 @@ p, li { white-space: pre-wrap; }
             </layout>
            </widget>
           </item>
-          <item alignment="Qt::AlignRight">
+          <item>
            <widget class="QWidget" name="imagePanelWidget" native="true">
             <property name="sizePolicy">
              <sizepolicy hsizetype="Preferred" vsizetype="Expanding">
@@ -547,6 +547,19 @@ p, li { white-space: pre-wrap; }
              <property name="bottomMargin">
               <number>0</number>
              </property>
+             <item>
+              <widget class="QLabel" name="imageLabel">
+               <property name="pixmap">
+                <pixmap resource="../images.qrc">:/images/images/no_image.png</pixmap>
+               </property>
+               <property name="scaledContents">
+                <bool>false</bool>
+               </property>
+               <property name="alignment">
+                <set>Qt::AlignRight|Qt::AlignTrailing|Qt::AlignVCenter</set>
+               </property>
+              </widget>
+             </item>
             </layout>
            </widget>
           </item>
diff --git a/main.cpp b/main.cpp
index 23f8db2..ab7a5f2 100644
--- a/main.cpp
+++ b/main.cpp
@@ -7,49 +7,46 @@
 
 int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 {
+	RecipeDatabase recipeDB("recipes");
     QApplication a(argc, argv);
-    MainWindow w;
+	MainWindow w(&recipeDB);
     w.show();
 
 	//TESTING CODE
+//	vector<RecipeIngredient> ri;
+//	ri.push_back(RecipeIngredient("flour", "grains", 3.0f, UnitOfMeasure("cup", "cups", "c", UnitOfMeasure::VOLUME, 1.0), ""));
+//	ri.push_back(RecipeIngredient("baking powder", "additives", 1.0f, UnitOfMeasure("teaspoon", "teaspoons", "tsp", UnitOfMeasure::VOLUME, 1.0), ""));
 
-	RecipeDatabase recipeDB("recipes");
+//	Recipe rec("Example",
+//			   ri,
+//			   Instruction("<b>BOLD</b><i>iTaLiCs</i>"),
+//			   QImage(),
+//			   vector<RecipeTag>({RecipeTag("testing"),
+//								  RecipeTag("fake")}),
+//			   QDate::currentDate(),
+//			   QTime(0, 30),
+//			   QTime(0, 25),
+//			   10.0f);
 
-	//TESTING CODE
-	vector<RecipeIngredient> ri;
-	ri.push_back(RecipeIngredient("flour", "grains", 3.0f, UnitOfMeasure("cup", "cups", "c", UnitOfMeasure::VOLUME, 1.0), ""));
-	ri.push_back(RecipeIngredient("baking powder", "additives", 1.0f, UnitOfMeasure("teaspoon", "teaspoons", "tsp", UnitOfMeasure::VOLUME, 1.0), ""));
+//	bool success = recipeDB.storeRecipe(rec);
+//	printf("Storage successful: %d\n", success);
 
-	Recipe rec("Example",
-			   ri,
-			   Instruction("<b>BOLD</b><i>iTaLiCs</i>"),
-			   QImage(),
-			   vector<RecipeTag>({RecipeTag("testing"),
-								  RecipeTag("fake")}),
-			   QDate::currentDate(),
-			   QTime(0, 30),
-			   QTime(0, 25),
-			   10.0f);
+//	recipeDB.storeUnitOfMeasure(UnitOfMeasure("tablespoon", "tablespoons", "tbsp", UnitOfMeasure::VOLUME, 1.0));
+//	recipeDB.storeUnitOfMeasure(UnitOfMeasure("pinch", "pinches", "pch", UnitOfMeasure::VOLUME, 1.0));
+//	recipeDB.storeUnitOfMeasure(UnitOfMeasure("gram", "grams", "g", UnitOfMeasure::MASS, 1.0));
 
-	bool success = recipeDB.storeRecipe(rec);
-	printf("Storage successful: %d\n", success);
+//	Recipe reloadRec = recipeDB.retrieveRecipe("Example");
+//	reloadRec.print();
 
