diff --git a/resources/text/CHANGELOG b/resources/text/CHANGELOG
index b7f2fb910..a6d5e2d82 100644
--- a/resources/text/CHANGELOG
+++ b/resources/text/CHANGELOG
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 
 Fixed:
 <ul>
+<li>Simplified hiding of main menu - primarily in source code.</li>
 <li>Fixed size of "normal" window display when fullscreen mode is active on application exit.</li>
 <li>Partially fixed bug #33.</li>
 <li>All datetimes fetched from feeds are now considered to be UTC.</li>
diff --git a/src/gui/formmain.cpp b/src/gui/formmain.cpp
index 640aaf949..542d9c6d2 100755
--- a/src/gui/formmain.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/formmain.cpp
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
 FormMain *FormMain::s_instance;
 
 FormMain::FormMain(QWidget *parent)
-  : QMainWindow(parent), m_ui(new Ui::FormMain), m_mainMenuActivated(false) {
+  : QMainWindow(parent), m_ui(new Ui::FormMain) {
   m_ui->setupUi(this);
 
   // Initialize singleton.
@@ -184,8 +184,7 @@ void FormMain::switchFullscreenMode() {
 }
 
 void FormMain::switchMainMenu() {
-  m_mainMenuActivated = !m_mainMenuActivated;
-  m_ui->m_menuBar->setVisible(m_mainMenuActivated);
+  m_ui->m_menuBar->setVisible(m_ui->m_actionSwitchMainMenu->isChecked());
 }
 
 void FormMain::switchVisibility() {
@@ -333,8 +332,7 @@ void FormMain::loadSize() {
   }
 
   // Hide the main menu if user wants it.
-  if (!(m_mainMenuActivated = settings->value(APP_CFG_GUI, "main_menu_visible", true).toBool())) {
-    m_mainMenuActivated = !m_mainMenuActivated;
+  if (!settings->value(APP_CFG_GUI, "main_menu_visible", true).toBool()) {
     m_ui->m_actionSwitchMainMenu->setChecked(false);
   }
 
@@ -350,7 +348,7 @@ void FormMain::saveSize() {
     m_ui->m_actionFullscreen->setChecked(false);
   }
 
-  settings->setValue(APP_CFG_GUI, "main_menu_visible", m_mainMenuActivated);
+  settings->setValue(APP_CFG_GUI, "main_menu_visible", m_ui->m_actionSwitchMainMenu->isChecked());
   settings->setValue(APP_CFG_GUI, "window_position", pos());
   settings->setValue(APP_CFG_GUI, "window_size", size());
   settings->setValue(APP_CFG_GUI, "start_in_fullscreen", is_fullscreen);
diff --git a/src/gui/formmain.h b/src/gui/formmain.h
index 563f7c2ba..12ba17d6d 100644
--- a/src/gui/formmain.h
+++ b/src/gui/formmain.h
@@ -118,7 +118,6 @@ class FormMain : public QMainWindow {
     Ui::FormMain *m_ui;
     QMenu *m_trayMenu;
     StatusBar *m_statusBar;
-    bool m_mainMenuActivated;
 
     static FormMain *s_instance;
 };
diff --git a/src/gui/formmain.ui b/src/gui/formmain.ui
index 6fb6da3d4..66771a84c 100644
--- a/src/gui/formmain.ui
+++ b/src/gui/formmain.ui
@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@
     <string>Switch fullscreen mode.</string>
    </property>
    <property name="shortcut">
-    <string notr="true">Ctrl+Shift+F</string>
+    <string notr="true">F</string>
    </property>
   </action>
   <action name="m_actionAddBrowser">
@@ -399,7 +399,7 @@
     <string>Hides or shows the list of feeds/categories.</string>
    </property>
    <property name="shortcut">
-    <string>F</string>
+    <string notr="true">L</string>
    </property>
   </action>
   <action name="m_actionClearAllFeeds">