diff --git a/spinetoolbox/ui/startup_box.py b/spinetoolbox/ui/startup_box.py
index 63fb322b8..5a8574a0c 100644
--- a/spinetoolbox/ui/startup_box.py
+++ b/spinetoolbox/ui/startup_box.py
@@ -51,15 +51,18 @@ def setupUi(self, Form):
         self.groupBox_7.setMinimumSize(QSize(0, 16))
         self.pushButton_8 = QPushButton(self.groupBox_7)
         self.pushButton_8.setObjectName(u"pushButton_8")
-        self.pushButton_8.setGeometry(QRect(10, 40, 131, 24))
+        self.pushButton_8.setGeometry(QRect(10, 80, 131, 24))
         self.label_2 = QLabel(self.groupBox_7)
         self.label_2.setObjectName(u"label_2")
-        self.label_2.setGeometry(QRect(10, 80, 49, 16))
+        self.label_2.setGeometry(QRect(10, 130, 49, 16))
         self.listWidget = QListWidget(self.groupBox_7)
         self.listWidget.setObjectName(u"listWidget")
-        self.listWidget.setGeometry(QRect(10, 110, 131, 331))
+        self.listWidget.setGeometry(QRect(10, 160, 131, 331))
         self.listWidget.setStyleSheet(u"background-color: rgb(240, 240, 240);\n"
 "border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240);")
+        self.pushButton_9 = QPushButton(self.groupBox_7)
+        self.pushButton_9.setObjectName(u"pushButton_9")
+        self.pushButton_9.setGeometry(QRect(10, 40, 131, 24))
         self.tabWidget = QTabWidget(Form)
         self.tabWidget.setObjectName(u"tabWidget")
         self.tabWidget.setGeometry(QRect(210, 40, 691, 611))
@@ -103,9 +106,6 @@ def setupUi(self, Form):
         self.groupBox_13 = QGroupBox(self.scrollAreaWidgetContents_3)
         self.groupBox_13.setObjectName(u"groupBox_13")
         self.groupBox_13.setGeometry(QRect(10, 460, 631, 101))
-        self.groupBox_9 = QGroupBox(self.scrollAreaWidgetContents_3)
-        self.groupBox_9.setObjectName(u"groupBox_9")
-        self.groupBox_9.setGeometry(QRect(10, 580, 631, 101))
         self.scrollArea_2.setWidget(self.scrollAreaWidgetContents_3)
         self.tabWidget.addTab(self.tab_2, "")
         self.tab = QWidget()
@@ -129,12 +129,12 @@ def setupUi(self, Form):
         self.label.setLayoutDirection(Qt.LeftToRight)
         self.label_13 = QLabel(self.scrollAreaWidgetContents_2)
         self.label_13.setObjectName(u"label_13")
-        self.label_13.setGeometry(QRect(10, 410, 670, 21))
+        self.label_13.setGeometry(QRect(10, 240, 621, 21))
         self.label_13.setFont(font)
         self.label_13.setLayoutDirection(Qt.LeftToRight)
         self.groupBox_8 = QGroupBox(self.scrollAreaWidgetContents_2)
         self.groupBox_8.setObjectName(u"groupBox_8")
-        self.groupBox_8.setGeometry(QRect(10, 50, 631, 111))
+        self.groupBox_8.setGeometry(QRect(10, 60, 631, 131))
         self.label_5 = QLabel(self.groupBox_8)
         self.label_5.setObjectName(u"label_5")
         self.label_5.setGeometry(QRect(90, 20, 351, 71))
@@ -143,55 +143,22 @@ def setupUi(self, Form):
         self.label_5.setWordWrap(True)
         self.pushButton_3 = QPushButton(self.groupBox_8)
         self.pushButton_3.setObjectName(u"pushButton_3")
-        self.pushButton_3.setGeometry(QRect(460, 40, 141, 24))
-        self.groupBox = QGroupBox(self.scrollAreaWidgetContents_2)
-        self.groupBox.setObjectName(u"groupBox")
-        self.groupBox.setGeometry(QRect(10, 170, 631, 101))
-        self.pushButton_4 = QPushButton(self.groupBox)
-        self.pushButton_4.setObjectName(u"pushButton_4")
-        self.pushButton_4.setGeometry(QRect(460, 30, 141, 24))
-        self.label_6 = QLabel(self.groupBox)
-        self.label_6.setObjectName(u"label_6")
-        self.label_6.setGeometry(QRect(90, 20, 361, 50))
-        self.label_6.setTextFormat(Qt.PlainText)
-        self.label_6.setScaledContents(False)
-        self.label_6.setWordWrap(True)
-        self.groupBox_2 = QGroupBox(self.scrollAreaWidgetContents_2)
-        self.groupBox_2.setObjectName(u"groupBox_2")
-        self.groupBox_2.setGeometry(QRect(10, 280, 631, 111))
-        self.pushButton_5 = QPushButton(self.groupBox_2)
-        self.pushButton_5.setObjectName(u"pushButton_5")
-        self.pushButton_5.setGeometry(QRect(464, 40, 131, 24))
-        self.label_8 = QLabel(self.groupBox_2)
-        self.label_8.setObjectName(u"label_8")
-        self.label_8.setGeometry(QRect(80, 20, 361, 81))
-        self.label_8.setTextFormat(Qt.PlainText)
