diff --git a/src/pages/MonitoringPage/MonitoringPage.tsx b/src/pages/MonitoringPage/MonitoringPage.tsx
index 9252448..cd7f95e 100644
--- a/src/pages/MonitoringPage/MonitoringPage.tsx
+++ b/src/pages/MonitoringPage/MonitoringPage.tsx
@@ -306,14 +306,17 @@ function PhaseDashboard({
   setActiveIds: React.Dispatch<React.SetStateAction<Record<string, boolean>>>,
   goalIndex: number
 }) {
-  const getGoals = useProgramStore((s) => s.getGoalsInPhase);
+  const getGoalsWithDepth = useProgramStore((s) => s.getGoalsWithDepth);
   const getTriggers = useProgramStore((s) => s.getTriggersInPhase);
   const getNorms = useProgramStore((s) => s.getNormsInPhase);
 
   // Prepare data view models
-  const goals = (getGoals(phaseId) as GoalNode[]).map(g => ({
+  const goals = getGoalsWithDepth(phaseId).map((g) => ({
     ...g,
-    achieved: activeIds[g.id] ?? false,
+    id: g.id as string,
+    name: g.name as string,
+    achieved: activeIds[g.id as string] ?? false,
+    level: g.level, // Pass this new property to the UI
   }));
 
   const triggers = (getTriggers(phaseId) as TriggerNode[]).map(t => ({
diff --git a/src/pages/MonitoringPage/MonitoringPageComponents.tsx b/src/pages/MonitoringPage/MonitoringPageComponents.tsx
index 6efeab5..d1d2854 100644
--- a/src/pages/MonitoringPage/MonitoringPageComponents.tsx
+++ b/src/pages/MonitoringPage/MonitoringPageComponents.tsx
@@ -91,13 +91,14 @@ export const DirectSpeechInput: React.FC = () => {
 };
 
 // --- interface for goals/triggers/norms/conditional norms ---
-type StatusItem = {
+export type StatusItem = {
   id?: string | number;
   achieved?: boolean;
   description?: string;
   label?: string;
   norm?: string;
   name?: string;
+  level?: number;
 };
 
 interface StatusListProps {
@@ -129,7 +130,7 @@ export const StatusList: React.FC<StatusListProps> = ({
           const isCurrentGoal = type === 'goal' && idx === currentGoalIndex;
           const canOverride =  (showIndicator && !isActive) || (type === 'cond_norm' && isActive); 
 
-         
+         const indentation = (item.level || 0) * 20;
 
           const handleOverrideClick = () => {
             if (!canOverride) return;
@@ -147,7 +148,10 @@ export const StatusList: React.FC<StatusListProps> = ({
           };
 
           return (
-            <li key={item.id ?? idx} className={styles.statusItem}>
+            <li key={item.id ?? idx} 
+            className={styles.statusItem}
+            style={{ paddingLeft: `${indentation}px` }}
+            >
               {showIndicator && (
                 <span 
                   className={`${styles.statusIndicator} ${isActive ? styles.active : styles.inactive} ${canOverride ? styles.clickable : ''}`}
diff --git a/src/utils/programStore.ts b/src/utils/programStore.ts
index ef46424..ac34ef4 100644
--- a/src/utils/programStore.ts
+++ b/src/utils/programStore.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ import {create} from "zustand";
 // the type of a reduced program
 export type ReducedProgram = { phases: Record<string, unknown>[] };
 
+export type GoalWithDepth = Record<string, unknown> & { level: number };
+
 /**
  * the type definition of the programStore
  */
@@ -18,6 +20,7 @@ export type ProgramState = {
   getPhaseNames: () => string[];
   getNormsInPhase: (currentPhaseId: string) => Record<string, unknown>[];
   getGoalsInPhase: (currentPhaseId: string) => Record<string, unknown>[];
+  getGoalsWithDepth: (currentPhaseId: string) => GoalWithDepth[];
   getTriggersInPhase: (currentPhaseId: string) => Record<string, unknown>[];
   // if more specific utility functions are needed they can be added here:
 }
@@ -70,6 +73,51 @@ const useProgramStore = create<ProgramState>((set, get) => ({
     }
     throw new Error(`phase with id:"${currentPhaseId}" not found`)
   },
+
+  getGoalsWithDepth: (currentPhaseId: string) => {
+    const program = get().currentProgram;
+    const phase = program.phases.find(val => val["id"] === currentPhaseId);
+    
+    if (!phase) {
+      throw new Error(`phase with id:"${currentPhaseId}" not found`);
+    }
+
+    const rootGoals = phase["goals"] as Record<string, unknown>[];
+    const flatList: GoalWithDepth[] = [];
+
+    // Helper: Define this ONCE, outside the loop
+    const isGoal = (item: Record<string, unknown>) => {
+      return item["plan"] !== undefined && item["plan"] !== null;
+    };
+
+    // Recursive helper function
+    const traverse = (goals: Record<string, unknown>[], depth: number) => {
+      goals.forEach((goal) => {
+        // 1. Add the current goal to the list
+        flatList.push({ ...goal, level: depth });
+
+        // 2. Check for children
+        const plan = goal["plan"] as Record<string, unknown> | undefined;
+        
+        if (plan && Array.isArray(plan["steps"])) {
+           const steps = plan["steps"] as Record<string, unknown>[];
+           
+           // 3. FILTER: Only recurse on steps that are actually goals
+           // If we just passed 'steps', we might accidentally add Actions/Speeches to the goal list
+           const childGoals = steps.filter(isGoal);
+
+           if (childGoals.length > 0) {
+             traverse(childGoals, depth + 1);
+           }
+        }
+      });
+    };
+
+    // Start traversal
+    traverse(rootGoals, 0);
+
+    return flatList;
+  },
   /**
    * gets the triggers for the provided phase
    */