diff --git a/cookbook/templates/base.html b/cookbook/templates/base.html
index 595d9090a..0194aa9d5 100644
--- a/cookbook/templates/base.html
+++ b/cookbook/templates/base.html
@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@
 <head>
     <title>{% block title %}
     {% endblock %}</title>
+    <meta charset="utf-8">
+    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1, shrink-to-fit=no">
+
     <link rel="stylesheet" href="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/4.0.0/css/bootstrap.min.css"
           integrity="sha384-Gn5384xqQ1aoWXA+058RXPxPg6fy4IWvTNh0E263XmFcJlSAwiGgFAW/dAiS6JXm" crossorigin="anonymous">
     <script
diff --git a/cookbook/templates/generic/list_template.html b/cookbook/templates/generic/list_template.html
index 57ac4b08d..59c257a70 100644
--- a/cookbook/templates/generic/list_template.html
+++ b/cookbook/templates/generic/list_template.html
@@ -10,9 +10,7 @@
     <div class="table-container">
         <h3>{{ title }} {% trans 'List' %}
             {% if create_url %}
-                <a href="{% url create_url %}">
-                    <button class="btn btn-primary float-right">{% trans 'New' %} <i class="fal fa-plus-circle"></i>
-                    </button>
+                <a href="{% url create_url %}"> <i class="fal fa-plus-circle"></i>
                 </a>
             {% endif %}
         </h3>
diff --git a/cookbook/templates/generic/table_template.html b/cookbook/templates/generic/table_template.html
index 10bc5dcd6..15b1f51c7 100644
--- a/cookbook/templates/generic/table_template.html
+++ b/cookbook/templates/generic/table_template.html
@@ -6,14 +6,6 @@
 
 
     <div class="table-container">
-        {% if create_url %}
-            <a href="{% url create_url %}">
-                <button class="btn btn-primary float-right">{% trans 'New' %} <i class="fal fa-plus-circle"></i>
-                </button>
-            </a>
-        {% endif %}
-        </h3>
-
         {% block table %}
             <table {% render_attrs table.attrs class="table" %}>
                 {% block table.thead %}
