diff --git a/frontend/src/App.css b/frontend/src/App.css
index 4068e7a..d612d92 100644
--- a/frontend/src/App.css
+++ b/frontend/src/App.css
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 div {
-  box-sizing: border-box
+  box-sizing: border-box;
 }
 
 .TabPanel {
@@ -68,22 +68,27 @@ div {
   box-sizing: border-box;
   overflow-x: visible;
   min-width: 10rem;
-  width: 100%;
   flex-grow: 1;
 }
 
-/* Prevent toolbar from shrinking vertically when media < 600px */
-.MuiToolbar-root {
-  min-height: 56px !important;
-  padding-left: 16px !important;
-  padding-right: 16px !important;
+.MenuCard.MuiCard-root {
+  display: flex;
+  flex-direction: column;
+  min-width: 10rem;
+  flex-grow: 1;
+  background-color: #1A2536; /* Midnight Blue */
+  color: #D3CDBF; /* Warm Gray */
+  border-radius: 0;
 }
 
-@media (min-width: 768px) {
-  .Controls {
-    width: 600px; /* or whatever you prefer for a desktop */
-    max-width: 80vw; /* Optional: Prevent it from taking up too much space */
-  }
+.MenuCard.MuiCard-root button {
+  min-height: 64px;
+}
+/* Prevent toolbar from shrinking vertically when media < 600px */
+.MuiToolbar-root {
+  min-height: 72px !important;
+  padding-left: 16px !important;
+  padding-right: 16px !important;
 }
 
 .Conversation {
diff --git a/frontend/src/App.tsx b/frontend/src/App.tsx
index 286ebbe..0e8002d 100644
--- a/frontend/src/App.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/App.tsx
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 import React, { useState, useEffect, useRef, useCallback, ReactElement } from 'react';
+import useMediaQuery from '@mui/material/useMediaQuery'; 
 import FormGroup from '@mui/material/FormGroup';
+import Card from '@mui/material/Card';
 import FormControlLabel from '@mui/material/FormControlLabel';
 import { styled } from '@mui/material/styles';
 import Avatar from '@mui/material/Avatar';
@@ -21,13 +23,13 @@ import AppBar from '@mui/material/AppBar';
 import Drawer from '@mui/material/Drawer';
 import Toolbar from '@mui/material/Toolbar';
 import SettingsIcon from '@mui/icons-material/Settings';
-import CloseIcon from '@mui/icons-material/Close';
 import IconButton from '@mui/material/IconButton';
 import Box from '@mui/material/Box';
 import CssBaseline from '@mui/material/CssBaseline';
 import ResetIcon from '@mui/icons-material/History';
 import SendIcon from '@mui/icons-material/Send';
 import ExpandMoreIcon from '@mui/icons-material/ExpandMore';
+import MenuIcon from '@mui/icons-material/Menu';
 
 import PropagateLoader  from "react-spinners/PropagateLoader";
 
@@ -320,8 +322,8 @@ const App = () => {
   const [processing, setProcessing] = useState(false);
   const [sessionId, setSessionId] = useState<string | undefined>(undefined);
   const [connectionBase,] = useState<string>(getConnectionBase(window.location))
-  const [mobileOpen, setMobileOpen] = useState(false);
-  const [isClosing, setIsClosing] = useState(false);
+  const [menuOpen, setMenuOpen] = useState(false);
+  const [isMenuClosing, setIsMenuClosing] = useState(false);
   const [snackOpen, setSnackOpen] = useState(false);
   const [snackMessage, setSnackMessage] = useState("");
   const [snackSeverity, setSnackSeverity] = useState<SeverityType>("success");
@@ -343,6 +345,8 @@ const App = () => {
   const [resume, setResume] = useState<MessageData | undefined>(undefined);
   const [facts, setFacts] = useState<MessageData | undefined>(undefined);
   const timerRef = useRef<any>(null);
+  const isDesktop = useMediaQuery('(min-width:600px)');
+  const prevIsDesktopRef = useRef<boolean>(isDesktop);
 
   const startCountdown = (seconds: number) => {
     if (timerRef.current) clearInterval(timerRef.current);
@@ -400,6 +404,17 @@ const App = () => {
     setSnackOpen(true);
   }, []);
 
