diff --git a/OHIFViewer/client/components/toolbarSection/toolbarSection.html b/OHIFViewer/client/components/toolbarSection/toolbarSection.html
index 077cc9c28..fe062ac84 100644
--- a/OHIFViewer/client/components/toolbarSection/toolbarSection.html
+++ b/OHIFViewer/client/components/toolbarSection/toolbarSection.html
@@ -4,14 +4,14 @@
             <div class="pull-left m-t-1">
                 {{>roundedButtonGroup leftSidebarToggleButtonData}}
             </div>
-            {{> toolbarSectionTools
+            {{>toolbarSectionTools
                 toolbarButtons=toolbarButtons
                 extraToolbarButtons=extraToolbarButtons}}
             <div class="pull-right m-t-1 rm-x-1">
-                {{> roundedButtonGroup rightSidebarToggleButtonData}}
+                {{>roundedButtonGroup rightSidebarToggleButtonData}}
             </div>
             <div class="pull-right">
-                {{> toolbarSectionTools toolbarButtons=hangingProtocolButtons}}
+                {{>toolbarSectionTools toolbarButtons=hangingProtocolButtons}}
             </div>
         </div>
     </div>
diff --git a/OHIFViewer/client/components/toolbarSection/toolbarSection.js b/OHIFViewer/client/components/toolbarSection/toolbarSection.js
index 1c6c80762..8f34ac230 100644
--- a/OHIFViewer/client/components/toolbarSection/toolbarSection.js
+++ b/OHIFViewer/client/components/toolbarSection/toolbarSection.js
@@ -1,4 +1,14 @@
 import { OHIF } from 'meteor/ohif:core';
+import { Template } from 'meteor/templating';
+import { $ } from 'meteor/jquery';
+
+Template.toolbarSection.onCreated(() => {
+    const instance = Template.instance();
+
+    if (OHIF.uiSettings.leftSidebarOpen) {
+        instance.data.state.set('leftSidebar', 'studies');
+    }
+});
 
 Template.toolbarSection.helpers({
     leftSidebarToggleButtonData() {
@@ -122,7 +132,7 @@ Template.toolbarSection.helpers({
             classes: 'imageViewerTool toolbarSectionButton',
             iconClasses: 'fa fa-circle'
         });
-        
+
         buttonData.push({
             id: 'wwwcRegion',
             title: 'ROI Window',
@@ -165,7 +175,7 @@ Template.toolbarSection.helpers({
             iconClasses: 'fa fa-trash'
         });
 
-        return buttonData;   
+        return buttonData;
     },
 
     hangingProtocolButtons() {
diff --git a/OHIFViewer/client/components/viewer/viewer.html b/OHIFViewer/client/components/viewer/viewer.html
index cd9d8fb68..fb4ab5b2c 100644
--- a/OHIFViewer/client/components/viewer/viewer.html
+++ b/OHIFViewer/client/components/viewer/viewer.html
@@ -1,20 +1,20 @@
 <template name="viewer">
     {{#if Template.subscriptionsReady}}
     <div class="viewerDialogs">
-        {{> cineDialog}}
-        {{> layoutChooser }}
-        {{> annotationDialogs }}
+        {{>cineDialog}}
+        {{>layoutChooser}}
+        {{>annotationDialogs}}
 