-        self.label_8.setScaledContents(False)
-        self.label_8.setWordWrap(True)
+        self.pushButton_3.setGeometry(QRect(460, 50, 141, 24))
         self.groupBox_3 = QGroupBox(self.scrollAreaWidgetContents_2)
         self.groupBox_3.setObjectName(u"groupBox_3")
-        self.groupBox_3.setGeometry(QRect(10, 440, 631, 80))
+        self.groupBox_3.setGeometry(QRect(10, 320, 631, 131))
         self.pushButton_7 = QPushButton(self.groupBox_3)
         self.pushButton_7.setObjectName(u"pushButton_7")
-        self.pushButton_7.setGeometry(QRect(471, 30, 121, 24))
+        self.pushButton_7.setGeometry(QRect(470, 50, 121, 24))
         self.label_12 = QLabel(self.groupBox_3)
         self.label_12.setObjectName(u"label_12")
-        self.label_12.setGeometry(QRect(70, 20, 371, 50))
+        self.label_12.setGeometry(QRect(70, 20, 371, 91))
         self.label_12.setTextFormat(Qt.PlainText)
         self.label_12.setScaledContents(False)
         self.label_12.setWordWrap(True)
-        self.groupBox_5 = QGroupBox(self.scrollAreaWidgetContents_2)
-        self.groupBox_5.setObjectName(u"groupBox_5")
-        self.groupBox_5.setGeometry(QRect(10, 540, 631, 91))
-        self.pushButton_6 = QPushButton(self.groupBox_5)
-        self.pushButton_6.setObjectName(u"pushButton_6")
-        self.pushButton_6.setGeometry(QRect(470, 30, 121, 24))
-        self.label_9 = QLabel(self.groupBox_5)
-        self.label_9.setObjectName(u"label_9")
-        self.label_9.setGeometry(QRect(80, 20, 361, 64))
-        self.label_9.setTextFormat(Qt.PlainText)
-        self.label_9.setScaledContents(False)
-        self.label_9.setWordWrap(True)
+        self.label_4 = QLabel(self.scrollAreaWidgetContents_2)
+        self.label_4.setObjectName(u"label_4")
+        self.label_4.setGeometry(QRect(10, 280, 631, 31))
         self.scrollArea.setWidget(self.scrollAreaWidgetContents_2)
 
         self.verticalLayout_3.addWidget(self.scrollArea)
@@ -212,31 +179,23 @@ def retranslateUi(self, Form):
         self.groupBox_7.setTitle(QCoreApplication.translate("Form", u"Main", None))
         self.pushButton_8.setText(QCoreApplication.translate("Form", u"Open Project", None))
         self.label_2.setText(QCoreApplication.translate("Form", u"Recent", None))
-        self.label_3.setText(QCoreApplication.translate("Form", u"Introductory Learnign Material", None))
+        self.pushButton_9.setText(QCoreApplication.translate("Form", u"New Project", None))
+        self.label_3.setText(QCoreApplication.translate("Form", u"Introductory Learning Material", None))
         self.label_14.setText(QCoreApplication.translate("Form", u"Advanced Learning Material", None))
         self.groupBox_4.setTitle(QCoreApplication.translate("Form", u"Hello World", None))
         self.groupBox_10.setTitle(QCoreApplication.translate("Form", u"Introduction to Spine Data Structure", None))
         self.groupBox_11.setTitle(QCoreApplication.translate("Form", u"Setting up a Workflow", None))
-        self.groupBox_13.setTitle(QCoreApplication.translate("Form", u"topic 4 tbd", None))
-        self.groupBox_9.setTitle(QCoreApplication.translate("Form", u"Tutorial 6", None))
+        self.groupBox_13.setTitle(QCoreApplication.translate("Form", u"Executing Projects", None))
         self.tabWidget.setTabText(self.tabWidget.indexOf(self.tab_2), QCoreApplication.translate("Form", u"Learning materials", None))
-        self.label.setText(QCoreApplication.translate("Form", u"Beginner Templates", None))
-        self.label_13.setText(QCoreApplication.translate("Form", u"Advanced Templates", None))
-        self.groupBox_8.setTitle(QCoreApplication.translate("Form", u"Simple Energy System", None))
-        self.label_5.setText(QCoreApplication.translate("Form", u"This tutorial provides a step-by-step guide to setup a simple energy system with Spine Toolbox for SpineOpt. Spine Toolbox is used to create a workflow with databases and tools and SpineOpt is the tool that simulates/optimizes the energy system.", None))
+        self.label.setText(QCoreApplication.translate("Form", u"Spine Toolbox", None))
+        self.label_13.setText(QCoreApplication.translate("Form", u"Model specific workflows", None))
+        self.groupBox_8.setTitle(QCoreApplication.translate("Form", u"Basic Modelling Workflow", None))
