diff --git a/app/static/js/corpus-analysis/query-builder/element-references.js b/app/static/js/corpus-analysis/query-builder/element-references.js
index 29465112..1b9f384e 100644
--- a/app/static/js/corpus-analysis/query-builder/element-references.js
+++ b/app/static/js/corpus-analysis/query-builder/element-references.js
@@ -3,8 +3,10 @@ nopaque.corpus_analysis.query_builder.ElementReferences = class ElementReference
     // General Elements
     this.queryInputField = document.querySelector('#corpus-analysis-concordance-query-builder-input-field');
     this.queryChipElements = [];
+    this.queryElementTarget = document.querySelector('.query-element-target')
     this.editingModusOn = false;
     this.editedQueryChipElementIndex = undefined;
+    this.deleteQueryButton = document.querySelector('#corpus-analysis-concordance-delete-query-button');
 
     // Structural Attribute Builder Elements
     this.structuralAttrModal = M.Modal.getInstance(document.querySelector('#corpus-analysis-concordance-structural-attr-modal'));
diff --git a/app/static/js/corpus-analysis/query-builder/query-builder.js b/app/static/js/corpus-analysis/query-builder/query-builder.js
index 5098b684..702037f7 100644
--- a/app/static/js/corpus-analysis/query-builder/query-builder.js
+++ b/app/static/js/corpus-analysis/query-builder/query-builder.js
@@ -2,25 +2,13 @@ nopaque.corpus_analysis.query_builder.QueryBuilder = class QueryBuilder {
   constructor() {
     this.elements = new nopaque.corpus_analysis.query_builder.ElementReferences();
 
-    this.incidenceModifierEventListeners();
-    this.nAndMInputSubmitEventListeners();
+    this.addEventListenersToQueryElementTarget();
+    this.addEventListenersToIncidenceModifier();
+    this.addEventListenersToNAndMInputSubmit();
 
-    let queryBuilderDisplay = document.querySelector("#corpus-analysis-concordance-query-builder-display");
-    let expertModeDisplay = document.querySelector("#corpus-analysis-concordance-expert-mode-display");
-    let expertModeSwitch = document.querySelector("#corpus-analysis-concordance-expert-mode-switch");
-    
-    expertModeSwitch.addEventListener("change", () => {
-      const isChecked = expertModeSwitch.checked;
-      if (isChecked) {
-        queryBuilderDisplay.classList.add("hide");
-        expertModeDisplay.classList.remove("hide");
-        this.switchToExpertModeParser();
-      } else {
-        queryBuilderDisplay.classList.remove("hide");
-        expertModeDisplay.classList.add("hide");
-        this.switchToQueryBuilderParser();
-      }
-    });
+    this.elements.deleteQueryButton.addEventListener('click', () => {this.resetQueryInputField()});
+
+    this.expertModeQueryBuilderSwitchHandler();
 
     this.extensions = {
       structuralAttributeBuilderFunctions: new nopaque.corpus_analysis.query_builder.StructuralAttributeBuilderFunctions(this),
@@ -28,6 +16,38 @@ nopaque.corpus_analysis.query_builder.QueryBuilder = class QueryBuilder {
     };
   }
 
+  addEventListenersToQueryElementTarget() {
+    this.elements.queryElementTarget.addEventListener('click', () => {
+      this.elements.positionalAttrModal.open();
+    });
+    this.elements.queryElementTarget.addEventListener('dragstart', this.handleDragStart.bind(this, this.elements.queryElementTarget));
+    this.elements.queryElementTarget.addEventListener('dragend', this.handleDragEnd);
+  }
+
+  addEventListenersToIncidenceModifier() {
+    // Eventlisteners for the incidence modifiers. There are two different types of incidence modifiers: token and character incidence modifiers.
+    document.querySelectorAll('.incidence-modifier-selection').forEach(button => {
+      let dropdownId = button.parentNode.parentNode.id;
+      if (dropdownId === 'corpus-analysis-concordance-token-incidence-modifiers-dropdown') {
+        button.addEventListener('click', () => this.tokenIncidenceModifierHandler(button.dataset.token, button.innerHTML));
+      } else if (dropdownId === 'corpus-analysis-concordance-character-incidence-modifiers-dropdown') {
+        button.addEventListener('click', () => this.extensions.tokenAttributeBuilderFunctions.characterIncidenceModifierHandler(button));
+      }
+    });
+  }
+
+  addEventListenersToNAndMInputSubmit() {
+    // Eventlisteners for the submit of n- and m-values of the incidence modifier modal for "exactly n" or "between n and m".
+    document.querySelectorAll('.n-m-submit-button').forEach(button => {
+      let modalId = button.dataset.modalId;
+      if (modalId === 'corpus-analysis-concordance-exactly-n-token-modal' || modalId === 'corpus-analysis-concordance-between-nm-token-modal') {
+        button.addEventListener('click', () => this.tokenNMSubmitHandler(modalId));
+      } else if (modalId === 'corpus-analysis-concordance-exactly-n-character-modal' || modalId === 'corpus-analysis-concordance-between-nm-character-modal') {
+        button.addEventListener('click', () => this.extensions.tokenAttributeBuilderFunctions.characterNMSubmitHandler(modalId));
+      }
+    });
+  }
+
   toggleClass(elements, className, action) {
     elements.forEach(element => {
       document.querySelector(`[data-toggle-area="${element}"]`).classList[action](className);
@@ -36,26 +56,27 @@ nopaque.corpus_analysis.query_builder.QueryBuilder = class QueryBuilder {
 
