diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 7c2decc..7bd5abd 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ import (
 	"text/template"
 )
 
-const VERSION = "v17"
+const VERSION = "v16"
 const CONTEXT_USER = 1
 const SYNC_PAGINATION = 200
 
diff --git a/static/js/app.mjs b/static/js/app.mjs
index 688b476..7a9ac52 100644
--- a/static/js/app.mjs
+++ b/static/js/app.mjs
@@ -10,23 +10,25 @@ export class App {
 		this.crumbs = new N2Crumbs()
 		this.crumbsElement = document.getElementById('crumbs')
 		this.nodeUI = document.getElementById('note')
+		this.showNodeEventSequence = new ShowNodeEventSequence() // discard all GO_TO_NODE events
 
 		this.sidebar.render().then(sidebar => {
 			document.getElementById('tree').append(sidebar)
 			document.getElementById('tree-nodes')?.focus()
 		})
 
-		_mbus.subscribe('TREE_RENDERED', async () => {
+		_mbus.subscribe('TREE_TRUNK_FETCHED', async () => {
 			// Subscribing to the start node existing after the tree trunk is
 			// fetched since the NODE_COMPONENT_EXIST message isn't sent for the
 			// root node itself, and the root node should be selected in the tree
 			// after it is rendered when the site is shown without UUID in the URL.
 			const startNode = await this.getStartNode()
 
+			document.getElementById('tree').append(await this.sidebar.render())
+			document.getElementById('tree-nodes')?.focus()
+
 			if (startNode.UUID == ROOT_NODE)
 				this.goToNode(startNode.UUID, false, false)
-			else
-				this.goToNode(startNode.UUID, false, false)
 		})
 
 		_mbus.subscribe('TREE_NODE_SELECTED', event => {
@@ -196,7 +198,7 @@ export class App {
 		await this.sidebar.makeVisible(node, ancestors, dontExpand)
 
 		_mbus.dispatch('CRUMBS_SET', ancestors, () => this.crumbsElement.replaceChildren(this.crumbs.render()))
-		_mbus.dispatch('NODE_UI_OPEN', node)
+		_mbus.dispatch('NODE_UI_OPEN', { node, eventSequence: this.showNodeEventSequence.next() })
 		_mbus.dispatch('TREE_EXPANSION', { expand: false, when: 'narrow' })
 		_mbus.dispatch('NODE_UNMODIFIED')
 	}//}}}
@@ -206,6 +208,18 @@ export class App {
 	}// }}}
 }
 
+class ShowNodeEventSequence {
+	constructor() {
+		this.seq = 0
+	}
+	next() {
+		return ++this.seq
+	}
+	current() {
+		return this.seq
+	}
+}
+
 class N2Crumbs extends CustomHTMLElement {
 	static {// {{{
 		this.tmpl = document.createElement('template')
diff --git a/static/js/page_node.mjs b/static/js/page_node.mjs
index cca6cf0..a2ebf52 100644
--- a/static/js/page_node.mjs
+++ b/static/js/page_node.mjs
@@ -42,7 +42,8 @@ export class N2PageNodeUI extends CustomHTMLElement {
 		this.marked = new MarkedPosition()
 
 		_mbus.subscribe('NODE_UI_OPEN', event => {
-			this.node = event.detail.data
+			console.log(event.detail.data.eventSequence, _app.showNodeEventSequence.current())
+			this.node = event.detail.data.node
 			this.showMarkdown(true)
 			this.render()
 		})
diff --git a/static/js/sidebar.mjs b/static/js/sidebar.mjs
index 285fd44..d1263a3 100644
--- a/static/js/sidebar.mjs
+++ b/static/js/sidebar.mjs
@@ -160,11 +160,6 @@ export class N2Sidebar extends CustomHTMLElement {
 		this.treeNodeComponents[startnode.UUID] = starttreenode
 		this.elTreenodes.appendChild(await starttreenode.render())
 
-		// Notify the application that the initial tree is rendered (with children)
-		// and that initial node selection can take place. App will check URL to
-		// select the correct one.
-		_mbus.dispatch('TREE_RENDERED')
-
 		this.rendered = true
 		return this
 	}// }}}