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 db4c671..564a0c4 100644
--- a/internal/config/config.go
+++ b/internal/config/config.go
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ type Action struct {
 	Arguments   []ActionArgument
 }
 
-// ActionArgument objects appear on Actions.
+// ActionArgument objects appear on Actions. 
 type ActionArgument struct {
 	Name    string
 	Title   string
@@ -60,8 +60,6 @@ type UserGroup struct {
 type Config struct {
 	UseSingleHTTPFrontend           bool
 	ThemeName                       string
-	HideNavigation                  bool
-	ShowFooter                      bool
 	ListenAddressSingleHTTPFrontend string
 	ListenAddressWebUI              string
 	ListenAddressRestActions        string
@@ -71,6 +69,8 @@ type Config struct {
 	Actions                         []Action `mapstructure:"actions"`
 	Entities                        []Entity `mapstructure:"entities"`
 	CheckForUpdates                 bool
+  ShowFooter                      bool
+  ShowNavigation                  bool
 	ShowNewVersions                 bool
 	Usergroups                      []UserGroup
 	DefaultPermissions              DefaultPermissions
@@ -80,15 +80,15 @@ type Config struct {
 func DefaultConfig() *Config {
 	config := Config{}
 	config.UseSingleHTTPFrontend = true
-	config.HideNavigation = false
-	config.ShowFooter = true
+  config.ShowFooter = true
+	config.ShowNavigation = true
+  config.ShowNewVersions = true
 	config.ListenAddressSingleHTTPFrontend = "0.0.0.0:1337"
 	config.ListenAddressRestActions = "localhost:1338"
 	config.ListenAddressGrpcActions = "localhost:1339"
 	config.ListenAddressWebUI = "localhost:1340"
 	config.LogLevel = "INFO"
 	config.CheckForUpdates = true
-	config.ShowNewVersions = true
 	config.DefaultPermissions.Exec = true
 	config.DefaultPermissions.View = true
 
diff --git a/internal/httpservers/webuiServer.go b/internal/httpservers/webuiServer.go
index 525f746..12f616f 100644
--- a/internal/httpservers/webuiServer.go
+++ b/internal/httpservers/webuiServer.go
@@ -14,11 +14,11 @@ import (
 type webUISettings struct {
 	Rest             string
 	ThemeName        string
-	HideNavigation   bool
-	ShowFooter       bool
+  ShowFooter       bool
+	ShowNavigation   bool
+	ShowNewVersions  bool
 	AvailableVersion string
 	CurrentVersion   string
-	ShowNewVersions  bool
 }
 
 func findWebuiDir() string {
@@ -53,11 +53,12 @@ func generateWebUISettings(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 	jsonRet, _ := json.Marshal(webUISettings{
 		Rest:             restAddress + "/api/",
 		ThemeName:        cfg.ThemeName,
-		HideNavigation:   cfg.HideNavigation,
-		ShowFooter:       cfg.ShowFooter,
+    ShowFooter:       cfg.ShowFooter,
+		ShowNavigation:   cfg.ShowNavigation,
+		ShowNewVersions:  cfg.ShowNewVersions,
 		AvailableVersion: updatecheck.AvailableVersion,
 		CurrentVersion:   updatecheck.CurrentVersion,
-		ShowNewVersions:  cfg.ShowNewVersions,
+
 	})
 
 	_, err := w.Write([]byte(jsonRet))
diff --git a/webui/main.js b/webui/main.js
index 0f2f2e9..b8c9531 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
   document.querySelector('footer[title="footer"]').hidden = !settings.ShowFooter
 }