         <!-- Hanging Protocol dialogs -->
-        {{ >ruleEntryDialog }}
-        {{ >settingEntryDialog }}
-        {{ >textEntryDialog }}
+        {{>ruleEntryDialog}}
+        {{>settingEntryDialog}}
+        {{>textEntryDialog}}
     </div>
     <div id="viewer">
-        {{> toolbarSection (clone this)}}
-        {{> flexboxLayout (clone this)}}
+        {{>toolbarSection (clone this)}}
+        {{>flexboxLayout (clone this)}}
     </div>
     {{else}}
-        {{> loadingText}}
+        {{>loadingText}}
     {{/if}}
-</template>
\ No newline at end of file
+</template>
diff --git a/Packages/lesiontracker/client/components/lesionTrackerWorklistContextMenu/lesionTrackerWorklistContextMenu.html b/Packages/lesiontracker/client/components/lesionTrackerWorklistContextMenu/lesionTrackerWorklistContextMenu.html
index b24e896c8..44c8d699d 100644
--- a/Packages/lesiontracker/client/components/lesionTrackerWorklistContextMenu/lesionTrackerWorklistContextMenu.html
+++ b/Packages/lesiontracker/client/components/lesionTrackerWorklistContextMenu/lesionTrackerWorklistContextMenu.html
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <template name="lesionTrackerWorklistContextMenu">
-    {{#if studyListFunctionsEnabled}}
+    {{#if uiSettings.studyListFunctionsEnabled}}
     <div id="studyContextMenu" class="studyContextMenu noselect"
          oncontextmenu='return false;'
          unselectable='on'
@@ -37,4 +37,4 @@
         </ul>
     </div>
     {{/if}}
-</template>
\ No newline at end of file
+</template>
diff --git a/Packages/lesiontracker/client/components/lesionTrackerWorklistContextMenu/lesionTrackerWorklistContextMenu.js b/Packages/lesiontracker/client/components/lesionTrackerWorklistContextMenu/lesionTrackerWorklistContextMenu.js
index e9a66b178..fae8ecec4 100644
--- a/Packages/lesiontracker/client/components/lesionTrackerWorklistContextMenu/lesionTrackerWorklistContextMenu.js
+++ b/Packages/lesiontracker/client/components/lesionTrackerWorklistContextMenu/lesionTrackerWorklistContextMenu.js
@@ -173,11 +173,3 @@ function viewStudies() {
     // Switch to the new tab
     switchToTab(contentid);
 }
-
-Template.studyContextMenu.helpers({
-    'studyListFunctionsEnabled': function() {
-        var studyListFunctionsEnabled = Meteor.settings && Meteor.settings.public && Meteor.settings.public.ui &&
-            Meteor.settings.public.ui.studyListFunctionsEnabled || false;
-        return studyListFunctionsEnabled;
-    }
-});
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Packages/ohif-core/client/helpers/index.js b/Packages/ohif-core/client/helpers/index.js
index 0d9c7683d..d0167cc05 100644
--- a/Packages/ohif-core/client/helpers/index.js
+++ b/Packages/ohif-core/client/helpers/index.js
@@ -5,3 +5,4 @@ import './logical.js';
 import './number.js';
 import './string.js';
 import './typing.js';
+import './ui.js';
diff --git a/Packages/ohif-core/client/helpers/ui.js b/Packages/ohif-core/client/helpers/ui.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ad8bfffbc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Packages/ohif-core/client/helpers/ui.js
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+import { OHIF } from 'meteor/ohif:core';
+import { Template } from 'meteor/templating';
+
+/**
+ * Global Blaze UI helpers
+ */
+
+// Access OHIF.uiSettings object
+Template.registerHelper('uiSettings', () => {
+    return OHIF.uiSettings;
+});
diff --git a/Packages/ohif-core/client/lib/index.js b/Packages/ohif-core/client/lib/index.js
index 1699c91cd..56c8d9f11 100644
--- a/Packages/ohif-core/client/lib/index.js
+++ b/Packages/ohif-core/client/lib/index.js
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 import './blaze.js';
 import './string.js';
+import './ui.js';
 import './user.js';
diff --git a/Packages/ohif-core/client/lib/ui.js b/Packages/ohif-core/client/lib/ui.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1598ccc49
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Packages/ohif-core/client/lib/ui.js
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+import { OHIF } from 'meteor/ohif:core';
+import { Meteor } from 'meteor/meteor';
+
+// Get the UI settings
+const ui = Meteor.settings && Meteor.settings.public && Meteor.settings.public.ui;
+OHIF.uiSettings = ui || {};
diff --git a/Packages/worklist/both/schema.js b/Packages/worklist/both/schema.js
index 78ad516a0..a5ac2d87f 100644
--- a/Packages/worklist/both/schema.js
+++ b/Packages/worklist/both/schema.js
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ export const DICOMWebRequestOptions = new SimpleSchema({
     logResponses: {
         type: Boolean,
         defaultValue: false,
-        label: 'Log Responses?',  
+        label: 'Log Responses?',
     },
     logTiming: {
         type: Boolean,
@@ -116,6 +116,11 @@ export const UISettings = new SimpleSchema({
         type: Boolean,
         label: 'Study List Functions Enabled?',
         defaultValue: true
+    },
+    leftSidebarOpen: {
+        type: Boolean,
+        label: 'Left sidebar open by default?',
+        defaultValue: false
     }
 });
 