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (prevIsDesktopRef.current === isDesktop)
+      return;
+    
+    if (menuOpen) {
+      setMenuOpen(false);
+    }
+    
+    prevIsDesktopRef.current = isDesktop;
+  }, [isDesktop, setMenuOpen, menuOpen])
+
   // Get the system information
   useEffect(() => {
     if (systemInfo !== undefined || sessionId === undefined) {
@@ -810,28 +825,76 @@ const App = () => {
     }
   };
 
-  const handleDrawerClose = () => {
-    setIsClosing(true);
-    setMobileOpen(false);
+  const handleMenuClose = () => {
+    setIsMenuClosing(true);
+    setMenuOpen(false);
   };
 
-  const handleDrawerTransitionEnd = () => {
-    setIsClosing(false);
+  const handleMenuTransitionEnd = () => {
+    setIsMenuClosing(false);
   };
 
-  const handleDrawerToggle = () => {
-    if (!isClosing) {
-      setMobileOpen(!mobileOpen);
+  const handleMenuToggle = () => {
+    if (!isMenuClosing) {
+      setMenuOpen(!menuOpen);
     }
   };
 
-  const drawer = (
+  const settingsPanel = (
     <>
       {sessionId !== undefined && systemInfo !== undefined &&
         <Controls {...{ messageHistoryLength, setMessageHistoryLength, tools, rags, reset, systemPrompt, toggleTool, toggleRag, setSystemPrompt, systemInfo }} />}
     </>
   );
 
+  const handleTabChange = (event: React.SyntheticEvent, newValue: number) => {
+    setTab(newValue);
+  };
+
+
+  const menuDrawer = (
+    <Card className="MenuCard">
+      <Tabs sx={{ display: "flex", flexGrow: 1 }}
+        orientation="vertical"
+        value={tab}
+        indicatorColor="secondary"
+        textColor="inherit"
+        variant="scrollable"
+        allowScrollButtonsMobile
+        onChange={handleTabChange}
+        aria-label="Backstory navigation">
+        <Tab sx={{ fontSize: '1rem' }} label="Backstory"
+          value={0}
+          icon={
+            <Avatar sx={{
+              width: 24,
+              height: 24
+            }}
+              variant="rounded"
+              alt="Backstory logo"
+              src="/logo192.png" />
+          }
+          iconPosition="start" />
+          <Tab
+            value={1}
+            sx={{ fontSize: '1rem' }} wrapped
+            label="Resume Builder"
+          />
+          <Tab
+            value={2}
+            sx={{ fontSize: '1rem' }} wrapped
+            label="Context Visualizer"
+          />
+        <Tab
+          value={3}
+          sx={{ fontSize: '1rem' }} label="About" />
+        <Tab
+          value={4}
+          sx={{ fontSize: '1rem' }} icon={<SettingsIcon />} />
+      </Tabs>
+    </Card>
+  );
+
   const submitQuery = (text: string) => {
     sendQuery(text);
   }
@@ -1037,10 +1100,6 @@ const App = () => {
     setSnackOpen(false);
   };
 
-  const handleTabChange = (event: React.SyntheticEvent, newValue: number) => {
-    setTab(newValue);
-  };
-  
   /* toolbar height is 56px + 8px margin-top */
   const Offset = styled('div')(({ theme }) => ({ ...theme.mixins.toolbar, minHeight: '64px', height: '64px' }));
 
