diff --git a/invokeai/frontend/web/src/app/hooks/useStudioInitAction.ts b/invokeai/frontend/web/src/app/hooks/useStudioInitAction.ts
index 1f8f7ddac6..a48311e5f2 100644
--- a/invokeai/frontend/web/src/app/hooks/useStudioInitAction.ts
+++ b/invokeai/frontend/web/src/app/hooks/useStudioInitAction.ts
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ import { parseAndRecallAllMetadata } from 'features/metadata/util/handlers';
 import { $isWorkflowListMenuIsOpen } from 'features/nodes/store/workflowListMenu';
 import { $isStylePresetsMenuOpen, activeStylePresetIdChanged } from 'features/stylePresets/store/stylePresetSlice';
 import { toast } from 'features/toast/toast';
-import { setActiveTab } from 'features/ui/store/uiSlice';
+import { activeTabCanvasRightPanelChanged, setActiveTab } from 'features/ui/store/uiSlice';
 import { useGetAndLoadLibraryWorkflow } from 'features/workflowLibrary/hooks/useGetAndLoadLibraryWorkflow';
 import { useCallback, useEffect, useRef } from 'react';
 import { useTranslation } from 'react-i18next';
@@ -140,6 +140,7 @@ export const useStudioInitAction = (action?: StudioInitAction) => {
         case 'generation':
           // Go to the canvas tab, open the image viewer, and enable send-to-gallery mode
           store.dispatch(setActiveTab('canvas'));
+          store.dispatch(activeTabCanvasRightPanelChanged('gallery'));
           store.dispatch(settingsSendToCanvasChanged(false));
           $imageViewer.set(true);
           break;
diff --git a/invokeai/frontend/web/src/features/controlLayers/components/CanvasAlerts/CanvasAlertsSendingTo.tsx b/invokeai/frontend/web/src/features/controlLayers/components/CanvasAlerts/CanvasAlertsSendingTo.tsx
index 67df7ee3a1..16791ee7e6 100644
--- a/invokeai/frontend/web/src/features/controlLayers/components/CanvasAlerts/CanvasAlertsSendingTo.tsx
+++ b/invokeai/frontend/web/src/features/controlLayers/components/CanvasAlerts/CanvasAlertsSendingTo.tsx
@@ -2,14 +2,10 @@ import { Alert, AlertDescription, AlertIcon, AlertTitle, Button, Flex } from '@i
 import { useAppDispatch, useAppSelector } from 'app/store/storeHooks';
 import { useBoolean } from 'common/hooks/useBoolean';
 import { selectIsStaging } from 'features/controlLayers/store/canvasStagingAreaSlice';
-import {
-  selectCanvasRightPanelGalleryTab,
-  selectCanvasRightPanelLayersTab,
-} from 'features/controlLayers/store/ephemeral';
 import { useImageViewer } from 'features/gallery/components/ImageViewer/useImageViewer';
 import { useCurrentDestination } from 'features/queue/hooks/useCurrentDestination';
 import { selectActiveTab } from 'features/ui/store/uiSelectors';
-import { setActiveTab } from 'features/ui/store/uiSlice';
+import { activeTabCanvasRightPanelChanged, setActiveTab } from 'features/ui/store/uiSlice';
 import { AnimatePresence, motion } from 'framer-motion';
 import type { PropsWithChildren, ReactNode } from 'react';
 import { useCallback, useMemo } from 'react';
@@ -17,10 +13,11 @@ import { Trans, useTranslation } from 'react-i18next';
 
