diff --git a/Reader/Screens/AppSplitViewController.swift b/Reader/Screens/AppSplitViewController.swift
index 1df944c..f726991 100644
--- a/Reader/Screens/AppSplitViewController.swift
+++ b/Reader/Screens/AppSplitViewController.swift
@@ -45,7 +45,11 @@ class AppSplitViewController: UISplitViewController {
         setViewController(sidebarNav, for: .primary)
         
         secondaryNav = UINavigationController()
-        secondaryNav.isNavigationBarHidden = true
+        // the toggle sidebar button only appears if there's a navigation bar
+        // so we just make always transparent, rather than disabling it
+        let secondaryNavBarAppearance = UINavigationBarAppearance()
+        secondaryNavBarAppearance.configureWithTransparentBackground()
+        secondaryNav.navigationBar.standardAppearance = secondaryNavBarAppearance
         secondaryNav.view.backgroundColor = .appBackground
         setViewController(secondaryNav, for: .secondary)