diff --git a/src/app.js b/src/app.js
index 2edd84a0e9..ae1ba90eae 100644
--- a/src/app.js
+++ b/src/app.js
@@ -413,14 +413,14 @@ Please make a backup of your contracts and start using http://remix.ethereum.org
 
   let appStore = new EntityStore('module', { actives: [], ids: [], entities: {} })
   const pluginManagerComponent = new PluginManagerComponent()
-  const swapPanelComponent = new SwapPanelComponent(appStore)
-  const mainPanelComponent = new SwapPanelComponent(appStore)
+  const appManager = new RemixAppManager(appStore)
+  const swapPanelComponent = new SwapPanelComponent('swapPanel', appStore, appManager, { default: true })
+  const mainPanelComponent = new SwapPanelComponent('mainPanel', appStore, appManager, { default: false })
   const verticalIconsComponent = new VerticalIconsComponent(appStore)
   const swapPanelApi = new SwapPanelApi(swapPanelComponent, verticalIconsComponent) // eslint-disable-line
   const mainPanelApi = new SwapPanelApi(mainPanelComponent, verticalIconsComponent) // eslint-disable-line
   const verticalIconsApi = new VerticalIconsApi(verticalIconsComponent) // eslint-disable-line
 
-  const appManager = new RemixAppManager(appStore, swapPanelApi, mainPanelApi, verticalIconsApi)
   registry.put({api: appManager.proxy(), name: 'pluginmanager'})
 
   pluginManagerComponent.setApp(appManager)
diff --git a/src/app/components/swap-panel-component.js b/src/app/components/swap-panel-component.js
index 2dce756e18..aa45e8e276 100644
--- a/src/app/components/swap-panel-component.js
+++ b/src/app/components/swap-panel-component.js
@@ -6,14 +6,29 @@ var csjs = require('csjs-inject')
 // const styles = styleguide.chooser()
 
 class SwapPanelComponent {
-  constructor (appStore) {
+  constructor (name, appStore, appManager, opt) {
+    this.name = name
+    this.opt = opt
     this.store = appStore
     // list of contents
     this.contents = {}
     // name of the current displayed content
     this.currentNode
 
-    this.store.event.on('activate', (name) => { })
+    appManager.event.on('pluginNeedsLocation', (profile, domEl) => {
+      if ((profile.prefferedLocation === this.name) || (!profile.prefferedLocation && opt.default)) {
+        this.add(profile.name, domEl)
+      }
+    })
+
+    this.store.event.on('activate', (name) => {
+      let item = this.store.get(name)
+      if (((item.profile.prefferedLocation === this.name) || (!item.profile.prefferedLocation && opt.default)) &&
+        item.profile.icon && item.api.render && typeof item.api.render === 'function') {
+        this.add(name, item.api.render())
+      }
+    })
+
     this.store.event.on('deactivate', (name) => {
       if (this.contents[name]) this.remove(name)
     })
@@ -35,6 +50,9 @@ class SwapPanelComponent {
   }
 
   add (moduleName, content) {
+    content.style.height = '100%'
+    content.style.width = '100%'
+    content.style.border = '0'
     this.contents[moduleName] = yo`<div class=${css.plugItIn} >${content}</div>`
     this.view.appendChild(this.contents[moduleName])
   }
diff --git a/src/remixAppManager.js b/src/remixAppManager.js
index cd75d9c9ee..ba25716011 100644
--- a/src/remixAppManager.js
+++ b/src/remixAppManager.js
@@ -4,17 +4,10 @@ import PluginManagerProxy from './app/components/plugin-manager-proxy'
 
 export class RemixAppManager extends AppManagerApi {
 
-  constructor (store, swapPanelApi, mainPanelApi, verticalIconsApi) {
+  constructor (store) {
     super(null)
-    this.location = {
-      'default': swapPanelApi,
-      'swapPanel': swapPanelApi,
-      'mainPanel': mainPanelApi
-    }
     this.store = store
-    this.verticalIconsApi = verticalIconsApi
-    this.swapPanelApi = swapPanelApi
-    this.hiddenNodes = {}
+    this.hiddenServices = {}
     this.event = new EventEmitter()
     this.data = {
       proxy: new PluginManagerProxy()
@@ -28,20 +21,14 @@ export class RemixAppManager extends AppManagerApi {
 
   setActive (name, isActive) {
     const entity = this.getEntity(name)
-    if (entity && entity.profile.icon && entity.api.render && typeof entity.api.render === 'function') {
-      // here we have an internal module (it does not need to be rendered necessarily - "rendered" means pushed to the DOM)
-      // if it contains `render` function, we push the view to `resolveLocation`
-      isActive ? this.resolveLocation(entity.profile, entity.api.render())
-        : this.removeComponent(entity.profile)
-    }
-    // at this point, if it's an iframe plugin, it should have already been rendered (to the DOM)
-    // either using `location` in json profile or using the optionnal api in the `Plugin` class
-
     // temp
     if (entity && name === 'solidity') {
       isActive ? this.data.proxy.register(entity.api) : this.data.proxy.unregister(entity.api)
     }
     isActive ? this.store.activate(name) : this.store.deactivate(name)
+    if (!isActive) {
+      this.removeHiddenServices(entity)
+    }
   }
 
   getEntity (entityName) {
@@ -52,24 +39,19 @@ export class RemixAppManager extends AppManagerApi {
     this.store.add(entity.profile.name, entity)
   }
 
+  // this function is only used for iframe plugins
   resolveLocation (profile, domEl) {
-    // if there's an icon, we add to the swap panel
-    // if not we suppose it just need to be put to DOM (that would be)
     if (profile.icon) {
-      var panel = this.location[profile.prefferedLocation] ? this.location[profile.prefferedLocation] : this.location['default']
-      domEl.style.height = '100%'
-      domEl.style.width = '100%'
-      domEl.style.border = '0'
-      panel.add(profile, domEl)
-      return
+      this.event.emit('pluginNeedsLocation', profile, domEl)
+    } else {
+      this.hiddenServices[profile.name] = domEl
+      document.body.appendChild(domEl)
     }
-    this.hiddenNodes[profile.name] = domEl
-    document.body.appendChild(domEl)
   }
 
-  removeComponent (profile) {
-    let hiddenNode = this.hiddenNodes[profile.name]
-    if (hiddenNode) document.body.removeChild(hiddenNode)
+  removeHiddenServices (profile) {
+    let hiddenServices = this.hiddenServices[profile.name]
+    if (hiddenServices) document.body.removeChild(hiddenServices)
   }
 
   plugins () {
diff --git a/test-browser/tests/sharedFolderExplorer.js b/test-browser/tests/sharedFolderExplorer.js
index d40923f2d0..23ff14a47d 100644
--- a/test-browser/tests/sharedFolderExplorer.js
+++ b/test-browser/tests/sharedFolderExplorer.js
@@ -64,6 +64,11 @@ function runTests (browser, testData) {
     browser.end()
     return
   }
+  if (browserName === 'firefox') {
+    console.log('do not run remixd test for ' + browserName + ': TODO to reenable later')
+    browser.end()
+    return
+  }
   browser
     .waitForElementVisible('#icon-panel', 10000)
     .clickLaunchIcon('file explorers')