diff --git a/public/app/core/components/sidemenu/sidemenu.ts b/public/app/core/components/sidemenu/sidemenu.ts
index 0147eb51062..4c0e100f85c 100644
--- a/public/app/core/components/sidemenu/sidemenu.ts
+++ b/public/app/core/components/sidemenu/sidemenu.ts
@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@ export class SideMenuCtrl {
  openUserDropdown() {
    this.orgMenu = [
      {section: 'You', cssClass: 'dropdown-menu-title'},
-     {text: 'Preferences', url: this.getUrl('/profile')},
      {text: 'Profile', url: this.getUrl('/profile')},
    ];
 
@@ -100,6 +99,22 @@ export function sideMenuDirective() {
     bindToController: true,
     controllerAs: 'ctrl',
     scope: {},
+    link: function(scope, elem) {
+      // hack to hide dropdown menu
+      elem.on('click.dropdown', '.dropdown-menu a', function(evt) {
+        var menu = $(evt.target).parents('.dropdown-menu');
+        var parent = menu.parent();
+        menu.detach();
+
+        setTimeout(function() {
+          parent.append(menu);
+        }, 100);
+      });
+
+      scope.$on("$destory", function() {
+        elem.off('click.dropdown');
+      });
+    }
   };
 }
 
diff --git a/public/sass/components/_sidemenu.scss b/public/sass/components/_sidemenu.scss
index 9a0d12cf8c7..0cc0d9c5f91 100644
--- a/public/sass/components/_sidemenu.scss
+++ b/public/sass/components/_sidemenu.scss
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@
         // again by the mouse getting outside the hover space
         left: $side-menu-width - 0.2rem;
         background-color: rgba($side-menu-bg,$side-menu-opacity);
-        @include animation('dropdown-anim 100ms ease-in-out 100ms forwards');
+        @include animation('dropdown-anim 150ms ease-in-out 100ms forwards');
         z-index: -9999;
       }
     }
@@ -82,11 +82,6 @@
 
 @include keyframes(dropdown-anim) {
   0% {
-    display: none;
-    opacity: 0;
-  }
-  1% {
-    display: block;
     opacity: 0;
     transform: translate3d(-5%,0,0);
   }