 const ActivateImageViewerButton = (props: PropsWithChildren) => {
   const imageViewer = useImageViewer();
+  const dispatch = useAppDispatch();
   const onClick = useCallback(() => {
     imageViewer.open();
-    selectCanvasRightPanelGalleryTab();
-  }, [imageViewer]);
+    dispatch(activeTabCanvasRightPanelChanged('gallery'));
+  }, [imageViewer, dispatch]);
   return (
     <Button onClick={onClick} size="sm" variant="link" color="base.50">
       {props.children}
@@ -60,7 +57,7 @@ const ActivateCanvasButton = (props: PropsWithChildren) => {
   const imageViewer = useImageViewer();
   const onClick = useCallback(() => {
     dispatch(setActiveTab('canvas'));
-    selectCanvasRightPanelLayersTab();
+    dispatch(activeTabCanvasRightPanelChanged('layers'));
     imageViewer.close();
   }, [dispatch, imageViewer]);
   return (
diff --git a/invokeai/frontend/web/src/features/controlLayers/components/CanvasRightPanel.tsx b/invokeai/frontend/web/src/features/controlLayers/components/CanvasRightPanel.tsx
index d77fdb1a72..675e39d801 100644
--- a/invokeai/frontend/web/src/features/controlLayers/components/CanvasRightPanel.tsx
+++ b/invokeai/frontend/web/src/features/controlLayers/components/CanvasRightPanel.tsx
@@ -1,31 +1,49 @@
 import { useDndContext } from '@dnd-kit/core';
 import { Box, Button, Spacer, Tab, TabList, TabPanel, TabPanels, Tabs } from '@invoke-ai/ui-library';
-import { useStore } from '@nanostores/react';
-import { useAppSelector } from 'app/store/storeHooks';
+import { useAppDispatch, useAppSelector } from 'app/store/storeHooks';
 import { CanvasLayersPanelContent } from 'features/controlLayers/components/CanvasLayersPanelContent';
 import { CanvasManagerProviderGate } from 'features/controlLayers/contexts/CanvasManagerProviderGate';
-import {
-  $canvasRightPanelTabIndex,
-  selectCanvasRightPanelGalleryTab,
-  selectCanvasRightPanelLayersTab,
-} from 'features/controlLayers/store/ephemeral';
 import { selectEntityCountActive } from 'features/controlLayers/store/selectors';
 import GalleryPanelContent from 'features/gallery/components/GalleryPanelContent';
 import { useImageViewer } from 'features/gallery/components/ImageViewer/useImageViewer';
 import { useRegisteredHotkeys } from 'features/system/components/HotkeysModal/useHotkeyData';
+import { selectActiveTabCanvasRightPanel } from 'features/ui/store/uiSelectors';
+import { activeTabCanvasRightPanelChanged } from 'features/ui/store/uiSlice';
 import { memo, useCallback, useMemo, useRef } from 'react';
 import { useTranslation } from 'react-i18next';
 
 export const CanvasRightPanel = memo(() => {
   const { t } = useTranslation();
-  const tabIndex = useStore($canvasRightPanelTabIndex);
+  const activeTab = useAppSelector(selectActiveTabCanvasRightPanel);
   const imageViewer = useImageViewer();
+  const dispatch = useAppDispatch();
+
+  const tabIndex = useMemo(() => {
+    if (activeTab === 'gallery') {
+      return 1;
+    } else {
+      return 0;
+    }
+  }, [activeTab]);
+
   const onClickViewerToggleButton = useCallback(() => {
-    if ($canvasRightPanelTabIndex.get() !== 1) {
-      $canvasRightPanelTabIndex.set(1);
+    if (activeTab !== 'gallery') {
+      dispatch(activeTabCanvasRightPanelChanged('gallery'));
     }
     imageViewer.toggle();
-  }, [imageViewer]);
+  }, [imageViewer, activeTab, dispatch]);
+
+  const onChangeTab = useCallback(
+    (index: number) => {
+      if (index === 0) {
+        dispatch(activeTabCanvasRightPanelChanged('layers'));
+      } else {
+        dispatch(activeTabCanvasRightPanelChanged('gallery'));
+      }
+    },
+    [dispatch]
+  );
+
   useRegisteredHotkeys({
     id: 'toggleViewer',
     category: 'viewer',
@@ -34,7 +52,7 @@ export const CanvasRightPanel = memo(() => {
   });
 
   return (
-    <Tabs index={tabIndex} onChange={$canvasRightPanelTabIndex.set} w="full" h="full" display="flex" flexDir="column">
+    <Tabs index={tabIndex} onChange={onChangeTab} w="full" h="full" display="flex" flexDir="column">
       <TabList alignItems="center">
         <PanelTabs />
         <Spacer />
@@ -63,22 +81,23 @@ const PanelTabs = memo(() => {
   const activeEntityCount = useAppSelector(selectEntityCountActive);
   const tabTimeout = useRef<number | null>(null);
   const dndCtx = useDndContext();
+  const dispatch = useAppDispatch();
 
   const onOnMouseOverLayersTab = useCallback(() => {
     tabTimeout.current = window.setTimeout(() => {
       if (dndCtx.active) {
-        selectCanvasRightPanelLayersTab();
+        dispatch(activeTabCanvasRightPanelChanged('layers'));
       }
     }, 300);
-  }, [dndCtx.active]);
+  }, [dndCtx.active, dispatch]);
 
   const onOnMouseOverGalleryTab = useCallback(() => {
     tabTimeout.current = window.setTimeout(() => {
       if (dndCtx.active) {
-        selectCanvasRightPanelGalleryTab();
+        dispatch(activeTabCanvasRightPanelChanged('gallery'));
       }
     }, 300);
-  }, [dndCtx.active]);
+  }, [dndCtx.active, dispatch]);
 
