diff --git a/src/app/entity-groups/iiif-entities/item-pages/iiif-searchable/iiif-searchable.component.ts b/src/app/entity-groups/iiif-entities/item-pages/iiif-searchable/iiif-searchable.component.ts
index 6250e58368..2033f8dddf 100644
--- a/src/app/entity-groups/iiif-entities/item-pages/iiif-searchable/iiif-searchable.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/entity-groups/iiif-entities/item-pages/iiif-searchable/iiif-searchable.component.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { listableObjectComponent } from '../../../../shared/object-collection/shared/listable-object/listable-object.decorator';
 import { ViewMode } from '../../../../core/shared/view-mode.model';
-import { Component, OnInit } from '@angular/core';
+import {Component, OnInit} from '@angular/core';
 import { ItemComponent } from '../../../../+item-page/simple/item-types/shared/item.component';
 import { RouteService } from '../../../../core/services/route.service';
 import { Observable } from 'rxjs/internal/Observable';
@@ -46,4 +46,5 @@ export class IIIFSearchableComponent extends ItemComponent implements OnInit {
       })
     );
   }
+
 }
diff --git a/src/app/entity-groups/iiif-entities/mirador-viewer/mirador-viewer.component.ts b/src/app/entity-groups/iiif-entities/mirador-viewer/mirador-viewer.component.ts
index 06212a8734..3a7f53536b 100644
--- a/src/app/entity-groups/iiif-entities/mirador-viewer/mirador-viewer.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/entity-groups/iiif-entities/mirador-viewer/mirador-viewer.component.ts
@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@ export class MiradorViewerComponent implements OnInit {
 
   multi = false;
 
+  notMobile = false;
+
   constructor(private sanitizer: DomSanitizer,
               private bitstreamDataService: BitstreamDataService,
               @Inject(PLATFORM_ID) private platformId: any) {
@@ -40,6 +42,7 @@ export class MiradorViewerComponent implements OnInit {
    * or  multi-page thumbnail navigation.
    */
   setURL() {
+    const width = window.innerWidth;
     // The path to the REST manifest endpoint.
     const manifestApiEndpoint = encodeURIComponent(environment.rest.baseUrl + '/api/iiif/'
       + this.item.id + '/manifest');
@@ -57,6 +60,9 @@ export class MiradorViewerComponent implements OnInit {
       // Tell the viewer to add thumbnail navigation. If searchable, thumbnail navigation is added by default.
       viewerPath += '&multi=' + this.multi;
     }
+    if (this.notMobile) {
+      viewerPath += '&notMobile=true';
+    }
     // TODO: review whether the item.id should be sanitized. The query term should be (check mirador viewer).
     return this.sanitizer.bypassSecurityTrustResourceUrl(viewerPath);
   }
@@ -66,6 +72,9 @@ export class MiradorViewerComponent implements OnInit {
      * Initializes the iframe url observable.
      */
     if (isPlatformBrowser(this.platformId)) {
+      if (window.innerWidth > 768) {
+        this.notMobile = true;
+      }
       this.iframeViewerUrl = this.bitstreamDataService
         .findAllByItemAndBundleName(this.item, 'IIIF', {})
         .pipe(
diff --git a/src/mirador-viewer/index.js b/src/mirador-viewer/index.js
index fe0c00675a..e4860f9963 100644
--- a/src/mirador-viewer/index.js
+++ b/src/mirador-viewer/index.js
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ const manifest = params.get('manifest');
 const searchable = params.get('searchable');
 const query = params.get('query');
 const multi = params.get('multi');
+const notMobile = params.get('notMobile');
 
 let windowSettings = {};
 let sidbarPanel = 'info';
@@ -19,21 +20,22 @@ let thumbNavigation = 'off';
 windowSettings.manifestId = manifest;
 
 (() => {
-  console.log('setting params in viewer');
   if (searchable) {
-    console.log(multi)
     defaultView = 'book';
     sidbarPanel = 'search';
     multipleItems = true;
-    thumbNavigation = 'far-right';
+    if (notMobile) {
+      thumbNavigation = 'far-right';
+    }
     if (query !== 'null') {
       windowSettings.defaultSearchQuery = query;
     }
   } else {
-    console.log(multi)
     if(multi) {
       multipleItems = multi;
-      thumbNavigation = 'far-right';
+      if (notMobile) {
+        thumbNavigation = 'far-right';
+      }
     }
   }
 })();
@@ -126,7 +128,7 @@ windowSettings.manifestId = manifest;
         allowFullscreen: true,
         allowMaximize: false,
         defaultView: defaultView,
-        sideBarOpen: true,
+        sideBarOpen: notMobile,
         allowTopMenuButton: true,
         defaultSidebarPanelWidth: 230,
         switchCanvasOnSearch: true,