diff --git a/cookbook/migrations/0044_viewlog.py b/cookbook/migrations/0044_viewlog.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9c4f2fcf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cookbook/migrations/0044_viewlog.py
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+# Generated by Django 3.0.5 on 2020-05-11 10:21
+
+from django.conf import settings
+from django.db import migrations, models
+import django.db.models.deletion
+
+
+class Migration(migrations.Migration):
+
+    dependencies = [
+        migrations.swappable_dependency(settings.AUTH_USER_MODEL),
+        ('cookbook', '0043_auto_20200507_2302'),
+    ]
+
+    operations = [
+        migrations.CreateModel(
+            name='ViewLog',
+            fields=[
+                ('id', models.AutoField(auto_created=True, primary_key=True, serialize=False, verbose_name='ID')),
+                ('created_at', models.DateTimeField(auto_now_add=True)),
+                ('created_by', models.ForeignKey(on_delete=django.db.models.deletion.CASCADE, to=settings.AUTH_USER_MODEL)),
+                ('recipe', models.ForeignKey(on_delete=django.db.models.deletion.CASCADE, to='cookbook.Recipe')),
+            ],
+        ),
+    ]
diff --git a/cookbook/models.py b/cookbook/models.py
index b6d04b44..42a8a698 100644
--- a/cookbook/models.py
+++ b/cookbook/models.py
@@ -248,3 +248,12 @@ class CookLog(models.Model):
 
     def __str__(self):
         return self.recipe.name
+
+
+class ViewLog(models.Model):
+    recipe = models.ForeignKey(Recipe, on_delete=models.CASCADE)
+    created_by = models.ForeignKey(User, on_delete=models.CASCADE)
+    created_at = models.DateTimeField(auto_now_add=True)
+
+    def __str__(self):
+        return self.recipe.name
diff --git a/cookbook/templates/index.html b/cookbook/templates/index.html
index cee08e9c..1c23ea3f 100644
--- a/cookbook/templates/index.html
+++ b/cookbook/templates/index.html
@@ -77,6 +77,13 @@
     {% endif %}
     <br/>
 
+    {% if last_viewed %}
+        <h4>{% trans 'Last viewed' %}</h4>
+        {% render_table last_viewed %}
+        <h4>{% trans 'Recips' %}</h4>
+    {% endif %}
+
+
     {% if user.is_authenticated and recipes %}
         {% render_table recipes %}
     {% else %}
diff --git a/cookbook/views/views.py b/cookbook/views/views.py
index 0ba262b3..1d71e101 100644
--- a/cookbook/views/views.py
+++ b/cookbook/views/views.py
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ from django.db.models import Q
 from django.http import HttpResponseRedirect
 from django.shortcuts import render, get_object_or_404
 from django.urls import reverse_lazy
+from django.utils import timezone
 from django_tables2 import RequestConfig
 from django.utils.translation import gettext as _
 
@@ -42,7 +43,12 @@ def search(request):
             table = RecipeTableSmall(f.qs)
         RequestConfig(request, paginate={'per_page': 25}).configure(table)
 
-        return render(request, 'index.html', {'recipes': table, 'filter': f})
+        if request.GET == {}:
+            last_viewed = RecipeTable(Recipe.objects.filter(viewlog__created_by=request.user).order_by('-viewlog__created_at').all()[0:5])
+        else:
+            last_viewed = None
+
+        return render(request, 'index.html', {'recipes': table, 'filter': f, 'last_viewed': last_viewed})
     else:
         return render(request, 'index.html')
 
@@ -78,6 +84,10 @@ def recipe_view(request, pk):
     comment_form = CommentForm()
     bookmark_form = RecipeBookEntryForm()
 
+    if request.user.is_authenticated:
+        if not ViewLog.objects.filter(recipe=recipe).filter(created_by=request.user).filter(created_at__gt=(timezone.now()-timezone.timedelta(minutes=5))).exists():
+            ViewLog.objects.create(recipe=recipe, created_by=request.user)
+
     return render(request, 'recipe_view.html',
                   {'recipe': recipe, 'ingredients': ingredients, 'comments': comments, 'comment_form': comment_form,
                    'bookmark_form': bookmark_form})