   const onMouseOut = useCallback(() => {
     if (tabTimeout.current) {
diff --git a/invokeai/frontend/web/src/features/controlLayers/components/NewSessionConfirmationAlertDialog.tsx b/invokeai/frontend/web/src/features/controlLayers/components/NewSessionConfirmationAlertDialog.tsx
index 5d0397d62a..b365abb807 100644
--- a/invokeai/frontend/web/src/features/controlLayers/components/NewSessionConfirmationAlertDialog.tsx
+++ b/invokeai/frontend/web/src/features/controlLayers/components/NewSessionConfirmationAlertDialog.tsx
@@ -3,15 +3,12 @@ import { useAppDispatch, useAppSelector } from 'app/store/storeHooks';
 import { useAssertSingleton } from 'common/hooks/useAssertSingleton';
 import { buildUseBoolean } from 'common/hooks/useBoolean';
 import { newCanvasSessionRequested, newGallerySessionRequested } from 'features/controlLayers/store/actions';
-import {
-  selectCanvasRightPanelGalleryTab,
-  selectCanvasRightPanelLayersTab,
-} from 'features/controlLayers/store/ephemeral';
 import { useImageViewer } from 'features/gallery/components/ImageViewer/useImageViewer';
 import {
   selectSystemShouldConfirmOnNewSession,
   shouldConfirmOnNewSessionToggled,
 } from 'features/system/store/systemSlice';
+import { activeTabCanvasRightPanelChanged } from 'features/ui/store/uiSlice';
 import { memo, useCallback } from 'react';
 import { useTranslation } from 'react-i18next';
 
@@ -27,7 +24,7 @@ export const useNewGallerySession = () => {
   const newGallerySessionImmediate = useCallback(() => {
     dispatch(newGallerySessionRequested());
     imageViewer.open();
-    selectCanvasRightPanelGalleryTab();
+    dispatch(activeTabCanvasRightPanelChanged('gallery'));
   }, [dispatch, imageViewer]);
 
   const newGallerySessionWithDialog = useCallback(() => {
@@ -50,7 +47,7 @@ export const useNewCanvasSession = () => {
   const newCanvasSessionImmediate = useCallback(() => {
     dispatch(newCanvasSessionRequested());
     imageViewer.close();
-    selectCanvasRightPanelLayersTab();
+    dispatch(activeTabCanvasRightPanelChanged('layers'));
   }, [dispatch, imageViewer]);
 
   const newCanvasSessionWithDialog = useCallback(() => {
diff --git a/invokeai/frontend/web/src/features/controlLayers/hooks/useCanvasDeleteLayerHotkey.ts b/invokeai/frontend/web/src/features/controlLayers/hooks/useCanvasDeleteLayerHotkey.ts
index a30801e627..98d9222bd7 100644
--- a/invokeai/frontend/web/src/features/controlLayers/hooks/useCanvasDeleteLayerHotkey.ts
+++ b/invokeai/frontend/web/src/features/controlLayers/hooks/useCanvasDeleteLayerHotkey.ts
@@ -1,13 +1,11 @@
-import { useStore } from '@nanostores/react';
 import { useAppDispatch, useAppSelector } from 'app/store/storeHooks';
 import { useAssertSingleton } from 'common/hooks/useAssertSingleton';
 import { useCanvasIsBusy } from 'features/controlLayers/hooks/useCanvasIsBusy';
 import { entityDeleted } from 'features/controlLayers/store/canvasSlice';
-import { $canvasRightPanelTab } from 'features/controlLayers/store/ephemeral';
 import { selectSelectedEntityIdentifier } from 'features/controlLayers/store/selectors';
 import { useImageViewer } from 'features/gallery/components/ImageViewer/useImageViewer';
 import { useRegisteredHotkeys } from 'features/system/components/HotkeysModal/useHotkeyData';
-import { selectActiveTab } from 'features/ui/store/uiSelectors';
+import { selectActiveTab, selectActiveTabCanvasRightPanel } from 'features/ui/store/uiSelectors';
 import { useCallback, useMemo } from 'react';
 
 export function useCanvasDeleteLayerHotkey() {
@@ -15,7 +13,7 @@ export function useCanvasDeleteLayerHotkey() {
   const dispatch = useAppDispatch();
   const selectedEntityIdentifier = useAppSelector(selectSelectedEntityIdentifier);
   const isBusy = useCanvasIsBusy();
-  const canvasRightPanelTab = useStore($canvasRightPanelTab);
+  const canvasRightPanelTab = useAppSelector(selectActiveTabCanvasRightPanel);
   const appTab = useAppSelector(selectActiveTab);
 
