diff --git a/app/components/dashboard/dashboardController.js b/app/components/dashboard/dashboardController.js
index 07646c007..e5863dc59 100644
--- a/app/components/dashboard/dashboardController.js
+++ b/app/components/dashboard/dashboardController.js
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ angular.module('dashboard', [])
         if (Settings.firstLoad) {
             opts.animation = true;
             Settings.firstLoad = false;
+            localStorage.setItem('firstLoad', false);
             $('#masthead').show();
 
             setTimeout(function () {
diff --git a/app/shared/services.js b/app/shared/services.js
index e3e73a480..f2b9da742 100644
--- a/app/shared/services.js
+++ b/app/shared/services.js
@@ -145,12 +145,13 @@ angular.module('dockerui.services', ['ngResource'])
         if (DOCKER_PORT) {
             url = url + DOCKER_PORT + '\\' + DOCKER_PORT;
         }
+        var firstLoad = (localStorage.getItem('firstLoad') || 'true') === 'true';
         return {
             displayAll: false,
             endpoint: DOCKER_ENDPOINT,
             uiVersion: UI_VERSION,
             url: url,
-            firstLoad: true
+            firstLoad: firstLoad
         };
     }])
     .factory('ViewSpinner', function ViewSpinnerFactory() {