diff --git a/index.html b/index.html
index b1146ae..2fd8bcd 100644
--- a/index.html
+++ b/index.html
@@ -280,7 +280,7 @@ npm run build-electron-{windows, darwin, linux}</pre>
           </a>
         </div>
       </div>
-      <div id="sidebar" data-state="visible" ng-swipe-left="hideSidebar()" ng-swipe-disable-mouse class="vertical-line">
+      <div id="sidebar" data-state="visible" ng-swipe-left="swipeLeft($event)" class="vertical-line">
         <ul class="nav nav-pills nav-stacked" ng-class="{'indented': (predicate === 'serverSortKey'), 'showquickkeys': showQuickKeys, 'showjumpkeys': showJumpKeys}">
           <li class="bufferfilter">
             <form role="form">
@@ -310,8 +310,8 @@ npm run build-electron-{windows, darwin, linux}</pre>
           </li>
         </ul>
       </div>
-      <div id="bufferlines" class="favorite-font" ng-swipe-right="showSidebar()" ng-swipe-left="hideSidebar()" ng-swipe-disable-mouse ng-class="{'withnicklist': showNicklist}" when-scrolled="infiniteScroll()" imgur-drop>
-        <div id="nicklist" ng-if="showNicklist" ng-swipe-right="closeNick()" ng-swipe-disable-mouse class="vertical-line-left">
+      <div id="bufferlines" class="favorite-font" ng-swipe-right="swipeRight($event)" ng-swipe-left="swipeLeft($event)" ng-class="{'withnicklist': showNicklist}" when-scrolled="infiniteScroll()" imgur-drop>
+        <div id="nicklist" ng-if="showNicklist" ng-swipe-right="closeNick()" class="vertical-line-left">
           <ul class="nicklistgroup list-unstyled" ng-repeat="group in nicklist">
             <li ng-repeat="nick in group.nicks|orderBy:'name'">
               <a ng-click="openBuffer(nick.name)"><span ng-class="::nick.prefixClasses" ng-bind="::nick.prefix"></span><span ng-class="::nick.nameClasses" ng-bind="::nick.name"></span></a>
@@ -437,7 +437,7 @@ npm run build-electron-{windows, darwin, linux}</pre>
                   </div>
                 </form>
               </li>
-              <li>
+              <li ng-if="!isMobileUi()">
                 <form class="form-inline" role="form">
                   <div class="checkbox">
                     <label>
diff --git a/js/glowingbear.js b/js/glowingbear.js
index 48873ec..b7feb6a 100644
--- a/js/glowingbear.js
+++ b/js/glowingbear.js
@@ -20,7 +20,8 @@ weechat.config(['$compileProvider', function ($compileProvider) {
 }]);
 
 weechat.controller('WeechatCtrl', ['$rootScope', '$scope', '$store', '$timeout', '$log', 'models', 'bufferResume', 'connection', 'notifications', 'utils', 'settings',
-    function ($rootScope, $scope, $store, $timeout, $log, models, bufferResume, connection, notifications, utils, settings) {
+    function ($rootScope, $scope, $store, $timeout, $log, models, bufferResume, connection, notifications, utils, settings)
+{
 
     window.openBuffer = function(channel) {
         $scope.openBuffer(channel);
@@ -29,6 +30,7 @@ weechat.controller('WeechatCtrl', ['$rootScope', '$scope', '$store', '$timeout',
 
     $scope.command = '';
     $scope.themes = ['dark', 'light', 'black', 'dark-spacious', 'blue', 'base16-default', 'base16-light', 'base16-mocha', 'base16-ocean-dark', 'base16-solarized-dark', 'base16-solarized-light'];
+    $scope.swipeStatus = 1;
 
     // Initialise all our settings, this needs to include all settings
     // or else they won't be saved to the localStorage.
@@ -118,6 +120,9 @@ weechat.controller('WeechatCtrl', ['$rootScope', '$scope', '$store', '$timeout',
         }
     };
 