+        self.label_5.setText(QCoreApplication.translate("Form", u"https://spine-toolbox.readthedocs.io/en/latest/data_import_export.html", None))
         self.pushButton_3.setText(QCoreApplication.translate("Form", u"Open", None))
-        self.groupBox.setTitle(QCoreApplication.translate("Form", u"Reserve Requirement", None))
-        self.pushButton_4.setText(QCoreApplication.translate("Form", u"Open", None))
-        self.label_6.setText(QCoreApplication.translate("Form", u"This tutorial provides a step-by-step guide to include reserve requirements in a simple energy system with Spine Toolbox for SpineOpt.", None))
-        self.groupBox_2.setTitle(QCoreApplication.translate("Form", u"Hydropower Plant", None))
-        self.pushButton_5.setText(QCoreApplication.translate("Form", u"Open", None))
-        self.label_8.setText(QCoreApplication.translate("Form", u"Welcome to this Spine Toolbox Case Study tutorial. Case Study A5 is one of the Spine Project case studies designed to verify Toolbox and Model capabilities. To this end, it reproduces an already existing study about hydropower on the Skellefte river, which models one week of operation of the fifteen power stations along the river.", None))
-        self.groupBox_3.setTitle(QCoreApplication.translate("Form", u"TBD?", None))
+        self.groupBox_3.setTitle(QCoreApplication.translate("Form", u"SpineOpt - Simple Energy System", None))
         self.pushButton_7.setText(QCoreApplication.translate("Form", u"Open", None))
-        self.label_12.setText(QCoreApplication.translate("Form", u"TO BE Defined", None))
-        self.groupBox_5.setTitle(QCoreApplication.translate("Form", u"Coal Plant", None))
-        self.pushButton_6.setText(QCoreApplication.translate("Form", u"Open", None))
-        self.label_9.setText(QCoreApplication.translate("Form", u"The system contains three demand nodes, connections between them, a coal plant and a wind plant to provide the energy to the time varying demand. The system is run over a 48 hour timeline.", None))
+        self.label_12.setText(QCoreApplication.translate("Form", u"This tutorial provides a step-by-step guide to setup a simple energy system with Spine Toolbox for SpineOpt. Spine Toolbox is used to create a workflow with databases and tools and SpineOpt is the tool that simulates/optimizes the energy system.", None))
+        self.label_4.setText(QCoreApplication.translate("Form", u"Prerequisite to run the and Julia, SpineOpt", None))
         self.tabWidget.setTabText(self.tabWidget.indexOf(self.tab), QCoreApplication.translate("Form", u"Templates", None))
     # retranslateUi
 
diff --git a/spinetoolbox/ui/startup_box.ui b/spinetoolbox/ui/startup_box.ui
index cfbea1bbe..9b53ef6a8 100644
--- a/spinetoolbox/ui/startup_box.ui
+++ b/spinetoolbox/ui/startup_box.ui
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240);</string>
     <property name="geometry">
      <rect>
       <x>10</x>
-      <y>40</y>
+      <y>80</y>
       <width>131</width>
       <height>24</height>
      </rect>
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240);</string>
     <property name="geometry">
      <rect>
       <x>10</x>
-      <y>80</y>
+      <y>130</y>
       <width>49</width>
       <height>16</height>
      </rect>
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240);</string>
     <property name="geometry">
      <rect>
       <x>10</x>
-      <y>110</y>
+      <y>160</y>
       <width>131</width>
       <height>331</height>
      </rect>
@@ -120,6 +120,19 @@ border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240);</string>
 border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240);</string>
     </property>
    </widget>
+   <widget class="QPushButton" name="pushButton_9">
+    <property name="geometry">
+     <rect>
+      <x>10</x>
+      <y>40</y>
+      <width>131</width>
+      <height>24</height>
+     </rect>
+    </property>
+    <property name="text">
+     <string>New Project</string>
+    </property>
+   </widget>
   </widget>
   <widget class="QTabWidget" name="tabWidget">
    <property name="geometry">
@@ -193,7 +206,7 @@ border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240);</string>
         <enum>Qt::LeftToRight</enum>
        </property>
        <property name="text">