   resetQueryInputField() {
     this.elements.queryInputField.innerHTML = '';
-    this.addPlaceholder();
+    this.addQueryElementTarget();
     this.updateChipList();
     this.queryPreviewBuilder();
   }
 
+  addQueryElementTarget() {
+    let queryElementTarget = nopaque.Utils.HTMLToElement(
+      `
+      <a class="query-element-target btn-floating btn-small blue-grey lighten-4 waves-effect waves-light tooltipped" style="margin-bottom:10px; margin-right:5px;" draggable="true" data-position="bottom" data-tooltip="Add an Element to your query">
+        <i class="material-icons">add</i>
+      </a>
+      `
+    );
+    this.elements.queryInputField.appendChild(queryElementTarget);
+    this.elements.queryElementTarget = queryElementTarget;
+    this.addEventListenersToQueryElementTarget();
+  }
+
   updateChipList() {
     this.elements.queryChipElements = this.elements.queryInputField.querySelectorAll('.query-component');
   }
-
-  removePlaceholder() {
-    let placeholder = this.elements.queryInputField.querySelector('#corpus-analysis-concordance-query-builder-input-field-placeholder');
-    if (placeholder && this.elements.queryInputField !== undefined) {
-      this.elements.queryInputField.innerHTML = '';
-    }
-  }
-
-  addPlaceholder() {
-    let placeholder = nopaque.Utils.HTMLToElement('<span id="corpus-analysis-concordance-query-builder-input-field-placeholder">Click on a button to add a query component</span>');
-    this.elements.queryInputField.appendChild(placeholder);
-  }
   
   resetMaterializeSelection(selectionElements, value = "default") {
     selectionElements.forEach(selectionElement => {
@@ -89,32 +110,32 @@ nopaque.corpus_analysis.query_builder.QueryBuilder = class QueryBuilder {
       `
         <span class="chip query-component" data-type="${dataType}" data-query="${queryText}" draggable="true" data-closing-tag="${isClosingTag}">
           ${prettyQueryText}${isEditable ? '<i class="material-icons chip-action-button" data-chip-action="edit" style="padding-left:5px; font-size:18px; cursor:pointer;">edit</i>': ''}
-          ${isClosingTag ? '<i class="material-icons chip-action-button" data-chip-action="lock" style="padding-top:5px; font-size:20px; cursor:pointer;">lock_open</i>' : '<i class="material-icons close chip-action-button" data-chip-action="delete">close</i>'}
+          ${isClosingTag ? '' : '<i class="material-icons close chip-action-button" data-chip-action="delete">close</i>'}
         </span>
       `
     );
     this.addActionListeners(queryChipElement);
     queryChipElement.addEventListener('dragstart', this.handleDragStart.bind(this, queryChipElement));
     queryChipElement.addEventListener('dragend', this.handleDragEnd);
-
-    // Ensures that metadata is always at the end of the query and if an index is given, inserts the query chip at the given index and if there is a closing tag, inserts the query chip before the closing tag.
-    this.removePlaceholder();
-    if (!index) {
-      let closingTagElement = this.elements.queryInputField.querySelector('[data-closing-tag="true"]');
-      if (closingTagElement) {
-        index = Array.from(this.elements.queryInputField.children).indexOf(closingTagElement);
-      }
-    }
-    if (index) {
-      this.elements.queryInputField.insertBefore(queryChipElement, this.elements.queryChipElements[index]);
+    // If an index is given, inserts the query chip after the given index (only relevant for Incidence Modifier) and if there is a closing tag, inserts the query chip before the closing tag.
+    if (index !== null) {
+      this.updateChipList();
+      this.elements.queryChipElements[index].after(queryChipElement);
     } else {
-      this.elements.queryInputField.appendChild(queryChipElement);
+      this.elements.queryInputField.insertBefore(queryChipElement, this.elements.queryElementTarget);
+    }
+    if (isClosingTag) {
+      this.moveQueryElementTarget(queryChipElement);
     }
 
