diff --git a/src/SideMenu.tsx b/src/SideMenu.tsx
index 931bdc9..e178c95 100644
--- a/src/SideMenu.tsx
+++ b/src/SideMenu.tsx
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 import * as React from 'react';
 import { connect } from 'react-redux';
 import { withRouter } from 'react-router';
-import { NavLink } from 'react-router-dom';
 import { List, ListItem } from 'material-ui/List';
 import Subheader from 'material-ui/Subheader';
 import Divider from 'material-ui/Divider';
@@ -28,6 +27,7 @@ interface PropsType {
 
 interface PropsTypeInner extends PropsType {
   journals: JournalsType;
+  history: any;
 }
 
 class SideMenu extends React.Component {
@@ -57,7 +57,10 @@ class SideMenu extends React.Component {
           <SideMenuJournals
             etesync={this.props.etesync}
             journals={this.props.journals.value}
-            onItemClick={this.props.onCloseDrawerRequest}
+            onItemClick={(journalUid: string) => {
+              this.props.onCloseDrawerRequest();
+              this.props.history.push(routeResolver.getRoute('journals._id', { journalUid: journalUid }));
+            }}
           />
         </React.Fragment>
       );
@@ -79,12 +82,14 @@ class SideMenu extends React.Component {
           </div>
         </div>
         <List>
-          <NavLink
-            to={routeResolver.getRoute('home')}
-            exact={true}
-          >
-            <ListItem primaryText="Main" leftIcon={<ActionHome />}  onClick={this.props.onCloseDrawerRequest} />
-          </NavLink>
+          <ListItem
+            primaryText="Main"
+            leftIcon={<ActionHome />}
+            onClick={() => {
+              this.props.onCloseDrawerRequest();
+              this.props.history.push(routeResolver.getRoute('home'));
+            }}
+          />
           {loggedInItems}
           <Divider />
           <Subheader>External Links</Subheader>
diff --git a/src/SideMenuJournals.tsx b/src/SideMenuJournals.tsx
index 6add32f..0453961 100644
--- a/src/SideMenuJournals.tsx
+++ b/src/SideMenuJournals.tsx
@@ -1,18 +1,16 @@
 import * as React from 'react';
-import { Link } from 'react-router-dom';
 
 import { ListItem } from 'material-ui/List';
 
 import * as EteSync from './api/EteSync';
 
-import { routeResolver } from './App';
 import { JournalsData, CredentialsData } from './store';
 
 class SideMenuJournals extends React.Component {
   props: {
     etesync: CredentialsData;
     journals: JournalsData;
-    onItemClick: () => void;
+    onItemClick: (journalUid: string) => void;
   };
 
   constructor(props: any) {
@@ -38,13 +36,8 @@ class SideMenuJournals extends React.Component {
           let info = journal.getInfo(cryptoManager);
           ret[info.type] = ret[info.type] || [];
           ret[info.type].push(
-            <ListItem key={journal.uid}>
-              <Link
-                to={routeResolver.getRoute('journals._id', { journalUid: journal.uid })}
-                onClick={this.props.onItemClick}
-              >
-                {info.displayName} ({journal.uid.slice(0, 5)})
-              </Link>
+            <ListItem key={journal.uid} onClick={() => this.props.onItemClick(journal.uid)}>
+              {info.displayName} ({journal.uid.slice(0, 5)})
             </ListItem>
           );
         }