diff --git a/Packages/worklist/client/components/studyContextMenu/studyContextMenu.html b/Packages/worklist/client/components/studyContextMenu/studyContextMenu.html
index 0326400b4..8c07fc01d 100644
--- a/Packages/worklist/client/components/studyContextMenu/studyContextMenu.html
+++ b/Packages/worklist/client/components/studyContextMenu/studyContextMenu.html
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <template name="studyContextMenu">
-    {{#if studyListFunctionsEnabled}}
+    {{#if uiSettings.studyListFunctionsEnabled}}
     <div id="studyContextMenu" class="studyContextMenu noselect"
          oncontextmenu='return false;'
          unselectable='on'
@@ -18,4 +18,4 @@
         </ul>
     </div>
     {{/if}}
-</template>
\ No newline at end of file
+</template>
diff --git a/Packages/worklist/client/components/studyContextMenu/studyContextMenu.js b/Packages/worklist/client/components/studyContextMenu/studyContextMenu.js
index d6f8c647d..048c2f2c0 100644
--- a/Packages/worklist/client/components/studyContextMenu/studyContextMenu.js
+++ b/Packages/worklist/client/components/studyContextMenu/studyContextMenu.js
@@ -82,10 +82,3 @@ Template.studyContextMenu.events({
         closeHandler(dialog);
     }
 });
-
-Template.studyContextMenu.helpers({
-    'studyListFunctionsEnabled': function() {
-        var studyListFunctionsEnabled = Meteor.settings && Meteor.settings.public && Meteor.settings.public.ui &&
-            Meteor.settings.public.ui.studyListFunctionsEnabled || false;        return studyListFunctionsEnabled;
-    }
-});
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Packages/worklist/client/components/worklistToolbar/worklistToolbar.js b/Packages/worklist/client/components/worklistToolbar/worklistToolbar.js
index 6d056af5c..6087155ba 100644
--- a/Packages/worklist/client/components/worklistToolbar/worklistToolbar.js
+++ b/Packages/worklist/client/components/worklistToolbar/worklistToolbar.js
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+import { OHIF } from 'meteor/ohif:core';
+import { Template } from 'meteor/templating';
+import { Meteor } from 'meteor/meteor';
+import { Session } from 'meteor/session';
+import { $ } from 'meteor/jquery';
+
 Template.worklistToolbar.onCreated(() => {
     Meteor.call('importSupported', (error, result) => {
         if (error || !result) {
@@ -11,26 +17,20 @@ Template.worklistToolbar.onCreated(() => {
 Template.worklistToolbar.events({
     'change .js-import-files'(event) {
         //  Get selected files located in the client machine
-        var selectedFiles = $.map(event.currentTarget.files, (value) => {
-            return value;
-        });
-        
+        const selectedFiles = $.map(event.currentTarget.files, value => value);
+
         importStudies(selectedFiles);
     },
 
     'click .js-import-files'(event) {
         // Reset file input
-        var fileInput = event.currentTarget;
-        $(fileInput).val('');
+        $(event.currentTarget).val('');
     }
 });
 
 Template.worklistToolbar.helpers({
     importSupported() {
-        var importSupported = Session.get('importSupported');
-        var studyListFunctionsEnabled = Meteor.settings && Meteor.settings.public && Meteor.settings.public.ui &&
-            Meteor.settings.public.ui.studyListFunctionsEnabled || false;
-
-        return (importSupported && studyListFunctionsEnabled);
+        const importSupported = Session.get('importSupported');
+        return (importSupported && OHIF.uiSettings.studyListFunctionsEnabled);
     }
-});
\ No newline at end of file
+});
diff --git a/config/orthancDICOMWeb.json b/config/orthancDICOMWeb.json
index ee2f1a1f2..74be118d2 100644
--- a/config/orthancDICOMWeb.json
+++ b/config/orthancDICOMWeb.json
@@ -22,7 +22,8 @@
   "public": {
     "verifyEmail": false,
     "ui": {
-        "studyListFunctionsEnabled": true
+        "studyListFunctionsEnabled": true,
+        "leftSidebarOpen": true
     }
   }
 }