diff --git a/src/app/+admin/admin-sidebar/admin-sidebar.component.spec.ts b/src/app/+admin/admin-sidebar/admin-sidebar.component.spec.ts
index 581d3341da..e3e8d08753 100644
--- a/src/app/+admin/admin-sidebar/admin-sidebar.component.spec.ts
+++ b/src/app/+admin/admin-sidebar/admin-sidebar.component.spec.ts
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ import { AuthService } from '../../core/auth/auth.service';
 import { of as observableOf } from 'rxjs';
 import { By } from '@angular/platform-browser';
 import { NgbModal } from '@ng-bootstrap/ng-bootstrap';
+import { RouterTestingModule } from '@angular/router/testing';
+import { ActivatedRoute } from '@angular/router';
 
 describe('AdminSidebarComponent', () => {
   let comp: AdminSidebarComponent;
@@ -21,13 +23,14 @@ describe('AdminSidebarComponent', () => {
 
   beforeEach(async(() => {
     TestBed.configureTestingModule({
-      imports: [TranslateModule.forRoot(), NoopAnimationsModule],
+      imports: [TranslateModule.forRoot(), NoopAnimationsModule, RouterTestingModule],
       declarations: [AdminSidebarComponent],
       providers: [
         { provide: Injector, useValue: {} },
         { provide: MenuService, useValue: menuService },
         { provide: CSSVariableService, useClass: CSSVariableServiceStub },
         { provide: AuthService, useClass: AuthServiceStub },
+        { provide: ActivatedRoute, useValue: {} },
         {
           provide: NgbModal, useValue: {
             open: () => {/*comment*/}
diff --git a/src/app/navbar/navbar.component.spec.ts b/src/app/navbar/navbar.component.spec.ts
index 206afda003..907ddc8b87 100644
--- a/src/app/navbar/navbar.component.spec.ts
+++ b/src/app/navbar/navbar.component.spec.ts
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ import { NoopAnimationsModule } from '@angular/platform-browser/animations';
 import { Injector, NO_ERRORS_SCHEMA } from '@angular/core';
 import { MenuService } from '../shared/menu/menu.service';
 import { MenuServiceStub } from '../shared/testing/menu-service.stub';
+import { ActivatedRoute } from '@angular/router';
+import { RouterTestingModule } from '@angular/router/testing';
 
 let comp: NavbarComponent;
 let fixture: ComponentFixture<NavbarComponent>;
@@ -24,12 +26,14 @@ describe('NavbarComponent', () => {
       imports: [
         TranslateModule.forRoot(),
         NoopAnimationsModule,
-        ReactiveFormsModule],
+        ReactiveFormsModule,
+        RouterTestingModule],
       declarations: [NavbarComponent],
       providers: [
         { provide: Injector, useValue: {} },
         { provide: MenuService, useValue: menuService },
         { provide: HostWindowService, useValue: new HostWindowServiceStub(800) },
+        { provide: ActivatedRoute, useValue: {} }
       ],
       schemas: [NO_ERRORS_SCHEMA]
     })
diff --git a/src/app/shared/menu/menu.component.spec.ts b/src/app/shared/menu/menu.component.spec.ts
index 625c96e795..c277725d20 100644
--- a/src/app/shared/menu/menu.component.spec.ts
+++ b/src/app/shared/menu/menu.component.spec.ts
@@ -7,19 +7,65 @@ import { MenuComponent } from './menu.component';
 import { MenuServiceStub } from '../testing/menu-service.stub';
 import { of as observableOf } from 'rxjs';
 import { MenuSection } from './menu.reducer';
+import { ActivatedRoute, NavigationEnd, Router } from '@angular/router';
+import { RouterTestingModule } from '@angular/router/testing';
+import { MenuItemType } from './initial-menus-state';
+import { LinkMenuItemModel } from './menu-item/models/link.model';
 
