diff --git a/app.go b/app.go
index 8a8b970..fa5a4df 100644
--- a/app.go
+++ b/app.go
@@ -257,6 +257,22 @@ func (a *App) SetDefaultAppMenu() {
 	wruntime.MenuUpdateApplicationMenu(a.ctx)
 }
 
+// EnableExportMenus: it enables the menus for the export layout view
+func (a *App) EnableExportMenus() {
+	exportMenu := menu.NewMenu()
+	exportMenu.AddText("Back to Project", keys.Shift("b"), func(cd *menu.CallbackData) {
+		wruntime.EventsEmit(a.ctx, video.EVT_CHANGE_ROUTE, "video")
+	})
+
+	appMenu := a.AppMenu()
+	appMenu.Items = append(appMenu.Items, &menu.MenuItem{
+		Label:   "Export",
+		SubMenu: exportMenu,
+	})
+	wruntime.MenuSetApplicationMenu(a.ctx, appMenu)
+	wruntime.MenuUpdateApplicationMenu(a.ctx)
+}
+
 // EnableVideoMenus: It enables the menus for the video layout view
 func (a *App) EnableVideoMenus() {
 	timelineMenu := menu.NewMenu()
@@ -280,6 +296,13 @@ func (a *App) EnableVideoMenus() {
 	timelineMenu.AddText("Mark/Unmark Lossless Export", keys.Key("m"), func(cd *menu.CallbackData) {
 		wruntime.EventsEmit(a.ctx, video.EVT_TOGGLE_LOSSLESS)
 	})
+	timelineMenu.AddText("Change Project", keys.Shift("b"), func(cd *menu.CallbackData) {
+		wruntime.EventsEmit(a.ctx, video.EVT_CHANGE_ROUTE, "main")
+	})
+
+	timelineMenu.AddText("Export Project", keys.Shift("e"), func(cd *menu.CallbackData) {
+		wruntime.EventsEmit(a.ctx, video.EVT_CHANGE_ROUTE, "export")
+	})
 	timelineMenu.AddText("Toggle Vim Mode", keys.CmdOrCtrl("i"), func(cd *menu.CallbackData) {
 		wruntime.EventsEmit(a.ctx, video.EVT_TOGGLE_VIM_MODE)
 		wruntime.EventsEmit(a.ctx, video.EVT_TRACK_MOVE, 0)
diff --git a/frontend/src/App.svelte b/frontend/src/App.svelte
index 6698fa8..68e2c90 100644
--- a/frontend/src/App.svelte
+++ b/frontend/src/App.svelte
@@ -1,10 +1,26 @@
 <script lang="ts">
   import VideoLayout from "./VideoLayout.svelte";
   import MainMenuLayout from "./MainMenuLayout.svelte";
-  import { router } from "./stores";
+  import { exportOptionsStore, router } from "./stores";
   import ExportMenuLayout from "./ExportMenuLayout.svelte";
+  import { EventsOff, EventsOn } from "../wailsjs/runtime/runtime";
+  import { onDestroy } from "svelte";
+  const { route, setRoute } = router;
+  const { isProcessingVid } = exportOptionsStore;
 
-  const { route } = router;
+  EventsOn("evt_change_route", (to: string) => {
+    switch ($route) {
+      case "video":
+        setRoute(to);
+        break;
+      case "export":
+        if (!$isProcessingVid) setRoute(to);
+    }
+  });
+
+  onDestroy(() => {
+    EventsOff("evt_change_route");
+  });
 </script>
 
 <div class="h-screen">
diff --git a/frontend/src/ExportMenuLayout.svelte b/frontend/src/ExportMenuLayout.svelte
index f0d54ca..e31f9ca 100644
--- a/frontend/src/ExportMenuLayout.svelte
+++ b/frontend/src/ExportMenuLayout.svelte
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
     FFmpegQuery,
     ToggleLossless,
     OpenFile,
+    EnableExportMenus,
   } from "../wailsjs/go/main/App";
   import { exportOptionsStore, router, projectName } from "./stores";
   import { onDestroy, onMount } from "svelte";
@@ -54,6 +55,7 @@
         videoNodes = [...timeline.video_nodes];
       })
       .catch(() => console.log("could not load timeline"));
+    EnableExportMenus();
   });
 