-        <string>Introductory Learnign Material</string>
+        <string>Introductory Learning Material</string>
        </property>
       </widget>
       <widget class="QLabel" name="label_14">
@@ -268,23 +281,10 @@ border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240);</string>
         </rect>
        </property>
        <property name="title">
-        <string>topic 4 tbd</string>
+        <string>Executing Projects</string>
        </property>
       </widget>
-      <widget class="QGroupBox" name="groupBox_9">
-       <property name="geometry">
-        <rect>
-         <x>10</x>
-         <y>580</y>
-         <width>631</width>
-         <height>101</height>
-        </rect>
-       </property>
-       <property name="title">
-        <string>Tutorial 6</string>
-       </property>
       </widget>
-     </widget>
     </widget>
    </widget>
    <widget class="QWidget" name="tab">
@@ -338,15 +338,15 @@ border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240);</string>
           <enum>Qt::LeftToRight</enum>
          </property>
          <property name="text">
-          <string>Beginner Templates</string>
+          <string>Spine Toolbox</string>
          </property>
         </widget>
         <widget class="QLabel" name="label_13">
          <property name="geometry">
           <rect>
            <x>10</x>
-           <y>410</y>
-           <width>670</width>
+           <y>240</y>
+           <width>621</width>
            <height>21</height>
           </rect>
          </property>
@@ -361,20 +361,20 @@ border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240);</string>
           <enum>Qt::LeftToRight</enum>
          </property>
          <property name="text">
-          <string>Advanced Templates</string>
+          <string>Model specific workflows</string>
          </property>
         </widget>
         <widget class="QGroupBox" name="groupBox_8">
          <property name="geometry">
           <rect>
            <x>10</x>
-           <y>50</y>
+           <y>60</y>
            <width>631</width>
-           <height>111</height>
+           <height>131</height>
           </rect>
          </property>
          <property name="title">
-          <string>Simple Energy System</string>
+          <string>Basic Modelling Workflow</string>
          </property>
          <widget class="QLabel" name="label_5">
           <property name="geometry">
@@ -386,7 +386,7 @@ border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240);</string>
            </rect>
           </property>
           <property name="text">
-           <string>This tutorial provides a step-by-step guide to setup a simple energy system with Spine Toolbox for SpineOpt. Spine Toolbox is used to create a workflow with databases and tools and SpineOpt is the tool that simulates/optimizes the energy system.</string>
+           <string>https://spine-toolbox.readthedocs.io/en/latest/data_import_export.html</string>
           </property>
           <property name="textFormat">
            <enum>Qt::PlainText</enum>
@@ -402,33 +402,7 @@ border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240);</string>
           <property name="geometry">
            <rect>
             <x>460</x>
-            <y>40</y>
-            <width>141</width>
-            <height>24</height>
-           </rect>
-          </property>
-          <property name="text">
-           <string>Open</string>
-          </property>
-         </widget>
-        </widget>
-        <widget class="QGroupBox" name="groupBox">
-         <property name="geometry">
-          <rect>
-           <x>10</x>
-           <y>170</y>
-           <width>631</width>
-           <height>101</height>
-          </rect>
-         </property>
-         <property name="title">
-          <string>Reserve Requirement</string>
-         </property>
-         <widget class="QPushButton" name="pushButton_4">
-          <property name="geometry">
-           <rect>
-            <x>460</x>
-            <y>30</y>
+            <y>50</y>
             <width>141</width>
             <height>24</height>
            </rect>
@@ -437,94 +411,24 @@ border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240);</string>
            <string>Open</string>
           </property>
          </widget>
