diff --git a/src/app/globals.css b/src/app/globals.css
index e778b90..c7a9fd3 100644
--- a/src/app/globals.css
+++ b/src/app/globals.css
@@ -172,3 +172,13 @@ body {
 .dropdown-custom:hover {
   background-color: #444;
 }
+
+.dropdown-custom-maxmin {
+  width: 150px;
+  background-color: black;
+  color: white;
+  border: none;
+  padding: 10px;
+  font-size: 16px;
+  cursor: pointer;
+}
diff --git a/src/app/page.tsx b/src/app/page.tsx
index 3375c12..5dace9c 100644
--- a/src/app/page.tsx
+++ b/src/app/page.tsx
@@ -2,11 +2,13 @@
 
 import React, { useState } from 'react';
 import { Box, Button, Output } from "./modules";
-import { calculate_clickMaximize, calculate_clickMinimize, downloadLP, import_click } from "./scripts"
-import text from "./lang"
+import { calculate_click, downloadLP, import_click } from "./scripts";
+import text from "./lang";
 
 export default function Home() {
   const [language, setLanguage] = useState('eng');
+  const [maxminOption, setMaxminOption] = useState('maximize'); // Zustand für den MaxMin-Switch
+
   const tr_hTitle = text(language, 'header_title');
   const tr_hSubtitle = text(language, 'header_subtitle');
   const tr_boxObjTitle = text(language, 'boxObjTitle');
@@ -21,21 +23,27 @@ export default function Home() {
   const tr_boxExportLP = text(language, "boxExportLP");
   const tr_calc_max = text(language, "maximize");
   const tr_calc_min = text(language, "minimize");
+  const tr_calcButton = text(language, "buttonCalc");
 
   const handleLanguageChange = (event: React.ChangeEvent<HTMLSelectElement>) => {
     setLanguage(event.target.value);
   };
 
+  const handleMaxMinChange = (event: React.ChangeEvent<HTMLSelectElement>) => {
+    setMaxminOption(event.target.value); // Update den Zustand basierend auf dem Wert des Selects
+  };
+
   return (
     <>
       <header className="header">
         <div className="title">
           <main className="header_box">
             {tr_hTitle}
-            <br></br>
+            <br />
             <span className="header_copyright">
               <i>{tr_hSubtitle}</i>
-            </span><br></br>
+            </span>
+            <br />
             <select id="language_current" value={language} onChange={handleLanguageChange} className="dropdown-custom">
               <option value="ger">Deutsch</option>
               <option value="eng">English</option>
@@ -46,35 +54,42 @@ export default function Home() {
       <Box
         title={tr_boxObjTitle}
         placeholder={tr_boxObjDesc}
-        id="objective" />
+        id="objective"
+      />
       <Box
         title={tr_boxSubjTitle}
         placeholder={tr_boxSubjDesc}
-        id="subject" />
+        id="subject"
+      />
       <Box
         title={tr_boxBoundsTitle}
         placeholder={tr_boxBoundsDesc}
-        id="bounds" />
+        id="bounds"
+      />
       <Box
         title={tr_boxVarsTitle}
         placeholder={tr_boxVarsDesc}
-        id="vars" />
+        id="vars"
+      />
+      <select id="maxminswitch" value={maxminOption} onChange={handleMaxMinChange} className="dropdown-custom-maxmin">
+        <option value="maximize">{tr_calc_max}</option>
+        <option value="minimize">{tr_calc_min}</option>
+      </select>
       <Button
-        title={tr_calc_max}
+        title={tr_calcButton}
         className={"button_green"}
-        onClickFunc={calculate_clickMaximize} />
-      <Button
-        title={tr_calc_min}
-        className={"button_green"}
-        onClickFunc={calculate_clickMinimize} />
+        onClickFunc={calculate_click}
+      />
       <Button
         title={tr_boxExportLP}
         className={"button"}
-        onClickFunc={downloadLP} />
-      <br></br>
+        onClickFunc={downloadLP}
+      />
+      <br />
       <Output
         id="out"
-        text={tr_boxOut} />
+        text={tr_boxOut}
+      />
     </>
   );
 }
diff --git a/src/app/scripts.ts b/src/app/scripts.ts
index 48bbb34..b46dae5 100644
--- a/src/app/scripts.ts
+++ b/src/app/scripts.ts
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ function isInputFilled(obj: string | undefined, subj: string | undefined, bounds
   return true;
 }
 
-function calculate_click(maximize: boolean) {
+export function calculate_click() {
   customLogClear();
   const timer = walltimeStart();
   customLog("calculating");
@@ -215,8 +215,9 @@ function calculate_click(maximize: boolean) {
   if (!isInputValidRegex(objective, subject, bounds, variables)) return;
 
   // fetch operator
+  const maxmin = (document.getElementById('maxminswitch') as HTMLSelectElement)?.value;
   let operator = "Minimize";
-  if (maximize) operator = "Maximize";
+  if (maxmin == "maximize") operator = "Maximize";
 
   let wholeText: string = operator + "\n obj: " + objective
     + "\nSubject To \n" + subject
@@ -284,11 +285,17 @@ function downloadLPFormatting(objective: any, subject: any, bounds: any) {
   const formattedSubject = typeof subject === 'string' ? subject : '';
   const formattedBounds = typeof bounds === 'string' ? bounds : '';
 
+  // fetch operator
+  const maxmin = (document.getElementById('maxminswitch') as HTMLSelectElement)?.value;
+  let operator = "Minimize";
+  if (maxmin == "maximize") operator = "Maximize";
+
   // Header mit Problemname
   const header = "\\ Your problem\n";
 
   //  format objective
-  const objectiveFunction = `Maximize\n obj: ${formattedObjective}\n`;
+
+  const objectiveFunction = operator + `\n obj: ${formattedObjective}\n`;
 
   // turn each subject into a single line
   const constraints = `Subject To\n${formattedSubject.split("\n").filter(line => line.trim() !== "").map(line => ` ${line}`).join("\n")}\n`;
@@ -302,15 +309,6 @@ function downloadLPFormatting(objective: any, subject: any, bounds: any) {
   return lpFormat;
 }
 
-export function calculate_clickMaximize() {
-  calculate_click(true);
-}
-
-export function calculate_clickMinimize() {
-  calculate_click(false);
-}
-
-
 function downloadProblemDownload(content: string) {
   customLog("downloadPrepFile");
   customLog("");