diff --git a/src/mainwindow.cpp b/src/mainwindow.cpp
--- a/src/mainwindow.cpp
+++ b/src/mainwindow.cpp
@@ -157,11 +157,16 @@
     };
 
     auto *gcodeEditor = new GCodeEditorWidget(this);
-     connect(gcodeEditor, &GCodeEditorWidget::updateClientFactory, this, [this](KTextEditor::View* view){
-         guiFactory()->removeClient(m_currEditorView);
-         guiFactory()->addClient(view);
-         m_currEditorView = view;
-     });
+    connect(gcodeEditor, &GCodeEditorWidget::updateClientFactory, this, [this](KTextEditor::View* view){
+       // if (m_currEditorView != view && view) {
+            guiFactory()->removeClient(m_currEditorView);
+            guiFactory()->addClient(view);
+            m_currEditorView = view;
+       // }
+    });
+    connect(gcodeEditor, &GCodeEditorWidget::fileClosed, this, [this] (const QUrl& file) {
+        m_openFiles.removeAll(file);
+    });
     setupButton("3d",    i18n("&3D"), QIcon::fromTheme("draw-cuboid", QIcon(QString(":/%1/3d").arg(m_theme))), new Viewer3D(this));
     setupButton("gcode", i18n("&GCode"), QIcon::fromTheme("accessories-text-editor", QIcon(":/icon/edit")), gcodeEditor);
     setupButton("video", i18n("&Video"), QIcon::fromTheme("camera-web", QIcon(":/icon/video")), new VideoMonitorWidget(this));
@@ -218,7 +223,9 @@
         m_lateral.get<Viewer3D>("3d")->drawModel(fileName.toString());
 
         const int tabs = m_instances->count();
-        m_openFiles.append(fileName);
+        if(!m_openFiles.contains(fileName)) {
+            m_openFiles.append(fileName);
+        }
 
         for(int i=0; i < tabs; ++i){
             auto instance = qobject_cast<AtCoreInstanceWidget*>(m_instances->widget(i));
@@ -236,4 +243,4 @@
 {
     return palette().text().color().value() >= QColor(Qt::lightGray).value() ? \
         QString("dark") : QString("light");
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/src/widgets/gcodeeditorwidget.h b/src/widgets/gcodeeditorwidget.h
--- a/src/widgets/gcodeeditorwidget.h
+++ b/src/widgets/gcodeeditorwidget.h
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 /* Atelier KDE Printer Host for 3D Printing
     Copyright (C) <2016>
     Author: Lays Rodrigues - laysrodrigues@gmail.com
+            Chris Rizzitello - rizzitello@kde.org
 
     This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
     it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
@@ -43,7 +44,10 @@
     KTextEditor::View* newView(KTextEditor::Document* doc);
     void closeTab(int index);
     void currentIndexChanged(int index);
+    QMap<QUrl, QWidget*> urlTab;
+    QMap<QUrl, int> urlDoc;
 
 signals:
     void updateClientFactory(KTextEditor::View* view);
+    void fileClosed(const QUrl file);
 };
diff --git a/src/widgets/gcodeeditorwidget.cpp b/src/widgets/gcodeeditorwidget.cpp
--- a/src/widgets/gcodeeditorwidget.cpp
+++ b/src/widgets/gcodeeditorwidget.cpp
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 /* Atelier KDE Printer Host for 3D Printing
     Copyright (C) <2016>
     Author: Lays Rodrigues - laysrodrigues@gmail.com
+            Chris Rizzitello - rizzitello@kde.org
 
     This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
     it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
@@ -35,25 +36,29 @@
     connect(m_tabwidget, &QTabWidget::tabCloseRequested, this, &GCodeEditorWidget::closeTab);
     connect(m_tabwidget, &QTabWidget::currentChanged, this, &GCodeEditorWidget::currentIndexChanged);
     m_tabwidget->setTabsClosable(true);
-    m_tabwidget->addTab(newView(newDoc()), i18n("New file"));
 }
 
 KTextEditor::View* GCodeEditorWidget::gcodeView() const{
     return qobject_cast<KTextEditor::View*>(m_editor->documents().first()->views().first());
 }
+
 void GCodeEditorWidget::loadFile(const QUrl &file)
 {
-    auto doc = m_editor->documents().first();
-    if(!doc->isEmpty()){
-        doc = newDoc();
-        int t = m_tabwidget->addTab(newView(doc), file.fileName());
-        m_tabwidget->setCurrentIndex(t);
-    } else {
-        m_tabwidget->setTabText(0, file.fileName());
-        emit updateClientFactory(doc->views().first());
+    //if the file is loaded then reload the document.
+    if(urlDoc.contains(file)) {
+        auto doc = m_editor->documents().at(urlDoc[file]);
+        doc->documentReload();
+        m_tabwidget->setCurrentIndex(m_tabwidget->indexOf(urlTab[doc->url()]));
+        return;
     }
+    auto doc = newDoc();
+    int t = m_tabwidget->addTab(newView(doc), file.fileName());
+    m_tabwidget->setCurrentIndex(t);
     doc->openUrl(file);
     doc->setHighlightingMode(QString("G-Code"));
+    urlTab.insert(doc->url(), m_tabwidget->widget(t));
+    urlDoc.insert(doc->url(),m_editor->documents().count()-1);
+    emit updateClientFactory(doc->views().first());
 }
 
 void GCodeEditorWidget::setupInterface(const KTextEditor::View* view)
@@ -77,13 +82,20 @@
 
 void GCodeEditorWidget::closeTab(int index)
 {
-    m_tabwidget->removeTab(index);
-    if(!m_tabwidget->count()){
-        m_tabwidget->addTab(newView(newDoc()), i18n("New file"));
+    QUrl url = urlTab.key(m_tabwidget->widget(index));
+    auto doc = m_editor->documents().at(urlDoc[url]);
+    qDebug() << "CLOSING:" << "Tab:" << index << "Doc:" << urlDoc[url] << "URL:" << url;
+    if(doc->closeUrl()) {
+        m_tabwidget->removeTab(index);
+        urlTab.remove(url);
+        urlDoc.remove(url);
+        emit fileClosed(url);
     }
 }
 
 void GCodeEditorWidget::currentIndexChanged(int index){
-    if(index != -1)
+    if(index != -1) {
         emit updateClientFactory(qobject_cast<KTextEditor::View*>(m_tabwidget->currentWidget()));
+        qDebug() << "New Index:" << index;
+    }
 }