diff --git a/ui/package.json b/ui/package.json
index 8db744ea4a..a2ba3076b2 100644
--- a/ui/package.json
+++ b/ui/package.json
@@ -109,6 +109,7 @@
     "lodash": "^4.3.0",
     "moment": "^2.13.0",
     "node-uuid": "^1.4.7",
+    "query-string": "^5.0.0",
     "react": "^15.0.2",
     "react-addons-shallow-compare": "^15.0.2",
     "react-custom-scrollbars": "^4.1.1",
diff --git a/ui/src/shared/middleware/resizeLayout.js b/ui/src/shared/middleware/resizeLayout.js
index 5bc61fb426..508d0c30bb 100644
--- a/ui/src/shared/middleware/resizeLayout.js
+++ b/ui/src/shared/middleware/resizeLayout.js
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 // Trigger resize event to relayout the React Layout plugin
-import {enablePresentationMode} from '../actions/app'
+import queryString from 'query-string'
+import {enablePresentationMode} from 'src/shared/actions/app'
 
 export default function resizeLayout() {
   return next => action => {
@@ -13,7 +14,10 @@ export default function resizeLayout() {
       evt.initEvent('resize', false, true)
       window.dispatchEvent(evt)
     }
-    if (window.location.search.includes('present')) {
+
+    const qs = queryString.parse(window.location.search)
+
+    if (typeof qs.present !== 'undefined') {
       next(enablePresentationMode())
       next(action)
     }
diff --git a/ui/yarn.lock b/ui/yarn.lock
index 0c55a38651..7b168719d2 100644
--- a/ui/yarn.lock
+++ b/ui/yarn.lock
@@ -2329,6 +2329,10 @@ decamelize@^1.0.0, decamelize@^1.1.1, decamelize@^1.1.2:
   version "1.2.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/decamelize/-/decamelize-1.2.0.tgz#f6534d15148269b20352e7bee26f501f9a191290"
 
+decode-uri-component@^0.2.0:
+  version "0.2.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/decode-uri-component/-/decode-uri-component-0.2.0.tgz#eb3913333458775cb84cd1a1fae062106bb87545"
+
 deep-eql@^0.1.3:
   version "0.1.3"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/deep-eql/-/deep-eql-0.1.3.tgz#ef558acab8de25206cd713906d74e56930eb69f2"
@@ -5862,6 +5866,14 @@ query-string@^4.1.0, query-string@^4.2.2:
     object-assign "^4.1.0"
     strict-uri-encode "^1.0.0"
 
+query-string@^5.0.0:
+  version "5.0.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/query-string/-/query-string-5.0.0.tgz#fbdf7004b4d2aff792f9871981b7a2794f555947"
+  dependencies:
+    decode-uri-component "^0.2.0"
+    object-assign "^4.1.0"
+    strict-uri-encode "^1.0.0"
+
 querystring-es3@^0.2.0:
   version "0.2.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/querystring-es3/-/querystring-es3-0.2.1.tgz#9ec61f79049875707d69414596fd907a4d711e73"