diff --git a/css/glowingbear.css b/css/glowingbear.css
index ca71b9f..700e26d 100644
--- a/css/glowingbear.css
+++ b/css/glowingbear.css
@@ -263,6 +263,11 @@ input[type=text], input[type=password], #sendMessage {
 #sidebar.ng-hide {
   width: 0;
 }
+    
+#sidebar[data-state=hidden] {
+    transform: translate(-200px,0);
+    -webkit-transform: translate(-200px,0);
+}
 
 #nicklist {
     position: fixed;
@@ -400,6 +405,7 @@ td.time {
     margin-left: 0;
     padding-left: 145px;
 }
+
 .footer.withnicklist {
     padding-right: 100px;
 }
@@ -793,11 +799,6 @@ img.emojione {
         -webkit-transform: translate(0,0); /* Safari */
     }
 
-    #sidebar[data-state=hidden] {
-        transform: translate(-200px,0);
-        -webkit-transform: translate(-200px,0);
-    }
-
     .content[sidebar-state=visible] #bufferlines, .content[sidebar-state=visible] .footer {
         margin-left: 0px;
         transform: translate(200px,0);
diff --git a/js/glowingbear.js b/js/glowingbear.js
index e706815..1dd2291 100644
--- a/js/glowingbear.js
+++ b/js/glowingbear.js
@@ -326,11 +326,6 @@ weechat.controller('WeechatCtrl', ['$rootScope', '$scope', '$store', '$timeout',
         }
     });
 
-    $rootScope.wasMobileUi = false;
-    if (utils.isMobileUi()) {
-        $rootScope.wasMobileUi = true;
-    }
-
     if (!settings.fontfamily) {
         if (utils.isMobileUi()) {
             settings.fontfamily = 'sans-serif';
@@ -583,12 +578,10 @@ weechat.controller('WeechatCtrl', ['$rootScope', '$scope', '$store', '$timeout',
         // Recalculation fails when not connected
         if ($rootScope.connected) {
             // Show the sidebar if switching away from mobile view, hide it when switching to mobile
-            // Wrap in a condition so we save ourselves the $apply if nothing changes (50ms or more)
-            if ($scope.wasMobileUi && !utils.isMobileUi()) {
+            if (!utils.isMobileUi()) {
                 $scope.showSidebar();
                 $scope.updateShowNicklist();
             }
-            $scope.wasMobileUi = utils.isMobileUi();
             $scope.calculateNumLines();
 
             // if we're scrolled to the bottom, scroll down to the same position after the resize