diff --git a/fitnesstrax/app/src/app.rs b/fitnesstrax/app/src/app.rs
index 94c83b8..546cecb 100644
--- a/fitnesstrax/app/src/app.rs
+++ b/fitnesstrax/app/src/app.rs
@@ -96,18 +96,8 @@ impl App {
             .unwrap()
     }
 
-    pub async fn get_record(&self, id: RecordId) -> Result<Option<Record<TraxRecord>>, AppError> {
-        let db = self.database.clone();
-        self.runtime
-            .spawn_blocking(move || {
-                if let Some(ref db) = *db.read().unwrap() {
-                    Ok(db.get(&id))
-                } else {
-                    Err(AppError::NoDatabase)
-                }
-            })
-            .await
-            .unwrap()
+    pub fn database_is_open(&self) -> bool {
+        self.database.read().unwrap().is_some()
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/fitnesstrax/app/src/app_window.rs b/fitnesstrax/app/src/app_window.rs
index 31a05c3..3bdd4a4 100644
--- a/fitnesstrax/app/src/app_window.rs
+++ b/fitnesstrax/app/src/app_window.rs
@@ -136,7 +136,6 @@ impl AppWindow {
         s
     }
 
-    #[allow(unused)]
     fn show_welcome_view(&self) {
         let view = View::Welcome(WelcomeView::new({
             let s = self.clone();
@@ -177,9 +176,13 @@ impl AppWindow {
         glib::spawn_future_local({
             let s = self.clone();
             async move {
-                let end = Local::now().date_naive();
-                let start = end - Duration::days(7);
-                s.show_historical_view(DayInterval { start, end });
+                if s.app.database_is_open() {
+                    let end = Local::now().date_naive();
+                    let start = end - Duration::days(7);
+                    s.show_historical_view(DayInterval { start, end });    
+                } else {
+                    s.show_welcome_view();
+                }
             }
         });
     }
diff --git a/fitnesstrax/app/src/views/mod.rs b/fitnesstrax/app/src/views/mod.rs
index a8c7360..9957823 100644
--- a/fitnesstrax/app/src/views/mod.rs
+++ b/fitnesstrax/app/src/views/mod.rs
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@ pub use welcome_view::WelcomeView;
 
 pub enum View {
     Placeholder(PlaceholderView),
-    #[allow(unused)]
     Welcome(WelcomeView),
     Historical(HistoricalView),
 }