diff --git a/src/BreadcrumbsSettingTab.ts b/src/BreadcrumbsSettingTab.ts
index 605964eb..ab205125 100644
--- a/src/BreadcrumbsSettingTab.ts
+++ b/src/BreadcrumbsSettingTab.ts
@@ -81,10 +81,8 @@ export class BreadcrumbsSettingTab extends PluginSettingTab {
               await plugin.saveSettings();
 
               plugin.refreshIntervalID = window.setInterval(async () => {
-                if (plugin.trailDiv || plugin.matrixView) {
-                  plugin.currGraphs = await plugin.initGraphs();
-                }
-                if (plugin.trailDiv) {
+                plugin.currGraphs = await plugin.initGraphs();
+                if (plugin.settings.showTrail) {
                   await plugin.drawTrail();
                 }
                 if (plugin.matrixView) {
@@ -149,43 +147,39 @@ export class BreadcrumbsSettingTab extends PluginSettingTab {
     containerEl.createEl("h3", { text: "Breadcrumb Trail" });
 
     new Setting(containerEl)
-      .setName("Show Breadcrumb Trail")
+      .setName("Show Breadcrumbs")
       .setDesc(
         "Show a trail of notes leading from your index note down to the current note you are in (if a path exists)"
       )
       .addToggle((toggle) =>
         toggle.setValue(plugin.settings.showTrail).onChange(async (value) => {
           plugin.settings.showTrail = value;
-
           await plugin.saveSettings();
-          if (value) {
-            plugin.trailDiv = createDiv({
-              cls: `breadcrumbs-trail is-readable-line-width${plugin.settings.respectReadableLineLength
-                ? " markdown-preview-sizer markdown-preview-section"
-                : ""
-                }`,
-            });
-            await plugin.drawTrail();
-          } else {
-            plugin.trailDiv.remove();
-          }
+          await plugin.drawTrail();
         })
       );
 
+
     new Setting(containerEl)
-      .setName("Trail or Table mode")
+      .setName("Trail or Table or Both")
       .setDesc(
-        "Wether to show the regular breadcrumb trails, or a table view. On = Trail, Off = Table"
+        "Wether to show the regular breadcrumb trails, the table view, neither, or both. 1 = Only Trail, 2 = Only Grid, 3 = Both"
       )
-      .addToggle((toggle) =>
-        toggle
-          .setValue(plugin.settings.trailOrTable)
+      .addText((text) => {
+        text
+          .setPlaceholder("Index Note")
+          .setValue(plugin.settings.trailOrTable.toString())
           .onChange(async (value) => {
-            plugin.settings.trailOrTable = value;
-            await plugin.saveSettings();
-            await plugin.drawTrail()
-          })
-      );
+            const num = parseInt(value);
+            if ([1, 2, 3].includes(num)) {
+              plugin.settings.trailOrTable = num as 1 | 2 | 3;
+              await plugin.saveSettings();
+              await plugin.drawTrail();
+            } else {
+              new Notice("The value has to be 1, 2, or 3")
+            }
+          });
+      });
 
     new Setting(containerEl)
       .setName("Index/Home Note(s)")
diff --git a/src/interfaces.ts b/src/interfaces.ts
index 3726357a..1ceb3223 100644
--- a/src/interfaces.ts
+++ b/src/interfaces.ts
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ export interface BreadcrumbsSettings {
   showNameOrType: boolean;
   showRelationType: boolean;
   showTrail: boolean;
-  trailOrTable: boolean;
+  trailOrTable: 1 | 2 | 3;
   showAll: boolean;
   noPathMessage: string;
   trailSeperator: string;
diff --git a/src/main.ts b/src/main.ts
index 428bc781..a3debedc 100644
--- a/src/main.ts
+++ b/src/main.ts
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ import type {
   neighbourObj
 } from "src/interfaces";
 import MatrixView from "src/MatrixView";
-import { closeImpliedLinks, debug, getFileFrontmatterArr, getNeighbourObjArr, isInVault, openOrSwitch } from "src/sharedFunctions";
+import { closeImpliedLinks, debug, getFileFrontmatterArr, getNeighbourObjArr, isInVault } from "src/sharedFunctions";
 import TrailGrid from "./TrailGrid.svelte";
 import TrailPath from "./TrailPath.svelte";
 
