diff --git a/background.html b/background.html
index 9a130de997..eb902fcba4 100644
--- a/background.html
+++ b/background.html
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
     <div class='conversation-stack'></div>
   </script>
   <script type='text/x-tmpl-mustache' id='conversation'>
+    <div class='panel'>
       <div class='conversation-header'>
           <div class='conversation-menu menu'>
             <button class='drop-down'></button>
@@ -54,6 +55,7 @@
               <textarea class='send-message' placeholder="Send a message" rows="1"></textarea>
           </form>
       </div>
+    </div>
   </script>
   <script type='text/x-tmpl-mustache' id='confirmation-dialog'>
     <div class='message'>{{ message }}</div>
diff --git a/js/views/conversation_view.js b/js/views/conversation_view.js
index 777c4f9799..e325d4bae5 100644
--- a/js/views/conversation_view.js
+++ b/js/views/conversation_view.js
@@ -88,8 +88,6 @@
 
         viewMembers: function() {
             var view = new Whisper.GroupMemberList({ model: this.model });
-            this.$el.hide();
-            view.$el.insertAfter(this.el);
             this.listenBack(view);
         },
 
@@ -120,9 +118,7 @@
                     textsecure.storage.axolotl.getIdentityKey(our_number).then(function(our_key) {
                         var view = new Whisper.KeyVerificationView({
                             model: { their_key: their_key, your_key: our_key }
-                        });
-                        this.$el.hide();
-                        view.render().$el.insertAfter(this.el);
+                        }).render();
                         this.listenBack(view);
                     }.bind(this));
                 }.bind(this));
@@ -134,16 +130,16 @@
                 model: data.message,
                 conversation: this.model
             });
-            view.$el.insertAfter(this.$el);
-            this.$el.hide();
-            view.render();
             this.listenBack(view);
+            view.render();
         },
 
         listenBack: function(view) {
+            this.$('.panel').hide();
+            view.$el.prependTo(this.el);
             this.listenToOnce(view, 'back', function(e) {
                 view.remove();
-                this.$el.show();
+                this.$('.panel').show();
                 this.$el.trigger('force-resize');
             }.bind(this));
         },
@@ -173,8 +169,6 @@
                 model: this.model,
                 window: this.appWindow.contentWindow
             });
-            this.newGroupUpdateView.$el.insertAfter(this.el);
-            this.$el.hide();
             this.listenBack(this.newGroupUpdateView);
         },
 
@@ -250,7 +244,7 @@
         },
 
         isHidden: function() {
-            return (this.$el.css('display') === 'none');
+            return (this.$el.css('display') === 'none') || this.$('.panel').css('display') === 'none';
         }
     });
 })();