diff --git a/InvenTree/InvenTree/static/css/inventree.css b/InvenTree/InvenTree/static/css/inventree.css
index 1f01037f28..b538aaad04 100644
--- a/InvenTree/InvenTree/static/css/inventree.css
+++ b/InvenTree/InvenTree/static/css/inventree.css
@@ -781,7 +781,7 @@ input[type="submit"] {
 }
 
 .sidenav .list-group-item.active {
-    background-color: #ddd;
+    background-color: #bbab8b;
     border-color: #ccc;
 }
 
diff --git a/InvenTree/InvenTree/static/treegrid/examples/bootstrap-2.3.2/css/bootstrap.css b/InvenTree/InvenTree/static/treegrid/examples/bootstrap-2.3.2/css/bootstrap.css
index 5b7fe7e856..c3de0d956c 100644
--- a/InvenTree/InvenTree/static/treegrid/examples/bootstrap-2.3.2/css/bootstrap.css
+++ b/InvenTree/InvenTree/static/treegrid/examples/bootstrap-2.3.2/css/bootstrap.css
@@ -4678,7 +4678,7 @@ input[type="submit"].btn.btn-mini {
 
 .navbar .btn-navbar:active,
 .navbar .btn-navbar.active {
-  background-color: #cccccc \9;
+  background-color: #ba8;
 }
 
 .navbar .btn-navbar .icon-bar {
diff --git a/InvenTree/templates/js/api.js b/InvenTree/templates/js/api.js
index 93fa5a41e4..8169671836 100644
--- a/InvenTree/templates/js/api.js
+++ b/InvenTree/templates/js/api.js
@@ -3,6 +3,14 @@
 
 var jQuery = window.$;
 
+$.urlParam = function(name){
+    var results = new RegExp('[\?&]' + name + '=([^&#]*)').exec(window.location.href);
+    if (results==null) {
+       return null;
+    }
+    return decodeURI(results[1]) || 0;
+}
+
 // using jQuery
 function getCookie(name) {
     var cookieValue = null;
diff --git a/InvenTree/templates/js/nav.js b/InvenTree/templates/js/nav.js
index e8207f9251..7dc562b8ef 100644
--- a/InvenTree/templates/js/nav.js
+++ b/InvenTree/templates/js/nav.js
@@ -23,8 +23,12 @@ function attachNavCallbacks(options={}) {
 
     var panelClass = options.name || 'unknown';
 
-    // Look for a default panel to initialize
-    var defaultPanel = localStorage.getItem(`inventree-selected-panel-${panelClass}`) || options.default;
+    /* Look for a default panel to initialize
+     * First preference = URL parameter e.g. ?display=part-stock
+     * Second preference = localStorage
+     * Third preference = default
+     */
+    var defaultPanel = $.urlParam('display') || localStorage.getItem(`inventree-selected-panel-${panelClass}`) || options.default;
 
     if (defaultPanel) {
         activatePanel(defaultPanel);
@@ -63,6 +67,9 @@ function activatePanel(panelName, options={}) {
                 console.log("found match -", panel_name);
                 panelName = panel_name;
             }
+
+            panel = `#panel-${panelName}`;
+            select = `#select-${panelName}`;
         });
     }