# Screen Start Code Not Working As It Should **URL:** \ **Category:** Questions about Thunkable X\ **Created:** [February 5, 2019, 8:24pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/screen-start-code-not-working-as-it-should/67703 "2019-02-05T20:24:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Lea\_Monty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ea666f/32.png) [@Lea\_Monty](https://community.thunkable.com/u/Lea_Monty)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2019, 8:24pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/screen-start-code-not-working-as-it-should/67703/1 "2019-02-05T20:24:38Z")
I put an alert into my app that I’d only like to appear once (it’s a disclaimer that people don’t need to see all the time). I put it into a page and wrote the code as when the page starts, the alert shows. Then, it shouldn’t show up again. Despite that, the alert appears every time I open that page. Can someone help me out? I will attach a picture of my code. ![39%20PM](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/thunkable/original/3X/b/1/b1bfdb0fee2bf244be7deac3ea22ccf83a106bc1.png) ---
**Author:** ![ioannis](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/ioannis/32/146956_2.png) [@ioannis](https://community.thunkable.com/u/ioannis)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2024, 12:16pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/screen-start-code-not-working-as-it-should/67703/2 "2024-11-08T12:16:20Z")