     this.updateChipList();
     this.queryPreviewBuilder();
   }
 
+  moveQueryElementTarget(element) {
+    this.elements.queryInputField.insertBefore(this.elements.queryElementTarget, element);
+  }
+
   addActionListeners(queryChipElement) {
     let notQuantifiableDataTypes = ['start-sentence', 'end-sentence', 'start-entity', 'start-empty-entity', 'end-entity', 'token-incidence-modifier'];
     queryChipElement.addEventListener('click', (event) => {
@@ -154,20 +175,13 @@ nopaque.corpus_analysis.query_builder.QueryBuilder = class QueryBuilder {
     }
   }
 
-  lockClosingChipElement(queryChipElement) {
-    queryChipElement.dataset.closingTag = 'false';
-    let lockIcon = queryChipElement.querySelector('[data-chip-action="lock"]');
-    lockIcon.textContent = 'lock';
-    // TODO: Write unlock-Function?
-    lockIcon.dataset.chipAction = 'unlock';
-  }
-
   deleteChipElement(attr) {
     let elementIndex = Array.from(this.elements.queryInputField.children).indexOf(attr);
     switch (attr.dataset.type) {
       case 'start-sentence':
         this.deleteClosingTagHandler(elementIndex, 'end-sentence');
         break;
+      case 'start-empty-entity':
       case 'start-entity':
         this.deleteClosingTagHandler(elementIndex, 'end-entity');
         break;
@@ -180,9 +194,6 @@ nopaque.corpus_analysis.query_builder.QueryBuilder = class QueryBuilder {
         break;
     }
     this.elements.queryInputField.removeChild(attr);
-    if (this.elements.queryInputField.children.length === 0) {
-      this.addPlaceholder();
-    }
     this.updateChipList();
     this.queryPreviewBuilder();
   }
@@ -217,13 +228,17 @@ nopaque.corpus_analysis.query_builder.QueryBuilder = class QueryBuilder {
 
         let targetChipClone = targetChipElement.cloneNode(true);
         element.insertAdjacentElement('afterend', targetChipClone);
-
+        //TODO: Change to two different functions for drag and drop
         this.addDragDropListeners(targetChipClone, queryChipElement);
       }
     }, 0);
   }
 
-  handleDragEnd() {
+  handleDragEnd(event) {
+    // is called when a query chip is dropped. It removes the dropzones and initializes the tooltips if the dragged element is the query element target.
+    if (event.target.classList.contains('query-element-target')) {
+      M.Tooltip.init(event.target);
+    }
     document.querySelectorAll('.drop-target').forEach(target => target.remove());
   }
 
@@ -292,8 +307,8 @@ nopaque.corpus_analysis.query_builder.QueryBuilder = class QueryBuilder {
   tokenIncidenceModifierHandler(incidenceModifier, incidenceModifierPretty) {
     // Adds a token incidence modifier to the query input field.
     let selectedChip = this.elements.queryInputField.querySelector('.chip.teal');
-    let selectedChipIndex = Array.from(this.elements.queryInputField.children).indexOf(selectedChip);
-    this.submitQueryChipElement('token-incidence-modifier', incidenceModifierPretty, incidenceModifier, selectedChipIndex+1);
+    let selectedChipIndex = Array.from(this.elements.queryChipElements).indexOf(selectedChip);
+    this.submitQueryChipElement('token-incidence-modifier', incidenceModifierPretty, incidenceModifier, selectedChipIndex);
     this.selectChipElement(selectedChip);
   }
 
@@ -315,26 +330,27 @@ nopaque.corpus_analysis.query_builder.QueryBuilder = class QueryBuilder {
     this.tokenIncidenceModifierHandler(input, pretty_input);
   }
 
