diff --git a/client/components/App.vue b/client/components/App.vue
index 58629f18..b58ee181 100644
--- a/client/components/App.vue
+++ b/client/components/App.vue
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ export default {
 			return {
 				notified: this.$store.state.isNotified,
 				"menu-open": this.$store.state.sidebarOpen,
+				"menu-dragging": this.$store.state.sidebarDragging,
 				"userlist-open": this.$store.state.userlistOpen,
 			};
 		},
diff --git a/client/components/Sidebar.vue b/client/components/Sidebar.vue
index 8337ca5a..57dd86ba 100644
--- a/client/components/Sidebar.vue
+++ b/client/components/Sidebar.vue
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <template>
 	<div>
-		<aside id="sidebar">
+		<aside id="sidebar" ref="sidebar">
 			<div class="scrollable-area">
 				<div class="logo-container">
 					<img
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@
 				/></span>
 			</footer>
 		</aside>
-		<div id="sidebar-overlay" @click="$root.setSidebar(false)" />
+		<div id="sidebar-overlay" ref="overlay" @click="$root.setSidebar(false)" />
 	</div>
 </template>
 
@@ -79,6 +79,106 @@ export default {
 		activeChannel: Object,
 		networks: Array,
 	},
+	mounted() {
+		this.touchStartPos = null;
+		this.touchCurPos = null;
+		this.touchStartTime = 0;
+		this.menuWidth = 0;
+		this.menuIsMoving = false;
+		this.menuIsAbsolute = false;
+
+		this.onTouchStart = (e) => {
+			this.touchStartPos = this.touchCurPos = e.touches.item(0);
+
+			if (e.touches.length !== 1) {
+				this.onTouchEnd();
+				return;
+			}
+
+			const styles = window.getComputedStyle(this.$refs.sidebar);
+
+			this.menuWidth = parseFloat(styles.width);
+			this.menuIsAbsolute = styles.position === "absolute";
+
+			if (!this.$store.state.sidebarOpen || this.touchStartPos.screenX > this.menuWidth) {
+				this.touchStartTime = Date.now();
+
+				document.body.addEventListener("touchmove", this.onTouchMove, {passive: true});
+				document.body.addEventListener("touchend", this.onTouchEnd, {passive: true});
+			}
+		};
+
+		this.onTouchMove = (e) => {
+			const touch = (this.touchCurPos = e.touches.item(0));
+			let distX = touch.screenX - this.touchStartPos.screenX;
+			const distY = touch.screenY - this.touchStartPos.screenY;
+
+			if (!this.menuIsMoving) {
+				// tan(45°) is 1. Gestures in 0°-45° (< 1) are considered horizontal, so
+				// menu must be open; gestures in 45°-90° (>1) are considered vertical, so
+				// chat windows must be scrolled.
+				if (Math.abs(distY / distX) >= 1) {
+					this.onTouchEnd();
+					return;
+				}
+
+				const devicePixelRatio = window.devicePixelRatio || 2;
+
+				if (Math.abs(distX) > devicePixelRatio) {
+					this.$store.commit("sidebarDragging", true);
+					this.menuIsMoving = true;
+				}
+			}
+
+			// Do not animate the menu on desktop view
+			if (!this.menuIsAbsolute) {
+				return;
+			}
+
+			if (this.$store.state.sidebarOpen) {
+				distX += this.menuWidth;
+			}
+
+			if (distX > this.menuWidth) {
+				distX = this.menuWidth;
+			} else if (distX < 0) {
+				distX = 0;
+			}
+
+			this.$refs.sidebar.style.transform = "translate3d(" + distX + "px, 0, 0)";
+			this.$refs.overlay.style.opacity = distX / this.menuWidth;
+		};
+
+		this.onTouchEnd = () => {
+			const diff = this.touchCurPos.screenX - this.touchStartPos.screenX;
+			const absDiff = Math.abs(diff);
+
+			if (
+				absDiff > this.menuWidth / 2 ||
+				(Date.now() - this.touchStartTime < 180 && absDiff > 50)
+			) {
+				this.toggle(diff > 0);
+			}
+
+			document.body.removeEventListener("touchmove", this.onTouchMove);
+			document.body.removeEventListener("touchend", this.onTouchEnd);
+			this.$store.commit("sidebarDragging", false);
+
+			this.$refs.sidebar.style.transform = null;
+			this.$refs.overlay.style.opacity = null;
+
+			this.touchStartPos = null;
+			this.touchCurPos = null;
+			this.touchStartTime = 0;
+			this.menuIsMoving = false;
+		};
+
+		this.toggle = (state) => {
+			this.$store.commit("sidebarOpen", state);
+		};
+
+		document.body.addEventListener("touchstart", this.onTouchStart, {passive: true});
+	},
 	methods: {
 		isPublic: () => document.body.classList.contains("public"),
 	},
diff --git a/client/js/slideout.js b/client/js/slideout.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 989061d2..00000000
--- a/client/js/slideout.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,115 +0,0 @@
-"use strict";
-
-class SlideoutMenu {
-	enable() {
-		this.viewport = document.getElementById("viewport");
-		this.menu = document.getElementById("sidebar");
-		this.sidebarOverlay = document.getElementById("sidebar-overlay");
-
-		this.touchStartPos = null;