-	recipeDB.storeUnitOfMeasure(UnitOfMeasure("tablespoon", "tablespoons", "tbsp", UnitOfMeasure::VOLUME, 1.0));
-	recipeDB.storeUnitOfMeasure(UnitOfMeasure("pinch", "pinches", "pch", UnitOfMeasure::VOLUME, 1.0));
-	recipeDB.storeUnitOfMeasure(UnitOfMeasure("gram", "grams", "g", UnitOfMeasure::MASS, 1.0));
+//	w.loadFromRecipe(reloadRec);
 
-	Recipe reloadRec = recipeDB.retrieveRecipe("Example");
-	reloadRec.print();
+//	NewRecipeDialog d(&recipeDB);
+//	d.show();
+//	d.exec();
 
-	w.loadFromRecipe(reloadRec);
-
-	NewRecipeDialog d(&recipeDB);
-	d.show();
-	d.exec();
-
-	if (d.isAccepted()){
-		printf("Accepted the dialog.\n");
-	}
+//	if (d.isAccepted()){
+//		printf("Accepted the dialog.\n");
+//	}
 
 	return a.exec();
 }
diff --git a/userInterface/mainwindow.cpp b/userInterface/mainwindow.cpp
index 69a6189..8d92a70 100644
--- a/userInterface/mainwindow.cpp
+++ b/userInterface/mainwindow.cpp
@@ -9,6 +9,10 @@ MainWindow::MainWindow(QWidget *parent) :
 	ui->ingredientsListView->setModel(&this->ingredientModel);
 }
 
+MainWindow::MainWindow(RecipeDatabase *db, QWidget *parent) : MainWindow(parent){
+	this->recipeDB = db;
+}
+
 MainWindow::~MainWindow(){
     delete ui;
 }
@@ -17,6 +21,7 @@ void MainWindow::loadFromRecipe(Recipe recipe){
     setRecipeName(recipe.getName());
     setInstruction(recipe.getInstruction());
     setIngredients(recipe.getIngredients());
+	setImage(recipe.getImage());
 }
 
 void MainWindow::setRecipeName(string name){
@@ -28,5 +33,22 @@ void MainWindow::setInstruction(Instruction instruction){
 }
 
 void MainWindow::setIngredients(vector<RecipeIngredient> ingredients){
-    this->ingredientModel.setIngredients(ingredients);
+	this->ingredientModel.setIngredients(ingredients);
+}
+
+void MainWindow::setImage(QImage img){
+	ui->imageLabel->setPixmap(QPixmap::fromImage(img));
+}
+
+void MainWindow::on_newButton_clicked(){
+	NewRecipeDialog d(this->recipeDB, this);
+	d.show();
+	d.exec();
+	if (d.isAccepted()){
+		Recipe r = d.getRecipe();
+		if (!this->recipeDB->storeRecipe(r)){
+			QMessageBox::critical(this, QString("Unable to Save Recipe"), QString("The program was not able to successfully save the recipe."));
+		}
+		this->loadFromRecipe(r);
+	}
 }
diff --git a/userInterface/mainwindow.h b/userInterface/mainwindow.h
index b1b50be..2f2591b 100644
--- a/userInterface/mainwindow.h
+++ b/userInterface/mainwindow.h
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 
 #include "model/recipe/recipe.h"
 #include "model/recipe/ingredients/ingredientlistmodel.h"
+#include "gui/newrecipedialog.h"
 
 using namespace std;
 
@@ -20,18 +21,24 @@ class MainWindow : public QMainWindow
 
 public:
     explicit MainWindow(QWidget *parent = 0);
+	MainWindow(RecipeDatabase *db, QWidget *parent = 0);
     ~MainWindow();
 
     //Loads all data from a recipe into the GUI components.
     void loadFromRecipe(Recipe recipe);
-private:
+	private slots:
+	void on_newButton_clicked();
+
+	private:
     Ui::MainWindow *ui;
+	RecipeDatabase *recipeDB;
     IngredientListModel ingredientModel;
 
     //Hidden manipulation methods.
     void setRecipeName(string name);
     void setInstruction(Instruction instruction);
     void setIngredients(vector<RecipeIngredient> ingredients);
+	void setImage(QImage img);
 };
 
 #endif // MAINWINDOW_H