diff --git a/src/app/components/building-passport/RecommendationCard.tsx b/src/app/components/building-passport/RecommendationCard.tsx
index 94876f3..65018c5 100644
--- a/src/app/components/building-passport/RecommendationCard.tsx
+++ b/src/app/components/building-passport/RecommendationCard.tsx
@@ -27,7 +27,11 @@ export const uvalueColumns: ColumnDef<ComponentRecommendation>[] = [
     cell: ({ row }) => (
       <Checkbox
         checked={row.getIsSelected()}
-        onCheckedChange={(value) => row.toggleSelected(!!value)}
+        onCheckedChange={(value) => {
+          if (value === true && !row.getIsSelected()) {
+            row.toggleSelected(true);
+          }
+        }}
         aria-label="Select row"
       />
     ),
diff --git a/src/app/components/building-passport/RecommendationTable.tsx b/src/app/components/building-passport/RecommendationTable.tsx
index 6c0c050..fc5d9cc 100644
--- a/src/app/components/building-passport/RecommendationTable.tsx
+++ b/src/app/components/building-passport/RecommendationTable.tsx
@@ -17,10 +17,20 @@ import {
 } from "@/app/shadcn_components/ui/table";
 
 import { ComponentRecommendation } from "@/app/db/schema/recommendations";
+import { Dispatch, SetStateAction } from "react";
 
 interface DataTableProps<T extends ComponentRecommendation> {
   columns: ColumnDef<T>[];
   data: T[];
+  defaultRowIndex: number;
+  rowSelection: {
+    [x: number]: boolean;
+  };
+  setRowSelection: Dispatch<
+    SetStateAction<{
+      [x: number]: boolean;
+    }>
+  >;
 }
 
 export default function RecommendationTable<T extends ComponentRecommendation>({
@@ -37,6 +47,17 @@ export default function RecommendationTable<T extends ComponentRecommendation>({
     columns,
     getCoreRowModel: getCoreRowModel(),
     onRowSelectionChange: setRowSelection,
+    // onRowSelectionChange: (RowSelectionState) => {
+    //   // This is a hack but we cast RowSelectionState's type into a function so we can avoid typescript errors
+    //   // but this allows us the functionality we need to prevent de-selecting already selected rows
+    //   const RowSelectionStateCallable = RowSelectionState as Function;
+    //   const rowSelection = Object(RowSelectionStateCallable());
+
+    //   if (Object.keys(rowSelection).length !== 0) {
+    //     console.log("in here?");
+    //     setRowSelection(rowSelection);
+    //   }
+    // },
     enableMultiRowSelection: false,
     enableSubRowSelection: false,
     state: {