diff --git a/front/src/components/Sidebar.vue b/front/src/components/Sidebar.vue
index f6e012609..9ec07eae7 100644
--- a/front/src/components/Sidebar.vue
+++ b/front/src/components/Sidebar.vue
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import { computed, ref, watch, watchEffect, onMounted } from 'vue'
 import { useGettext } from 'vue3-gettext'
 import { useStore } from '~/store'
 import { setupDropdown } from '~/utils/fomantic'
+import { useCurrentElement } from '@vueuse/core'
 
 interface Props {
   width: number
@@ -104,19 +105,14 @@ watch(languageSelection, (v) => {
   store.dispatch('ui/currentLanguage', v)
 })
 
-watch(() => store.state.auth.authenticated, (authenticated) => {
-  if (authenticated) {
-    setupDropdown('.admin-dropdown')
-  }
-
-  setupDropdown('.user-dropdown')
-}, { immediate: true })
-
-watch(() => store.state.auth.availablePermissions, () => {
+const el = useCurrentElement()
+watchEffect(() => {
   if (store.state.auth.authenticated) {
-    setupDropdown('.admin-dropdown')
+    setupDropdown('.admin-dropdown', el.value)
   }
-}, { immediate: true })
+
+  setupDropdown('.user-dropdown', el.value)
+})
 
 onMounted(() => {
   document.getElementById('fake-sidebar')?.classList.add('loaded')
diff --git a/front/src/components/audio/PlayButton.vue b/front/src/components/audio/PlayButton.vue
index 035967139..d2575cf6c 100644
--- a/front/src/components/audio/PlayButton.vue
+++ b/front/src/components/audio/PlayButton.vue
@@ -2,12 +2,12 @@
 import type { Track, Artist, Album, Playlist, Library, Channel, Actor } from '~/types'
 import type { PlayOptionsProps } from '~/composables/audio/usePlayOptions'
 
-import { ref, computed, watch, nextTick } from 'vue'
+import { ref, computed, onMounted } from 'vue'
 import { useGettext } from 'vue3-gettext'
 import usePlayOptions from '~/composables/audio/usePlayOptions'
 import useReport from '~/composables/moderation/useReport'
 import { useCurrentElement } from '@vueuse/core'
-import { setupDropdown, getDropdown } from '~/utils/fomantic'
+import { setupDropdown } from '~/utils/fomantic'
 
 interface Props extends PlayOptionsProps {
   dropdownIconClasses?: string[]
@@ -63,8 +63,6 @@ const {
 
 const { report, getReportableObjects } = useReport()
 
-const clicked = ref(false)
-
 const { $pgettext } = useGettext()
 const labels = computed(() => ({
   playNow: $pgettext('*/Queue/Dropdown/Button/Title', 'Play now'),
@@ -93,29 +91,31 @@ const title = computed(() => {
   if (props.track) {
     return $pgettext('*/Queue/Button/Title', 'This track is not available in any library you have access to')
   }
+
+  return ''
 })
 
-watch(clicked, async () => {
-  await setupDropdown()
-
-  getDropdown().dropdown('show', function () {
-    // little magic to ensure the menu is always visible in the viewport
-    // By default, try to diplay it on the right if there is enough room
-    const menu = getDropdown().find('.menu')
-    const viewportOffset = menu.get(0)?.getBoundingClientRect() ?? { right: 0, left: 0 }
-    const viewportWidth = document.documentElement.clientWidth
-    const rightOverflow = viewportOffset.right - viewportWidth
-    const leftOverflow = -viewportOffset.left
-    let offset = 0
-    if (rightOverflow > 0) {
-      offset = -rightOverflow - 5
-      menu.css({ cssText: `left: ${offset}px !important;` })
-    } else if (leftOverflow > 0) {
-      offset = leftOverflow + 5
-      menu.css({ cssText: `right: -${offset}px !important;` })
-    }
-  })
+const el = useCurrentElement()
+const dropdown = ref()
+onMounted(() => {
+  dropdown.value = setupDropdown('.ui.dropdown', el.value)
 })
+
+const openMenu = () => {
+  // little magic to ensure the menu is always visible in the viewport
+  // By default, try to diplay it on the right if there is enough room
+  const menu = dropdown.value.find('.menu')
+  const viewportOffset = menu.get(0)?.getBoundingClientRect() ?? { right: 0, left: 0 }
+  const viewportWidth = document.documentElement.clientWidth
+  const rightOverflow = viewportOffset.right - viewportWidth
+  const leftOverflow = -viewportOffset.left
+
+  if (rightOverflow > 0) {
+    menu.css({ cssText: `left: ${-rightOverflow - 5}px !important;` })
+  } else if (leftOverflow > 0) {
+    menu.css({ cssText: `right: -${leftOverflow + 5}px !important;` })
+  }
+}
 </script>
 
 <template>
@@ -143,16 +143,13 @@ watch(clicked, async () => {
     <button
       v-if="!discrete && !iconOnly"
       :class="['ui', {disabled: !playable && !filterableArtist}, 'floating', 'dropdown', {'icon': !dropdownOnly}, {'button': !dropdownOnly}]"
-      @click.stop.prevent="clicked = true"
+      @click.stop.prevent="openMenu"
     >
       <i
         :class="dropdownIconClasses.concat(['icon'])"
         :title="title"
       />
-      <div
-        v-if="clicked"
-        class="menu"
-      >
+      <div class="menu">
         <button
           class="item basic"
           data-ref="enqueue"
diff --git a/front/src/init/directives.ts b/front/src/init/directives.ts
index d18204065..2bdd462c1 100644
--- a/front/src/init/directives.ts
+++ b/front/src/init/directives.ts
@@ -7,5 +7,5 @@ export const install: InitModule = ({ app, store }) => {
     store.commit('ui/pageTitle', binding.value)
   })
 
-  app.directive('dropdown', setupDropdown)
+  app.directive('dropdown', (element) => setupDropdown(element))
 }
diff --git a/front/src/utils/fomantic.ts b/front/src/utils/fomantic.ts
index c305b45f5..b56083b11 100644
--- a/front/src/utils/fomantic.ts
+++ b/front/src/utils/fomantic.ts
@@ -1,17 +1,10 @@
 /// <reference types="semantic-ui" />
 
 import $ from 'jquery'
-import { tryOnMounted, useCurrentElement } from '@vueuse/core'
 
-export const getDropdown = (selector = '.ui.dropdown'): JQuery => {
-  const el = useCurrentElement()
-  return $(el.value).find(selector)
-}
-
-export const setupDropdown = (selector: string | HTMLElement = '.ui.dropdown') => tryOnMounted(() => {
-  const el = useCurrentElement()
+export const setupDropdown = (selector: string | HTMLElement = '.ui.dropdown', el: Element = document.body) => {
   const $dropdown = typeof selector === 'string'
-    ? $(el.value).find(selector)
+    ? $(el).find(selector)
     : $(selector)
 
   $dropdown.dropdown({
@@ -24,4 +17,6 @@ export const setupDropdown = (selector: string | HTMLElement = '.ui.dropdown') =
       $dropdown.dropdown('hide')
     }
   })
-}, false)
+
+  return $dropdown
+}