+    // expose
+    $rootScope.isMobileUi = function() { return utils.isMobileUi(); };
+
     if (typeof $scope.documentVisibilityChange !== "undefined") {
         document.addEventListener($scope.documentVisibilityChange, function() {
             if (!document[$scope.documentHidden]) {
@@ -168,6 +173,9 @@ weechat.controller('WeechatCtrl', ['$rootScope', '$scope', '$store', '$timeout',
             // Check if we should show nicklist or not
             $scope.showNicklist = $scope.updateShowNicklist();
         }
+        if ($scope.swipeStatus <= 0) {
+            $scope.swipeStatus = $scope.showNicklist ? -1 : 0;
+        }
 
         if (ab.requestedLines < $scope.lines_per_screen) {
             // buffer has not been loaded, but some lines may already be present if they arrived after we connected
@@ -323,6 +331,40 @@ weechat.controller('WeechatCtrl', ['$rootScope', '$scope', '$store', '$timeout',
         return document.getElementById('content').getAttribute('sidebar-state') === 'visible';
     };
 
+    $scope.swipeRight = function($event) {
+        var touch = $event instanceof TouchEvent;
+        // Depending on swipe state
+        if ($scope.swipeStatus === 1) {
+            /* do nothing */
+        } else if ($scope.swipeStatus === 0 && touch) {
+            $scope.showSidebar();
+        } else if ($scope.swipeStatus === -1) {
+            $scope.closeNick();
+        } else {
+            console.log("Weird swipe status:", $scope.swipeStatus);
+            $scope.swipeStatus = 0; // restore sanity
+            $scope.closeNick();
+            $scope.hideSidebar();
+        }
+    };
+
+    $rootScope.swipeLeft = function($event) {
+        var touch = $event instanceof TouchEvent;
+        // Depending on swipe state, ...
+        if ($scope.swipeStatus === 1 && touch) {
+            $scope.hideSidebar();
+        } else if ($scope.swipeStatus === 0) {
+            $scope.openNick();
+        } else if ($scope.swipeStatus === -1) {
+            /* do nothing */
+        } else {
+            console.log("Weird swipe status:", $scope.swipeStatus);
+            $scope.swipeStatus = 0; // restore sanity
+            $scope.closeNick();
+            $scope.hideSidebar();
+        }
+    };
+
     $scope.showSidebar = function() {
         document.getElementById('sidebar').setAttribute('data-state', 'visible');
         document.getElementById('content').setAttribute('sidebar-state', 'visible');
@@ -331,15 +373,24 @@ weechat.controller('WeechatCtrl', ['$rootScope', '$scope', '$store', '$timeout',
             _.each(document.getElementsByTagName('textarea'), function(elem) {
                 $timeout(function(){elem.blur();});
             });
+            // hide nicklist
+            settings.nonicklist = true;
         }
+        $scope.swipeStatus = 1;
     };
 
     $rootScope.hideSidebar = function() {
         if (utils.isMobileUi()) {
+            // make sure nicklist is hidden
+            settings.nonicklist = true;
             document.getElementById('sidebar').setAttribute('data-state', 'hidden');
             document.getElementById('content').setAttribute('sidebar-state', 'hidden');
         }
+        $scope.swipeStatus = 0;
     };
+    // fugly hack
+    $scope.hideSidebar = function() { $rootScope.hideSidebar(); };
+
     settings.addCallback('autoconnect', function(autoconnect) {
         if (autoconnect && !$rootScope.connected && !$rootScope.sslError && !$rootScope.securityError && !$rootScope.errorMessage) {
             $scope.connect();
@@ -718,6 +769,9 @@ weechat.controller('WeechatCtrl', ['$rootScope', '$scope', '$store', '$timeout',
     // Watch model and update show setting when it changes
     settings.addCallback('nonicklist', function() {
         $scope.showNicklist = $scope.updateShowNicklist();
+        if ($scope.swipeStatus <= 0) {
+            $scope.swipeStatus = $scope.showNicklist ? -1 : 0;
+        }
         // restore bottom view
         if ($rootScope.connected && $rootScope.bufferBottom) {
             $timeout(function(){