-  incidenceModifierEventListeners() {
-    // Eventlisteners for the incidence modifiers. There are two different types of incidence modifiers: token and character incidence modifiers.
-    document.querySelectorAll('.incidence-modifier-selection').forEach(button => {
-      let dropdownId = button.parentNode.parentNode.id;
-      if (dropdownId === 'corpus-analysis-concordance-token-incidence-modifiers-dropdown') {
-        button.addEventListener('click', () => this.tokenIncidenceModifierHandler(button.dataset.token, button.innerHTML));
-      } else if (dropdownId === 'corpus-analysis-concordance-character-incidence-modifiers-dropdown') {
-        button.addEventListener('click', () => this.extensions.tokenAttributeBuilderFunctions.characterIncidenceModifierHandler(button));
-      }
+  expertModeQueryBuilderSwitchHandler() {
+    let queryBuilderDisplay = document.querySelector("#corpus-analysis-concordance-query-builder-display");
+    let expertModeDisplay = document.querySelector("#corpus-analysis-concordance-expert-mode-display");
+    let expertModeSwitch = document.querySelector("#corpus-analysis-concordance-expert-mode-switch");
+    let submitModal = M.Modal.getInstance(document.querySelector('#corpus-analysis-concordance-switch-to-query-builder-submit-modal'));
+    
+    let confirmSwitchToQueryBuilderButton = document.querySelector('.switch-action[data-switch-action="confirm"]');
+    confirmSwitchToQueryBuilderButton.addEventListener("click", () => {
+      queryBuilderDisplay.classList.remove("hide");
+      expertModeDisplay.classList.add("hide");
+      this.switchToQueryBuilderParser();
     });
-  }
 
