diff --git a/apps/web/src/app.js b/apps/web/src/app.js
index 374ee0304..4fe202452 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/app.js
+++ b/apps/web/src/app.js
@@ -71,12 +71,8 @@ function App() {
     0
   );
   const [show, setShow] = usePersistentState("navContainerState", true);
-  const initStore = useStore(state => state.init);
-  const isSideMenuOpen = useStore(state => state.isSideMenuOpen);
-  useEffect(() => {
-    initStore();
-  }, [initStore]);
 
+  const isSideMenuOpen = useStore(state => state.isSideMenuOpen);
   useEffect(() => {
     RootNavigator.navigate(Object.keys(RootNavigator.routes)[selectedIndex]);
     // eslint-disable-next-line react-hooks/exhaustive-deps
diff --git a/apps/web/src/components/notebook/index.js b/apps/web/src/components/notebook/index.js
index 9769fa808..b61c25892 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/components/notebook/index.js
+++ b/apps/web/src/components/notebook/index.js
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import * as Icon from "react-feather";
 import ListItem from "../list-item";
 import { db, ev } from "../../common";
 import { showSnack } from "../snackbar";
-import { store } from "../../common/notebook-store";
+import { store } from "../../stores/notebook-store";
 
 const dropdownRefs = [];
 const menuItems = (notebook, index) => [
diff --git a/apps/web/src/stores/app-store.js b/apps/web/src/stores/app-store.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b7e2eec6d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/web/src/stores/app-store.js
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+import { db } from "../common/index";
+import createStore from "../common/store";
+
+function appStore(set) {
+  return {
+    isSideMenuOpen: false,
+    closeSideMenu: function() {
+      set(state => (state.isSideMenuOpen = false));
+    },
+    openSideMenu: function() {
+      set(state => (state.isSideMenuOpen = true));
+    }
+  };
+}
+
+const [useStore, store] = createStore(appStore);
+
+export { useStore, store };
diff --git a/apps/web/src/common/nbstore.js b/apps/web/src/stores/notebook-store.js
similarity index 90%
rename from apps/web/src/common/nbstore.js
rename to apps/web/src/stores/notebook-store.js
index 17eb78985..afb60c8e2 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/common/nbstore.js
+++ b/apps/web/src/stores/notebook-store.js
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-import { db } from "./index";
-import createStore from "./store";
+import { db } from "../common/index";
+import createStore from "../common/store";
 
 function notebookStore(set) {
   return {
diff --git a/apps/web/src/views/Notebooks.js b/apps/web/src/views/Notebooks.js
index 8ef630384..ca6a7844d 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/views/Notebooks.js
+++ b/apps/web/src/views/Notebooks.js
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import { db } from "../common";
 import Notebook from "../components/notebook";
 import AddNotebookDialog from "../components/dialogs/addnotebookdialog";
 import ListContainer from "../components/list-container";
-import { useStore, store } from "../common/notebook-store";
+import { useStore, store } from "../stores/notebook-store";
 
 const Notebooks = props => {
   const [open, setOpen] = useState(false);