diff --git a/css/main.css b/css/main.css
index f912b18d849d3696676263199ee661dded3c0c33..e9adf2cfc2ab6c47798096e73768ad2e529cd0a2 100644
--- a/css/main.css
+++ b/css/main.css
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ nav .btn {
     position: absolute;
     display: block;
     background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0.8);
-    right: 0px;
+    right: -400px;/*initially hidden*/
     overflow:hidden;
 }
 
diff --git a/js/menus/Navbar.js b/js/menus/Navbar.js
index ac4003a3b9e8d7796980fd5d36f28e8a2b06fc00..a1747f4c3dcbb86ff9a01b4e7a2cc5af9d93c52a 100644
--- a/js/menus/Navbar.js
+++ b/js/menus/Navbar.js
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ NavBar = Backbone.View.extend({
         this.listenTo(this.model, "change:currentNav", this._updateNavSelectionUI);
 
         this._uiStuff();
+        this._updateShowHideButton();
         this._updateNavSelectionUI();
     },
 
diff --git a/js/models/AppState.js b/js/models/AppState.js
index 73a48e52add0b7273b6735ac1a1c98b1b350c15b..7ceb20d13140565a4ce7888dff3b1f39ae141ff4 100644
--- a/js/models/AppState.js
+++ b/js/models/AppState.js
@@ -59,9 +59,18 @@ AppState = Backbone.Model.extend({
         this.lattice = options.lattice;//this doesn't need to be tracked for changes
         this.downKeys = {};//track keypresses to prevent repeat keystrokeson hold
 
+        if (this.isMobile()) this.set("menuIsVisible", false);
+
         this.set("menuWrapper", new MenuWrapper({model: this}));
     },
 
+    isMobile: function() {
+//        var check = false;
+//        (function(a,b){if(/(android|bb\d+|meego).+mobile|avantgo|bada\/|blackberry|blazer|compal|elaine|fennec|hiptop|iemobile|ip(hone|od)|iris|kindle|lge |maemo|midp|mmp|mobile.+firefox|netfront|opera m(ob|in)i|palm( os)?|phone|p(ixi|re)\/|plucker|pocket|psp|series(4|6)0|symbian|treo|up\.(browser|link)|vodafone|wap|windows ce|xda|xiino/i.test(a)||/1207|6310|6590|3gso|4thp|50[1-6]i|770s|802s|a wa|abac|ac(er|oo|s\-)|ai(ko|rn)|al(av|ca|co)|amoi|an(ex|ny|yw)|aptu|ar(ch|go)|as(te|us)|attw|au(di|\-m|r |s )|avan|be(ck|ll|nq)|bi(lb|rd)|bl(ac|az)|br(e|v)w|bumb|bw\-(n|u)|c55\/|capi|ccwa|cdm\-|cell|chtm|cldc|cmd\-|co(mp|nd)|craw|da(it|ll|ng)|dbte|dc\-s|devi|dica|dmob|do(c|p)o|ds(12|\-d)|el(49|ai)|em(l2|ul)|er(ic|k0)|esl8|ez([4-7]0|os|wa|ze)|fetc|fly(\-|_)|g1 u|g560|gene|gf\-5|g\-mo|go(\.w|od)|gr(ad|un)|haie|hcit|hd\-(m|p|t)|hei\-|hi(pt|ta)|hp( i|ip)|hs\-c|ht(c(\-| |_|a|g|p|s|t)|tp)|hu(aw|tc)|i\-(20|go|ma)|i230|iac( |\-|\/)|ibro|idea|ig01|ikom|im1k|inno|ipaq|iris|ja(t|v)a|jbro|jemu|jigs|kddi|keji|kgt( |\/)|klon|kpt |kwc\-|kyo(c|k)|le(no|xi)|lg( g|\/(k|l|u)|50|54|\-[a-w])|libw|lynx|m1\-w|m3ga|m50\/|ma(te|ui|xo)|mc(01|21|ca)|m\-cr|me(rc|ri)|mi(o8|oa|ts)|mmef|mo(01|02|bi|de|do|t(\-| |o|v)|zz)|mt(50|p1|v )|mwbp|mywa|n10[0-2]|n20[2-3]|n30(0|2)|n50(0|2|5)|n7(0(0|1)|10)|ne((c|m)\-|on|tf|wf|wg|wt)|nok(6|i)|nzph|o2im|op(ti|wv)|oran|owg1|p800|pan(a|d|t)|pdxg|pg(13|\-([1-8]|c))|phil|pire|pl(ay|uc)|pn\-2|po(ck|rt|se)|prox|psio|pt\-g|qa\-a|qc(07|12|21|32|60|\-[2-7]|i\-)|qtek|r380|r600|raks|rim9|ro(ve|zo)|s55\/|sa(ge|ma|mm|ms|ny|va)|sc(01|h\-|oo|p\-)|sdk\/|se(c(\-|0|1)|47|mc|nd|ri)|sgh\-|shar|sie(\-|m)|sk\-0|sl(45|id)|sm(al|ar|b3|it|t5)|so(ft|ny)|sp(01|h\-|v\-|v )|sy(01|mb)|t2(18|50)|t6(00|10|18)|ta(gt|lk)|tcl\-|tdg\-|tel(i|m)|tim\-|t\-mo|to(pl|sh)|ts(70|m\-|m3|m5)|tx\-9|up(\.b|g1|si)|utst|v400|v750|veri|vi(rg|te)|vk(40|5[0-3]|\-v)|vm40|voda|vulc|vx(52|53|60|61|70|80|81|83|85|98)|w3c(\-| )|webc|whit|wi(g |nc|nw)|wmlb|wonu|x700|yas\-|your|zeto|zte\-/i.test(a.substr(0,4)))check = true})(navigator.userAgent||navigator.vendor||window.opera);
+//        return check;
+        return (window.innerWidth <= 700);
+    },
+
 
     ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
     /////////////////////EVENTS////////////////////////////////////////////////////