diff --git a/chrome/content/zotero/bindings/guidancepanel.xml b/chrome/content/zotero/bindings/guidancepanel.xml
index 5f9999e50..6703bb9b9 100644
--- a/chrome/content/zotero/bindings/guidancepanel.xml
+++ b/chrome/content/zotero/bindings/guidancepanel.xml
@@ -60,10 +60,13 @@
 						if(text.length) descriptionNode.appendChild(document.createElementNS(
 							"http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml", "br"));
 					}
-
+					
+					this.setAttribute('onpopuphidden', 'this.hidden = true');
+					
 					var me = this;
 					var f = function() {
 						if(me.hasAttribute("foregroundonly") && Services.ww.activeWindow != window) return;
+						me.hidden = false;
 						panel.openPopup(forEl, position ? position : "after_start",
 							x ? parseInt(x, 10) : 0, y ? parseInt(y, 10) : 0, false, false, null);
 						Zotero.Prefs.set(pref, true);
diff --git a/chrome/content/zotero/overlay.xul b/chrome/content/zotero/overlay.xul
index 410d4a663..5e6189107 100644
--- a/chrome/content/zotero/overlay.xul
+++ b/chrome/content/zotero/overlay.xul
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@
 		
 		<stack id="zotero-pane-stack" persist="savedHeight" savedHeight="300" hidden="true"/>
 		
-		<zoteroguidancepanel id="zotero-toolbar-button-guidance" about="toolbarButton" for="zotero-toolbar-button" position="bottomcenter topleft" delay="2000" foregroundonly="true"/>
+		<zoteroguidancepanel id="zotero-toolbar-button-guidance" about="toolbarButton" for="zotero-toolbar-button" position="bottomcenter topleft" delay="2000" foregroundonly="true" hidden="true"/>
 		
 		<!-- Annotation Toolbar -->
 		<toolbar id="zotero-annotate-tb" crop="end" insertbefore="content" hidden="true">
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@
 		</toolbar>
 	</vbox>
 	
+	
 	<!-- Scrape Code -->
 	<hbox id="urlbar-icons">
 		<popupset>