diff --git a/gnoemoe/widgets/gm-world-view.c b/gnoemoe/widgets/gm-world-view.c
index 10010da..30d5d4d 100644
--- a/gnoemoe/widgets/gm-world-view.c
+++ b/gnoemoe/widgets/gm-world-view.c
@@ -217,6 +217,13 @@ gm_world_view_class_init(GmWorldViewClass *klass) {
 	g_type_class_add_private(object_class, sizeof(GmWorldViewPrivate));
 }
 
+static void
+gm_world_view_ensure_show_tabs(GmWorldView *view) {
+	if (!gtk_notebook_get_show_tabs(GTK_NOTEBOOK(view))) {
+		gtk_notebook_set_show_tabs(GTK_NOTEBOOK(view), TRUE);
+	}
+}
+
 /*gboolean
 timeout_text(gpointer user_data) {
 	GtkTextView *view = GTK_TEXT_VIEW(user_data);
@@ -331,7 +338,9 @@ gm_world_view_log_page_new(GmWorldView *view, gchar const *filename) {
 	gtk_widget_show(log_view);
 	
 	gtk_notebook_append_page(GTK_NOTEBOOK(view), log_view, label);
-	gtk_notebook_set_show_tabs(GTK_NOTEBOOK(view), TRUE);
+	
+	gm_world_view_ensure_show_tabs(view);
+	
 	gtk_notebook_set_current_page(GTK_NOTEBOOK(view), 
 			gtk_notebook_page_num(GTK_NOTEBOOK(view), log_view));
 	
@@ -393,9 +402,10 @@ gm_world_view_editor_page_new(GmWorldView *view, GmEditor *editor) {
 	if (editor_view == NULL) {
 		return NULL;
 	}
-	
+
+	gm_world_view_ensure_show_tabs(view);
+		
 	gtk_notebook_append_page(GTK_NOTEBOOK(view), editor_view, label);
-	gtk_notebook_set_show_tabs(GTK_NOTEBOOK(view), TRUE);
 	gtk_notebook_set_current_page(GTK_NOTEBOOK(view), 
 			gtk_notebook_page_num(GTK_NOTEBOOK(view), editor_view));