-describe('MenuComponent', () => {
+fdescribe('MenuComponent', () => {
   let comp: MenuComponent;
   let fixture: ComponentFixture<MenuComponent>;
   let menuService: MenuService;
+  let routeDataMenuSection: MenuSection;
+  let routeDataMenuChildSection: MenuSection;
+  let route: any;
+  let router: any;
 
   beforeEach(async(() => {
+    routeDataMenuSection = {
+      id: 'mockSection',
+      active: false,
+      visible: true,
+      model: {
+        type: MenuItemType.LINK,
+        text: 'menu.section.mockSection',
+        link: ''
+      } as LinkMenuItemModel
+    };
+    routeDataMenuChildSection = {
+      id: 'mockChildSection',
+      parentID: 'mockSection',
+      active: false,
+      visible: true,
+      model: {
+        type: MenuItemType.LINK,
+        text: 'menu.section.mockChildSection',
+        link: ''
+      } as LinkMenuItemModel
+    };
+    route = {
+      root: {
+        snapshot: {
+          data: {
+            menu: routeDataMenuSection
+          }
+        },
+        firstChild: {
+          snapshot: {
+            data: {
+              menu: routeDataMenuChildSection
+            }
+          }
+        }
+      }
+    };
     TestBed.configureTestingModule({
-      imports: [TranslateModule.forRoot(), NoopAnimationsModule],
+      imports: [TranslateModule.forRoot(), NoopAnimationsModule, RouterTestingModule],
       declarations: [MenuComponent],
       providers: [
         { provide: Injector, useValue: {} },
         { provide: MenuService, useClass: MenuServiceStub },
+        { provide: ActivatedRoute, useValue: route }
       ],
       schemas: [NO_ERRORS_SCHEMA]
     }).overrideComponent(MenuComponent, {
@@ -31,11 +77,36 @@ describe('MenuComponent', () => {
     fixture = TestBed.createComponent(MenuComponent);
     comp = fixture.componentInstance; // SearchPageComponent test instance
     menuService = (comp as any).menuService;
+    router = TestBed.get(Router);
     spyOn(comp as any, 'getSectionDataInjector').and.returnValue(MenuSection);
     spyOn(comp as any, 'getSectionComponent').and.returnValue(observableOf({}));
     fixture.detectChanges();
   });
 
+  describe('ngOnInit', () => {
+    beforeEach(() => {
+      spyOn(comp, 'resolveMenuSections').and.returnValue([]);
+    });
+
+    it('should call resolveMenuSections on init', () => {
+      router.events = observableOf(new NavigationEnd(0, '', ''));
+      comp.ngOnInit();
+      expect(comp.resolveMenuSections).toHaveBeenCalledWith(route.root);
+    })
+  });
+
+  describe('resolveMenuSections', () => {
+    let result: MenuSection[];
+
+    beforeEach(() => {
+      result = comp.resolveMenuSections(route.root);
+    });
+
+    it('should return the current route\'s menu sections', () => {
+      expect(result).toEqual([routeDataMenuSection, routeDataMenuChildSection])
+    });
+  });
+
   describe('toggle', () => {
     beforeEach(() => {
       spyOn(menuService, 'toggleMenu');
diff --git a/src/app/shared/menu/menu.component.ts b/src/app/shared/menu/menu.component.ts
index 4e29ea0ee0..f351329fed 100644
--- a/src/app/shared/menu/menu.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/shared/menu/menu.component.ts
@@ -1,15 +1,14 @@
 import { ChangeDetectionStrategy, Component, Injector, OnInit } from '@angular/core';
 import { Observable } from 'rxjs/internal/Observable';
-import { MenuService } from '../../shared/menu/menu.service';
-import { MenuID } from '../../shared/menu/initial-menus-state';
-import { MenuSection } from '../../shared/menu/menu.reducer';
-import { distinctUntilChanged, filter, first, map, switchMap, tap } from 'rxjs/operators';
+import { MenuService } from './menu.service';
+import { MenuID } from './initial-menus-state';
+import { MenuSection } from './menu.reducer';
+import { distinctUntilChanged, filter, first, map, tap } from 'rxjs/operators';
 import { GenericConstructor } from '../../core/shared/generic-constructor';
 import { hasNoValue, hasValue } from '../empty.util';
 import { MenuSectionComponent } from './menu-section/menu-section.component';
 import { getComponentForMenu } from './menu-section.decorator';
 import { ActivatedRoute, NavigationEnd, Router } from '@angular/router';
-import { of as observableOf } from 'rxjs/internal/observable/of';
 
 /**
  * A basic implementation of a MenuComponent
diff --git a/src/app/shared/testing/menu-service.stub.ts b/src/app/shared/testing/menu-service.stub.ts
index de71e3483d..0246aa39d1 100644
--- a/src/app/shared/testing/menu-service.stub.ts
+++ b/src/app/shared/testing/menu-service.stub.ts
@@ -59,6 +59,9 @@ export class MenuServiceStub {
   removeSection(): void { /***/
   };
 
+  resetSections(): void { /***/
+  };
+
   isMenuVisible(id: MenuID): Observable<boolean> {
     return observableOf(true)
   };