-  nAndMInputSubmitEventListeners() {
-    // Eventlisteners for the submit of n- and m-values of the incidence modifier modal for "exactly n" or "between n and m".
-    document.querySelectorAll('.n-m-submit-button').forEach(button => {
-      let modalId = button.dataset.modalId;
-      if (modalId === 'corpus-analysis-concordance-exactly-n-token-modal' || modalId === 'corpus-analysis-concordance-between-nm-token-modal') {
-        button.addEventListener('click', () => this.tokenNMSubmitHandler(modalId));
-      } else if (modalId === 'corpus-analysis-concordance-exactly-n-character-modal' || modalId === 'corpus-analysis-concordance-between-nm-character-modal') {
-        button.addEventListener('click', () => this.extensions.tokenAttributeBuilderFunctions.characterNMSubmitHandler(modalId));
+    expertModeSwitch.addEventListener("change", () => {
+      const isChecked = expertModeSwitch.checked;
+      if (isChecked) {
+        queryBuilderDisplay.classList.add("hide");
+        expertModeDisplay.classList.remove("hide");
+        this.switchToExpertModeParser();
+      } else {
+        submitModal.open();
       }
     });
   }
@@ -353,7 +369,7 @@ nopaque.corpus_analysis.query_builder.QueryBuilder = class QueryBuilder {
     let expertModeInputFieldValue = document.querySelector('#corpus-analysis-concordance-form-query').value;
     let chipElements = this.parseTextToChip(expertModeInputFieldValue);
     let closingTagElements = ['end-sentence', 'end-entity'];
-    let editableElements = ['start-entity',  'token'];
+    let editableElements = ['start-entity', 'token'];
     for (let chipElement of chipElements) {
       let isClosingTag = closingTagElements.includes(chipElement['type']);
       let isEditable = editableElements.includes(chipElement['type']);
@@ -361,9 +377,6 @@ nopaque.corpus_analysis.query_builder.QueryBuilder = class QueryBuilder {
         isEditable = false;
       }
       this.submitQueryChipElement(chipElement['type'], chipElement['pretty'], chipElement['query'], null, isClosingTag, isEditable);
-      if (isClosingTag) {
-        this.lockClosingChipElement(this.elements.queryChipElements[this.elements.queryChipElements.length-1]);
-      }
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/app/templates/corpora/_analysis/query_builder/_expert_mode.html.j2 b/app/templates/corpora/_analysis/query_builder/_expert_mode.html.j2
index 7ebf4643..9926b367 100644
--- a/app/templates/corpora/_analysis/query_builder/_expert_mode.html.j2
+++ b/app/templates/corpora/_analysis/query_builder/_expert_mode.html.j2
@@ -23,4 +23,15 @@
     </div>
   </form>
 </div>
+
+<div id="corpus-analysis-concordance-switch-to-query-builder-submit-modal" class="modal">
+  <div class="modal-content">
+    <h4>Switch to Query Builder</h4>
+    <p>Switching back to the query builder can cause elements the query builder does not recognize to become lost. Continue?</p>
+  </div>
+  <div class="modal-footer">
+    <a class="btn modal-close waves-effect waves-light">Cancel</a>
+    <a class="btn modal-close red waves-effect waves-light switch-action" data-switch-action="confirm">Switch to Query Builder</a>
+  </div>
+</div>
 {% endmacro %}
diff --git a/app/templates/corpora/_analysis/query_builder/_query_builder.html.j2 b/app/templates/corpora/_analysis/query_builder/_query_builder.html.j2
index 4953e41c..6baecdda 100644
--- a/app/templates/corpora/_analysis/query_builder/_query_builder.html.j2
+++ b/app/templates/corpora/_analysis/query_builder/_query_builder.html.j2
@@ -1,11 +1,18 @@
 {% macro card_content(id_prefix) %}
 <form id="corpus-analysis-concordance-query-builder-form">
   <div class="row">
-    <div class="col s9" id="corpus-analysis-concordance-query-builder-input-field-container">
+    <div class="col s8" id="corpus-analysis-concordance-query-builder-input-field-container">
       <div id="corpus-analysis-concordance-query-builder-input-field">
-        <p id="corpus-analysis-concordance-query-builder-input-field-placeholder">Click on the buttons below to build your query.</p>
+        <a class="query-element-target btn-floating btn-small blue-grey lighten-4 waves-effect waves-light tooltipped" style="margin-bottom:10px; margin-right:5px;" draggable="true" data-position="bottom" data-tooltip="Add a token to your query">
+          <i class="material-icons">add</i>
+        </a>
       </div>
     </div>
+    <div class="col s1 center-align">
+      <a class="btn-floating btn waves-effect waves-light red" id="corpus-analysis-concordance-delete-query-button" style="margin-top:18px;">
+        <i class="material-icons">delete</i>
+      </a>
+    </div>
     <div class="input-field col s3">
       <i class="material-icons prefix">arrow_forward</i>
       <input class="validate corpus-analysis-action" id="corpus-analysis-concordance-form-subcorpus-name" name="subcorpus-name" type="text" required pattern="^[A-Z][a-z0-9\-]*" value="Last"></input>
@@ -30,9 +37,9 @@
   <div class="row">
     <div class="col s12">
       <p></p>
-      <a class="btn waves-effect waves-light tooltipped modal-trigger" href="#corpus-analysis-concordance-positional-attr-modal" data-position="bottom" data-tooltip="Search for any token, for example a word, a lemma or a part-of-speech tag">Add new token to your query</a>
-      <a class="btn waves-effect waves-light tooltipped modal-trigger" href="#corpus-analysis-concordance-structural-attr-modal" data-position="bottom" data-tooltip="Structure your query with structural attributes, for example sentences, entities or annotate the text">Add structural attributes to your query</a>
-      <a class="btn waves-effect waves-light tooltipped dropdown-trigger disabled" data-target="corpus-analysis-concordance-token-incidence-modifiers-dropdown" data-toggle-area="token-incidence-modifiers" data-position="top" data-tooltip="Incidence Modifiers are special characters or patterns, <br>which determine how often a character represented previously should occur.">incidence modifiers</a>
+      <a class="btn-small waves-effect waves-light tooltipped modal-trigger" href="#corpus-analysis-concordance-positional-attr-modal" data-position="bottom" data-tooltip="Search for any token, for example a word, a lemma or a part-of-speech tag">Add new token to your query</a>
+      <a class="btn-small waves-effect waves-light tooltipped modal-trigger" href="#corpus-analysis-concordance-structural-attr-modal" data-position="bottom" data-tooltip="Structure your query with structural attributes, for example sentences, entities or annotate the text">Add structural attributes to your query</a>
+      <a class="btn-small waves-effect waves-light tooltipped dropdown-trigger disabled" data-target="corpus-analysis-concordance-token-incidence-modifiers-dropdown" data-toggle-area="token-incidence-modifiers" data-position="top" data-tooltip="Incidence Modifiers are special characters or patterns, <br>which determine how often a character represented previously should occur.">incidence modifiers</a>
     </div>
   </div>
   <div class="row">