diff --git a/pkg/gui/main_panel.go b/pkg/gui/main_panel.go
index 38127d25..ca3cb1b1 100644
--- a/pkg/gui/main_panel.go
+++ b/pkg/gui/main_panel.go
@@ -97,7 +97,11 @@ func (gui *Gui) handleMainClick(g *gocui.Gui, v *gocui.View) error {
 
 	currentView := gui.g.CurrentView()
 
-	v.ParentView = currentView
+	if currentView != nil && currentView.Name() == "main" {
+		currentView = nil
+	} else {
+		v.ParentView = currentView
+	}
 
 	return gui.switchFocus(gui.g, currentView, v)
 }
diff --git a/pkg/gui/view_helpers.go b/pkg/gui/view_helpers.go
index ba5d0441..dfbe2acf 100644
--- a/pkg/gui/view_helpers.go
+++ b/pkg/gui/view_helpers.go
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ func (gui *Gui) switchFocus(g *gocui.Gui, oldView, newView *gocui.View) error {
 		gui.State.PreviousView = oldView.Name()
 	}
 
-	gui.Log.Info("setting highlight to true for view" + newView.Name())
+	gui.Log.Info("setting highlight to true for view " + newView.Name())
 	gui.Log.Info("new focused view is " + newView.Name())
 	if _, err := g.SetCurrentView(newView.Name()); err != nil {
 		return err