@@ -22,15 +22,15 @@ const DEFAULT_SETTINGS: BreadcrumbsSettings = {
   parentFieldName: "parent",
   siblingFieldName: "sibling",
   childFieldName: "child",
-  indexNote: ["Index"],
+  indexNote: [""],
   refreshIntervalTime: 0,
   defaultView: true,
   showNameOrType: true,
   showRelationType: true,
   showTrail: true,
-  trailOrTable: false,
+  trailOrTable: 3,
   showAll: false,
-  noPathMessage: `No path to index note was found`,
+  noPathMessage: `This note has no real or implied parents`,
   trailSeperator: "→",
   respectReadableLineLength: true,
   debugMode: false,
@@ -211,16 +211,7 @@ export default class BreadcrumbsPlugin extends Plugin {
       indexNotes.forEach((index) => {
         let step = index;
 
-        // Check if indexNote exists
-        if (
-          !isInVault(this.app, index)
-        ) {
-          return [
-            `${index} is not a note in your vault. Please change the settings for Index Notes`
-          ];
-        }
-        // Check if a path even exists
-        else if (paths[step].distance !== Infinity) {
+        if (paths[step].distance !== Infinity) {
           const breadcrumbs: string[] = [];
           // Walk it until arriving at `from`
           while (paths[step].distance !== 0) {
@@ -247,41 +238,55 @@ export default class BreadcrumbsPlugin extends Plugin {
   }
 
   async drawTrail(): Promise<void> {
-    const { gParents, gChildren } = this.currGraphs;
-    const closedParents = closeImpliedLinks(gParents, gChildren)
-    const sortedTrails = this.getBreadcrumbs(closedParents);
-    const currFile = this.app.workspace.getActiveFile();
-    const settings = this.settings
-
-    // Get the container div of the active note
-    const previewView = document.querySelector(
-      "div.mod-active div.view-content div.markdown-preview-view"
-    );
-    previewView.querySelector('div.breadcrumbs-trail')?.remove()
-
-    const trailDiv = createDiv()
-    previewView.prepend(trailDiv)
-
-    this.visited.push([currFile.path, trailDiv])
+    if (this.settings.showTrail) {
 
-    trailDiv.className = `breadcrumbs-trail is-readable-line-width${settings.respectReadableLineLength
-      ? " markdown-preview-sizer markdown-preview-section"
-      : ""
-      }`
+      const { gParents, gChildren } = this.currGraphs;
+      const closedParents = closeImpliedLinks(gParents, gChildren)
+      const sortedTrails = this.getBreadcrumbs(closedParents);
+      const currFile = this.app.workspace.getActiveFile();
+      const settings = this.settings
 
-    previewView.prepend(trailDiv);
-
-    trailDiv.empty();
-    if (settings.trailOrTable) {
-      new TrailPath({
-        target: trailDiv,
-        props: { sortedTrails, app: this.app, settings, currFile }
-      })
-    } else {
-      new TrailGrid({
-        target: trailDiv,
-        props: { sortedTrails, app: this.app, settings }
-      })
+      // Get the container div of the active note
+      const previewView = document.querySelector(
+        "div.mod-active div.view-content div.markdown-preview-view"
+      );
+      previewView.querySelector('div.breadcrumbs-trail')?.remove()
+
+      const trailDiv = createDiv()
+      previewView.prepend(trailDiv)
+
+      this.visited.push([currFile.path, trailDiv])
+
+      trailDiv.className = `breadcrumbs-trail is-readable-line-width${settings.respectReadableLineLength
+        ? " markdown-preview-sizer markdown-preview-section"
+        : ""
+        }`
+
+      previewView.prepend(trailDiv);
+
+      trailDiv.empty();
+
+
+      if (settings.trailOrTable === 1) {
+        new TrailPath({
+          target: trailDiv,
+          props: { sortedTrails, app: this.app, settings, currFile }
+        })
+      } else if (settings.trailOrTable === 2) {
+        new TrailGrid({
+          target: trailDiv,
+          props: { sortedTrails, app: this.app, settings }
+        })
+      } else {
+        new TrailPath({
+          target: trailDiv,
+          props: { sortedTrails, app: this.app, settings, currFile }
+        });
+        new TrailGrid({
+          target: trailDiv,
+          props: { sortedTrails, app: this.app, settings }
+        })
+      }
     }
   }