diff --git a/client/src/components/layouts/components/guide/SideNav.js b/client/src/components/layouts/components/guide/SideNav.js
index 87916b5dd2..e194a7d667 100644
--- a/client/src/components/layouts/components/guide/SideNav.js
+++ b/client/src/components/layouts/components/guide/SideNav.js
@@ -27,30 +27,6 @@ class SideNav extends Component {
     this.renderParent = this.renderParent.bind(this);
   }
 
-  componentDidMount() {
-    if (typeof window !== 'undefined') {
-      const pathMap = window.location.pathname
-        .slice(1)
-        .split('/')
-        .slice(0, -1)
-        .reduce((map, current, i, pathArray) => {
-          const path =
-            i !== 0 ? map[pathArray[i - 1]] + `/${current}` : `/${current}`;
-          return {
-            ...map,
-            [current]: path
-          };
-        }, {});
-
-      return Object.keys(pathMap)
-        .map(key => pathMap[key])
-        .forEach(path => {
-          this.props.toggleExpandedState(path);
-        });
-    }
-    return null;
-  }
-
   renderPanels(parents, pages) {
     if (!parents) {
       return 'No Parents Here';
diff --git a/client/src/components/layouts/components/guide/redux/side-navigation-saga.js b/client/src/components/layouts/components/guide/redux/side-navigation-saga.js
index bb666400df..eec049dccf 100644
--- a/client/src/components/layouts/components/guide/redux/side-navigation-saga.js
+++ b/client/src/components/layouts/components/guide/redux/side-navigation-saga.js
@@ -1,14 +1,31 @@
-import { takeEvery, put } from 'redux-saga/effects';
+import { takeEvery, put, all } from 'redux-saga/effects';
 
-// import { put, takeEvery, take } from 'redux-saga/effects';
-
-import { openDonationModal } from '../../../../../redux';
+import { toggleExpandedState } from './';
+import { types as appTypes } from '../../../../../redux';
 
 function* showDonateModalSaga() {
-  console.log('hello');
-  yield put(openDonationModal());
+  let guideRegex = /^\/guide\//;
+  let onGuide = guideRegex.test(window.location.pathname);
+  if (onGuide && typeof window !== 'undefined') {
+    const pathMap = window.location.pathname
+      .slice(1)
+      .split('/')
+      .slice(0, -1)
+      .reduce((map, current, i, pathArray) => {
+        const path =
+          i !== 0 ? map[pathArray[i - 1]] + `/${current}` : `/${current}`;
+        return {
+          ...map,
+          [current]: path
+        };
+      }, {});
+
+    let routes = Object.keys(pathMap).map(key => pathMap[key]);
+
+    yield all(routes.map(route => put(toggleExpandedState(route))));
+  }
 }
 
-export function createSideNavigationSaga(types) {
-  takeEvery(types.toggleDisplaySideNav, showDonateModalSaga);
+export function createSideNavigationSaga() {
+  return [takeEvery(appTypes.appMount, showDonateModalSaga)];
 }