   $: {
@@ -123,21 +125,21 @@
     setProgressPercentage(0);
     setIsProcessingVid(false);
   });
-  EventsOn("evt_export_msg", (msg: string) => {
-    setProcessingMsg(msg);
-  });
   EventsOn("evt_ffmpeg_result", (result: any) => {
     addProcessingResult(result);
   });
+  EventsOn("evt_export_msg", (msg: string) => {
+    setProcessingMsg(msg);
+  });
 
   onDestroy(() => {
+    resetExportOptionsStore();
     EventsOff(
       "evt_encoding_progress",
       "evt_ffmpeg_exec_ended",
       "evt_ffmpeg_result",
       "evt_export_msg",
     );
-    resetExportOptionsStore();
   });
 </script>
 
diff --git a/frontend/src/VideoLayout.svelte b/frontend/src/VideoLayout.svelte
index 6724026..913f7d4 100644
--- a/frontend/src/VideoLayout.svelte
+++ b/frontend/src/VideoLayout.svelte
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@
     setVideoFilesError,
     resetVideoFiles,
   } = videoFiles;
-  const { setRoute } = router;
+  const { setRoute, route } = router;
   const { actionMessage, setActionMsg } = toolingStore;
 
   onMount(() => {
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@
   });
 
   onDestroy(() => {
-    SetDefaultAppMenu();
+    if ($route === "main") SetDefaultAppMenu();
     EventsOff(
       "evt_proxy_file_created",
       "evt_error_msg",
diff --git a/frontend/wailsjs/go/main/App.d.ts b/frontend/wailsjs/go/main/App.d.ts
index 6ceeb63..1f82af4 100755
--- a/frontend/wailsjs/go/main/App.d.ts
+++ b/frontend/wailsjs/go/main/App.d.ts
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ export function DeleteProjectFile(arg1:string):Promise<void>;
 
 export function DeleteRIDReferences(arg1:string):Promise<void>;
 
+export function EnableExportMenus():Promise<void>;
+
 export function EnableVideoMenus():Promise<void>;
 
 export function FFmpegQuery(arg1:string,arg2:video.ProcessingOpts):Promise<void>;
diff --git a/frontend/wailsjs/go/main/App.js b/frontend/wailsjs/go/main/App.js
index 6616d9e..481235a 100755
--- a/frontend/wailsjs/go/main/App.js
+++ b/frontend/wailsjs/go/main/App.js
@@ -22,6 +22,10 @@ export function DeleteRIDReferences(arg1) {
   return window['go']['main']['App']['DeleteRIDReferences'](arg1);
 }
 
+export function EnableExportMenus() {
+  return window['go']['main']['App']['EnableExportMenus']();
+}
+
 export function EnableVideoMenus() {
   return window['go']['main']['App']['EnableVideoMenus']();
 }
diff --git a/internal/video/video.go b/internal/video/video.go
index 2f9754b..21b8d3f 100644
--- a/internal/video/video.go
+++ b/internal/video/video.go
@@ -32,7 +32,8 @@ const (
 	QUERY_CREATE_PROXY_FILE = "q_create_proxy_file"
 	QUERY_CREATE_THUMBNAIL  = "q_create_thumbnail"
 	// Epsilon: margin for floating point checks
-	Epsilon = 1e-6
+	Epsilon          = 1e-6
+	EVT_CHANGE_ROUTE = "evt_change_route"
 	// EVT_FFMPEG_RESULT: signals the result of a FFmpeg query in the form of a VideoProcessingResult
 	EVT_FFMPEG_RESULT = "evt_ffmpeg_result"
 	// EVT_FFMPEG_EXEC_ENDED: signals that the ffmpeg query has ended (does not indicate success of the query)