diff --git a/src/views/app.html b/src/views/app.html
index 82551a765..c60410100 100644
--- a/src/views/app.html
+++ b/src/views/app.html
@@ -145,15 +145,15 @@
   <div class="row">
     <div class="col-md-2">
       <div class="app-configure-links">
-        <div ng-click="view = 'overview'" ng-class="{ 'active': view === 'overview' }">Overview</div>
-        <div ng-click="view = 'display'" ng-class="{ 'active': view === 'display' }">Display</div>
-        <div ng-click="view = 'location'" ng-class="{ 'active': view === 'location' }">Location</div>
-        <div ng-click="view = 'access'" ng-class="{ 'active': view === 'access' }">Access Control</div>
-        <div ng-click="view = 'resources'" ng-class="{ 'active': view === 'resources' }">Resources</div>
-        <div ng-click="view = 'security'" ng-class="{ 'active': view === 'security' }">Security</div>
-        <div ng-click="view = 'updates'" ng-class="{ 'active': view === 'updates' }">Updates</div>
-        <div ng-click="view = 'backups'" ng-class="{ 'active': view === 'backups' }">Backups</div>
-        <div ng-click="view = 'debug'" ng-class="{ 'active': view === 'debug' }">Debug</div>
+        <div ng-click="setView('overview')" ng-class="{ 'active': view === 'overview' }">Overview</div>
+        <div ng-click="setView('display')" ng-class="{ 'active': view === 'display' }">Display</div>
+        <div ng-click="setView('location')" ng-class="{ 'active': view === 'location' }">Location</div>
+        <div ng-click="setView('access')" ng-class="{ 'active': view === 'access' }">Access Control</div>
+        <div ng-click="setView('resources')" ng-class="{ 'active': view === 'resources' }">Resources</div>
+        <div ng-click="setView('security')" ng-class="{ 'active': view === 'security' }">Security</div>
+        <div ng-click="setView('updates')" ng-class="{ 'active': view === 'updates' }">Updates</div>
+        <div ng-click="setView('backups')" ng-class="{ 'active': view === 'backups' }">Backups</div>
+        <div ng-click="setView('debug')" ng-class="{ 'active': view === 'debug' }">Debug</div>
       </div>
     </div>
     <div class="col-md-8">
diff --git a/src/views/app.js b/src/views/app.js
index 0e4a55cdd..0a91e7d72 100644
--- a/src/views/app.js
+++ b/src/views/app.js
@@ -54,6 +54,17 @@ angular.module('Application').controller('AppController', ['$scope', '$location'
     $scope.backupsEnabled = true;
     $scope.disableIndexingTemplate = '# Disable search engine indexing\n\nUser-agent: *\nDisallow: /';
 
+    $scope.setView = function (view) {
+        if ($scope.view === view) return;
+
+        $scope[view].show();
+        $scope.view = view;
+    };
+
+    $scope.overview = {
+        show: function () {}
+    };
+
     $scope.display = {
         busy: false,
         error: {},
@@ -512,6 +523,8 @@ angular.module('Application').controller('AppController', ['$scope', '$location'
     };
 
     $scope.debug = {
+        show: function () {},
+
         stopAppTask: function (taskId) {
             Client.stopTask(taskId, function (error) {
                 // we can ignore a call trying to cancel an already done task