diff --git a/src/main/resources/ch/zhaw/gartenverwaltung/MainFXML.fxml b/src/main/resources/ch/zhaw/gartenverwaltung/MainFXML.fxml
index 74a6e34..75bf6f4 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/ch/zhaw/gartenverwaltung/MainFXML.fxml
+++ b/src/main/resources/ch/zhaw/gartenverwaltung/MainFXML.fxml
@@ -7,14 +7,14 @@
 
 <AnchorPane maxHeight="-Infinity" maxWidth="-Infinity" minHeight="-Infinity" minWidth="-Infinity" prefHeight="938.0" prefWidth="1110.0" xmlns="http://javafx.com/javafx/17" xmlns:fx="http://javafx.com/fxml/1" fx:controller="ch.zhaw.gartenverwaltung.MainFXMLController">
    <children>
-      <HBox maxWidth="35.0" minHeight="35.0" prefHeight="38.0" prefWidth="1110.0" AnchorPane.leftAnchor="0.0" AnchorPane.rightAnchor="0.0" AnchorPane.topAnchor="0.0">
+      <HBox fx:id="menubar" maxWidth="35.0" minHeight="40.0" prefHeight="38.0" prefWidth="1110.0" AnchorPane.leftAnchor="0.0" AnchorPane.rightAnchor="0.0" AnchorPane.topAnchor="0.0">
          <children>
-            <Button fx:id="home_button" mnemonicParsing="false" onAction="#goToHome" prefHeight="38.0" prefWidth="40.0" HBox.hgrow="NEVER" />
+            <Button fx:id="home_button" mnemonicParsing="false" onAction="#goToHome" prefHeight="38.0" prefWidth="38.0" HBox.hgrow="NEVER" />
             <Button fx:id="myGarden_button" layoutX="10.0" layoutY="10.0" mnemonicParsing="false" onAction="#goToMyPlants" prefHeight="38.0" prefWidth="121.0" text="My Garden" />
             <Button fx:id="mySchedule_button" layoutX="10.0" layoutY="10.0" mnemonicParsing="false" onAction="#goToMySchedule" prefHeight="38.0" prefWidth="121.0" text="My Schedule" />
             <Button fx:id="tutorial_button" layoutX="10.0" layoutY="10.0" mnemonicParsing="false" onAction="#showTutorial" prefHeight="38.0" prefWidth="121.0" text="Tutorial" />
-            <Pane maxWidth="1.7976931348623157E308" prefHeight="200.0" prefWidth="200.0" HBox.hgrow="ALWAYS" />
-            <Button fx:id="settings_button" maxHeight="1.7976931348623157E308" mnemonicParsing="false" onAction="#openSettings" prefHeight="38.0" prefWidth="40.0" HBox.hgrow="NEVER" />
+            <Pane fx:id="menu_pane" maxWidth="1.7976931348623157E308" prefHeight="200.0" prefWidth="200.0" HBox.hgrow="ALWAYS" />
+            <Button fx:id="settings_button" mnemonicParsing="false" onAction="#openSettings" prefHeight="38.0" prefWidth="38.0" HBox.hgrow="NEVER" />
          </children>
       </HBox>
       <AnchorPane fx:id="mainPane" prefHeight="200.0" prefWidth="200.0" AnchorPane.bottomAnchor="0.0" AnchorPane.leftAnchor="0.0" AnchorPane.rightAnchor="0.0" AnchorPane.topAnchor="35.0" />
diff --git a/src/main/resources/ch/zhaw/gartenverwaltung/bootstrap/styles.css b/src/main/resources/ch/zhaw/gartenverwaltung/bootstrap/styles.css
index f0fea6e..eec23e9 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/ch/zhaw/gartenverwaltung/bootstrap/styles.css
+++ b/src/main/resources/ch/zhaw/gartenverwaltung/bootstrap/styles.css
@@ -1,6 +1,25 @@
-.button{
-    -fx-text-fill: rgb(49, 89, 23);
-    -fx-border-color: rgb(49, 89, 23);
-    -fx-border-radius: 5;
-    -fx-padding: 3 6 6 6;
-}
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+/*
+
+#home_button, #myGarden_button,
+#mySchedule_button, #settings_button,
+#tutorial_button, #menu_pane {
+    -fx-text-fill: white;
+    -fx-background-color: rgb(0,128,0);
+}
+
+#menubar {
+    -fx-background-color: rgb(0,128,0);
+}
+
+#home_button:hover, #myGarden_button:hover,
+#mySchedule_button:hover, #settings_button:hover,
+#tutorial_button:hover,
+#home_button:focused, #myGarden_button:focused,
+#mySchedule_button:focused, #settings_button:focused,
+#tutorial_button:focused{
+    -fx-background-color: darkgreen;
+}
+
+.root, .split-pane {
+    -fx-background-color: linear-gradient(green 0%, lawngreen 33%, lightgreen 66%, #eee 100%);
+}./
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