diff --git a/src/common-components/funnel-footer/funnel-footer.vue b/src/common-components/funnel-footer/funnel-footer.vue
index 2a6119681..4a1c63c16 100644
--- a/src/common-components/funnel-footer/funnel-footer.vue
+++ b/src/common-components/funnel-footer/funnel-footer.vue
@@ -47,6 +47,8 @@ export default {
         return {
             paddingHeight: 0,
             customButtontext: "",
+            forwardClicked: false,
+            backClicked: false,
         };
     },
     mounted() {
@@ -83,16 +85,26 @@ export default {
             document.onkeydown = function (e) {
                 return true;
             };
+            this.forwardClicked = false;
         },
         buttonClick() {
             //prevent keyboard input after button click
             document.onkeydown = function (e) {
                 return false;
             };
-            this.$emit("ForwardClicked");
+
+            if (!this.forwardClicked) {
+                this.$emit("ForwardClicked");
+                this.forwardClicked = true;
+            }
+                        
         },
         linkClick() {
-            this.$emit("BackClicked");
+            if (!this.backClicked) {
+                this.$emit("BackClicked");
+                this.backClicked = true;
+            }
+
         },
     },
 };