-         <widget class="QLabel" name="label_6">
-          <property name="geometry">
-           <rect>
-            <x>90</x>
-            <y>20</y>
-            <width>361</width>
-            <height>50</height>
-           </rect>
-          </property>
-          <property name="text">
-           <string>This tutorial provides a step-by-step guide to include reserve requirements in a simple energy system with Spine Toolbox for SpineOpt.</string>
-          </property>
-          <property name="textFormat">
-           <enum>Qt::PlainText</enum>
-          </property>
-          <property name="scaledContents">
-           <bool>false</bool>
-          </property>
-          <property name="wordWrap">
-           <bool>true</bool>
-          </property>
-         </widget>
-        </widget>
-        <widget class="QGroupBox" name="groupBox_2">
-         <property name="geometry">
-          <rect>
-           <x>10</x>
-           <y>280</y>
-           <width>631</width>
-           <height>111</height>
-          </rect>
-         </property>
-         <property name="title">
-          <string>Hydropower Plant</string>
-         </property>
-         <widget class="QPushButton" name="pushButton_5">
-          <property name="geometry">
-           <rect>
-            <x>464</x>
-            <y>40</y>
-            <width>131</width>
-            <height>24</height>
-           </rect>
-          </property>
-          <property name="text">
-           <string>Open</string>
-          </property>
-         </widget>
-         <widget class="QLabel" name="label_8">
-          <property name="geometry">
-           <rect>
-            <x>80</x>
-            <y>20</y>
-            <width>361</width>
-            <height>81</height>
-           </rect>
-          </property>
-          <property name="text">
-           <string>Welcome to this Spine Toolbox Case Study tutorial. Case Study A5 is one of the Spine Project case studies designed to verify Toolbox and Model capabilities. To this end, it reproduces an already existing study about hydropower on the Skellefte river, which models one week of operation of the fifteen power stations along the river.</string>
-          </property>
-          <property name="textFormat">
-           <enum>Qt::PlainText</enum>
-          </property>
-          <property name="scaledContents">
-           <bool>false</bool>
-          </property>
-          <property name="wordWrap">
-           <bool>true</bool>
-          </property>
-         </widget>
         </widget>
         <widget class="QGroupBox" name="groupBox_3">
          <property name="geometry">
           <rect>
            <x>10</x>
-           <y>440</y>
+           <y>320</y>
            <width>631</width>
-           <height>80</height>
+           <height>131</height>
           </rect>
          </property>
          <property name="title">
-          <string>TBD?</string>
+          <string>SpineOpt - Simple Energy System</string>
          </property>
          <widget class="QPushButton" name="pushButton_7">
           <property name="geometry">
            <rect>
-            <x>471</x>
-            <y>30</y>
+            <x>470</x>
+            <y>50</y>
             <width>121</width>
             <height>24</height>
            </rect>
@@ -539,11 +443,11 @@ border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240);</string>
             <x>70</x>
             <y>20</y>
             <width>371</width>
-            <height>50</height>
+            <height>91</height>
            </rect>
           </property>
           <property name="text">
-           <string>TO BE Defined</string>
+           <string>This tutorial provides a step-by-step guide to setup a simple energy system with Spine Toolbox for SpineOpt. Spine Toolbox is used to create a workflow with databases and tools and SpineOpt is the tool that simulates/optimizes the energy system.</string>
           </property>
           <property name="textFormat">
            <enum>Qt::PlainText</enum>
@@ -556,53 +460,18 @@ border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240);</string>
           </property>
          </widget>
         </widget>
-        <widget class="QGroupBox" name="groupBox_5">
+        <widget class="QLabel" name="label_4">
