diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 83b983a65fb1512bec34ac32d5d841e38b2f1530..530bd9f4b6cab6c8b8d39ebbb3e779119a5141d7 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "mc_frontend",
-  "version": "1.4.5",
+  "version": "1.4.8",
   "author": "Ionic Framework",
   "homepage": "https://ionicframework.com/",
   "scripts": {
diff --git a/src/app/exercise-list/exercise-list.page.html b/src/app/exercise-list/exercise-list.page.html
index 4ef241e59350e39927f136a7d378de9d89e37322..4bf6de2f43ad0eb21a7e0c7b8d465bde4bca1718 100644
--- a/src/app/exercise-list/exercise-list.page.html
+++ b/src/app/exercise-list/exercise-list.page.html
@@ -107,21 +107,21 @@
         </ion-row>
         <ion-row>
         </ion-row>
-        <ion-row *ngIf="exercises; else loading" style="padding: 1em 0 0 0">
+        <ion-row *ngIf="exercises; else loading">
             <ion-grid style="padding: 0">
                 <ion-row *ngFor="let exercise of exercises" (click)="showExercise(exercise)" class="exercises">
                     <ion-grid style="padding: 0">
                         <ion-row style="text-align: left">
-                            <ion-col>
+                            <ion-col size="4">
                                 {{exercise.exercise_type_translation}}
                             </ion-col>
-                            <ion-col>
+                            <ion-col size="4">
                                 {{ getDateString(exercise.last_access_time) }}
                             </ion-col>
-                            <ion-col>
+                            <ion-col size="2">
                                 {{Math.round(exercise.text_complexity)}}
                             </ion-col>
-                            <ion-col>
+                            <ion-col size="2">
                                 {{getMatchingDegree(exercise)}}
                             </ion-col>
                         </ion-row>
diff --git a/src/app/exercise-list/exercise-list.page.ts b/src/app/exercise-list/exercise-list.page.ts
index c248b274293dd4f7f7f3bcb0859c6b02730e9913..7d80d0ed8c94bc344fc7aae6dec2136548c18b45 100644
--- a/src/app/exercise-list/exercise-list.page.ts
+++ b/src/app/exercise-list/exercise-list.page.ts
@@ -116,8 +116,8 @@ export class ExerciseListPage implements OnInit {
         const url: string = HelperService.config['backendBaseUrl'] + HelperService.config['backendApiExercisePath'];
         const params: HttpParams = new HttpParams().set('eid', exercise.eid);
         HelperService.makeGetRequest(this.http, this.toastCtrl, url, params).then((ar: AnnisResponse) => {
-            HelperService.mostRecentSetup.annisResponse = ar;
-            this.helperService.saveMostRecentSetup().then();
+            // save this exercise only locally in the CorpusService (not as MostRecentSetup in the HelperService) because
+            // users just want to have a quick look at it
             this.corpusService.annisResponse = ar;
             const met: MoodleExerciseType = MoodleExerciseType[exercise.exercise_type];
             this.corpusService.exercise.type = ExerciseType[met.toString()];
diff --git a/src/app/show-text/show-text.page.ts b/src/app/show-text/show-text.page.ts
index ca8ef94607d370083c157781ca41be183518c792..629ed911a2e43f76e1af2111785d17f2527217af 100644
--- a/src/app/show-text/show-text.page.ts
+++ b/src/app/show-text/show-text.page.ts
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 /* tslint:disable:no-string-literal */
-import {Component} from '@angular/core';
+import {Component, OnInit} from '@angular/core';
 import {NavController, ToastController} from '@ionic/angular';
 import {CorpusService} from 'src/app/corpus.service';
 import {VocabularyService} from 'src/app/vocabulary.service';
 import {ExerciseService} from 'src/app/exercise.service';
 import {HelperService} from 'src/app/helper.service';
 import {TranslateService} from '@ngx-translate/core';
-import {FileType} from '../models/enum';
+import {FileType, VocabularyCorpus} from '../models/enum';
 import {HttpClient} from '@angular/common/http';
 
 @Component({
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ import {HttpClient} from '@angular/common/http';
     templateUrl: './show-text.page.html',
     styleUrls: ['./show-text.page.scss'],
 })
-export class ShowTextPage {
+export class ShowTextPage implements OnInit {
     FileType = FileType;
     HelperService = HelperService;
     ObjectKeys = Object.keys;
@@ -93,4 +93,8 @@ export class ShowTextPage {
         }
         return '';
     }
+
+    ngOnInit(): void {
+        this.vocService.currentReferenceVocabulary = this.vocService.currentReferenceVocabulary || VocabularyCorpus.bws;
+    }
 }