diff --git a/Tusker/Screens/Main/MainSplitViewController.swift b/Tusker/Screens/Main/MainSplitViewController.swift
index 3e344ce7..d2df9c76 100644
--- a/Tusker/Screens/Main/MainSplitViewController.swift
+++ b/Tusker/Screens/Main/MainSplitViewController.swift
@@ -117,6 +117,8 @@ class MainSplitViewController: UISplitViewController {
         guard mode != navigationMode else {
             return
         }
+        navigationMode = mode
+        
         let viewControllers = secondaryNavController.viewControllers
         secondaryNavController.viewControllers = []
         // Setting viewControllers = [] doesn't remove the VC views from their superviews immediately,