diff --git a/dashboard/src/components/SideBar.vue b/dashboard/src/components/SideBar.vue
index b5f6520cd..404359743 100644
--- a/dashboard/src/components/SideBar.vue
+++ b/dashboard/src/components/SideBar.vue
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ defineProps({
 
 const sideBar = useTemplateRef('sideBar');
 const isVisible = ref(false);
-const isCollapsed = ref(false);
+const isCollapsed = ref(true);
 
 function open() {
   isVisible.value = true;
@@ -36,6 +36,10 @@ onMounted(() => {
   });
 });
 
+function onToggleCollapse() {
+  isCollapsed.value = !isCollapsed.value;
+}
+
 </script>
 
 <template>
@@ -57,9 +61,12 @@ onMounted(() => {
           :active="item.active"
           :separator="item.separator"
           :child-items="item.childItems"
+          :collapsed="isCollapsed"
           @close="close"
         />
       </div>
+      <div style="flex-grow: 1"></div>
+      <div class="sidebar-collapse-action" @click="onToggleCollapse()"><i class="fa-solid" :class="{ 'fa-arrow-left': !isCollapsed, 'fa-arrow-right': isCollapsed }"></i> <span v-if="!isCollapsed">Collapse sidebar</span></div>
     </div>
   </div>
 </template>
@@ -77,6 +84,27 @@ onMounted(() => {
   min-width: 250px;
 }
 
+.sidebar-collapsed {
+  min-width: unset !important;
+  width: 70px;
+}
+
+.sidebar-collapse-action {
+  display: block;
+  color: gray;
+  border-radius: 3px;
+  padding: 10px 15px;
+  white-space: nowrap;
+  cursor: pointer;
+  transition: all 180ms ease-out;
+}
+
+.sidebar-collapse-action i {
+  opacity: 0.5;
+  margin-right: 10px;
+}
+
+
 .sidebar-inner {
   display: flex;
   flex-direction: column;
diff --git a/dashboard/src/components/SideBarItem.vue b/dashboard/src/components/SideBarItem.vue
index 2c2d42267..e96b3e480 100644
--- a/dashboard/src/components/SideBarItem.vue
+++ b/dashboard/src/components/SideBarItem.vue
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 <script setup>
 
-import { ref, computed } from 'vue';
+import { ref, computed, useTemplateRef } from 'vue';
+import { Menu } from '@cloudron/pankow';
 import SideBarItem from './SideBarItem.vue';
 
 const emit = defineEmits(['close']);
@@ -23,6 +24,10 @@ const props = defineProps({
     type: Boolean,
     default: false,
   },
+  collapsed: {
+    type: Boolean,
+    default: false,
+  },
   visible: {
     type: [ Boolean, Function ],
     default: true,
@@ -49,13 +54,36 @@ function close() {
   emit('close');
 }
 
+const menu = useTemplateRef('menu');
+const elem = useTemplateRef('elem');
+
+const subItems = computed(() => {
+  return props.childItems.map(i => {
+    return {
+      label: i.label,
+      icon: i.icon,
+      href: i.route,
+    };
+  });
+});
+
+function toggleMenu() {
+  if (props.collapsed) {
+    menu.value.open(event, elem.value);
+  } else {
+    isExpanded.value = !isExpanded.value;
+  }
+}
+
 </script>
 
 <template>
   <div v-if="isVisible">
     <hr v-if="separator"/>
-    <a v-else-if="!childItems?.length" class="sidebar-item" :class="{ active: isActive }" :href="route" @click="close()"><i :class="icon"></i> {{ label }}</a>
-    <div v-else-if="childItems.length" class="sidebar-item" @click="isExpanded = !isExpanded"><i :class="icon"></i> {{ $t(label) }} <i class="collapse fa-solid fa-angle-right" :class="{ expanded: isExpanded }" style="margin-left: 6px;"></i></div>
+    <a v-else-if="!childItems?.length" class="sidebar-item" :class="{ active: isActive }" :href="route" @click="close()"><i :class="icon"></i> <span v-if="!collapsed">{{ label }}</span></a>
+    <div v-else-if="childItems.length" class="sidebar-item" ref="elem" @click="toggleMenu()"><i :class="icon"></i> <span v-if="!collapsed">{{ label }} <i class="collapse fa-solid fa-angle-right" :class="{ expanded: isExpanded }" style="margin-left: 6px;"></i></span></div>
+
+    <Menu ref="menu" :model="subItems"></Menu>
 
     <Transition name="sidebar-item-group-animation">
       <div class="sidebar-item-group" v-if="isExpanded">