diff --git a/frontend/src/components/MealPlan/MealPlanNew.vue b/frontend/src/components/MealPlan/MealPlanNew.vue
index 8eaaa4389..c5ec0d8b7 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/MealPlan/MealPlanNew.vue
+++ b/frontend/src/components/MealPlan/MealPlanNew.vue
@@ -69,16 +69,14 @@
       <MealPlanCard v-model="meals" />
     </v-card-text>
     <v-row align="center" justify="end">
-      <v-card-actions>
-        <v-btn color="success" @click="random" v-if="meals[1]" text>
+      <v-card-actions class="mr-5">
+        <v-btn color="success" @click="random" v-if="meals.length > 0" text>
           {{ $t("general.random") }}
         </v-btn>
-        <v-btn color="success" @click="save" text>
+        <v-btn color="success" @click="save" text :disabled="meals.length == 0">
           {{ $t("general.save") }}
         </v-btn>
 
-        <v-spacer></v-spacer>
-        <v-btn icon @click="show = !show"> </v-btn>
       </v-card-actions>
     </v-row>
   </v-card>
@@ -136,7 +134,7 @@ export default {
 
       let dateDif = (endDate - startDate) / (1000 * 3600 * 24) + 1;
 
-      if (dateDif <= 1) {
+      if (dateDif < 1) {
         return null;
       }
 
diff --git a/mealie/services/meal_services.py b/mealie/services/meal_services.py
index a723b3fde..d681112b1 100644
--- a/mealie/services/meal_services.py
+++ b/mealie/services/meal_services.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ from datetime import date, timedelta
 from typing import List, Optional
 
 from db.database import db
-from pydantic import BaseModel
+from pydantic import BaseModel, validator
 from sqlalchemy.orm.session import Session
 
 from services.recipe_services import Recipe
@@ -41,6 +41,12 @@ class MealPlan(BaseModel):
             }
         }
 
+    @validator('endDate')
+    def endDate_after_startDate(cls, v, values, **kwargs):
+        if 'startDate' in values and v < values['startDate']:
+            raise ValueError('EndDate should be greater than StartDate')
+        return v
+
     def process_meals(self, session: Session):
         meals = []
         for x, meal in enumerate(self.meals):