diff --git a/MVMCoreUI/Managers/SubNav/SubNavManagerController.swift b/MVMCoreUI/Managers/SubNav/SubNavManagerController.swift
index d5e0182e..7ac663d6 100644
--- a/MVMCoreUI/Managers/SubNav/SubNavManagerController.swift
+++ b/MVMCoreUI/Managers/SubNav/SubNavManagerController.swift
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ open class SubNavManagerController: ViewController, MVMCoreViewManagerProtocol,
     
     open override func pageShown() {
         // Currently not calling super until we can decouple page shown logics for managers.
-        hideNavigationBarLine(true)
+        hideNavigationBarLine(!tabs.isHidden)
     }
     
     open override func viewWillDisappear(_ animated: Bool) {
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ open class SubNavManagerController: ViewController, MVMCoreViewManagerProtocol,
     
     open override func viewWillAppear(_ animated: Bool) {
         super.viewWillAppear(animated)
-        hideNavigationBarLine(true)
+        hideNavigationBarLine(!tabs.isHidden)
     }
     /// ensures margin for tabs are correct
     private func updateTabsMargin() {
@@ -263,7 +263,7 @@ open class SubNavManagerController: ViewController, MVMCoreViewManagerProtocol,
         }
         tabs.selectIndex(index, animated: true)
         self.index = nil
-        hideNavigationBarLine(true)
+        hideNavigationBarLine(!tabs.isHidden)
     }
     
     public func navigationController(_ navigationController: UINavigationController, willShow viewController: UIViewController, animated: Bool) {
@@ -354,12 +354,12 @@ open class SubNavManagerController: ViewController, MVMCoreViewManagerProtocol,
     
     open func newDataReceived(in viewController: UIViewController) {
         manager?.newDataReceived?(in: viewController)
-        hideNavigationBarLine(true)
+        hideNavigationBarLine(!tabs.isHidden)
     }
     
     public func willDisplay(_ viewController: UIViewController) {
         manager?.willDisplay?(viewController)
-        hideNavigationBarLine(true)
+        hideNavigationBarLine(!tabs.isHidden)
     }
     
     public func displayedViewController(_ viewController: UIViewController) {