diff --git a/src/components/delete-modal/delete-modal.component.ts b/src/components/delete-modal/delete-modal.component.ts
index 6031af5..bb2085a 100644
--- a/src/components/delete-modal/delete-modal.component.ts
+++ b/src/components/delete-modal/delete-modal.component.ts
@@ -33,10 +33,11 @@ export class DeleteModalComponent {
 
 
   deletePressed() {
-    const regex = new RegExp(this.showName)
-    const control = new FormControl("", [Validators.required, Validators.pattern(regex)])
-    this.confirmationForm.setControl("name", control)
     if (this.formHidden) {
+      // Only add the control the first time the button is pressed
+      const regex = new RegExp(this.showName)
+      const control = new FormControl("", [Validators.required, Validators.pattern(regex)])
+      this.confirmationForm.setControl("name", control)
       this.formHidden = false;
       this.buttonDisabled = true;
     } else {