diff --git a/themes/admin_wind/views/admin.html.php b/themes/admin_wind/views/admin.html.php
index ff7b930f..f9ef18c7 100644
--- a/themes/admin_wind/views/admin.html.php
+++ b/themes/admin_wind/views/admin.html.php
@@ -53,9 +53,11 @@
           &larr; <?= t("back to the ...") ?>
         </a>
         <?= $theme->user_menu() ?>
-        <div id="g-site-admin-menu" class="ui-helper-clearfix">
+        <!-- hide the menu until after the page has loaded, to minimize menu flicker -->
+        <div id="g-site-admin-menu" class="ui-helper-clearfix" style="visibility: hidden">
           <?= $theme->admin_menu() ?>
         </div>
+        <script type="text/javascript"> $(document).ready(function() { $("#g-site-admin-menu").css("visibility", "visible"); }) </script>
         <?= $theme->admin_header_bottom() ?>
       </div>
       <div id="bd">
diff --git a/themes/wind/views/page.html.php b/themes/wind/views/page.html.php
index 4cc949ce..6ce2a559 100644
--- a/themes/wind/views/page.html.php
+++ b/themes/wind/views/page.html.php
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@
           <?= $theme->user_menu() ?>
           <?= $theme->header_top() ?>
 
-          <!-- hide the menu and make it visible after the page has loaded, to minimize menu flicker -->
+          <!-- hide the menu until after the page has loaded, to minimize menu flicker -->
           <div id="g-site-menu" style="visibility: hidden">
             <?= $theme->site_menu($theme->item() ? "#g-item-id-{$theme->item()->id}" : "") ?>
           </div>