          <property name="geometry">
           <rect>
            <x>10</x>
-           <y>540</y>
+           <y>280</y>
            <width>631</width>
-           <height>91</height>
+           <height>31</height>
           </rect>
          </property>
-         <property name="title">
-          <string>Coal Plant</string>
+         <property name="text">
+          <string>Prerequisite to run the and Julia, SpineOpt</string>
          </property>
-         <widget class="QPushButton" name="pushButton_6">
-          <property name="geometry">
-           <rect>
-            <x>470</x>
-            <y>30</y>
-            <width>121</width>
-            <height>24</height>
-           </rect>
-          </property>
-          <property name="text">
-           <string>Open</string>
-          </property>
-         </widget>
-         <widget class="QLabel" name="label_9">
-          <property name="geometry">
-           <rect>
-            <x>80</x>
-            <y>20</y>
-            <width>361</width>
-            <height>64</height>
-           </rect>
-          </property>
-          <property name="text">
-           <string>The system contains three demand nodes, connections between them, a coal plant and a wind plant to provide the energy to the time varying demand. The system is run over a 48 hour timeline.</string>
-          </property>
-          <property name="textFormat">
-           <enum>Qt::PlainText</enum>
-          </property>
-          <property name="scaledContents">
-           <bool>false</bool>
-          </property>
-          <property name="wordWrap">
-           <bool>true</bool>
-          </property>
-         </widget>
         </widget>
        </widget>
       </widget>
diff --git a/spinetoolbox/ui_main.py b/spinetoolbox/ui_main.py
index ef7d77957..0f1b5de86 100644
--- a/spinetoolbox/ui_main.py
+++ b/spinetoolbox/ui_main.py
@@ -243,6 +243,10 @@ def __init__(self):
         self.startup_box_widget.project_load_requested.connect(self.restore_project)
         # Connect to open_project the function in the start_up_box.py
         self.startup_box_widget.project_opener.connect(self.open_project)
+
+        # Connect to open_project the function in the start_up_box.py
+        self.startup_box_widget.new_project_opener.connect(self.new_project)
+
         # Show the Start Up box
         self.startup_box_widget.show()
 
diff --git a/spinetoolbox/widgets/startup_box_widget.py b/spinetoolbox/widgets/startup_box_widget.py
index 09d2e4365..6dbb7c12a 100644
--- a/spinetoolbox/widgets/startup_box_widget.py
+++ b/spinetoolbox/widgets/startup_box_widget.py
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ class StartupBoxWidget(QWidget):
     project_load_requested = Signal(str)
     project_opener = Signal(str)
     recent_projects = Signal(str)
+    new_project_opener = Signal(str)
 
     def __init__(self, parent=None):
         super().__init__(parent=parent, f=Qt.WindowType.Window)
@@ -33,14 +34,14 @@ def __init__(self, parent=None):
         # Connect the clicked signal of open project button
         self._ui.pushButton_8.clicked.connect(self.open_project_startbox)
 
+        # Connect the clicked signal of open project button
+        self._ui.pushButton_9.clicked.connect(self.open_new_project_startbox)
+
         # Connect the signal of recent projects
         self.open_recent()
 
         # Connect the clicked signal of each button to a specific slot
         self._ui.pushButton_3.clicked.connect(self.open_tutorial1)
-        self._ui.pushButton_4.clicked.connect(self.open_tutorial2)
-        self._ui.pushButton_5.clicked.connect(self.open_tutorial3)
-        self._ui.pushButton_6.clicked.connect(self.open_tutorial4)
         self._ui.pushButton_7.clicked.connect(self.open_tutorial5)
 
     def set_changelog_diff(self, diff_list):
@@ -55,6 +56,12 @@ def open_project_startbox(self):
         # Execute the open_project function in the ui_main.py
         self.project_opener.emit(self)
 
+    def open_new_project_startbox(self):
+        # Execute the open_project function in the ui_main.py
+        self.new_project_opener.emit(self)
+
+
+
     def open_recent(self):
         # Access qsettings from the parent object
         recents = self.parent().qsettings().value("appSettings/recentProjects", defaultValue=None)