diff --git a/integration-tests/configs/config.hiddenNav.yaml b/integration-tests/configs/config.hiddenNav.yaml
index 3edd298..f3ec261 100644
--- a/integration-tests/configs/config.hiddenNav.yaml
+++ b/integration-tests/configs/config.hiddenNav.yaml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 listenAddressSingleHTTPFrontend: 0.0.0.0:1337 
 
-hideNavigation: true
+showNavigation: false
 checkForUpdates: false 
 
 # Actions (buttons) to show up on the WebUI:
diff --git a/internal/config/config.go b/internal/config/config.go
index 7b83e64..e1b90e7 100644
--- a/internal/config/config.go
+++ b/internal/config/config.go
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ type UserGroup struct {
 type Config struct {
 	UseSingleHTTPFrontend           bool
 	ThemeName                       string
-	HideNavigation                  bool
+	ShowNavigation                  bool
 	ListenAddressSingleHTTPFrontend string
 	ListenAddressWebUI              string
 	ListenAddressRestActions        string
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ type Config struct {
 func DefaultConfig() *Config {
 	config := Config{}
 	config.UseSingleHTTPFrontend = true
-	config.HideNavigation = false
+	config.ShowNavigation = true
 	config.ListenAddressSingleHTTPFrontend = "0.0.0.0:1337"
 	config.ListenAddressRestActions = "localhost:1338"
 	config.ListenAddressGrpcActions = "localhost:1339"
diff --git a/internal/httpservers/webuiServer.go b/internal/httpservers/webuiServer.go
index 3ce2f73..dceecc7 100644
--- a/internal/httpservers/webuiServer.go
+++ b/internal/httpservers/webuiServer.go
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ import (
 type webUISettings struct {
 	Rest             string
 	ThemeName        string
-	HideNavigation   bool
+	ShowNavigation   bool
 	AvailableVersion string
 	CurrentVersion   string
 	ShowNewVersions  bool
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ func generateWebUISettings(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 	jsonRet, _ := json.Marshal(webUISettings{
 		Rest:             restAddress + "/api/",
 		ThemeName:        cfg.ThemeName,
-		HideNavigation:   cfg.HideNavigation,
+		ShowNavigation:   cfg.ShowNavigation,
 		AvailableVersion: updatecheck.AvailableVersion,
 		CurrentVersion:   updatecheck.CurrentVersion,
 		ShowNewVersions:  cfg.ShowNewVersions,
diff --git a/webui/main.js b/webui/main.js
index 1184c8a..bfb8c89 100644
--- a/webui/main.js
+++ b/webui/main.js
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ function processWebuiSettingsJson (settings) {
     document.querySelector('#available-version').hidden = false
   }
 
-  document.querySelector('#section-switcher').hidden = settings.HideNavigation
+  document.querySelector('#section-switcher').hidden = !settings.ShowNavigation
 }
 
 function main () {