diff --git a/app/src/modules/collections/composables/use-navigation.ts b/app/src/modules/collections/composables/use-navigation.ts
index 3724464c6b..1a99460f6f 100644
--- a/app/src/modules/collections/composables/use-navigation.ts
+++ b/app/src/modules/collections/composables/use-navigation.ts
@@ -21,10 +21,7 @@ export type NavItemGroup = {
 let activeGroups: Ref<string[]>;
 
 export default function useNavigation() {
-	if (!activeGroups) activeGroups = ref([]);
-
 	const collectionsStore = useCollectionsStore();
-
 	const userStore = useUserStore();
 
 	const customNavItems = computed<NavItemGroup[] | null>(() => {
@@ -76,5 +73,12 @@ export default function useNavigation() {
 			});
 	});
 
+	if (!activeGroups)
+		activeGroups = ref(
+			customNavItems.value
+				? customNavItems.value.filter((navItem) => navItem.accordion === 'start_open').map((navItem) => navItem.name)
+				: []
+		);
+
 	return { customNavItems, navItems, activeGroups };
 }