diff --git a/components/content/MolstarPdbePlugin.vue b/components/content/MolstarPdbePlugin.vue
index 6b62dab561478fe6d9e50fe4393a294d88f991ab..8b89c6522d45a6afdaa79bcab6ccf49da484552f 100644
--- a/components/content/MolstarPdbePlugin.vue
+++ b/components/content/MolstarPdbePlugin.vue
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ const moleculeFormat: Ref<string> = ref("pdb")
                         <v-sheet v-if="selectedPdb"
                             class="d-flex align-center justify-center flex-wrap text-center mx-auto px-4 my-3"
                             :height="computedHeight" :width="computedWidth" position="relative">
-                            <pdbe-molstar ref="pdbeMolstarComponent" landscape="true" hide-controls="true"
+                            <pdbe-molstar ref="pdbeMolstarComponent" landscape="true" hide-controls="false"
                                 :custom-data-url="selectedPdb" alphafold-view="true" sequence-panel="true"
                                 :custom-data-format="moleculeFormat"></pdbe-molstar>
                         </v-sheet>