   const imageViewer = useImageViewer();
diff --git a/invokeai/frontend/web/src/features/controlLayers/store/ephemeral.ts b/invokeai/frontend/web/src/features/controlLayers/store/ephemeral.ts
index 57d6666e15..5b449ca92a 100644
--- a/invokeai/frontend/web/src/features/controlLayers/store/ephemeral.ts
+++ b/invokeai/frontend/web/src/features/controlLayers/store/ephemeral.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import type { CanvasManager } from 'features/controlLayers/konva/CanvasManager';
-import { atom, computed } from 'nanostores';
+import { atom } from 'nanostores';
 
 // Ephemeral state for canvas - not persisted across sessions.
 
@@ -7,16 +7,3 @@ import { atom, computed } from 'nanostores';
  * The global canvas manager instance.
  */
 export const $canvasManager = atom<CanvasManager | null>(null);
-
-/**
- * The index of the active tab in the canvas right panel.
- */
-export const $canvasRightPanelTabIndex = atom(0);
-/**
- * The name of the active tab in the canvas right panel.
- */
-export const $canvasRightPanelTab = computed($canvasRightPanelTabIndex, (index) =>
-  index === 0 ? 'layers' : 'gallery'
-);
-export const selectCanvasRightPanelLayersTab = () => $canvasRightPanelTabIndex.set(0);
-export const selectCanvasRightPanelGalleryTab = () => $canvasRightPanelTabIndex.set(1);
diff --git a/invokeai/frontend/web/src/features/gallery/hooks/useGalleryHotkeys.ts b/invokeai/frontend/web/src/features/gallery/hooks/useGalleryHotkeys.ts
index 4752472174..418f6a8feb 100644
--- a/invokeai/frontend/web/src/features/gallery/hooks/useGalleryHotkeys.ts
+++ b/invokeai/frontend/web/src/features/gallery/hooks/useGalleryHotkeys.ts
@@ -1,14 +1,12 @@
-import { useStore } from '@nanostores/react';
 import { useAppDispatch, useAppSelector } from 'app/store/storeHooks';
 import { useIsRegionFocused } from 'common/hooks/focus';
 import { useAssertSingleton } from 'common/hooks/useAssertSingleton';
-import { $canvasRightPanelTab } from 'features/controlLayers/store/ephemeral';
 import { imagesToDeleteSelected } from 'features/deleteImageModal/store/slice';
 import { useGalleryNavigation } from 'features/gallery/hooks/useGalleryNavigation';
 import { useGalleryPagination } from 'features/gallery/hooks/useGalleryPagination';
 import { selectListImagesQueryArgs } from 'features/gallery/store/gallerySelectors';
 import { useRegisteredHotkeys } from 'features/system/components/HotkeysModal/useHotkeyData';
-import { selectActiveTab } from 'features/ui/store/uiSelectors';
+import { selectActiveTab, selectActiveTabCanvasRightPanel } from 'features/ui/store/uiSelectors';
 import { useMemo } from 'react';
 import { useListImagesQuery } from 'services/api/endpoints/images';
 
