diff --git a/packages/nc-gui/components/smartsheet/sidebar/index.vue b/packages/nc-gui/components/smartsheet/sidebar/index.vue
index 137fce1f75..4ff2d36f6b 100644
--- a/packages/nc-gui/components/smartsheet/sidebar/index.vue
+++ b/packages/nc-gui/components/smartsheet/sidebar/index.vue
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ const { $e } = useNuxtApp()
 provide(ViewListInj, views)
 
 /** Sidebar visible */
-const { isOpen } = useSidebar('nc-right-sidebar', { isOpen: true })
+const { isOpen } = useSidebar('nc-right-sidebar')
 
 const sidebarCollapsed = computed(() => !isOpen.value)
 
@@ -108,6 +108,7 @@ function onCreate(view: ViewType) {
     class="relative shadow-md h-full"
     theme="light"
   >
+    {{ isOpen }}
     <LazySmartsheetSidebarToolbar
       v-if="isOpen"
       class="min-h-[var(--toolbar-height)] max-h-[var(--toolbar-height)] flex items-center py-3 px-3 justify-between border-b-1"
diff --git a/packages/nc-gui/components/tabs/Smartsheet.vue b/packages/nc-gui/components/tabs/Smartsheet.vue
index ea912fe9e4..2deaef7508 100644
--- a/packages/nc-gui/components/tabs/Smartsheet.vue
+++ b/packages/nc-gui/components/tabs/Smartsheet.vue
@@ -45,9 +45,6 @@ const openNewRecordFormHook = createEventHook()
 
 const { isGallery, isGrid, isForm, isLocked } = useProvideSmartsheetStore(activeView, meta)
 
-// provide the sidebar injection state
-useSidebar('nc-right-sidebar', { useStorage: true, isOpen: true })
-
 // todo: move to store
 provide(MetaInj, meta)
 provide(ActiveViewInj, activeView)
diff --git a/packages/nc-gui/composables/useSidebar/index.ts b/packages/nc-gui/composables/useSidebar/index.ts
index 260e5f02dd..3fa83d8890 100644
--- a/packages/nc-gui/composables/useSidebar/index.ts
+++ b/packages/nc-gui/composables/useSidebar/index.ts
@@ -27,7 +27,10 @@ const createSidebar = (id: string, props: UseSidebarProps = {}) => {
   }
 
   if (props.useStorage) {
-    const storage = toRefs(useStorage(id, { isOpen, hasSidebar }, localStorage, { mergeDefaults: true }).value)
+    const storage = toRefs(useStorage(id, { isOpen, hasSidebar }, localStorage).value)
+    isOpen.value = storage.isOpen.value
+    hasSidebar.value = storage.hasSidebar.value
+
     syncRef(isOpen, storage.isOpen)
     syncRef(hasSidebar, storage.hasSidebar)
   }
@@ -58,7 +61,7 @@ const createSidebar = (id: string, props: UseSidebarProps = {}) => {
 
 const leftSidebar = createSharedComposable(() => createSidebar('leftSidebar'))
 
-const rightSidebar = createSharedComposable(() => createSidebar('rightSidebar', { useStorage: true }))
+const rightSidebar = createSharedComposable(() => createSidebar('rightSidebar', { useStorage: true, isOpen: true }))
 
 export const useSidebar = (id: string, props: UseSidebarProps = {}) => {
   const sidebar = id.includes('left') ? leftSidebar() : rightSidebar()