diff --git a/packages/apps/src/SideBar/Item.tsx b/packages/apps/src/SideBar/Item.tsx
index 45ebe04838..2758538f25 100644
--- a/packages/apps/src/SideBar/Item.tsx
+++ b/packages/apps/src/SideBar/Item.tsx
@@ -2,12 +2,15 @@
 // This software may be modified and distributed under the terms
 // of the Apache-2.0 license. See the LICENSE file for details.
 
+import { ApiProps } from '@polkadot/react-api/types';
 import { I18nProps } from '@polkadot/react-components/types';
 import { SubjectInfo } from '@polkadot/ui-keyring/observable/types';
 import { Route } from '@polkadot/apps-routing/types';
+import { AccountId } from '@polkadot/types/interfaces';
 
-import React, { useContext } from 'react';
+import React, { useContext, useEffect, useState } from 'react';
 import { NavLink } from 'react-router-dom';
+import { ApiPromise } from '@polkadot/api';
 import { Icon, Menu, Tooltip } from '@polkadot/react-components';
 import accountObservable from '@polkadot/ui-keyring/observable/accounts';
 import { ApiContext, withCalls, withMulti, withObservable } from '@polkadot/react-api';
@@ -20,10 +23,11 @@ interface Props extends I18nProps {
   onClick: () => void;
   allAccounts?: SubjectInfo;
   route: Route;
-  sudoKey: string;
+  sudoKey?: AccountId;
 }
 
 const disabledLog: Map<string, string> = new Map();
+const TOOLTIP_OFFSET = { right: -4 };
 
 function logDisabled (route: string, message: string): void {
   if (!disabledLog.get(route)) {
@@ -33,53 +37,64 @@ function logDisabled (route: string, message: string): void {
   }
 }
 
-function Item ({ allAccounts, route: { Modal, display: { isHidden, needsAccounts, needsApi, needsSudo }, i18n, icon, name }, t, isCollapsed, onClick, sudoKey }: Props): React.ReactElement<Props> | null {
-  const { api, isApiConnected, isApiReady } = useContext(ApiContext);
+function hasEndpoint (api: ApiPromise, endpoint: string): boolean {
+  const [area, section, method] = endpoint.split('.');
 
-  const _hasApi = (endpoint: string): boolean => {
-    const [area, section, method] = endpoint.split('.');
+  try {
+    return isFunction((api as any)[area][section][method]);
+  } catch (error) {
+    return false;
+  }
+}
 
-    try {
-      return isFunction((api as any)[area][section][method]);
-    } catch (error) {
-      return false;
-    }
-  };
-  const _isVisible = (): boolean => {
-    const hasAccounts = !!allAccounts && Object.keys(allAccounts).length !== 0;
-    const hasSudo = !!allAccounts && Object.keys(allAccounts).some((address): boolean => address === sudoKey);
+function checkVisible (name: string, { api, isApiReady, isApiConnected }: ApiProps, hasAccounts: boolean, hasSudo: boolean, { isHidden, needsAccounts, needsApi, needsSudo }: Route['display']): boolean {
+  if (isHidden) {
+    return false;
+  } else if (needsAccounts && !hasAccounts) {
+    return false;
+  } else if (!needsApi) {
+    return true;
+  } else if (!isApiReady || !isApiConnected) {
+    return false;
+  } else if (needsSudo && !hasSudo) {
+    logDisabled(name, 'Sudo key not available');
+    return false;
+  }
 
-    if (isHidden) {
-      return false;
-    } else if (needsAccounts && !hasAccounts) {
-      return false;
-    } else if (!needsApi) {
-      return true;
-    } else if (!isApiReady || !isApiConnected) {
-      return false;
-    } else if (needsSudo) {
-      if (!hasSudo) {
-        logDisabled(name, 'Sudo key not available');
-        return false;
-      }
-    }
+  const notFound = needsApi.filter((endpoint: string | string[]): boolean => {
+    const hasApi = Array.isArray(endpoint)
+      ? endpoint.reduce((hasApi, endpoint): boolean => hasApi || hasEndpoint(api, endpoint), false)
+      : hasEndpoint(api, endpoint);
 
-    const notFound = needsApi.filter((endpoint: string | string[]): boolean => {
-      const hasApi = Array.isArray(endpoint)
-        ? endpoint.reduce((hasApi, endpoint): boolean => hasApi || _hasApi(endpoint), false)
-        : _hasApi(endpoint);
+    return !hasApi;
+  });
 
-      return !hasApi;
-    });
+  if (notFound.length !== 0) {
+    logDisabled(name, `API not available: ${notFound}`);
+  }
 
-    if (notFound.length !== 0) {
-      logDisabled(name, `API not available: ${notFound}`);
-    }
+  return notFound.length === 0;
+}
 
-    return notFound.length === 0;
-  };
+function Item ({ allAccounts, route: { Modal, display, i18n, icon, name }, t, isCollapsed, onClick, sudoKey }: Props): React.ReactElement<Props> | null {
+  const apiProps = useContext(ApiContext);
+  const [hasAccounts, setHasAccounts] = useState(false);
+  const [hasSudo, setHasSudo] = useState(false);
+  const [isVisible, setIsVisible] = useState(false);
 
-  if (!_isVisible()) {
+  useEffect((): void => {
+    setHasAccounts(Object.keys(allAccounts || {}).length !== 0);
+  }, [allAccounts]);
+
+  useEffect((): void => {
+    setHasSudo(!!sudoKey && Object.keys(allAccounts || {}).some((address): boolean => sudoKey.eq(address)));
+  }, [allAccounts, sudoKey]);
+
+  useEffect((): void => {
+    setIsVisible(checkVisible(name, apiProps, hasAccounts, hasSudo, display));
+  }, [apiProps, hasAccounts, hasSudo]);
+
+  if (!isVisible) {
     return null;
   }
 
@@ -88,7 +103,7 @@ function Item ({ allAccounts, route: { Modal, display: { isHidden, needsAccounts
       <Icon name={icon} />
       <span className='text'>{t(`sidebar.${name}`, i18n)}</span>
       <Tooltip
-        offset={{ right: -4 }}
+        offset={TOOLTIP_OFFSET}
         place='right'
         text={t(`sidebar.${name}`, i18n)}
         trigger={`nav-${name}`}
@@ -132,11 +147,7 @@ export default withMulti(
   Item,
   translate,
   withCalls<Props>(
-    ['query.sudo.key', {
-      propName: 'sudoKey',
-      transform: (key): string =>
-        key.toString()
-    }]
+    ['query.sudo.key', { propName: 'sudoKey' }]
   ),
   withObservable(accountObservable.subject, { propName: 'allAccounts' })
 );