# Perspective Mobile App Shortcut Single Instance

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-mobile-app-shortcut-single-instance/54672>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Tags:** perspective, ignition81\
**Created:** [January 5, 2022, 12:41pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-mobile-app-shortcut-single-instance/54672 "2022-01-05T12:41:04Z")\
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**Post date:** [January 5, 2022, 12:41pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-mobile-app-shortcut-single-instance/54672/1 "2022-01-05T12:41:04Z")

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On the Perspective mobile app when using the ‘launcher’ it will open the same instance if one was launched previously. However, if you create a shortcut of the project, it will always create a new instance. Sometimes this isn’t desirable.

I am guessing this is by design, but I have created a feature request [here](https://ideas.inductiveautomation.com/ignition-features-and-ideas/p/perspective-mobile-app-shortcut-single-instance) to see if an option can be created to only ever have a single instance.

As a side note, I often find that if multiple instances of the same project are open on mobile I often get timeout errors on first load. Closing all instances and starting a new one fixes the issue.

I thought I’d post here just in case I have missed a setting that can already do this, or if others are seeing the same outcomes as me. For reference I am on Android 11 and v1.0.1-77 of the Perspective app.