-		this.touchCurPos = null;
-		this.touchStartTime = 0;
-		this.menuWidth = 0;
-		this.menuIsOpen = false;
-		this.menuIsMoving = false;
-		this.menuIsAbsolute = false;
-
-		this.onTouchStart = (e) => {
-			this.touchStartPos = this.touchCurPos = e.touches.item(0);
-
-			if (e.touches.length !== 1) {
-				this.onTouchEnd();
-				return;
-			}
-
-			const styles = window.getComputedStyle(this.menu);
-
-			this.menuWidth = parseFloat(styles.width);
-			this.menuIsAbsolute = styles.position === "absolute";
-
-			if (!this.menuIsOpen || this.touchStartPos.screenX > this.menuWidth) {
-				this.touchStartTime = Date.now();
-
-				document.body.addEventListener("touchmove", this.onTouchMove, {passive: true});
-				document.body.addEventListener("touchend", this.onTouchEnd, {passive: true});
-			}
-		};
-
-		this.onTouchMove = (e) => {
-			const touch = (this.touchCurPos = e.touches.item(0));
-			let distX = touch.screenX - this.touchStartPos.screenX;
-			const distY = touch.screenY - this.touchStartPos.screenY;
-
-			if (!this.menuIsMoving) {
-				// tan(45°) is 1. Gestures in 0°-45° (< 1) are considered horizontal, so
-				// menu must be open; gestures in 45°-90° (>1) are considered vertical, so
-				// chat windows must be scrolled.
-				if (Math.abs(distY / distX) >= 1) {
-					this.onTouchEnd();
-					return;
-				}
-
-				const devicePixelRatio = window.devicePixelRatio || 2;
-
-				if (Math.abs(distX) > devicePixelRatio) {
-					this.viewport.classList.toggle("menu-dragging", true);
-					this.menuIsMoving = true;
-				}
-			}
-
-			// Do not animate the menu on desktop view
-			if (!this.menuIsAbsolute) {
-				return;
-			}
-
-			if (this.menuIsOpen) {
-				distX += this.menuWidth;
-			}
-
-			if (distX > this.menuWidth) {
-				distX = this.menuWidth;
-			} else if (distX < 0) {
-				distX = 0;
-			}
-
-			this.menu.style.transform = "translate3d(" + distX + "px, 0, 0)";
-			this.sidebarOverlay.style.opacity = distX / this.menuWidth;
-		};
-
-		this.onTouchEnd = () => {
-			const diff = this.touchCurPos.screenX - this.touchStartPos.screenX;
-			const absDiff = Math.abs(diff);
-
-			if (
-				absDiff > this.menuWidth / 2 ||
-				(Date.now() - this.touchStartTime < 180 && absDiff > 50)
-			) {
-				this.toggle(diff > 0);
-			}
-
-			document.body.removeEventListener("touchmove", this.onTouchMove);
-			document.body.removeEventListener("touchend", this.onTouchEnd);
-			this.viewport.classList.toggle("menu-dragging", false);
-			this.menu.style.transform = null;
-			this.sidebarOverlay.style.opacity = null;
-
-			this.touchStartPos = null;
-			this.touchCurPos = null;
-			this.touchStartTime = 0;
-			this.menuIsMoving = false;
-		};
-
-		document.body.addEventListener("touchstart", this.onTouchStart, {passive: true});
-	}
-
-	toggle(state) {
-		this.menuIsOpen = state;
-		this.viewport.classList.toggle("menu-open", state);
-	}
-
-	isOpen() {
-		return this.menuIsOpen;
-	}
-}
-
-module.exports = new SlideoutMenu();
diff --git a/client/js/store.js b/client/js/store.js
index f334fa65..3f41862b 100644
--- a/client/js/store.js
+++ b/client/js/store.js
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ export default new Vuex.Store({
 		activeWindow: null,
 		sessions: [],
 		sidebarOpen: false,
+		sidebarDragging: false,
 		userlistOpen: storage.get("thelounge.state.userlist") !== "false",
 	},
 	mutations: {
@@ -32,6 +33,9 @@ export default new Vuex.Store({
 		sidebarOpen(state, payload) {
 			state.sidebarOpen = payload;
 		},
+		sidebarDragging(state, payload) {
+			state.sidebarDragging = payload;
+		},
 		userlistOpen(state, payload) {
 			state.userlistOpen = payload;
 		},
diff --git a/client/js/vue.js b/client/js/vue.js
index cbd2cf33..c439a1a3 100644
--- a/client/js/vue.js
+++ b/client/js/vue.js
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ const roundBadgeNumber = require("./libs/handlebars/roundBadgeNumber");
 const localetime = require("./libs/handlebars/localetime");
 const friendlysize = require("./libs/handlebars/friendlysize");
 const colorClass = require("./libs/handlebars/colorClass");
-const slideoutMenu = require("../js/slideout");
 const storage = require("./localStorage");
 
 Vue.filter("localetime", localetime);
@@ -54,15 +53,11 @@ const vueApp = new Vue({
 		onSocketInit() {
 			this.initialized = true;
 			this.$store.commit("isConnected", true);
-
-			// TODO: handle slideut in vue
-			slideoutMenu.enable();
 		},
 		setSidebar(state) {
 			const utils = require("./utils");
 
 			this.$store.commit("sidebarOpen", state);
-			slideoutMenu.toggle(false);
 
 			if (window.outerWidth > utils.mobileViewportPixels) {
 				storage.set("thelounge.state.sidebar", state);