diff --git a/sidebar/SidebarMode.cpp b/sidebar/SidebarMode.cpp
--- a/sidebar/SidebarMode.cpp
+++ b/sidebar/SidebarMode.cpp
@@ -413,10 +413,12 @@
 void SidebarMode::setActiveCategory(int cat)
 {
     const QModelIndex idx = d->searchModel->index(cat, 0);
-    d->activeCategoryIndex = idx;
     const int newCategoryRow = d->searchModel->mapToSource(idx).row();
 
-    if (d->activeCategory ==newCategoryRow) {
+    if (d->activeCategory == newCategoryRow) {
+        return;
+    }
+    if( !d->moduleView->resolveChanges() ) {
         return;
     }
 
@@ -440,6 +442,10 @@
         return;
     }
 
+    if( !d->moduleView->resolveChanges() ) {
+        return;
+    }
+
     d->activeSubCategory = cat;
     d->moduleView->closeModules();
     d->moduleView->loadModule( d->subCategoryModel->index(cat, 0) );
diff --git a/sidebar/package/contents/ui/CategoriesPage.qml b/sidebar/package/contents/ui/CategoriesPage.qml
--- a/sidebar/package/contents/ui/CategoriesPage.qml
+++ b/sidebar/package/contents/ui/CategoriesPage.qml
@@ -151,7 +151,6 @@
             icon: model.decoration
             label: model.display
             separatorVisible: false
-            highlighted: focus
             Accessible.role: Accessible.ListItem
             Accessible.name: model.display
             onClicked: {
@@ -174,7 +173,7 @@
                     onCurrentIndexChanged: categoryView.positionViewAtIndex(index, ListView.Contain);
                 }
             }
-            checked: systemsettings.activeCategory == index
+            highlighted: systemsettings.activeCategory == index
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/sidebar/package/contents/ui/SubCategoryPage.qml b/sidebar/package/contents/ui/SubCategoryPage.qml
--- a/sidebar/package/contents/ui/SubCategoryPage.qml
+++ b/sidebar/package/contents/ui/SubCategoryPage.qml
@@ -118,17 +118,13 @@
             icon: model.decoration
             label: model.display
             separatorVisible: false
-            highlighted: focus
             onClicked: systemsettings.activeSubCategory = index
             onFocusChanged: {
                 if (focus) {
                     onCurrentIndexChanged: subCategoryView.positionViewAtIndex(index, ListView.Contain);
                 }
             }
-            checked: systemsettings.activeSubCategory == index
-            //checkable: false
-            //FIXME: Qt 5.7 doesn't have checkable, this way fails at runtime but still works correctly on 5.7
-            Component.onCompleted: delegate.checkable = true;
+            highlighted: systemsettings.activeSubCategory == index
         }
     }
 }