@@ -22,7 +20,7 @@ export const useGalleryHotkeys = () => {
   const selection = useAppSelector((s) => s.gallery.selection);
   const queryArgs = useAppSelector(selectListImagesQueryArgs);
   const queryResult = useListImagesQuery(queryArgs);
-  const canvasRightPanelTab = useStore($canvasRightPanelTab);
+  const canvasRightPanelTab = useAppSelector(selectActiveTabCanvasRightPanel);
   const appTab = useAppSelector(selectActiveTab);
   const isWorkflowsFocused = useIsRegionFocused('workflows');
   const isGalleryFocused = useIsRegionFocused('gallery');
diff --git a/invokeai/frontend/web/src/features/queue/components/SendToToggle.tsx b/invokeai/frontend/web/src/features/queue/components/SendToToggle.tsx
index d458a61e85..702dca504b 100644
--- a/invokeai/frontend/web/src/features/queue/components/SendToToggle.tsx
+++ b/invokeai/frontend/web/src/features/queue/components/SendToToggle.tsx
@@ -18,9 +18,8 @@ import {
 import { useAppDispatch, useAppSelector } from 'app/store/storeHooks';
 import { selectSendToCanvas, settingsSendToCanvasChanged } from 'features/controlLayers/store/canvasSettingsSlice';
 import { selectIsStaging } from 'features/controlLayers/store/canvasStagingAreaSlice';
-import { selectCanvasRightPanelLayersTab } from 'features/controlLayers/store/ephemeral';
 import { useImageViewer } from 'features/gallery/components/ImageViewer/useImageViewer';
-import { setActiveTab } from 'features/ui/store/uiSlice';
+import { activeTabCanvasRightPanelChanged, setActiveTab } from 'features/ui/store/uiSlice';
 import type { ChangeEvent, PropsWithChildren } from 'react';
 import { memo, useCallback, useMemo } from 'react';
 import { Trans, useTranslation } from 'react-i18next';
@@ -186,7 +185,7 @@ const ActivateCanvasButton = (props: PropsWithChildren) => {
   const imageViewer = useImageViewer();
   const onClick = useCallback(() => {
     dispatch(setActiveTab('canvas'));
-    selectCanvasRightPanelLayersTab();
+    dispatch(activeTabCanvasRightPanelChanged('layers'));
     imageViewer.close();
   }, [dispatch, imageViewer]);
   return (
diff --git a/invokeai/frontend/web/src/features/ui/store/uiSelectors.ts b/invokeai/frontend/web/src/features/ui/store/uiSelectors.ts
index 81a138ee8a..3990c28aa2 100644
--- a/invokeai/frontend/web/src/features/ui/store/uiSelectors.ts
+++ b/invokeai/frontend/web/src/features/ui/store/uiSelectors.ts
@@ -4,3 +4,4 @@ import { selectUiSlice } from 'features/ui/store/uiSlice';
 export const selectActiveTab = createSelector(selectUiSlice, (ui) => ui.activeTab);
 export const selectShouldShowImageDetails = createSelector(selectUiSlice, (ui) => ui.shouldShowImageDetails);
 export const selectShouldShowProgressInViewer = createSelector(selectUiSlice, (ui) => ui.shouldShowProgressInViewer);
+export const selectActiveTabCanvasRightPanel = createSelector(selectUiSlice, (ui) => ui.activeTabCanvasRightPanel);
diff --git a/invokeai/frontend/web/src/features/ui/store/uiSlice.ts b/invokeai/frontend/web/src/features/ui/store/uiSlice.ts
index 14d4199c7e..be8f30299e 100644
--- a/invokeai/frontend/web/src/features/ui/store/uiSlice.ts
+++ b/invokeai/frontend/web/src/features/ui/store/uiSlice.ts
@@ -5,11 +5,12 @@ import { newSessionRequested } from 'features/controlLayers/store/actions';
 import { workflowLoadRequested } from 'features/nodes/store/actions';
 import { atom } from 'nanostores';
 
-import type { TabName, UIState } from './uiTypes';
+import type { CanvasRightPanelTabName, TabName, UIState } from './uiTypes';
 
 const initialUIState: UIState = {
   _version: 3,
   activeTab: 'canvas',
+  activeTabCanvasRightPanel: 'gallery',
   shouldShowImageDetails: false,
   shouldShowProgressInViewer: true,
   accordions: {},
@@ -24,6 +25,9 @@ export const uiSlice = createSlice({
     setActiveTab: (state, action: PayloadAction<TabName>) => {
       state.activeTab = action.payload;
     },
+    activeTabCanvasRightPanelChanged: (state, action: PayloadAction<CanvasRightPanelTabName>) => {
+      state.activeTabCanvasRightPanel = action.payload;
+    },
     setShouldShowImageDetails: (state, action: PayloadAction<boolean>) => {
       state.shouldShowImageDetails = action.payload;
     },
@@ -54,6 +58,7 @@ export const uiSlice = createSlice({
 
 export const {
   setActiveTab,
+  activeTabCanvasRightPanelChanged,
   setShouldShowImageDetails,
   setShouldShowProgressInViewer,
   accordionStateChanged,
diff --git a/invokeai/frontend/web/src/features/ui/store/uiTypes.ts b/invokeai/frontend/web/src/features/ui/store/uiTypes.ts
index e51ee8217a..c7863d3d46 100644
--- a/invokeai/frontend/web/src/features/ui/store/uiTypes.ts
+++ b/invokeai/frontend/web/src/features/ui/store/uiTypes.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 export type TabName = 'canvas' | 'upscaling' | 'workflows' | 'models' | 'queue';
+export type CanvasRightPanelTabName = 'layers' | 'gallery';
 
 export interface UIState {
   /**
@@ -9,6 +10,10 @@ export interface UIState {
    * The currently active tab.
    */
   activeTab: TabName;
+  /**
+   * The currently active right panel canvas tab
+   */
+  activeTabCanvasRightPanel: CanvasRightPanelTabName;
   /**
    * Whether or not to show image details, e.g. metadata, workflow, etc.
    */