diff --git a/static/src/app/app.component.html b/static/src/app/app.component.html
index d82fb31..9fcba6a 100644
--- a/static/src/app/app.component.html
+++ b/static/src/app/app.component.html
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@
 <div>
   <button mat-icon-button
           (click)="toggleSidebar()"
-          *ngIf="router.url.includes('/stats')"
+          *ngIf="showSidebarToggleBtn"
           style="background: linear-gradient(-90deg, #e8e5e5,#ffffff);margin-left: -12px;">
     <mat-icon svgIcon="chevron-left" *ngIf="sidebarOpen">
     </mat-icon>
diff --git a/static/src/app/app.component.ts b/static/src/app/app.component.ts
index e189a6e..16d6e96 100644
--- a/static/src/app/app.component.ts
+++ b/static/src/app/app.component.ts
@@ -23,10 +23,22 @@ export class AppComponent implements OnInit {
 
   sidebarOpen = true;
 
+  showSidebarToggleBtn = false;
+
   scrollTopVisible = false;
 
   scrollBtnVisibleVal = 100;
 
+  svgIcons = {
+    'add': 'outline-add_box-24px',
+    'add-user': 'twotone-person_add-24px',
+    'edit': 'twotone-edit-24px',
+    'delete': 'twotone-delete-24px',
+    'stats-detail': 'round-assessment-24px',
+    'chevron-left': 'baseline-chevron_left-24px',
+    'chevron-right': 'baseline-chevron_right-24px'
+  };
+
   version = 'v'.concat(require('./../../../package.json').version);
 
   constructor(public loginService: LoginService,
@@ -36,20 +48,7 @@ export class AppComponent implements OnInit {
               private iconRegistry: MatIconRegistry,
               private sanitizer: DomSanitizer,
               @Inject(DOCUMENT) private document) {
-    this.iconRegistry.addSvgIcon('add',
-      sanitizer.bypassSecurityTrustResourceUrl('../assets/icon/outline-add_box-24px.svg'));
-    this.iconRegistry.addSvgIcon('add-user',
-      sanitizer.bypassSecurityTrustResourceUrl('../assets/icon/twotone-person_add-24px.svg'));
-    this.iconRegistry.addSvgIcon('edit',
-      sanitizer.bypassSecurityTrustResourceUrl('../assets/icon/twotone-edit-24px.svg'));
-    this.iconRegistry.addSvgIcon('delete',
-      sanitizer.bypassSecurityTrustResourceUrl('../assets/icon/twotone-delete-24px.svg'));
-    this.iconRegistry.addSvgIcon('stats-detail',
-      sanitizer.bypassSecurityTrustResourceUrl('../assets/icon/round-assessment-24px.svg'));
-    this.iconRegistry.addSvgIcon('chevron-left',
-      sanitizer.bypassSecurityTrustResourceUrl('../assets/icon/baseline-chevron_left-24px.svg'));
-    this.iconRegistry.addSvgIcon('chevron-right',
-      sanitizer.bypassSecurityTrustResourceUrl('../assets/icon/baseline-chevron_right-24px.svg'));
+    this.initMaterialSvgIcons();
 
     router.events.subscribe(event => {
       if (event instanceof NavigationStart) {
@@ -58,13 +57,27 @@ export class AppComponent implements OnInit {
       if (event instanceof NavigationEnd) {
         this.loading = false;
         // scroll to top on route from army overview to user detail and back
-        if (router.url.includes('overview')) {
+        if (router.url.includes('/overview')) {
           this.scrollToTop();
         }
+        // show sidebar menu on initial stats page access
+        if (router.url.includes('/stats')) {
+          this.showSidebarToggleBtn = true;
+          this.sidebarOpen = true;
+        } else {
+          this.showSidebarToggleBtn = false;
+        }
       }
     });
   }
 
+  initMaterialSvgIcons() {
+    Object.keys(this.svgIcons).forEach(key => {
+      const fileUri = '../assets/icon/' + this.svgIcons[key] + '.svg';
+      this.iconRegistry.addSvgIcon(key, this.sanitizer.bypassSecurityTrustResourceUrl(fileUri));
+    });
+  }
+
   @HostListener('window:scroll', [])
   onWindowScroll() {
     this.scrollTopVisible = document.body.scrollTop > this.scrollBtnVisibleVal