diff --git a/graphic_components/board.py b/graphic_components/board.py
index f8496de..de304b0 100644
--- a/graphic_components/board.py
+++ b/graphic_components/board.py
@@ -99,6 +99,7 @@ class GameBoard(BoxBoard):
     """
     boxClicked = pyqtSignal(bool)
     newGameSelected = pyqtSignal(str)
+    gridDrawn = pyqtSignal()
 
     def __init__(self, width, height, parent=None):
         super().__init__(width, height, parent)
@@ -117,6 +118,7 @@ class GameBoard(BoxBoard):
 
         self.anim.finished.connect(lambda: self.show_playmenu(True))
         self.playmenu.buttonClicked.connect(self.new_game)
+        self.gamegrid.finishDrawing.connect(self.gridDrawn.emit)
         self.toggle_anim(True)
 
     def show_number_ring(self, x=0, y=0):
@@ -187,6 +189,7 @@ class MenuBoard(BoxBoard):
     def show_children(self, state):
         for chd in self.children():
             chd.setVisible(state)
+        self.timer_display.reset_time()
 
     def set_difficulty_text(self, string):
         self.diff_display.set_text(string)
diff --git a/graphic_components/sudoku_graphics.py b/graphic_components/sudoku_graphics.py
index f65d861..e09626d 100644
--- a/graphic_components/sudoku_graphics.py
+++ b/graphic_components/sudoku_graphics.py
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@ class NumberPainter(BaseSudokuItem):
 class SudokuGrid(BaseSudokuItem):
     # TODO: Add functions to animated the grid lines
     buttonClicked = pyqtSignal(float, float)
+    finishDrawing = pyqtSignal()
 
     def __init__(self, width, height, parent=None):
         super().__init__(parent)
@@ -134,6 +135,7 @@ class SudokuGrid(BaseSudokuItem):
     def finish_drawing(self):
         if self.length == self.width:
             self.drawn = True
+            self.finishDrawing.emit()
 
     # Toggle the animation to be play forward or backward
     def toggle_anim(self, toggling):
diff --git a/main.py b/main.py
index 471073d..6ec58a6 100644
--- a/main.py
+++ b/main.py
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ class SudokuWindow(QGraphicsView):
         self.show()
 
         # Cross-Board signal connections
-        self.gameboard.newGameSelected.connect(lambda: self.menuboard.show_children(True))
+        self.gameboard.gridDrawn.connect(lambda: self.menuboard.show_children(True))
         self.gameboard.newGameSelected.connect(self.menuboard.set_difficulty_text)
         self.menuboard.diff_display.notFocus.connect(self.gameboard.game_refocus)
         self.menuboard.diff_display.difficultySelected.connect(self.gameboard.new_game)