@@ -1056,45 +1115,67 @@ const App = () => {
       >
         <Toolbar>
           {
-            mobileOpen === false &&
-            <Box sx={{ display: "flex", flexGrow: 1 }}>
-                <Tabs value={tab} indicatorColor="secondary"
-                textColor="inherit"
-                variant="scrollable"
-                  allowScrollButtonsMobile
-                onChange={handleTabChange} aria-label="Backstory navigation">
-                <Tab label="Backstory" icon={<Avatar sx={{ width: 24, height: 24 }} variant="rounded" alt="Backstory logo" src="/logo192.png" />} iconPosition="start" />
-                  <Tab wrapped label="Resume Builder" />
-                  <Tab wrapped label="Context Visualizer" />
-                <Tab label="About" />
-              </Tabs>
-
-                <Tooltip title="LLM Settings">
+            <Box sx={{ display: "flex", flexGrow: 1, flexDirection: "row" }}>
+              {
+                !isDesktop && 
                   <IconButton
+                    sx={{ display: "flex", margin: 'auto 0px' }}
+                    size="large"
+                    edge="start"
                     color="inherit"
-                    aria-label="open drawer"
-                    edge="end"
-                    onClick={handleDrawerToggle}
+                    onClick={handleMenuToggle}
                   >
-                    <SettingsIcon />
+                    <Tooltip title="Navigation">
+                      <MenuIcon />
+                    </Tooltip>
                   </IconButton>
-                </Tooltip>
+              }
+
+              { menuOpen === false &&
+              <Tabs sx={{ display: "flex", flexGrow: 1 }} 
+                value={tab}           
+                indicatorColor="secondary"
+                textColor="inherit"
+                variant="fullWidth"
+                allowScrollButtonsMobile
+                onChange={handleTabChange} 
+                aria-label="Backstory navigation">
+                  <Tab sx={{ fontSize: '1rem' }} label="Backstory"
+                    value={0}
+                    icon={
+                      <Avatar sx={{ 
+                        width: 24, 
+                        height: 24 
+                        }} 
+                        variant="rounded" 
+                        alt="Backstory logo"
+                        src="/logo192.png" />
+                    } 
+                    iconPosition="start" />
+                  { isDesktop && 
+                    <Tab 
+                      value={1}
+                      sx={{ fontSize: '1rem' }} wrapped 
+                      label="Resume Builder"
+                      />
+                  }
+                  {isDesktop && 
+                    <Tab
+                      value={2}
+                      sx={{ fontSize: '1rem' }} wrapped 
+                      label="Context Visualizer"
+                    />
+                  }
+                  <Tab 
+                    value={3}
+                    sx={{ fontSize: '1rem' }} label="About" />
+                  <Tab 
+                    value={4}
+                    sx={{ flexShrink: 1, flexGrow: 0, fontSize: '1rem' }} icon={<SettingsIcon />}/>
+              </Tabs>
+            }
             </Box>
           }
-          {
-            mobileOpen === true &&
-            <Tooltip title="Close Settings">
-              <IconButton
-                color="inherit"
-                aria-label="close drawer"
-                edge="end"
-                onClick={handleDrawerToggle}
-                sx={{ mr: 2, right: 0, position: "absolute" }}
-              >
-                <CloseIcon />
-              </IconButton>
-            </Tooltip>
-          }
         </Toolbar>
 
       </AppBar>
@@ -1106,13 +1187,12 @@ const App = () => {
           component="nav"
           aria-label="mailbox folders"
         >
-          {/* The implementation can be swapped with js to avoid SEO duplication of links. */}
           <Drawer
             container={window.document.body}
             variant="temporary"
-            open={mobileOpen}
-            onTransitionEnd={handleDrawerTransitionEnd}
-            onClose={handleDrawerClose}
+            open={menuOpen}
+            onTransitionEnd={handleMenuTransitionEnd}
+            onClose={handleMenuClose}
             sx={{
               display: 'block',
               '& .MuiDrawer-paper': { boxSizing: 'border-box' },
@@ -1124,7 +1204,7 @@ const App = () => {
             }}
           >
             <Toolbar />
-            {drawer}
+            {menuDrawer}
           </Drawer>
         </Box>
         
@@ -1203,6 +1283,14 @@ const App = () => {
           </Box>
         </CustomTabPanel>
         
+        <CustomTabPanel tab={tab} index={4}>
+          <Box className="ChatBox">
+            <Box className="Conversation">
+              { settingsPanel }
+            </Box>
+          </Box>
+        </CustomTabPanel>
+
       </Box>
 
       <Snackbar open={snackOpen} autoHideDuration={(snackSeverity === "success" || snackSeverity === "info") ? 1500 : 6000} onClose={handleSnackClose}>